steyadj.

Brit.

/steɪ/, U.S.

/steɪ/, Scottish English

/staɪ/,

/ste/

Forms: Middle English– stay, 1500s– stey, 1800s steigh.

Etymology: ? representing Old English *stǽge ( < prehistoric *staigjo- ), < Germanic *staig- : *stῑg- to climb: see sty v.¹ Compare Old English stǽgel steep.

Scottish.

1. Of a mountain, cliff, etc.: Approaching the perpendicular, difficult of ascent, steep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [adjective] > steep

stickleOE

steepc1175

shore14..

steyc1480

proclive1524

steeping1530

brant1545

steepy1565

abrupt1591

dreich1597

downsteepy1603

acclive1616

arduous1711

sharp1725

acclivous1730

rapid1785

declivitous1799

acclivitous1803

scarped1823

proclivitous1860

stoss1878

resequent1906

c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 813 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 279 Þat roche hey & stay.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 25 On the owthir half ane montane was So cumrous, and ek so stay, That it wes hard to pas that way.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. viii. 56 A port thair is,..With rochis set forgane the streme full stay.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome II. 214/24 Þai mycht þe more eselie be dung doun agane be þe stay brayis þareof.

c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 208 The entres is so strait and stay, Quhilk leeds to lyf.

1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 343 The craig was vgly stay and dreiche.

1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. Stay,..steep: As we say Scot. a stay brae.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 287 Set a stout Heart to a stay Brea.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 167 The steyest brae thou wad hae fac't it.

1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 778 They gang swinging up the stey streets without sweatin'.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv. 168 There was he hingin' by a line an' speldering on the craig face, whaur it's hieest and steighest.

†2. transferred. Unbending, upright. Also of a person: Reserved, haughty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adjective]

overmoodeOE

highlyOE

overmoodOE

overmoodyOE

orgelc1175

dangerous?c1225

orgula1275

orgulousc1275

fiercec1290

hautain1297

highfulc1325

squeamousc1325

deignousc1330

digne1340

disdainousc1374

sirlya1375

lordlyc1390

high-hearteda1398

haught1430

haut1430

coppedc1449

excellentc1450

fastidious?a1475

loftyc1485

dain?1507

hichty1513

stiff-necked1526

supercilious1528

haughty1530

taunt?a1534

disdainfula1542

high in the instep1555

skeighc1560

queen-like?1571

surlyc1572

stately1579

coy1581

paughtya1586

steya1586

disdained1598

dortya1605

lordlike1605

overly1606

magnatical1608

stiff1608

surly-borne1609

high-sighted1610

lofty-minded1611

sublimed1611

patronizing1619

lording1629

sublimated1634

cavaliering1642

uncondescending1660

nose-in-the-air1673

sidy1673

fastuose1674

uncondescensive1681

condescending1707

stiff-rumped1728

fastidiose1730

cavalier1751

ogertful1754

pawky1809

supercilian1825

splendid1833

touch-me-not1852

pincé1858

high-stepping1867

eyeglassy1871

sniffy1871

cavalierly1876

snifty1889

Olympian1900

ritzy1920

mugwumpish1923

blasé1930

stiff-arsed1937

nose-high1939

the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adjective] > upright or erect

