单词 | beardy |
释义 | beardyadj.n. A. adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > comet > [adjective] > resembling beardy1581 comet-like1621 cometical1652 cometic1661 cometary1759 1581 S. Batman tr. K. Lykosthenes Doome 161 A certayne shyning appeared also in the Elemente.., whiche some ignoraunte menne called a Comet, and a bearded Starre, for nothing that was in it was like a Comet, neyther hadde it a beardye brightenesse. 2. Bearded. Frequently in beardy weirdy n. at Compounds. Now colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard beardedOE beardy1605 thrum-chinned1608 barbal1650 barbed1693 barbose1716 pogonic1858 beavered1928 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 97 Beard-lesse Apollo's beardie Sonne. 1855 T. Carlyle Prinzenraub 102 George the Rich, called also the Barbatus, Beardy. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 8 May 5/1 A neighbour, beardy, hoarse, and of gigantic stature. 1997 XL for Men Aug. 93/2 And because Shropshire isn't overrun with beardy ramblers or other mountain bikers you're unlikely to meet another soul all day. 2012 Wonderland Feb. 188 (heading) Why the beardy Welsh star of Weekend is one of Britain's most promising new actors. B. n. Frequently in form beardie. 1. a. colloquial. (A nickname for) a bearded man. In later use sometimes: a person of a type regarded as characteristically having a beard; esp. a hippie, beatnik, or other unconventional person (cf. beard n. 1d, beardy weirdy n. at Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > beard > person having beard1667 beardy1808 beaver1910 beardo1935 1808 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) I. i. 3 My father's grandfather was Walter Scott, well known in Tiviotdale by the surname of Beardie... Beardie..derived his cognomen from a venerable beard, which he wore unblemished by razor or scissors. 1960 Spectator 22 Apr. 569 There were more than forty thousand of us—weirdies and beardies, colonels and conchies, Communists and Liberals. 1967 Punch 20 Sept. 431/1 ‘McCartney digs Sanskrit,’ an awed beardie said to me. 2005 Daily Tel. 3 Aug. 7/1 This week sees the 27th Great British Beer Festival organised by Camra, and some 45,000 beardies and non-beardies are expected to troop from stand to stand in search of the perfect pint. b. Australian. A nickname for: a member of a group of Southcottians who called themselves Christian Israelites. Now historical. [The group were followers of John Wroe, who did not cut his beard.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Southcottian > [noun] > collective beardy1850 1850 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser 12 Sept. John Wroe, the founder of the ranting sect better known as the ‘Beardies’, has arrived in the province. 1905 Daily Chron. 8 Mar. 4/7 There is only one founder of a religion buried in Australia—John Wroe, who started the ‘Christian Israelites’, nicknamed the ‘Beardies’, since they never cut their hair. 1961 W. H. G. Armytage Heavens Below iii. viii. 275 [John] Wroe..let his beard grow (his followers were known as the beardies). 2013 S. Mandelbrote & M. Ledger-Lomas Dissent & Bible in Brit., c.1650–1950 Introd. 14 The Southcottian John Wroe..divided his followers into twelve tribes and required them to follow the Mosaic law, wearing only linen and growing their facial hair. Such demands drove out weaker brethren, who were not prepared to be mocked as ‘beardies’. 2. a. Scottish. The stone loach, Barbatula barbatula, which has six barbels around the mouth. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > unspecified and miscellaneous type roach1637 roughhead1818 beardy1825 shiner1836 squawfish1871 mountain-barbel1880 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Beardie,..2. A loche, Cobitis fluviatilis barbatula, Lanarks. 1855 Zoologist 13 4897 (heading) The Loach or Beardie (Cobitis barbatula) in Confinement.—This little fish appears to be entirely destitute of the power of swimming as practised by the majority of fishes. 1900 Fishing Gaz. 1 Dec. 424/2 In a village in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, noted for its local worthies, and where ae thing is kenned by it's ain name, the loach is cawed a ‘bairdie’, i.e., the fish with a beard. 2019 @hoggestateserv2 7 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 11 Sept. 2019) Usual late night torchlight check for pondlife. Beardie (stone loach) foraging. b. Australian. A rock cod found off the coasts of southern Australia and New Zealand, Lotella rhacina (family Moridae), which has a single barbel on the chin. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > barbel > fish having beardy1880 cirrostome1881 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of frost fish1634 tomcod1795 beardy1880 1880 Fisheries Inq. Comm.: Rep. (New S. Wales Legislative Council, 1879–80) 20 The cod family, so largely and usefully represented in Europe and America, only exists in Australia in the form of two species of Lotella—callarias and rubiginosa, known to the fishermen by the names of ‘beardie’ and ‘ling’. 1904 Sydney Mail 27 Jan. 249/3 The beardie's flesh is something like that of the [Northern] ling in that it finds few admirers. 1951 T. C. Roughley Fish & Fisheries Austral. 25 The ling or beardie occurs round the southern half of the Australian coast. 2006 F. Prokop Austral. Fish Guide (ed. 3) v. 188 Easily separated from the beardie as the rock ling does not have a tail and the dorsal and anal fins meet at the end of the body. 3. Originally New Zealand. A bearded collie; = beardy collie n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > collie > bearded collie beardy collie1870 bearded collie1874 beardy1890 1890 Ashburton (N.Z.) Guardian 31 Oct. One of these [bearded collies] was perhaps the best dog in the show, but because he was a ‘beardie’ he was overlooked. 1907 R. Leighton New Bk. Dog 102/2 Peeblesshire is regarded as the true home of the Beardie. 1991 Dogs Today Mar. 3/2 She's now five-years-old and probably the most beautiful Beardie in the world—not that I'm biased. 2000 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. f12/4 (advt.) Bearded Collies of Ha'penny. Breeder of US top Beardies since before you were born. Compounds beardy collie n. originally New Zealand a bearded collie; = sense B. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > collie > bearded collie beardy collie1870 bearded collie1874 beardy1890 1870 Tuapeka (N.Z.) Times 10 Nov. Lost from Lawrence, on Monday, 24th October, a Sheep Dog—a beardy collie, coloured black and grey. 1976 T. Longton & E. Hart Sheep Dog iv. 41 The best dog I ever had for this particular task of finding buried sheep was a ‘beardie’ collie called Ken. 2014 @MelissaCFoy 2 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 16 Oct. 2019) I feel like me and ma handsome man friend just need a baby beardy collie and we are set for life. beardy weirdy n. colloquial an odd or unconventional person of a type regarded as characteristically having a beard; esp. a hippie or (formerly) a beatnik; cf. weirdie n. 1. ΚΠ 1961 Observer 28 May 1/5 The beardy weirdies with their querulous bleatings. 1996 H. Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary 126 Ten years ago people who cared about the environment were laughed at as sandal-wearing beardy-weirdies and now look at the power of the green consumer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1581 |
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