screwmaticn.adj.

Brit.

/skruːˈmatɪk/, U.S.

/skruˈmædɪk/

Forms: 1800s– screwmatic, 1900s screwmatick.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rheumatic adj.

Etymology: A humorous alteration of rheumatic adj., after screw n.¹ (compare later screw n.¹ 17b).

colloquial.

A. n. plural.

Rheumatism; = rheumatic n. 2a. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [noun] > rheumatism or arthritis

arthritis1543

rheum1667

rheumatism1670

rheumatiz1760

rheumatica1796

arthrosia1822

screwmatic1832

rheumatoid arthritis1859

arthritism1868

polyarthritis1868

osteoarthritis1878

panarthritis1890

screw1897

Still's disease1905

rheumatic1918

osteoarthrosis1932

RA1957

1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports iii. 44/1 Curtis was to have undertaken the office of bottle-holder to Gaynor; but, as he said, a violent attack of the screw-matics prevented him.

1895 P. H. Emerson Birds, Beasts, & Fishes Norfolk Broadland 396 ‘Wiper's oil’ is a reputed specific for ‘screwmatics’.

1916 E. V. Lucas Vermilion Box 209 Wet, and rats,..and dirt and screwmaticks.

1970 A. Hunter Gently with Innocents 33 ‘Hallo, Dad,’ I'd say. ‘How's the screwmatics?’

B. adj.

†1. Sentimental; = rheumatic adj. 1c. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective]

weepingc900

wopi?c1225

greetingfula1340

greetyc1350

weeplyc1374

weepfula1382

weepinglyc1440

lachrymablec1450

moistc1450

lachrymous1490

rainy1563

tearfula1586

greeting1588

collachrymate1593

crying1594

onion-eyeda1616

maudlinc1616

rheumatica1627

fluxed1628

lachrymalc1630

crystal-droppinga1650

showery1654

lugent1656

Niobean1665

lachrymary1693

lachrymose1727

moist-eyed1797

larmoyant1824

pluviose1824

ploratory1831

lachrymating1837

screwmatic1847

pipy1861

weepy1863

blarting1898

leaky1905

1847 J. M. Field Drama in Pokerville 47 Ah, well, I always preferred straight-forward singing myself, to this screwmatic music!

2. Rheumatic; (of a fever) spec. accompanied by pain resembling rheumatism in the joints or muscles (cf. rheumatic fever n.). Now rare (English regional or U.S. in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [adjective] > rheumatism or arthritis

rheumatic?c1425

rheumatical1684

rheumatismatic1695

rheumatismal1820

rheumatoid1845

rheumatoidal1848

screwmatic1893

palindromic1941

1893 P. H. Emerson On Eng. Lagoons 50 I had the screwmatic fever three times.

1913 E. M. Wright Rustic Speech & Folk-lore 34 Other examples from various dialects are:..brown-typhus for bronchitis;..screwmatic (War. Nrf.) for rheumatic.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §130/38 Rheumatic, crimpy, rheumaticky, screwmatic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	screwmatic
释义	screwmaticn.adj. Brit. /skruːˈmatɪk/, U.S. /skruˈmædɪk/ Forms: 1800s– screwmatic, 1900s screwmatick. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rheumatic adj. Etymology: A humorous alteration of rheumatic adj., after screw n.¹ (compare later screw n.¹ 17b). colloquial. A. n. plural. Rheumatism; = rheumatic n. 2a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [noun] > rheumatism or arthritis arthritis1543 rheum1667 rheumatism1670 rheumatiz1760 rheumatica1796 arthrosia1822 screwmatic1832 rheumatoid arthritis1859 arthritism1868 polyarthritis1868 osteoarthritis1878 panarthritis1890 screw1897 Still's disease1905 rheumatic1918 osteoarthrosis1932 RA1957 1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports iii. 44/1 Curtis was to have undertaken the office of bottle-holder to Gaynor; but, as he said, a violent attack of the screw-matics prevented him. 1895 P. H. Emerson Birds, Beasts, & Fishes Norfolk Broadland 396 ‘Wiper's oil’ is a reputed specific for ‘screwmatics’. 1916 E. V. Lucas Vermilion Box 209 Wet, and rats,..and dirt and screwmaticks. 1970 A. Hunter Gently with Innocents 33 ‘Hallo, Dad,’ I'd say. ‘How's the screwmatics?’ B. adj. †1. Sentimental; = rheumatic adj. 1c. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] weepingc900 wopi?c1225 greetingfula1340 greetyc1350 weeplyc1374 weepfula1382 weepinglyc1440 lachrymablec1450 moistc1450 lachrymous1490 rainy1563 tearfula1586 greeting1588 collachrymate1593 crying1594 onion-eyeda1616 maudlinc1616 rheumatica1627 fluxed1628 lachrymalc1630 crystal-droppinga1650 showery1654 lugent1656 Niobean1665 lachrymary1693 lachrymose1727 moist-eyed1797 larmoyant1824 pluviose1824 ploratory1831 lachrymating1837 screwmatic1847 pipy1861 weepy1863 blarting1898 leaky1905 1847 J. M. Field Drama in Pokerville 47 Ah, well, I always preferred straight-forward singing myself, to this screwmatic music! 2. Rheumatic; (of a fever) spec. accompanied by pain resembling rheumatism in the joints or muscles (cf. rheumatic fever n.). Now rare (English regional or U.S. in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [adjective] > rheumatism or arthritis rheumatic?c1425 rheumatical1684 rheumatismatic1695 rheumatismal1820 rheumatoid1845 rheumatoidal1848 screwmatic1893 palindromic1941 1893 P. H. Emerson On Eng. Lagoons 50 I had the screwmatic fever three times. 1913 E. M. Wright Rustic Speech & Folk-lore 34 Other examples from various dialects are:..brown-typhus for bronchitis;..screwmatic (War. Nrf.) for rheumatic. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §130/38 Rheumatic, crimpy, rheumaticky, screwmatic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1832
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