rangyadj.

Brit.

/ˈreɪn(d)ʒi/, U.S.

/ˈreɪndʒi/

Forms: 1800s rangey, 1800s– rangy.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: range n.¹, -y suffix¹; range v.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly < range n.¹ + -y suffix¹, and partly < range v.¹ + -y suffix¹.

1. Originally U.S.

a. Of an animal: adapted for or capable of ranging; having long limbs and a lean body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by locomotion > [adjective] > adapted for ranging

rangy1857

the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > thin or weak

poor1539

unwight1570

sheer1632

scammel1658

rangy1857

wastrel1880

the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > stout or strong > rangy

rangy1857

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and thin

maypolea1635

gangrel1650

gangling1764

tanglec1817

lanky1818

langrel1847

weedy1849

spindled1855

tangly1855

rangy1857

lanikin1862

gangly1871

orming1903

spiderish1935

leptosomic1936

leptosomatic1937

1857 D. C. Linsley Morgan Horses xi. 204 Some long-legged, rangy, broken down, trotting mare.

1864 Prairie Farmer 17 Dec. 386/3 Don't breed deep, compact-bodied bucks on year, and long-bodied, rather rangy-bodied bucks the next year.

1885 T. Roosevelt Hunting Trips 21 The ponies..used for the circle riding in the morning have need rather to be strong and rangey.

1895 Cent. Mag. Aug. 627/2 How the dogs, like the race-horse, have grown lighter, more rangy in form, smaller, solider in bone.

1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxiv. 252 I counted over four score of rangy mangy looking racehounds all capable of running a kangaroo to earth.

1955 Times 20 May 10/5 Some bulls—black and white beasts of the Holmogorky breed, somewhat like British Friesians, but rather bigger and rangier.

1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 19 Sept. 61/1 The royal government provided no housing materials and no food beyond a few rangy cattle.

2001 L. Erdrich Last Rep. on Miracles at Little No Horse (2002) xi. 189 The dog walked right in through the open window. A rangy thing, coal black and huge, he stood on the small table.

b. Of a person: tall and thin, with long limbs.

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1887 Washington Post 17 Dec. 2/3 There was the tall, rangy and uncouth Texan from the banks of the Rio Grande.

1899 G. Ade Doc' Horne 42 He was considerably over six feet tall, raw boned and rangy.

1932 L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses x. 197 You're rangy enough. Tall as Craig, himself.

1968 J. Lock Lady Policeman viii. 76 He's tall, rangy, with skin-tight pants, long dark hair and plum-coloured lipstick.

1977 Time 3 Jan. 36/3 A freewheeling, gregarious politician, the rangy (6ft. 2in.) Bergland is married to a farmer's daughter and is the father of six children.

2005 Z. Smith On Beauty 40 But she was older than Kiki, more like sixty something, and rather rangy.

c. Of a plant or tree: tall and spindly with long branches, or a long stem or trunk; (of a branch, etc.) long and thin.

ΚΠ

1896 N.Y. Observer 30 Jan. 156/1 It should be remembered that a tree with a rather low head is much more handy for picking apples from than a high, rangy growth.

1925 Oxford (Iowa) Mirror (Electronic text) 8 Jan. Branches that are too rangy..ought to be cut back.

1991 Independent 5 Jan. 33/2 In the wild, as I have seen it growing in Costa Rica, it is a tall, rangy plant.

2005 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 July h1 He has planted a tall and somewhat rangy glossy-leafed shrub named Godfrey's swamp privet.

2. Originally and chiefly Australian. Mountainous, hilly.

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1858 Sydney Mag. Sci. & Art 1 248/1 They commenced work in earnest, and by a series of races and rude aqueducts, succeeded in conveying the water over a rangy country.

1861 Burke & Wills Exploring Exped. 2 Between the tropics and Carpentaria a considerable portion is rangy.

1880 G. Sutherland Tales of Goldfields 89 The most rangy and inaccessible regions of the Colonies.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms 144 The hills on the south were wild and rangy enough.

1941 I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang iv. 26 Tracks are not definitely necessary, whether to cross rangy country or spinifex plains.

1998 J. B. Wright Montana Ghost Dance iv. 69 This rangy landscape is a map of the lessons we need to gain.

3. Chiefly North American. Of a place: having room for ranging; spacious.

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1880 S. Lanier Sunrise 79 in Poems (1892) Breathe it free, By rangy marsh, in lone sea-liberty.

1883 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gaz. 452 The Toronto (Canada) Hunt Club has..a large rangy shed for the horses.

1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xv. 186 They were placed in a rangy paddock on a slope with a moist area at the bottom.

