单词 | peely-wally |
释义 | peely-wallyadj. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Pale; sickly; thin; feeble. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > looking ill wanc700 sunken?a1505 wersh?a1505 wearisha1535 waryish1565 sunk1578 chap-fallen1597 chop-fallen1604 squalid1661 sallow1747 sallowish1753 peaked1804 shilpit1813 shirpit1821 peely-wally1832 peakish1836 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things) thin?c1225 wateryc1230 feeble1393 wash1548 waterish1549 fadea1554 limping1577 dilute1605 lank1607 languid1622 water gruel1630 invalid1635 sinewless1644 exsanguine1647 flaccid1647 diluted1681 wishy-washy1693 tiffany1694 foible1715 rickety1738 faintly1771 unrobust1775 pale1820 peely-wally1832 muscleless1841 weakling1848 weedy?1858 feeblose1882 papery1924 the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] > pale blackeOE blokec1200 blakec1275 fadec1290 bleykea1300 palisha1398 wanned1494 ashy?1541 wearish-coloured1548 wanny1555 wheyish1560 bleak1566 paly1568 ghastly1574 blankish1580 sick1599 palled1601 ashied1613 lurid1656 lunar1742 wax-like1748 ashen1808 unbrightened1827 waxy1835 peely-wally1895 waxen-hued1916 1832 A. Henderson Prov. 208 Peelie, thin; meagre.—Peelie-wallie, thin; sickly. 1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers 81 But may I ride on the win' wi' auld Nanee Logan, the witch o' Glenteerie, when I gang to siccan a peely-wally concern again! 1895 W. Stewart Lilts 104 The sun sen's forth its flickerin' rays, Fu' peely-wally wan. 1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie xii. 73 I was a kind o' eccentric peely-wally soul, because I sometimes dried the dishes. 1962 A. MacLeod Eighth Seal vi. 71 The wee Englishman is too peelywally to start any scrapping. 1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 21 Mar. (Mag. section) 5 There's another type [of worm] which in the very young stage is peely-wally slimey green. 2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 27 Aug. (Mag.) 28 (caption) With enough attitude and the right threads, even the most peely-wally among us can be the last of the red hot mommas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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