starve-acren.adj.

Brit.

/ˈstɑːveɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈstɑrvˌeɪkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: starve v., acre n.

Etymology: < starve v. + acre n.With senses A. 1 and B. compare earlier starve-crow n. and adj. at starve v. Compounds and starvy adj. and also the note at starve n.

A. n.

1. A piece of land that produces poor crops. Cf. starve-crow n. and adj. at starve v. Compounds.Attested only in field and place names.

ΚΠ

1820 Further Rep. Commissioners inquiring conc. Charities 344 in Parl. Papers V. 1 John Stephens holds Munksford, the land below the Yoe, and a piece called Starve Acre, upon Yarley Hill.

1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 597 Previous to Mr. Davis's occupation, a field, termed Starve Acre, from its unproductive quality, would scarcely grow anything.

1962 P. O'Brian Richard Temple ii. 34 When Gay had helped him move his books they went out to a place beyond the cricket pitches called Starve-Acre.

1969 J. B. Hilton Death in Midwinter xii. 96 Starve-acre, they called our farm. Bloody good name for it, too.

2. English regional (southern). The corn buttercup, Ranunculus arvensis, also called hunger-weed, which can be a troublesome weed of arable land. Now rare and chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > other plants of the Ranunculaceae

aconitum1551

frog-wort1562

fair maid of France1823

starve-acre1855

mountain lily1880

trollius1899

1855 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 207 The clays are swarmed with starve-acre (Ranunculus arvensis), and the clivers or burrs (Galium aparine).

1896 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 34 364 The dialectal French ‘bramefouam’..is paralleled by our ‘hunger weed’ and ‘starve-acre’.

1961 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens vi. 177 Some of its other names have been provoked by its pestilential character as a weed of southern Britain, especially on calcareous soils. Examples are Hellweed, Hunger-weed and Starveacre.

B. adj.

Of land: that produces poor crops, starved. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > infertile

unbearingc825

geasonOE

unkindc1330

barren1377

unfructuousa1382

poora1387

leanc1420

exile?1440

salt1535

unfruitful?1542

sterile1572

dead1577

unlusty1580

queasy1593

heartless1594

unfertile1596

emacerated1610

sapless1655

unprolific1672

uncivil1676

ungrateful1681

worn1681

teemless1687

unproductive1725

poorish1767

ill-conditioned1796

scanty1797

rammelly1808

starve-acre1891

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles xlii, in Graphic 14 Nov. 574/1 'Tis a starve-acre place. Corn and swedes are all they grow.

1955 Illustr. London News 19 Mar. 492/2 Punitive expedition after expedition of English knights advanced up their mountain valleys only to withdraw, famished, horseless and empty-handed, after a few months in that starve-acre land.

1998 J. E. Kibler Our Fathers' Fields xvi. 368 They were just trying to get by like everybody else during these ragged, starve-acre days.

2008 J. Vernon Lucky Billy ii. 17 ‘It hasn't been a fort in ten years,’ I said. ‘More like a starve-acre town.’

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

单词	starve-acre
释义	starve-acren.adj. Brit. /ˈstɑːveɪkə/, U.S. /ˈstɑrvˌeɪkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: starve v., acre n. Etymology: < starve v. + acre n.With senses A. 1 and B. compare earlier starve-crow n. and adj. at starve v. Compounds and starvy adj. and also the note at starve n. A. n. 1. A piece of land that produces poor crops. Cf. starve-crow n. and adj. at starve v. Compounds.Attested only in field and place names. ΚΠ 1820 Further Rep. Commissioners inquiring conc. Charities 344 in Parl. Papers V. 1 John Stephens holds Munksford, the land below the Yoe, and a piece called Starve Acre, upon Yarley Hill. 1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 597 Previous to Mr. Davis's occupation, a field, termed Starve Acre, from its unproductive quality, would scarcely grow anything. 1962 P. O'Brian Richard Temple ii. 34 When Gay had helped him move his books they went out to a place beyond the cricket pitches called Starve-Acre. 1969 J. B. Hilton Death in Midwinter xii. 96 Starve-acre, they called our farm. Bloody good name for it, too. 2. English regional (southern). The corn buttercup, Ranunculus arvensis, also called hunger-weed, which can be a troublesome weed of arable land. Now rare and chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > other plants of the Ranunculaceae aconitum1551 frog-wort1562 fair maid of France1823 starve-acre1855 mountain lily1880 trollius1899 1855 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 207 The clays are swarmed with starve-acre (Ranunculus arvensis), and the clivers or burrs (Galium aparine). 1896 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 34 364 The dialectal French ‘bramefouam’..is paralleled by our ‘hunger weed’ and ‘starve-acre’. 1961 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens vi. 177 Some of its other names have been provoked by its pestilential character as a weed of southern Britain, especially on calcareous soils. Examples are Hellweed, Hunger-weed and Starveacre. B. adj. Of land: that produces poor crops, starved. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > infertile unbearingc825 geasonOE unkindc1330 barren1377 unfructuousa1382 poora1387 leanc1420 exile?1440 salt1535 unfruitful?1542 sterile1572 dead1577 unlusty1580 queasy1593 heartless1594 unfertile1596 emacerated1610 sapless1655 unprolific1672 uncivil1676 ungrateful1681 worn1681 teemless1687 unproductive1725 poorish1767 ill-conditioned1796 scanty1797 rammelly1808 starve-acre1891 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles xlii, in Graphic 14 Nov. 574/1 'Tis a starve-acre place. Corn and swedes are all they grow. 1955 Illustr. London News 19 Mar. 492/2 Punitive expedition after expedition of English knights advanced up their mountain valleys only to withdraw, famished, horseless and empty-handed, after a few months in that starve-acre land. 1998 J. E. Kibler Our Fathers' Fields xvi. 368 They were just trying to get by like everybody else during these ragged, starve-acre days. 2008 J. Vernon Lucky Billy ii. 17 ‘It hasn't been a fort in ten years,’ I said. ‘More like a starve-acre town.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1820
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