sharkyadj.

/ˈʃɑːki/

Forms: Also sharkey.

Etymology: < shark n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

rare.

Abounding in, infested with, or characterized by the presence of sharks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [adjective] > full of sharks

sharky1854

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 425 (note) When they bathed in sharky localities.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 653 The way those Kruboys..hauled their ‘Massa’ out from among the sharkey foam every time he went into it, on the lifeboat upsetting.

Draft additions March 2007

Designating or characteristic of a swindler or shark (shark n.¹ 2a); unscrupulous, acquisitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous

conscienceless?c1425

unconscienced1467

unconscionable1568

inconscionablea1599

conscionless1607

disconscient1641

unconscientious1649

untendera1658

unscrupulous1803

any-lengthian1805

unscrupled1813

scrupleless1823

no good1838

sharky1858

1858 Monroe (Wisconsin) Sentinel 28 July 2/4 I would patronize him to the extent of my wants, especially if he is not so ‘sharky’ as to require security [on loans].

1925 S. Kaye-Smith George & Crown i. 10 He'd have racing-men from Lewes, a drunken, sharky lot.

1984 M. Amis Money 121 They talk about money in that sharky American style, as if money were the only gauge of anything.

2003 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 June 60/2 Word must have gotten around that I was ready for the picking, because some very sharky developers started offering me work.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sharky
释义	sharkyadj. /ˈʃɑːki/ Forms: Also sharkey. Etymology: < shark n.¹ + -y suffix¹. rare. Abounding in, infested with, or characterized by the presence of sharks. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [adjective] > full of sharks sharky1854 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 425 (note) When they bathed in sharky localities. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 653 The way those Kruboys..hauled their ‘Massa’ out from among the sharkey foam every time he went into it, on the lifeboat upsetting. Draft additions March 2007 Designating or characteristic of a swindler or shark (shark n.¹ 2a); unscrupulous, acquisitive. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous conscienceless?c1425 unconscienced1467 unconscionable1568 inconscionablea1599 conscionless1607 disconscient1641 unconscientious1649 untendera1658 unscrupulous1803 any-lengthian1805 unscrupled1813 scrupleless1823 no good1838 sharky1858 1858 Monroe (Wisconsin) Sentinel 28 July 2/4 I would patronize him to the extent of my wants, especially if he is not so ‘sharky’ as to require security [on loans]. 1925 S. Kaye-Smith George & Crown i. 10 He'd have racing-men from Lewes, a drunken, sharky lot. 1984 M. Amis Money 121 They talk about money in that sharky American style, as if money were the only gauge of anything. 2003 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 June 60/2 Word must have gotten around that I was ready for the picking, because some very sharky developers started offering me work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1854
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