stressyadj.

Brit.

/ˈstrɛsi/, U.S.

/ˈstrɛsi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stress n., -y suffix¹; stress v., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly < stress n. + -y suffix¹, and partly < stress v. + -y suffix¹.With sense 2a compare earlier stressful adj. With sense 2b compare earlier stressed adj.

1. Prosody. That is stressed or contains a stressed syllable; spec. characterized by strong or frequent stress. Chiefly with reference to Gerard Manley Hopkins's sprung rhythm.Apparently first recorded in Hopkins's own writings and restricted to Hopkins’s private use prior to the publication of his correspondence in the mid 20th cent., by which time sense 2 was already in established use.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > accent > stressed

stronga1646

stressed1824

stressy1880

1880 G. M. Hopkins Let. 22 Dec. in G. M. Hopkins & R. D. Dixon Corr. (1935) 38 But in sprung rhythm, the stress being more of a stress, being more important, allows of greater variation in the slack and this latter may range from three syllables to none at all—regularly so that paeons (three short syllables and one long or three slack and one stressy) are regular in sprung rhythm, but in common rhythm can occur only by licence.

1880 G. M. Hopkins Lett. to R. Bridges (1955) 107 I think you have missed the clue. You take the rhythm for three triple time, iambs and anapaests say, and four feet to a line (except the refrain). But to get this you have to skip..a whole foot as marked and stressy as any other foot.

1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Aug. 549/4 Neither of these versions reveals the bold, thoroughgoing ‘stressy’ flexibility of genuine sprung rhythm.

2010 C. K. Williams On Whitman 132 The stressy, surging pulses with which Whitman could inform his perceptions were all new.

2. colloquial (chiefly Australian, British, and New Zealand).

a. Of a situation, activity, etc.: involving or causing mental or emotional stress; stressful.

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1916 Southern Argus (Strathalbyn, S. Austral.) 17 Feb. The strenuous life of the present times will not allow of the habits of less stressy days being continued than to any actual reform having been brought about by the total abstinence party.

1941 Morpeth Herald 16 May Hilarity will be the keynote.., the tonic not out of a bottle that shall chase away the blues of these stressy days.

1992 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 31 May ‘It has been a bit stressy,’ said Sofie.

2008 C. Oulton Unsafe Attachments (2009) 18 Candy droning on downstairs about her unfaithful girlfriend and stressy job.

b. . Of a person: experiencing or displaying mental or emotional strain or tension; anxious, irritable, stressed.

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1961 Marshall (Mich.) Evening Chron. 17 Jan. You're all tensed up. You're stressy..strainy.

1994 Independent (Nexis) 19 Jan. 15 Perhaps they are feeling a bit stressy about being robbed and shot by the happy, smiling Americans.

2001 L. Rennison Knocked out by Nunga-nungas 47 Oh shut up—you're being all moody and stressy because Robbie hasn't phoned you.

2013 M. Lawson Deaths vi. 171 ‘Sit up straight! It's bad for your digestion, eating like that.’..‘Mum, don't be so stressy.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	stressy
释义	stressyadj. Brit. /ˈstrɛsi/, U.S. /ˈstrɛsi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stress n., -y suffix¹; stress v., -y suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly < stress n. + -y suffix¹, and partly < stress v. + -y suffix¹.With sense 2a compare earlier stressful adj. With sense 2b compare earlier stressed adj. 1. Prosody. That is stressed or contains a stressed syllable; spec. characterized by strong or frequent stress. Chiefly with reference to Gerard Manley Hopkins's sprung rhythm.Apparently first recorded in Hopkins's own writings and restricted to Hopkins’s private use prior to the publication of his correspondence in the mid 20th cent., by which time sense 2 was already in established use. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > accent > stressed stronga1646 stressed1824 stressy1880 1880 G. M. Hopkins Let. 22 Dec. in G. M. Hopkins & R. D. Dixon Corr. (1935) 38 But in sprung rhythm, the stress being more of a stress, being more important, allows of greater variation in the slack and this latter may range from three syllables to none at all—regularly so that paeons (three short syllables and one long or three slack and one stressy) are regular in sprung rhythm, but in common rhythm can occur only by licence. 1880 G. M. Hopkins Lett. to R. Bridges (1955) 107 I think you have missed the clue. You take the rhythm for three triple time, iambs and anapaests say, and four feet to a line (except the refrain). But to get this you have to skip..a whole foot as marked and stressy as any other foot. 1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Aug. 549/4 Neither of these versions reveals the bold, thoroughgoing ‘stressy’ flexibility of genuine sprung rhythm. 2010 C. K. Williams On Whitman 132 The stressy, surging pulses with which Whitman could inform his perceptions were all new. 2. colloquial (chiefly Australian, British, and New Zealand). a. Of a situation, activity, etc.: involving or causing mental or emotional stress; stressful. ΚΠ 1916 Southern Argus (Strathalbyn, S. Austral.) 17 Feb. The strenuous life of the present times will not allow of the habits of less stressy days being continued than to any actual reform having been brought about by the total abstinence party. 1941 Morpeth Herald 16 May Hilarity will be the keynote.., the tonic not out of a bottle that shall chase away the blues of these stressy days. 1992 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 31 May ‘It has been a bit stressy,’ said Sofie. 2008 C. Oulton Unsafe Attachments (2009) 18 Candy droning on downstairs about her unfaithful girlfriend and stressy job. b. . Of a person: experiencing or displaying mental or emotional strain or tension; anxious, irritable, stressed. ΚΠ 1961 Marshall (Mich.) Evening Chron. 17 Jan. You're all tensed up. You're stressy..strainy. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 19 Jan. 15 Perhaps they are feeling a bit stressy about being robbed and shot by the happy, smiling Americans. 2001 L. Rennison Knocked out by Nunga-nungas 47 Oh shut up—you're being all moody and stressy because Robbie hasn't phoned you. 2013 M. Lawson Deaths vi. 171 ‘Sit up straight! It's bad for your digestion, eating like that.’..‘Mum, don't be so stressy.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.1880
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