boskyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈbɒski/, U.S.

/ˈbɑski/

Etymology: < bosk n. (not recorded between 14th and 19th centuries, but preserved in dialect) + -y suffix¹; or alteration of busky adj., after Italian boscoso.

Consisting of or covered with bushes or underwood; full of thickets, bushy. (Also transferred.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > types of

bushya1382

ramagea1500

boskya1616

brakya1637

brushy1658

brushed1666

scrubbya1687

pine barrenc1721

bush-grown1837

stumpy1838

bush-skirted1858

bushed1868

bush-covered1873

bush-fringed1891

bush-clad1909

primary forest1909

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 81 My boskie acres, and my vnshrubd downe.

1637 J. Milton Comus 11 And every boskie bourne.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 65 The bosky bourns of Alfred's shires.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 116 The bosky thickets.

1851 H. Melville v. 33 A brown and brawny company with bosky beards.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

boskyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈbɒski/, U.S.

/ˈbɑski/

Etymology: perhaps a humorous use of bosky adj.¹, with the notion of ‘overshadowed’ or ‘obscured’.

dialect or slang.

Somewhat the worse for drink, tipsy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk

merrya1382

semi-bousyc1460

pipe merry1542

totty1570

tipsy1577

martin-drunk1592

pleasant1596

mellow1611

tip-merry1612

flustered1615

lusticka1616

well to live1619

jolly1652

happy1662

hazy1673

top-heavy1687

hearty1695

half-seas-over1699

oiled1701

mellowish1703

half channelled over1709

drunkish1710

half-and-half1718

touched1722

uppisha1726

tosie1727

bosky1730

funny1751

fairish1756

cherry-merry1769

in suds1770

muddy1776

glorious1790

groggified1796

well-corned1800

fresh1804

to be mops and brooms1814

foggy1816

how-come-ye-so1816

screwy1820

off the nail1821

on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821

swipey1821

muggy1822

rosy1823

snuffy1823

spreeish1825

elevated1827

up a stump1829

half-cockedc1830

tightish1830

tipsified1830

half shaved1834

screwed1837

half-shot1838

squizzed1845

drinky1846

a sheet in the wind1862

tight1868

toppy1885

tiddly1905

oiled-up1918

bonkers1943

sloshed1946

tiddled1956

hickey-

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Bosky, half or quite fuddled.

1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 573 He may be tipsy, bosky, cut, or anything but drunk.

1843 T. Hook in New Monthly Mag. 60 11 Became, to use a colloquial expression, uncommonly bosky.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bosky
释义	boskyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈbɒski/, U.S. /ˈbɑski/ Etymology: < bosk n. (not recorded between 14th and 19th centuries, but preserved in dialect) + -y suffix¹; or alteration of busky adj., after Italian boscoso. Consisting of or covered with bushes or underwood; full of thickets, bushy. (Also transferred.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > types of bushya1382 ramagea1500 boskya1616 brakya1637 brushy1658 brushed1666 scrubbya1687 pine barrenc1721 bush-grown1837 stumpy1838 bush-skirted1858 bushed1868 bush-covered1873 bush-fringed1891 bush-clad1909 primary forest1909 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 81 My boskie acres, and my vnshrubd downe. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton Comus 11 And every boskie bourne. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 65 The bosky bourns of Alfred's shires. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 116 The bosky thickets. 1851 H. Melville v. 33 A brown and brawny company with bosky beards. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). boskyadj.² Brit. /ˈbɒski/, U.S. /ˈbɑski/ Etymology: perhaps a humorous use of bosky adj.¹, with the notion of ‘overshadowed’ or ‘obscured’. dialect or slang. Somewhat the worse for drink, tipsy. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk merrya1382 semi-bousyc1460 pipe merry1542 totty1570 tipsy1577 martin-drunk1592 pleasant1596 mellow1611 tip-merry1612 flustered1615 lusticka1616 well to live1619 jolly1652 happy1662 hazy1673 top-heavy1687 hearty1695 half-seas-over1699 oiled1701 mellowish1703 half channelled over1709 drunkish1710 half-and-half1718 touched1722 uppisha1726 tosie1727 bosky1730 funny1751 fairish1756 cherry-merry1769 in suds1770 muddy1776 glorious1790 groggified1796 well-corned1800 fresh1804 to be mops and brooms1814 foggy1816 how-come-ye-so1816 screwy1820 off the nail1821 on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821 swipey1821 muggy1822 rosy1823 snuffy1823 spreeish1825 elevated1827 up a stump1829 half-cockedc1830 tightish1830 tipsified1830 half shaved1834 screwed1837 half-shot1838 squizzed1845 drinky1846 a sheet in the wind1862 tight1868 toppy1885 tiddly1905 oiled-up1918 bonkers1943 sloshed1946 tiddled1956 hickey- 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Bosky, half or quite fuddled. 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 573 He may be tipsy, bosky, cut, or anything but drunk. 1843 T. Hook in New Monthly Mag. 60 11 Became, to use a colloquial expression, uncommonly bosky. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.¹a1616adj.²1730
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