单词 | starvy |
释义 | starvyadj. Originally of land and its produce: lacking in nutrients, poor. Later more generally: indicative of starvation; undernourished, weak; feeble, sparse.In quot. 1647 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective] salec1299 bastarda1348 sorry1372 slight1393 shrewd1426 singlec1449 backc1450 soberc1450 lesser1464 silly?a1500 starven1546 mockado1577 subaltern1578 bastardly1583 wooden1592 starved1604 perishing1605 starveling1611 minor1612 starvy1647 potsherd1655 low1727 la-la1800 waif1824 lathen1843 one-eyed1843 snide1859 bobbery1873 jerkwater1877 low-grade1878 shoddy1882 tinhorn1886 jerk1893 cheapie1898 shaganappi1900 buckeye1906 reach-me-down1907 pissy1922 crappy1928 cruddy1935 el cheapo1967 pound shop1989 1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis xxvii. 21 Apply Thy plow be-time; now now beginne To furrow up my stiffe and starvy heart. 1657 J. Beale Herefordshire Orchards 10 The rough starvy ground (which in this countrey we wrongfully call Marle). 1657 J. Beale Herefordshire Orchards 10 Under this starvy ground, it finds a more congeniall and richer nourishment. 1680 W. Allen Perswasive to Peace & Unity (ed. 2) 137 If you would yield the Lord the..pleasant Fruit of all his cost, and not such as is starvy, harsh, and unsavoury. 1820 H. L. Piozzi Let. 26 Aug. (1914) vii. 331 The heats are equable, not strong or starvy. 1885 E. T. Meade Angel of Love xxv. 129 'Why did you go out of the house without leave, and without your hat and jacket?' ''Cause of the shivery, starvy, shrunken woman, father.' 1920 Shoe & Leather Reporter 27 May 119/2 (advt.) Hides: The quantities offering for the month show a falling off.., the most pleasing feature being the decreased number of 'starvy' sorts that are coming forward. 1980 O. Carney Chihuahua 1916 xiii. 214 I could make out a few crumbled adobes and jacal huts... These little starvy clumps all looked alike; God only knew when they'd been burned out. 2012 R. Walker 5 Stages of Health 16 In the modern world you're not saving up those fat stores for a 'starvy' day; you're basically piling up the layers with continual eating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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