scroddyadj.

/ˈskrɒdi/

Etymology: Origin unknown.

Mean, paltry. (In contemptuous use of amount or condition.) (Apparently restricted to D. H. Lawrence.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > small or trifling in amount or degree

eathlyc890

littleOE

slender1530

foolish1533

triflinga1538

paltry1565

puny?1594

mean1599

minikin1617

unconsiderable1643

inconsiderable1648

punctilio1660

sneaking1703

insignificant1748

flimsy1756

peppercornish1762

peppercorn1791

microscopic1798

pindling1861

midget1879

diddly1893

scroddyc1909

chickenshit1934

c1909 D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) iii. 63 Now, Beat! (Offering the grapes.)..Go on—have some!.. What a scroddy few! Here, have some more.

1912 D. H. Lawrence in Nation 16 Mar. 982/1 Tha gets 'appen a scroddy twenty-two shillin'.

1912 D. H. Lawrence Let. Oct. (1932) 69 Tell Bunny we don't believe his last scroddy letter was meant for us.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	scroddy
释义	scroddyadj. /ˈskrɒdi/ Etymology: Origin unknown. Mean, paltry. (In contemptuous use of amount or condition.) (Apparently restricted to D. H. Lawrence.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > small or trifling in amount or degree eathlyc890 littleOE slender1530 foolish1533 triflinga1538 paltry1565 puny?1594 mean1599 minikin1617 unconsiderable1643 inconsiderable1648 punctilio1660 sneaking1703 insignificant1748 flimsy1756 peppercornish1762 peppercorn1791 microscopic1798 pindling1861 midget1879 diddly1893 scroddyc1909 chickenshit1934 c1909 D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) iii. 63 Now, Beat! (Offering the grapes.)..Go on—have some!.. What a scroddy few! Here, have some more. 1912 D. H. Lawrence in Nation 16 Mar. 982/1 Tha gets 'appen a scroddy twenty-two shillin'. 1912 D. H. Lawrence Let. Oct. (1932) 69 Tell Bunny we don't believe his last scroddy letter was meant for us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.c1909
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