sideyadj.

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪdi/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪdi/

Forms: 1800s– sidey, 1800s– sidy.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: side n.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < side n.² + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier side adj. 3 and also earlier sidy adj.

colloquial (originally and chiefly British).

Pretentious, conceited.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective]

taunt?a1534

cocket1537

fastuous?1591

cobbing1599

whalebone1602

airy1606

fastigious1625

flatuous1630

high and mighty1633

vapouring1647

flatulent1658

hoity-toity1690

jackanapish1696

superior1711

penseful1788

uppish1789

pensy1790

stuck-up1812

glorified1821

toploftical1823

pretentious1832

sophomoric1837

highty-tighty1847

snippy1848

jumped-up1852

set-up1856

toplofty1859

cock-aloft1861

high-tone1864

high-toned1866

pretensivea1868

fancy-pants1870

hunched1870

snotty1870

head-in-air1880

uppity1880

jackanapsian1881

airified1882

sidey1898

posh1914

upstage1918

snooty1919

high-hatted1924

hincty1924

snot-nosed1941

posho1989

1898 Woman at Home Oct. 57/1 Tommy wasn't half a bad fellow once... I never counted him sidey.

1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. ii. iii. 179 The porter was frightfully sick at having to give me a telegram. He is a sidy swine.

1935 ‘N. Blake’ Question of Proof viii. 154 ‘It is possible that he could have thought he had a chance of being elected?’ ‘Oh, I should think so; he was sidey enough.’

1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays xxviii. 115 He couldn't very well put himself in first because people might think it rather sidey.

1982 L. Olivier Confessions of Actor ii. 18 I was universally known as ‘that sidey little shit Olivier’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sidey
释义	sideyadj. Brit. /ˈsʌɪdi/, U.S. /ˈsaɪdi/ Forms: 1800s– sidey, 1800s– sidy. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: side n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < side n.² + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier side adj. 3 and also earlier sidy adj. colloquial (originally and chiefly British). Pretentious, conceited. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective] taunt?a1534 cocket1537 fastuous?1591 cobbing1599 whalebone1602 airy1606 fastigious1625 flatuous1630 high and mighty1633 vapouring1647 flatulent1658 hoity-toity1690 jackanapish1696 superior1711 penseful1788 uppish1789 pensy1790 stuck-up1812 glorified1821 toploftical1823 pretentious1832 sophomoric1837 highty-tighty1847 snippy1848 jumped-up1852 set-up1856 toplofty1859 cock-aloft1861 high-tone1864 high-toned1866 pretensivea1868 fancy-pants1870 hunched1870 snotty1870 head-in-air1880 uppity1880 jackanapsian1881 airified1882 sidey1898 posh1914 upstage1918 snooty1919 high-hatted1924 hincty1924 snot-nosed1941 posho1989 1898 Woman at Home Oct. 57/1 Tommy wasn't half a bad fellow once... I never counted him sidey. 1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. ii. iii. 179 The porter was frightfully sick at having to give me a telegram. He is a sidy swine. 1935 ‘N. Blake’ Question of Proof viii. 154 ‘It is possible that he could have thought he had a chance of being elected?’ ‘Oh, I should think so; he was sidey enough.’ 1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays xxviii. 115 He couldn't very well put himself in first because people might think it rather sidey. 1982 L. Olivier Confessions of Actor ii. 18 I was universally known as ‘that sidey little shit Olivier’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1898
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