seamyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈsiːmi/, U.S.

/ˈsimi/

Etymology: < seam n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

1. Having a seam or suture; characterized by seams. seamy side, lit. the under side of a garment, etc. on which the rough edges of the seams are visible; figurative. [after Shakespeare.] the worst, most degraded or the roughest side (of life, character, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [noun] > aspect of something

seamy sidea1616

under-belly1962

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > moral sordidness > aspect

seamy sidea1616

sleaze factor1983

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 150 Some such squire he was, That turnd your wit, the seamy side without, And made you to suspect me with the Moore.

1837 Mrs. Caroline Norton Let. 4 Nov. in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) II. 415 I begin to think it would be pleasanter to follow a marching regiment than to see the seamy side of this intellectual trade.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. ii. 593 The splendid and the sordid, the seamy side and the smooth, of Life at Cirey.

1859 Sat. Rev. 2 Apr. 403/1 He appreciated to a considerable extent, what we may perhaps venture to call the seamy side of human affairs.

1882 L. Stephen Swift viii. 185 The righteous hatred of brutality and oppression which is but the seamy side of a generous sympathy.

1899 A. Dobson Paladin Philanthr. vi. 146 The knowledge of the seamy side of letters.

2. Of the nature of or resembling a seam or seams; marked with a seam.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > chapped or cracked

chipped1495

chappeda1500

chopped1549

hummelled1597

hummel1601

chapping1610

seamy1776

hacked1788

chappy1833

chippy1851

kinned1855

soda-chapped1922

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased

rivelledlOE

hirpleda1400

runkleda1400

rimpleda1425

wrimpledc1430

crimpled1440

frumpledc1440

runkle?1440

ruscledc1440

crumple1523

wrinkled?1523

creased1545

pursy1552

shrivelled1565

wrinkly1573

crumpled1577

ruffed1578

scrimpledc1590

wrizzled1590

wimpled1599

rucked1600

puckered1606

cappard1608

wrinkleful1608

plighty1615

yfrouncta1643

puggered1653

caperated1657

wreathed1657

pursed1676

crinkly1750

runkly1772

wrinkling1791

ruckya1825

puckery1830

creasy1858

seamy1874

crinkle1886

kinkled1890

bumfled1943

1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad iv. 75 His crimson seamy scars reveal The sure-aim'd vengeance of the Lusian steel.

1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 276 Like some bold Vet'ran..mark'd with many a seamy scar.

1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Amos Barton ii, in Scenes Clerical Life I. 44 A one-eyed woman, with a scarred and seamy face.

1874 S. Lanier Corn 127 To where..Yon old deserted Georgian hill Bares to the sun his piteous aged crest And seamy breast.

in combination.1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 289 The rough, seamy-faced, rawboned College Servitor.

Derivatives

ˈseaminess n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition

wrinkledness1552

crumpledness1805

seaminess1875

crinkliness1893

1875 W. Besant & J. Rice With Harp & Crown ix A gleam of light upon his face, which brought out the more forcibly the seaminess with which his passions were furrowing it.

1898 G. Wyndham Poems Shakespeare Introd. 60 Jonson's..virulence..spared neither the seaminess of an opposite's apparel nor the defects in his personal appearance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	seamy
释义	† seamyadj.¹ Forms: In 1500s seymy. Etymology: < seam n.³ + -y suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. Greasy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > fatty or greasy fatc1000 fattya1398 tallowyc1440 seamya1529 tallowish1552 smeary1582 fattish1589 greasy1592 pinguedinous1599 enseamed1604 pingui-substance1621 pinguid1635 axungious1658 pinguious1705 sevous1726 suety1730 sebaceous1783 pinguitudinous1827 crassy1858 a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 124 Thou gresly gargone glaymy, Thou swety slouen seymy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). seamyadj.² Brit. /ˈsiːmi/, U.S. /ˈsimi/ Etymology: < seam n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. Having a seam or suture; characterized by seams. seamy side, lit. the under side of a garment, etc. on which the rough edges of the seams are visible; figurative. [after Shakespeare.] the worst, most degraded or the roughest side (of life, character, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [noun] > aspect of something seamy sidea1616 under-belly1962 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > moral sordidness > aspect seamy sidea1616 sleaze factor1983 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 150 Some such squire he was, That turnd your wit, the seamy side without, And made you to suspect me with the Moore. View more context for this quotation 1837 Mrs. Caroline Norton Let. 4 Nov. in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) II. 415 I begin to think it would be pleasanter to follow a marching regiment than to see the seamy side of this intellectual trade. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. ii. 593 The splendid and the sordid, the seamy side and the smooth, of Life at Cirey. 1859 Sat. Rev. 2 Apr. 403/1 He appreciated to a considerable extent, what we may perhaps venture to call the seamy side of human affairs. 1882 L. Stephen Swift viii. 185 The righteous hatred of brutality and oppression which is but the seamy side of a generous sympathy. 1899 A. Dobson Paladin Philanthr. vi. 146 The knowledge of the seamy side of letters. 2. Of the nature of or resembling a seam or seams; marked with a seam. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > chapped or cracked chipped1495 chappeda1500 chopped1549 hummelled1597 hummel1601 chapping1610 seamy1776 hacked1788 chappy1833 chippy1851 kinned1855 soda-chapped1922 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased rivelledlOE hirpleda1400 runkleda1400 rimpleda1425 wrimpledc1430 crimpled1440 frumpledc1440 runkle?1440 ruscledc1440 crumple1523 wrinkled?1523 creased1545 pursy1552 shrivelled1565 wrinkly1573 crumpled1577 ruffed1578 scrimpledc1590 wrizzled1590 wimpled1599 rucked1600 puckered1606 cappard1608 wrinkleful1608 plighty1615 yfrouncta1643 puggered1653 caperated1657 wreathed1657 pursed1676 crinkly1750 runkly1772 wrinkling1791 ruckya1825 puckery1830 creasy1858 seamy1874 crinkle1886 kinkled1890 bumfled1943 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad iv. 75 His crimson seamy scars reveal The sure-aim'd vengeance of the Lusian steel. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 276 Like some bold Vet'ran..mark'd with many a seamy scar. 1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Amos Barton ii, in Scenes Clerical Life I. 44 A one-eyed woman, with a scarred and seamy face. 1874 S. Lanier Corn 127 To where..Yon old deserted Georgian hill Bares to the sun his piteous aged crest And seamy breast. in combination.1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 289 The rough, seamy-faced, rawboned College Servitor. Derivatives ˈseaminess n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition wrinkledness1552 crumpledness1805 seaminess1875 crinkliness1893 1875 W. Besant & J. Rice With Harp & Crown ix A gleam of light upon his face, which brought out the more forcibly the seaminess with which his passions were furrowing it. 1898 G. Wyndham Poems Shakespeare Introd. 60 Jonson's..virulence..spared neither the seaminess of an opposite's apparel nor the defects in his personal appearance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹a1529adj.²a1616
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