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单词 porky
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porkyn.1

Brit. /ˈpɔːki/, U.S. /ˈpɔrki/
Forms: 1900s– porcy, 1900s– porky.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: porcupine n., -y suffix6.
Etymology: < porc- (in porcupine n.) + -y suffix6, with alteration of the medial consonant perhaps after porky adj.
A porcupine.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Hystricidae (porcupine)
ilc897
urchinc1400
porcupine?a1425
brush-tail porcupine1885
thorn-swine1889
porky1899
1899 Steven's Point Daily Jrnl. (Wisconsin) 2 May 3/2 Nobody touched the porky... They were all afraid of his quills, and he knew it.
1921 Chambers's Jrnl. May 290/2 An encounter in which ‘Porcy’ had the best of it.
1956 W. R. Bird Off-trail in Nova Scotia x. 267 They heard the familiar complainings of a ‘porky’ on the move.
1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 120 The porcupine, also known as porky or quill pig, is a unique mammal.
2004 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan.–Feb. 53/3 When alarmed, the porky ruffs his quills up, standing them on end.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

porkyn.2

Brit. /ˈpɔːki/, U.S. /ˈpɔrki/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: porky pie n. at porky adj. Compounds.
Etymology: Short for porky pie n. at porky adj. Compounds.
Originally and chiefly British.
A lie. Usually in plural.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie
liec900
leasingc1000
falsehoodc1290
falsedom1297
gabbinga1300
fablec1300
follyc1300
fittenc1440
untruthc1449
crackc1450
fallacy1481
falsity1557
falsedict1579
untroth1581
crackera1625
flam1632
mendacity1646
fairy story1692
false1786
whid1794
gag1805
wrinkle1819
reacher1828
cram1842
untruism1845
crammer1861
inveracity1864
bung1882
fairy tale1896
mistruth1897
post-and-rails1945
pork pie1973
porky1985
1985 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 4th Ser. Episode 2. 217 Rodney. You don't believe all them stories do you? Del. What? Do you reckon they're porkies?
1992 Folk Roots Sept. 54/1 It's the same defensive posture taken by people who start sentences with the words, ‘to be honest with you’; instant confirmation that they are about to tell a whopping great porky.
2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 21 Mar. Scientists found that more blood is pumped into our nasal tissues when we tell porkies—causing them to expand.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

porkyadj.

Brit. /ˈpɔːki/, U.S. /ˈpɔrki/
Forms: 1800s– porky, 1900s– porkie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pork n.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < pork n.1 + -y suffix1. Compare earlier porkish adj.
colloquial. Of or resembling pork; piglike; fleshy, obese.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump
fatc893
frimOE
fullOE
overfatOE
greatOE
bald1297
roundc1300
encorsivea1340
fattishc1369
fleshyc1369
fleshlyc1374
repletea1398
largec1405
corsious1430
corpulentc1440
corsyc1440
fulsome1447
portlyc1487
corporate1509
foggy fata1529
corsive1530
foggish?1537
plump1545
fatty1552
fleshful1552
pubble1566
plum1570
pursy1576
well-fleshed1576
gross?1577
fog1582
forfatted1586
gulchy1598
bouksome1600
fat-fed1607
meatified1607
chuff1609
plumpya1616
bloat1638
blowze-like1647
obese1651
jollya1661
bloated1664
chubbed1674
pluffya1689
puffya1689
pussy1688
sappy1694
crummy1718
chubby1722
fodgel1724
well-padded1737
beefy1743
plumpish1753
pudsy1754
rotund1762
portable1770
lusty1777
roundabout1787
well-cushioned1802
plenitudinous1803
stout1804
embonpointc1806
roly-poly1808
adipose1810
roll-about1815
foggy1817
poddy1823
porky1828
hide-blown1834
tubby1835
stoutish1836
tubbish1836
superfatted1841
pottle-bodied1842
pincushiony1851
opulent1882
well-covered1884
well-upholstered1886
butterball1888
endomorphic1888
tisty-tosty1888
pachyntic1890
barrel-bodied1894
overweight1899
pussy-gutted1906
upholstered1924
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > pork > [adjective] > resembling pork
porky1890
1828 Night Watch II. 105 A porky man, with a leger under his arm.
1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) A porky odor permeated the whole place.
1893 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour (rev. ed.) li. 275 Mr. Sponge was a good deal more put out by the incident..than his porky host.
1930 R. Campbell Poems 11 See the fat nouns like porky forwards sprawl Into a scrum that never heels the ball.
1975 Times 9 Sept. 9/6 Cleopatra..is shown double-chinned, calculating-eyed and porky.
1995 Times Mag. 28 Oct. 57/5 A boudin of wild boar was a delicious creation, lightly textured, properly savoury, gamily porky—a very high-class sausage indeed.

Compounds

porky pie n. [as alteration of pork pie n.] British a lie.
ΚΠ
1985 Guardian 13 Feb. 22/4 Some of the men as well as the women, ‘tell little porky pies about their age’.
1987 Times 16 Feb. 12/1 That Friday morning Profumo uttered the porky pie that cost him his career.
1997 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 4 May 29/3 The General Election campaign has seen a dramatic increase in the number of half-truths, porkie pies and double talk in recent weeks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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