upstandingc1000

standing1180

erectc1386

upright1398

standard1538

top-right1562

steya1586

upstraight1598

struttinga1643

straight reacheda1649

surrect1692

stand-up1749

stick-up1808

to sit up and beg1869

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid

stithc897

stiff1000

starkOE

inflexiblec1400

rigent?1440

unbowable1537

staffish1545

steya1586

unpliablea1618

rigid1618

unsupple1621

unpliant1624

immercurial1637

steeve1637

starky1657

impliablea1734

tharf1747

stiff as a poker1798

unbending1802

unbowsome1818

crisp1851

unbendable1884

poker-stiff1894

unfluxile1925

a1586 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxvii. 47 Gif ȝe beir strange, þai ȝow esteme our stay.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxvii. 36 Nou I must rot, vha some tym stoud so stay.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) xxxii. 2 I love the lillie as the first of flours, Vhose staitly stalk so streight vp is and stay.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 503 This Patrones Crescent stands so stay.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	stey
释义	steyadj. Brit. /steɪ/, U.S. /steɪ/, Scottish English /staɪ/, /ste/ Forms: Middle English– stay, 1500s– stey, 1800s steigh. Etymology: ? representing Old English stǽge ( < prehistoric staigjo- ), < Germanic staig- : stῑg- to climb: see sty v.¹ Compare Old English stǽgel steep. Scottish. 1. Of a mountain, cliff, etc.: Approaching the perpendicular, difficult of ascent, steep. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [adjective] > steep stickleOE steepc1175 shore14.. steyc1480 proclive1524 steeping1530 brant1545 steepy1565 abrupt1591 dreich1597 downsteepy1603 acclive1616 arduous1711 sharp1725 acclivous1730 rapid1785 declivitous1799 acclivitous1803 scarped1823 proclivitous1860 stoss1878 resequent1906 c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 813 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 279 Þat roche hey & stay. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 25 On the owthir half ane montane was So cumrous, and ek so stay, That it wes hard to pas that way. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. viii. 56 A port thair is,..With rochis set forgane the streme full stay. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome II. 214/24 Þai mycht þe more eselie be dung doun agane be þe stay brayis þareof. c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 208 The entres is so strait and stay, Quhilk leeds to lyf. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 343 The craig was vgly stay and dreiche. 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. Stay,..steep: As we say Scot. a stay brae. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 287 Set a stout Heart to a stay Brea. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 167 The steyest brae thou wad hae fac't it. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 778 They gang swinging up the stey streets without sweatin'. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv. 168 There was he hingin' by a line an' speldering on the craig face, whaur it's hieest and steighest. †2. transferred. Unbending, upright. Also of a person: Reserved, haughty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adjective] overmoodeOE highlyOE overmoodOE overmoodyOE orgelc1175 dangerous?c1225 orgula1275 orgulousc1275 fiercec1290 hautain1297 highfulc1325 squeamousc1325 deignousc1330 digne1340 disdainousc1374 sirlya1375 lordlyc1390 high-hearteda1398 haught1430 haut1430 coppedc1449 excellentc1450 fastidious?a1475 loftyc1485 dain?1507 hichty1513 stiff-necked1526 supercilious1528 haughty1530 taunt?a1534 disdainfula1542 high in the instep1555 skeighc1560 queen-like?1571 surlyc1572 stately1579 coy1581 paughtya1586 steya1586 disdained1598 dortya1605 lordlike1605 overly1606 magnatical1608 stiff1608 surly-borne1609 high-sighted1610 lofty-minded1611 sublimed1611 patronizing1619 lording1629 sublimated1634 cavaliering1642 uncondescending1660 nose-in-the-air1673 sidy1673 fastuose1674 uncondescensive1681 condescending1707 stiff-rumped1728 fastidiose1730 cavalier1751 ogertful1754 pawky1809 supercilian1825 splendid1833 touch-me-not1852 pincé1858 high-stepping1867 eyeglassy1871 sniffy1871 cavalierly1876 snifty1889 Olympian1900 ritzy1920 mugwumpish1923 blasé1930 stiff-arsed1937 nose-high1939 the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adjective] > upright or erect upstandingc1000 standing1180 erectc1386 upright1398 standard1538 top-right1562 steya1586 upstraight1598 struttinga1643 straight reacheda1649 surrect1692 stand-up1749 stick-up1808 to sit up and beg1869 the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid stithc897 stiff1000 starkOE inflexiblec1400 rigent?1440 unbowable1537 staffish1545 steya1586 unpliablea1618 rigid1618 unsupple1621 unpliant1624 immercurial1637 steeve1637 starky1657 impliablea1734 tharf1747 stiff as a poker1798 unbending1802 unbowsome1818 crisp1851 unbendable1884 poker-stiff1894 unfluxile1925 a1586 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxvii. 47 Gif ȝe beir strange, þai ȝow esteme our stay. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxvii. 36 Nou I must rot, vha some tym stoud so stay. a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) xxxii. 2 I love the lillie as the first of flours, Vhose staitly stalk so streight vp is and stay. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 503 This Patrones Crescent stands so stay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1480
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