1993 Outdoor Canada Oct. 23/3 Experienced anglers regularly hook and release trout of 20 to 24 inches in the big, rangy Bow River.

2004 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 10 Apr. 3 A rich chocolate-tone timber-veneer trim is offset by crisp white walls and the glass surrounds of the rangy living area.

4. Of great scope or compass; expansive, broad, wide-ranging.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent

broadOE

sideOE

wideOE

largec1230

spaciousa1382

unridea1425

amplea1492

well-spreadc1540

main1548

overreaching1579

widespread1582

spacious1587

wide-spreading1587

scopeful1598

vasty1598

scopious1599

vast1600

worldwide1602

spaceful1621

dimensious1632

voluminousa1661

extensive1706

sheety1748

sweeping1772

extended1779

expansive1806

wide-spreaded1820

heaven-wide1835

spanless1847

rangy1898

1898 G. B. Aiton in T. Carlyle Burns Introd. 30 One should cultivate a rangy method of getting through a book.

1909 W. D. Howells Seven Eng. Cities 23 The marketing was not carried on with anything like the wild, rangy movement of our Stock Exchange.

1977 Science 28 Jan. 379/1 McHarg's rangy mind, colorful mode of expression, and willingness to offend makes him rather unusual as landscape architects go.

1991 Esquire Oct. 142/2 Is it a kind of rangy, all-encompassing universality—a big tent sheltering all the conventions of masculinity?

2003 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 36 233/1 This rangy and precise book deserves to be read even by those historians who think they are bored with Descartes.

Derivatives

ˈrangily adv.

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1919 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 8 Oct. 8/6 Mike Ertle is rangily built for a bantamweight, standing..one inch taller than Champion Pete Herman.

1976 ‘S. Woods’ My Life is Done 62 He was..very tall..and rangily built.

