pukeyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpjuːki/, U.S.

/ˈpjuki/

Forms: 1800s– puky, 1900s– pukey.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puke v., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < puke v. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier puking adj.

a. Given to puking; inclined to puke or vomit; sickly, queasy.

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > disgusting

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walsh1513

filthy1533

wallowish1548

foul1560

maumish1580

nasty1601

distastable1607

distasteful1611

disgustfula1625

nauseous1649

fulsome1694

mawkisha1697

disgusting1754

pukey1852

brackish1871

wambly1899

bogging1973

feechie1975

angin1994

1852 W. M. Thackeray Let. 6 Nov. (1946) III. 107 We..are now some 1100 miles out at sea... Poor Eyre has been very puky.

1864 G. Meredith Emilia in Eng. II. xiii. 206 He was rendered peaky and puky only by people supposing him so.

1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 337/2 John Lee had called him a puky orphan in front of the whole class.

1965 J. Kerouac Let. 9 Jan. in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 390 You might as well be a snarling puky drunk in a gutter.

1988 J. Brady Stone of Heart (1990) 105 Minogue felt light-headed and pukey after the cigarette.

2000 N. DeMille Lion's Game xxxvii. 321 If you get pukey, I've got a barf bag handy.

b. Suggestive of or resembling vomit.

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1926 Chicago Tribune 10 Jan. (Mag. section) 2/2 He built that house up on Little Bayou—painted it the same kind of pukey green that you see now.

1955 C. Beaton Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xx. 286 Sofas are upholstered in timid, puky pea-greens, almonds and beiges.

1994 N. Baker Fermata xiii. 117 I could go to a bookstore and select a new beautiful paperback and buy it and put my nose in it to smell the fine pukey smell that new books often have.

2003 J. Freeman Chinchilla Farm 64 I smelled the sour stench of the surrounding marshland, a kind of eggy, pukey smell.

2. figurative (colloquial). Sick-making, disgusting, repugnant.

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > [adjective]

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lousyc1386

unwashed?a1390

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filthy?c1400

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shitten?1545

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obscene1597

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ketty1607

putrid1628

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foede1657

fulsamic1694

carrion1826

foul1842

shitty1879

scabrous1880

scummy1932

pukey1933

shitting1950

gungy1962

grungy1965

shithouse1966

grot1967

bogging1973

1933 Brevities (N.Y.) 24 Apr. 13/1 Suburban scribbler, song angler,..contest runner, by-line notable and pukey poet.

1935 T. Wolfe Of Time & River i. iv. 67 That old pukey stuff! Why, it'd rot the guts of a brass monkey!

1965 T. Capote In Cold Blood (1966) i. 37 It was a puky idea. What the hell would they have thought?

1969 W. Garner Us or Them War vi. 53 There'll be all sorts there, most of them pretty pukey and not really my thing.

1995 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 4 June 104/5 I find this sort of book pukey and wonder whether they really offer any solace to poor inept souls who can't make their way through life without a step-by-step guide.

2002 A. Dworkin Heartbreak 16 I was right to be so disenchanted with and contemptuous of the pukey adults who were my other teachers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pukey
释义	pukeyadj. Brit. /ˈpjuːki/, U.S. /ˈpjuki/ Forms: 1800s– puky, 1900s– pukey. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puke v., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < puke v. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier puking adj. 1. a. Given to puking; inclined to puke or vomit; sickly, queasy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > disgusting queasyc1450 walsh1513 filthy1533 wallowish1548 foul1560 maumish1580 nasty1601 distastable1607 distasteful1611 disgustfula1625 nauseous1649 fulsome1694 mawkisha1697 disgusting1754 pukey1852 brackish1871 wambly1899 bogging1973 feechie1975 angin1994 1852 W. M. Thackeray Let. 6 Nov. (1946) III. 107 We..are now some 1100 miles out at sea... Poor Eyre has been very puky. 1864 G. Meredith Emilia in Eng. II. xiii. 206 He was rendered peaky and puky only by people supposing him so. 1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 337/2 John Lee had called him a puky orphan in front of the whole class. 1965 J. Kerouac Let. 9 Jan. in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 390 You might as well be a snarling puky drunk in a gutter. 1988 J. Brady Stone of Heart (1990) 105 Minogue felt light-headed and pukey after the cigarette. 2000 N. DeMille Lion's Game xxxvii. 321 If you get pukey, I've got a barf bag handy. b. Suggestive of or resembling vomit. ΚΠ 1926 Chicago Tribune 10 Jan. (Mag. section) 2/2 He built that house up on Little Bayou—painted it the same kind of pukey green that you see now. 1955 C. Beaton Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xx. 286 Sofas are upholstered in timid, puky pea-greens, almonds and beiges. 1994 N. Baker Fermata xiii. 117 I could go to a bookstore and select a new beautiful paperback and buy it and put my nose in it to smell the fine pukey smell that new books often have. 2003 J. Freeman Chinchilla Farm 64 I smelled the sour stench of the surrounding marshland, a kind of eggy, pukey smell. 2. figurative (colloquial). Sick-making, disgusting, repugnant. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > [adjective] blackOE rotea1382 lousyc1386 unwashed?a1390 fulsomec1390 filthy?c1400 rankc1400 leprousa1425 sicka1425 miry1532 shitten?1545 murrain1575 obscene1597 vicious1597 ketty1607 putrid1628 putredinous1641 foede1657 fulsamic1694 carrion1826 foul1842 shitty1879 scabrous1880 scummy1932 pukey1933 shitting1950 gungy1962 grungy1965 shithouse1966 grot1967 bogging1973 1933 Brevities (N.Y.) 24 Apr. 13/1 Suburban scribbler, song angler,..contest runner, by-line notable and pukey poet. 1935 T. Wolfe Of Time & River i. iv. 67 That old pukey stuff! Why, it'd rot the guts of a brass monkey! 1965 T. Capote In Cold Blood (1966) i. 37 It was a puky idea. What the hell would they have thought? 1969 W. Garner Us or Them War vi. 53 There'll be all sorts there, most of them pretty pukey and not really my thing. 1995 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 4 June 104/5 I find this sort of book pukey and wonder whether they really offer any solace to poor inept souls who can't make their way through life without a step-by-step guide. 2002 A. Dworkin Heartbreak 16 I was right to be so disenchanted with and contemptuous of the pukey adults who were my other teachers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1852
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