swarthyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈswɔːði/,

/ˈswɔːθi/, U.S.

/ˈswɔrði/

Etymology: Obscure variant of swarty adj.: compare swarth adj. and n.⁵, swarf adj., swarfish adj., swarfy adj.

Of a dark hue; black or blackish; dusky.

a. gen. = swart adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dark-coloured

darkeOE

blackeOE

browna1000

swartOE

wanOE

murka1325

darkish?c1425

duska1450

dusketly1486

sad?1504

duskish1530

base1539

dusky1558

swarthy1577

darksome1598

smutty1648

subfusc?1705

infuscated1727

murky1759

subfuscous1762

sable1791

sombrous1799

obfuscous1822

sombre1829

wine-dark1855

murkish1869

1577 [implied in: B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 66^v The ripenesse whereof is deemed by the swarthinesse and the softnesse of the berrie. (at swarthiness n.)].

1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. A4^v The swarthy-blacke, the grassie-greene, The pudding-red, the dapple-graie.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. C2 Swarthy darknesse popt out Phoebus' eye.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 114 Search his Mouth; and if a swarthy Tongue Is underneath his humid Pallat hung [etc.] .

1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 62 From a swarthy crimson, to a bright rose colour.

1809 R. Heber Europe 10 The swarthy vintage.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 16 Like some full-breasted swan That,..takes the flood With swarthy webs.

b. of or in reference to the complexion: = swart adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > of dark variety or complexion

swarta1395

black-browed1590

swarfy1602

swarthy1602

swarf1619

swartish1630

swarthish1653

swarfish1671

brunette1724

dusky1827

brunet1840

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. i. sig. K Let our Romane Eagles fly On swarthy Egypt.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vi. 26 Siluia..Shewes Iulia but a swarthy Ethiope.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 14 The people are of a swarthy darke colour.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis iii. 88 in Poems Your Name..That to rich Ophirs rising Morn is knowne, And stretcht out far to the burnt swarthy Zone.

1745 J. Mitchell in Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 122 If we proceed from the swarthiest white Person to the palest Egyptian, from thence to the fairest Mustee, Molatto, Moor, &c. to the darkest Indian.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women xxxviii, in Poems (new ed.) 131 A queen, with swarthy cheeks and bold black eyes.

1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine xxv. 493 Six swarthy Arabs pulled our oars as we headed north.

c. figurative. ‘Black’, ‘dark’, malignant, dismal: cf. swart adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adjective] > and dismal

swarthy1651

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective]

hateleOE

balefulOE

swartOE

hatelyOE

ill-willinga1300

illc1330

ill-willeda1340

evil-willya1382

hatefula1400

malignc1429

malicea1500

maltalentivea1500

malevolent1509

malevolous1531

fiendisha1535

ill asposit1535

ill-givena1568

malignant1592

ill-affecteda1599

unpleasant1603

manless?1609

evil-affected1611

ill-willy1611

ill-meaning1633

ill-natured1645

swarthy1651

unbenign1651

reptile1653

sullen1676

maligning1687

unbenevolent1694

reptilian1855

unbenignant1856

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective]

unseelyOE

ungraciousa1387

infortunatec1390

unhappy1390

haplessa1400

mischancefula1400

unfortunedc1403

infortuneda1413

maleurousa1460

infortunable?a1475

mal-infortunedc1475

unselc1480

mischanced1488

misadventurousa1500

unhap1509

misfortunate1510

mischancya1522

unuredc1525

maleureda1529

unlucky1530

unfortunate1548

luckless1563

unluckly1564

unfortunable1567

untoward1570

unable?1572

sinister1576

unsonsy1578

disaster1584

disastereda1586

disastrous1586

unweirdedc1590

wanhappy?1590

misbefallen1591

fortuneless1596

infelicious1598

misadventured1599

improsperous1602

untoward1632

unhandsome1640

ill-fated1715

donsie?1719

swarthy1756

infelicitous1835

bad luck1872

stiff1919

spooked1937

jinxed1972

1651 J. S. Prince of Priggs Revels iii. 9 You (Parson)..Black best becomes your swarthy function Whose Doctrine..damns more souls Then Lucifer by all his stratagems.

1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 2 My lot has been a swarthy one in this first State.

d. In combinations.

ΚΠ

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 17 A hydeous knight, to seeming swarthie hewde.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2433/4 A swarthy Complexioned Boy.

