steamyadj.

Brit.

/ˈstiːmi/, U.S.

/ˈstimi/

Etymology: < steam n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Consisting of, abounding in, or emitting steam; resembling steam.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [adjective] > that emits or relating to moist vapour

reekingOE

reekya1500

evaporating1597

steaminga1637

steamy1644

exhaling1766

the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > relating to or consisting of steam

steamy1644

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxvii. 247 Were they not continually stuffed and clogged with grosse vapours of steamy meates.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 39 While the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column.

1818 H. H. Milman Samor iv. 97 So they bravely strove For the bleak freedom of their steamy moors.

1866 D. Livingstone 13 Apr. in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. i. 21 The steamy, smothering air.

1899 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 288 The climate is steamy and enervating.

figurative.1841 T. Carlyle Baillie in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 232 Baillie is the true newspaper; he is to be used and studied like one. Taken up in this way, his steamy indistinctness abates.

2. Covered with condensed vapour. (Cf. steam v. 5, 9d) Pathology. Of the cornea: Covered or apparently covered with condensed vapour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [adjective] > disorders of cornea

carcinomatous1753

hazy1818

steamy1869

pannous1890

photophthalmic1913

1869 G. Lawson Dis. Eye (1874) 30 The cornea grows dull and steamy.

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 488 Both corneæ continued steamy.

3. figurative. Salacious; lustful, sexy, ‘torrid’. Cf. hot adj. 8c.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene

lewdc1386

filthy?c1400

knavishc1405

sensual?a1425

ribaldousc1440

dishonestc1450

bawdya1513

ribald?a1513

ribaldious?1518

slovenly?1518

ribaldry1519

priapish1531

ribaldish?1533

filthous1551

ribaldly1570

obscene1571

bawdisha1586

obscenous1591

greasy1598

dirty1599

fulsome1600

spurcitious1658

lasciviating1660

smutty1668

bawdry1764

ribaldric1796

un-Quakerlike1824

fat1836

ithyphallic1856

hot1892

rorty1898

rude1919

bitchy1928

feelthy1930

raunchy1943

ranchy1959

down and dirty1969

steamy1970

sleazo1972

1970 Daily Tel. 19 June 7/4 Making Marilyn Roberts semi-nude curiously lessens the eroticism of one originally steamy scene.

1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xii. 139 Once he remembered a steamy necking session out in the middle of a field of oats.

1980 R. McInerny Second Vespers (1981) xv. 108 It was a moral outlook, one that had never..been disturbed by the steamy fiction that was her steady diet.

Derivatives

ˈsteamily adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > [adverb] > in manner of vapour > so as to emit steam

steamily1909

1909 English Rev. Mar. 734 I became steamily hot.

ˈsteaminess n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > water in the form of > steam > steamy condition

steaminess1857

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xxviii. 578 I myself felt an oppressive steaminess in the atmosphere.

1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 128 The temperature is from 72° to 86°, and in the steaminess, needles rust.

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

单词	steamy
释义	steamyadj. Brit. /ˈstiːmi/, U.S. /ˈstimi/ Etymology: < steam n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Consisting of, abounding in, or emitting steam; resembling steam. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [adjective] > that emits or relating to moist vapour reekingOE reekya1500 evaporating1597 steaminga1637 steamy1644 exhaling1766 the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > relating to or consisting of steam steamy1644 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxvii. 247 Were they not continually stuffed and clogged with grosse vapours of steamy meates. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 39 While the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column. 1818 H. H. Milman Samor iv. 97 So they bravely strove For the bleak freedom of their steamy moors. 1866 D. Livingstone 13 Apr. in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. i. 21 The steamy, smothering air. 1899 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 288 The climate is steamy and enervating. figurative.1841 T. Carlyle Baillie in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 232 Baillie is the true newspaper; he is to be used and studied like one. Taken up in this way, his steamy indistinctness abates. 2. Covered with condensed vapour. (Cf. steam v. 5, 9d) Pathology. Of the cornea: Covered or apparently covered with condensed vapour. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [adjective] > disorders of cornea carcinomatous1753 hazy1818 steamy1869 pannous1890 photophthalmic1913 1869 G. Lawson Dis. Eye (1874) 30 The cornea grows dull and steamy. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 488 Both corneæ continued steamy. 3. figurative. Salacious; lustful, sexy, ‘torrid’. Cf. hot adj. 8c. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene lewdc1386 filthy?c1400 knavishc1405 sensual?a1425 ribaldousc1440 dishonestc1450 bawdya1513 ribald?a1513 ribaldious?1518 slovenly?1518 ribaldry1519 priapish1531 ribaldish?1533 filthous1551 ribaldly1570 obscene1571 bawdisha1586 obscenous1591 greasy1598 dirty1599 fulsome1600 spurcitious1658 lasciviating1660 smutty1668 bawdry1764 ribaldric1796 un-Quakerlike1824 fat1836 ithyphallic1856 hot1892 rorty1898 rude1919 bitchy1928 feelthy1930 raunchy1943 ranchy1959 down and dirty1969 steamy1970 sleazo1972 1970 Daily Tel. 19 June 7/4 Making Marilyn Roberts semi-nude curiously lessens the eroticism of one originally steamy scene. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xii. 139 Once he remembered a steamy necking session out in the middle of a field of oats. 1980 R. McInerny Second Vespers (1981) xv. 108 It was a moral outlook, one that had never..been disturbed by the steamy fiction that was her steady diet. Derivatives ˈsteamily adv. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [adverb] > in manner of vapour > so as to emit steam steamily1909 1909 English Rev. Mar. 734 I became steamily hot. ˈsteaminess n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > water in the form of > steam > steamy condition steaminess1857 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xxviii. 578 I myself felt an oppressive steaminess in the atmosphere. 1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 128 The temperature is from 72° to 86°, and in the steaminess, needles rust. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1644
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