单词 | suety |
释义 | suetyadj. 1. a. Of adipose or other tissue: resembling suet; solid and white. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > fatty or greasy fatc1000 fattya1398 tallowyc1440 seamya1529 tallowish1552 smeary1582 fattish1589 greasy1592 pinguedinous1599 enseamed1604 pingui-substance1621 pinguid1635 axungious1658 pinguious1705 sevous1726 suety1730 sebaceous1783 pinguitudinous1827 crassy1858 the world > food and drink > food > fat or oil > [adjective] > full of suet > of nature of suet suet-like1662 suety1730 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Steatocele A preternatural Tumour in the Scrotum of a suety or Suet-like Consistence. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 564 That rare change of structure in the ovarium in which it is found to contain masses of suetty matter. 1871 J. Scoffern in Belgravia 3 442 The fat is hard or suety. 1998 M. Gilfillan Chokecherry Places 23 The mysterious depouille, a hand-thick layer of suety fat from next to the bison tenderloin that is likened by Schultz to a sweet, cakey bread. b. Of a person or a person's face: having a complexion or appearance likened to suet; pallid, waxen, plump, etc. Cf. suet-faced adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] blatec1000 whiteOE greena1275 blakec1275 bleykea1300 wana1300 palec1330 bleach1340 pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374 colourlessc1380 deadlyc1385 deadc1386 bloodlessc1450 earthlyc1460 ruddylessc1460 wan visaged?a1513 wanny1555 as pale or white as a clout1557 bleak1566 mealy1566 pale-faced1570 ghastly1574 white-faced1577 bleakish1581 pallid1590 whiggish1590 tallow-faced1592 maid-pale1597 lily1600 whey-colour1602 lew1611 roseless1611 Hippocratical1615 cadaverousa1661 Hippocratic1681 smock-faced1684 white-looked1690 livid1728 as white (or pale) as a sheet1752 squalid1753 deathly1791 etiolated1791 light-skinned1802 suety1803 shilpit1813 blanched1828 tallowy1830 suet-faced1834 pasty1836 tallowish1838 whey-faced1847 pasty-faced1848 aghast1850 waxen1853 complexionless1863 light-skin1877 lily-cheeked1877 lardy1879 wan-faced1881 exsanguinous1889 wheatish1950 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 152 Do you remember the suetty, small-pox man at Gray's Inn? 1949 Dundee Courier 23 Sept. 6/3 Her demeanour was calm, her suety face expressed no emotion whatsoever. 2006 A. Davies Goodbye Lemon i. 63 A suety kid whose face was stuccoed with acne. 2. Full of suet; made with suet. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fat or oil > [adjective] > full of suet suety1804 1804 Manch. Mercury 28 Aug. The heavy suety and flour puddings generally used in schools. 1897 Daily News 3 May 4/1 Great, round, soft, suetty puddings, pitted black with plums. 2018 A. Skelley It's Wake-up Time 28 Stew was even better if it contained lots of suety dumplings with no turnips, no parsnips and no swede. CompoundsΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > suet puddings whiting1674 suet pudding1694 roly-poly1835 queen pudding1839 queen's pudding1852 suety Isaac1890 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 317/1 Suety Isaac, a pudding of only duff, and without plums. 1898 Glen Innes (New S. Wales) Examiner 29 Apr. ‘There's too much flour for the quantity of jam; it tastes like suety Isaac,’ was one man's complaint regarding a roly-poly pudding in which the jam was scanty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1730 |
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