1891 A. Conan Doyle White Company xxiv A raw-boned, swarthy-cheeked man.

Derivatives

† swarthy v. Obsolete (transitive) to make swarthy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > darken

darka1398

darken1550

sad1573

infuscate1650

swarthy1663

swarth1846

nebulate1874

1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iv. vi. 49 Now will I and my man Iohn swarthy our faces over as if that Country's heat had made 'em so.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	swarthy
释义	swarthyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈswɔːði/, /ˈswɔːθi/, U.S. /ˈswɔrði/ Etymology: Obscure variant of swarty adj.: compare swarth adj. and n.⁵, swarf adj., swarfish adj., swarfy adj. Of a dark hue; black or blackish; dusky. a. gen. = swart adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dark-coloured darkeOE blackeOE browna1000 swartOE wanOE murka1325 darkish?c1425 duska1450 dusketly1486 sad?1504 duskish1530 base1539 dusky1558 swarthy1577 darksome1598 smutty1648 subfusc?1705 infuscated1727 murky1759 subfuscous1762 sable1791 sombrous1799 obfuscous1822 sombre1829 wine-dark1855 murkish1869 1577 [implied in: B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 66^v The ripenesse whereof is deemed by the swarthinesse and the softnesse of the berrie. (at swarthiness n.)]. 1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. A4^v The swarthy-blacke, the grassie-greene, The pudding-red, the dapple-graie. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. C2 Swarthy darknesse popt out Phoebus' eye. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 114 Search his Mouth; and if a swarthy Tongue Is underneath his humid Pallat hung [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 62 From a swarthy crimson, to a bright rose colour. 1809 R. Heber Europe 10 The swarthy vintage. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 16 Like some full-breasted swan That,..takes the flood With swarthy webs. b. of or in reference to the complexion: = swart adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > of dark variety or complexion swarta1395 black-browed1590 swarfy1602 swarthy1602 swarf1619 swartish1630 swarthish1653 swarfish1671 brunette1724 dusky1827 brunet1840 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. i. sig. K Let our Romane Eagles fly On swarthy Egypt. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vi. 26 Siluia..Shewes Iulia but a swarthy Ethiope. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 14 The people are of a swarthy darke colour. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis iii. 88 in Poems Your Name..That to rich Ophirs rising Morn is knowne, And stretcht out far to the burnt swarthy Zone. 1745 J. Mitchell in Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 122 If we proceed from the swarthiest white Person to the palest Egyptian, from thence to the fairest Mustee, Molatto, Moor, &c. to the darkest Indian. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women xxxviii, in Poems (new ed.) 131 A queen, with swarthy cheeks and bold black eyes. 1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine xxv. 493 Six swarthy Arabs pulled our oars as we headed north. c. figurative. ‘Black’, ‘dark’, malignant, dismal: cf. swart adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adjective] > and dismal swarthy1651 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective] hateleOE balefulOE swartOE hatelyOE ill-willinga1300 illc1330 ill-willeda1340 evil-willya1382 hatefula1400 malignc1429 malicea1500 maltalentivea1500 malevolent1509 malevolous1531 fiendisha1535 ill asposit1535 ill-givena1568 malignant1592 ill-affecteda1599 unpleasant1603 manless?1609 evil-affected1611 ill-willy1611 ill-meaning1633 ill-natured1645 swarthy1651 unbenign1651 reptile1653 sullen1676 maligning1687 unbenevolent1694 reptilian1855 unbenignant1856 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] unseelyOE ungraciousa1387 infortunatec1390 unhappy1390 haplessa1400 mischancefula1400 unfortunedc1403 infortuneda1413 maleurousa1460 infortunable?a1475 mal-infortunedc1475 unselc1480 mischanced1488 misadventurousa1500 unhap1509 misfortunate1510 mischancya1522 unuredc1525 maleureda1529 unlucky1530 unfortunate1548 luckless1563 unluckly1564 unfortunable1567 untoward1570 unable?1572 sinister1576 unsonsy1578 disaster1584 disastereda1586 disastrous1586 unweirdedc1590 wanhappy?1590 misbefallen1591 fortuneless1596 infelicious1598 misadventured1599 improsperous1602 untoward1632 unhandsome1640 ill-fated1715 donsie?1719 swarthy1756 infelicitous1835 bad luck1872 stiff1919 spooked1937 jinxed1972 1651 J. S. Prince of Priggs Revels iii. 9 You (Parson)..Black best becomes your swarthy function Whose Doctrine..damns more souls Then Lucifer by all his stratagems. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 2 My lot has been a swarthy one in this first State. d. In combinations. ΚΠ 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 17 A hydeous knight, to seeming swarthie hewde. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2433/4 A swarthy Complexioned Boy. 1891 A. Conan Doyle White Company xxiv A raw-boned, swarthy-cheeked man. Derivatives † swarthy v. Obsolete (transitive) to make swarthy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > darken darka1398 darken1550 sad1573 infuscate1650 swarthy1663 swarth1846 nebulate1874 1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iv. vi. 49 Now will I and my man Iohn swarthy our faces over as if that Country's heat had made 'em so. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † swarthyadj.² Etymology: < swarth n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. = swardy adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > grassland swarded1513 turfy1552 swarth1598 laundy1611 swarthy1613 turfed1628 swardy1639 scurfy1712 herbaged1727 lawny1744 turfen1778 greenswarded1797 open range1905 tall-grass1920 1613 A. Standish New Direct. 8 The best way to inclose, is (if it be in swarthy grounds) to set [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.¹1577adj.²1613
随便看	keep station keep stead keep steeks with keep step keep step with; also to etc keep step with; also to music keep stop keep stot keep straight keep stroke keep sweet keep tabs on keep terms keep the ball rolling keep the ball up keep the bastards honest keep the bones green keep the cases keep the deck keep the faith keep the field keep the flag flying keep the hands clean keep the home fires burning keep the house

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