2004 Evening Standard (Nexis) 29 Oct. 60 Morrissey, 42, slightly withered, puppy-eyed and rangily attractive, greets me in the bar.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rangy
释义	† rangyn. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: range n.¹ Etymology: Apparently a variant of range n.¹ Obsolete. rare. = range n.¹ 7c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > shaft(s) or pole thillc1325 limber1480 sway1535 neap1553 draught-tree1580 wain-beam1589 beam1600 fills1609 spire1609 foreteam?1611 verge1611 shaft1613 rangy1657 pole1683 thrill1688 trill1688 rod1695 range1702 neb1710 sharp1733 tram1766 carriage pole1767 sill1787 tongue1792 nib1808 dissel-boom1822 tongue-tree1829 reach1869 wain-stang1876 1657 C. Beck Universal Char. sig. K3 A rangy or beam between horses in a Coach. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). rangyadj. Brit. /ˈreɪn(d)ʒi/, U.S. /ˈreɪndʒi/ Forms: 1800s rangey, 1800s– rangy. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: range n.¹, -y suffix¹; range v.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly < range n.¹ + -y suffix¹, and partly < range v.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. Originally U.S. a. Of an animal: adapted for or capable of ranging; having long limbs and a lean body. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > [adjective] > adapted for ranging rangy1857 the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > thin or weak poor1539 unwight1570 sheer1632 scammel1658 rangy1857 wastrel1880 the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > stout or strong > rangy rangy1857 the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and thin maypolea1635 gangrel1650 gangling1764 tanglec1817 lanky1818 langrel1847 weedy1849 spindled1855 tangly1855 rangy1857 lanikin1862 gangly1871 orming1903 spiderish1935 leptosomic1936 leptosomatic1937 1857 D. C. Linsley Morgan Horses xi. 204 Some long-legged, rangy, broken down, trotting mare. 1864 Prairie Farmer 17 Dec. 386/3 Don't breed deep, compact-bodied bucks on year, and long-bodied, rather rangy-bodied bucks the next year. 1885 T. Roosevelt Hunting Trips 21 The ponies..used for the circle riding in the morning have need rather to be strong and rangey. 1895 Cent. Mag. Aug. 627/2 How the dogs, like the race-horse, have grown lighter, more rangy in form, smaller, solider in bone. 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxiv. 252 I counted over four score of rangy mangy looking racehounds all capable of running a kangaroo to earth. 1955 Times 20 May 10/5 Some bulls—black and white beasts of the Holmogorky breed, somewhat like British Friesians, but rather bigger and rangier. 1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 19 Sept. 61/1 The royal government provided no housing materials and no food beyond a few rangy cattle. 2001 L. Erdrich Last Rep. on Miracles at Little No Horse (2002) xi. 189 The dog walked right in through the open window. A rangy thing, coal black and huge, he stood on the small table. b. Of a person: tall and thin, with long limbs. ΚΠ 1887 Washington Post 17 Dec. 2/3 There was the tall, rangy and uncouth Texan from the banks of the Rio Grande. 1899 G. Ade Doc' Horne 42 He was considerably over six feet tall, raw boned and rangy. 1932 L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses x. 197 You're rangy enough. Tall as Craig, himself. 1968 J. Lock Lady Policeman viii. 76 He's tall, rangy, with skin-tight pants, long dark hair and plum-coloured lipstick. 1977 Time 3 Jan. 36/3 A freewheeling, gregarious politician, the rangy (6ft. 2in.) Bergland is married to a farmer's daughter and is the father of six children. 2005 Z. Smith On Beauty 40 But she was older than Kiki, more like sixty something, and rather rangy. c. Of a plant or tree: tall and spindly with long branches, or a long stem or trunk; (of a branch, etc.) long and thin. ΚΠ 1896 N.Y. Observer 30 Jan. 156/1 It should be remembered that a tree with a rather low head is much more handy for picking apples from than a high, rangy growth. 1925 Oxford (Iowa) Mirror (Electronic text) 8 Jan. Branches that are too rangy..ought to be cut back. 1991 Independent 5 Jan. 33/2 In the wild, as I have seen it growing in Costa Rica, it is a tall, rangy plant. 2005 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 July h1 He has planted a tall and somewhat rangy glossy-leafed shrub named Godfrey's swamp privet. 2. Originally and chiefly Australian. Mountainous, hilly. ΚΠ 1858 Sydney Mag. Sci. & Art 1 248/1 They commenced work in earnest, and by a series of races and rude aqueducts, succeeded in conveying the water over a rangy country. 1861 Burke & Wills Exploring Exped. 2 Between the tropics and Carpentaria a considerable portion is rangy. 1880 G. Sutherland Tales of Goldfields 89 The most rangy and inaccessible regions of the Colonies. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms 144 The hills on the south were wild and rangy enough. 1941 I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang iv. 26 Tracks are not definitely necessary, whether to cross rangy country or spinifex plains. 1998 J. B. Wright Montana Ghost Dance iv. 69 This rangy landscape is a map of the lessons we need to gain. 3. Chiefly North American. Of a place: having room for ranging; spacious. ΚΠ 1880 S. Lanier Sunrise 79 in Poems (1892) Breathe it free, By rangy marsh, in lone sea-liberty. 1883 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gaz. 452 The Toronto (Canada) Hunt Club has..a large rangy shed for the horses. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xv. 186 They were placed in a rangy paddock on a slope with a moist area at the bottom. 1993 Outdoor Canada Oct. 23/3 Experienced anglers regularly hook and release trout of 20 to 24 inches in the big, rangy Bow River. 2004 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 10 Apr. 3 A rich chocolate-tone timber-veneer trim is offset by crisp white walls and the glass surrounds of the rangy living area. 4. Of great scope or compass; expansive, broad, wide-ranging. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent broadOE sideOE wideOE largec1230 spaciousa1382 unridea1425 amplea1492 well-spreadc1540 main1548 overreaching1579 widespread1582 spacious1587 wide-spreading1587 scopeful1598 vasty1598 scopious1599 vast1600 worldwide1602 spaceful1621 dimensious1632 voluminousa1661 extensive1706 sheety1748 sweeping1772 extended1779 expansive1806 wide-spreaded1820 heaven-wide1835 spanless1847 rangy1898 1898 G. B. Aiton in T. Carlyle Burns Introd. 30 One should cultivate a rangy method of getting through a book. 1909 W. D. Howells Seven Eng. Cities 23 The marketing was not carried on with anything like the wild, rangy movement of our Stock Exchange. 1977 Science 28 Jan. 379/1 McHarg's rangy mind, colorful mode of expression, and willingness to offend makes him rather unusual as landscape architects go. 1991 Esquire Oct. 142/2 Is it a kind of rangy, all-encompassing universality—a big tent sheltering all the conventions of masculinity? 2003 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 36 233/1 This rangy and precise book deserves to be read even by those historians who think they are bored with Descartes. Derivatives ˈrangily adv. ΚΠ 1919 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 8 Oct. 8/6 Mike Ertle is rangily built for a bantamweight, standing..one inch taller than Champion Pete Herman. 1976 ‘S. Woods’ My Life is Done 62 He was..very tall..and rangily built. 2004 Evening Standard (Nexis) 29 Oct. 60 Morrissey, 42, slightly withered, puppy-eyed and rangily attractive, greets me in the bar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1657adj.1857
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† rangyn.

rangyadj.

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