spick and span newadj.

Forms: Also spick-and-span new. (For other variations see quots.)

Etymology: Emphatic extension of span-new adj. The same first element appears in the synonymous Dutch and Flemish spikspeldernieuw, -splinternieuw (West Flemish -spankelnieuw).

Absolutely or perfectly new; brand-new; perfectly fresh or unworn. The β-quots. show the more unusual spellings.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > brand new

span-newc1300

spon-new13..

brand-newc1570

spick and span new1579

new-new1592

fire-new1597

fiery-new1644

spick and span1665

split-new1695

spander-new1707

spank span-new1775

spick-span1815

spleet-new1818

brand-span-new1828

spick-span new1880

firebrand new1882

spanking new1886

spandy new1903

pin-new1967

box-fresh1990

α.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 273 They were all in goodly gilt armours, and braue purple cassocks apon them, spicke, and spanne newe.

c1590 Forewords to Stubbes' Anat. (1877) 38 A spicke and spanne new Geneua Bible.

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iii. v. 41 in Wks. II Sir, this is a spell against 'hem, spicke and span new.

1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence ii. 31 The Animadvertor will not wear words at the second hand of my using, but will have them spick and span new of his own making.

a1668 W. Davenant Jeffereidos i, in Wks. (1673) 225 They found him close, beneath a spick And almost span-new-peuter-Candlestick.

1742 London Mag. 611 A spick and span new French or Dutch Habit.

1771 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) IX. 181 This discovery is spick and span new; I never heard of it before.

1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 165 These façades..with spick-and-span-new plaster of Paris and patent cement.

1879 G. A. Sala Paris herself Again II. xvii. 270 Its gilt railings..looked spick-and-span new.

1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back I. i. 22 The handsome horses in spick-and-span new harness.

in combination.1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) iv. sig. F3 I am..of the spick & span new set vp Company of [por]ters.β. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie clxxxii. 1130/1 They [Papists] make men beleeue that the breade is no more a materiall thing... And that is spycke and spawne newe.1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Nuoua di trinca, as we vse to say spike and span new.1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 73 In his Preface to his spik and span New Ephemeris.1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding ii. vii, in Comedies & Trag. 100 Spik and span new Arguments.c1789 Mrs. Unwin Let. in Burgon Twelve Good Men (1888) II. 351 Two spic and span new pieces.1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 164 Spic-and-span New. See Brandnew.

Derivatives

spick-and-span newness n. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun]

newnesseOE

novelrya1393

novelty1402

newelty1435

newhead?a1475

novelnessa1485

novellityc1485

novity1569

youtha1600

novelism1626

spick-and-span newness1640

noveltiness1690

brand-newness1854

gee-whizzery1971

1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie iii. vii. 36 The most manifestly spick-and-span-newnesse of this devised Discipline.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	spick and span new
释义	spick and span newadj. Forms: Also spick-and-span new. (For other variations see quots.) Etymology: Emphatic extension of span-new adj. The same first element appears in the synonymous Dutch and Flemish spikspeldernieuw, -splinternieuw (West Flemish -spankelnieuw). Absolutely or perfectly new; brand-new; perfectly fresh or unworn. The β-quots. show the more unusual spellings. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > brand new span-newc1300 spon-new13.. brand-newc1570 spick and span new1579 new-new1592 fire-new1597 fiery-new1644 spick and span1665 split-new1695 spander-new1707 spank span-new1775 spick-span1815 spleet-new1818 brand-span-new1828 spick-span new1880 firebrand new1882 spanking new1886 spandy new1903 pin-new1967 box-fresh1990 α. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 273 They were all in goodly gilt armours, and braue purple cassocks apon them, spicke, and spanne newe. c1590 Forewords to Stubbes' Anat. (1877) 38 A spicke and spanne new Geneua Bible. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iii. v. 41 in Wks. II Sir, this is a spell against 'hem, spicke and span new. 1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence ii. 31 The Animadvertor will not wear words at the second hand of my using, but will have them spick and span new of his own making. a1668 W. Davenant Jeffereidos i, in Wks. (1673) 225 They found him close, beneath a spick And almost span-new-peuter-Candlestick. 1742 London Mag. 611 A spick and span new French or Dutch Habit. 1771 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) IX. 181 This discovery is spick and span new; I never heard of it before. 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 165 These façades..with spick-and-span-new plaster of Paris and patent cement. 1879 G. A. Sala Paris herself Again II. xvii. 270 Its gilt railings..looked spick-and-span new. 1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back I. i. 22 The handsome horses in spick-and-span new harness. in combination.1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) iv. sig. F3 I am..of the spick & span new set vp Company of [por]ters.β. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie clxxxii. 1130/1 They [Papists] make men beleeue that the breade is no more a materiall thing... And that is spycke and spawne newe.1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Nuoua di trinca, as we vse to say spike and span new.1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 73 In his Preface to his spik and span New Ephemeris.1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding ii. vii, in Comedies & Trag. 100 Spik and span new Arguments.c1789 Mrs. Unwin Let. in Burgon Twelve Good Men (1888) II. 351 Two spic and span new pieces.1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 164 Spic-and-span New. See Brandnew. Derivatives spick-and-span newness n. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] newnesseOE novelrya1393 novelty1402 newelty1435 newhead?a1475 novelnessa1485 novellityc1485 novity1569 youtha1600 novelism1626 spick-and-span newness1640 noveltiness1690 brand-newness1854 gee-whizzery1971 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie iii. vii. 36 The most manifestly spick-and-span-newnesse of this devised Discipline. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1579
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