单词 | thingy |
释义 | thingyn. 1. Originally and chiefly Scottish. A little thing. Also more generally: a thing (usually with some suggestion of small size). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] hadc900 lifesmaneOE maneOE world-maneOE ghostOE wyeOE lifeOE son of manOE wightc1175 soulc1180 earthmanc1225 foodc1225 person?c1225 creaturec1300 bodyc1325 beera1382 poppetc1390 flippera1400 wat1399 corsec1400 mortal?a1425 deadly?c1450 hec1450 personagec1485 wretcha1500 human1509 mundane1509 member1525 worma1556 homo1561 piece of flesh1567 sconce1567 squirrel?1567 fellow creature1572 Adamite1581 bloat herringa1586 earthling1593 mother's child1594 stuff1598 a piece of flesh1600 wagtail1607 bosom1608 fragment1609 boots1623 tick1631 worthy1649 earthlies1651 snap1653 pippin1665 being1666 personal1678 personality1678 sooterkin1680 party1686 worldling1687 human being1694 water-wagtail1694 noddle1705 human subject1712 piece of work1713 somebody1724 terrestrial1726 anybody1733 individual1742 character1773 cuss1775 jig1781 thingy1787 bod1788 curse1790 his nabs1790 article1796 Earthite1814 critter1815 potato1815 personeityc1816 nibs1821 somebody1826 tellurian1828 case1832 tangata1840 prawn1845 nigger1848 nut1856 Snooks1860 mug1865 outfit1867 to deliver the goods1870 hairpin1879 baby1880 possum1894 hot tamale1895 babe1900 jobbie1902 virile1903 cup of tea1908 skin1914 pisser1918 number1919 job1927 apple1928 mush1936 face1944 jong1956 naked ape1965 oke1970 punter1975 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > thing or material object thingOE bodya1398 objecta1398 substance1525 cheat1567 solidity1604 article1618 material objecta1651 res extensa1652 extensum1678 businessa1684 animal1729 materiate1755 affair1763 thingy1787 fellow1816 concern1824 jockey1827 toy1895 yoke1910 doojigger1927 bitch1951 1787 J. Elphinston Propriety Ascertained II. iv. iv. 177 In Scotlands familliar diccion evvery littel thing iz a thingy, annimate or inannimate. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 207 They hidna muckle fin they geed thegither, bit they weer in o' their bits a thingies. 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 21 This is a little bun'lie 't my mither bad's gie ye; there's holie-pie thingies in't 't ye made yersel'. 1888 J. M. Barrie When Man's Single i. 23 A speerity bit thingy she was. 1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood iii. 21 ‘Yer mither disna like me touchin' her thingies,’ he said, ‘but we'll need to get a bit piece till ye.’ 1947 Forfar Dispatch 9 Jan. Inahent the coonter she's no' near sic a nochtie, shilpit, wee thingie. 2004 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 13 Feb. 18 An inspector called and advised him to leave out dishes of cat food and water so the thingie would be tempted down. 2. colloquial. = thingummy n. Frequently with modifying word. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown swilk and swilkc1175 thinga1325 what-call-ye-him1473 who knows what?1548 I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568 God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569 washical1575 what-d'ye-call-'em1593 so-and-so1596 whiblin1604 so-fortha1616 jiggumboba1625 know-not-whata1642 thingum1652 thingum-thangum1684 what's-his-name1697 something or other1706 thingummy1737 thingamabob1751 something1764 what's-her-name1816 conundrum1817 thingamerry1819 thingamajig1824 somebody1825 what's-its-name1839 whangdoodle1852 thingummytite1865 dingus1866 what-not1876 whatsita1882 gilguy1883 gadget1886 dingbat1894 doohickey1914 oojah1917 oojah capivvy1917 oojiboo1918 doodad1920 tiddlypush1923 whosis1923 thingy1927 doodah1928 doofer1937 hootenanny1940 whatchamacallit1942 gizmo1943 frammis1948 whosit1948 whifflow1961 oobyjiver1963 whatsisface1967 oojamaflip1970 what's-her-face1980 the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown > where name is deliberately suppressed you wot what1536 you-know-what1564 you-know-who1580 somebody1609 layer-over1699 thingy1927 how's your father1959 what-not1964 1927 P. Brash Let. 14 Aug. in H. B. Creswell Honeywood Settlement (1930) 120 Today the fairy hand of Judith burst the wood thingy that runs along under the sink. 1969 Times 15 Oct. (Motoring section) p. vi/1 (advt.) This stamp-sized thingy is a very clever little device. 1977 Spare Rib June 26/3 Then there are those women who make men wear things on their thingies. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 222 As if that wasn't enough, there's a stupid street-theatre thingy, half a dozen wackos on stilts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). thingyadj. 1. Having the nature or character of a thing; real, actual, objective, substantial.In quot. 1894: (apparently) consisting of separate, independent, or unconnected things. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adjective] > real or relating to things thingly?a1450 real1593 thingal1857 thingy1891 1891 Cent. Dict. Thingy,..material; like a material object; objective; actual; real. 1894 M. Schuyler in Forum (N.Y.) July 617 The government buildings have become more and more ‘thingy’, more and more compilations of ‘features’ that fail to make up a physiognomy. 1958 Philos. Q. 8 167 Values are not substantial and ‘thingy’, but they resist being thought or wished away just as things do. 1961 New Left Rev. Mar. 60/2 Our world..and all its sheer thingy detail. 1994 Compar. Lit. 46 228 The same exemption from abstract meaning..has elevated painting to the rank of ultimate model, and Cézanne's ‘thingy’ apples to the idea at which poetry too must aim. 2. Concerned with actual things; devoting oneself to things; practical, matter-of-fact. ΚΠ 1891 Cent. Dict. Thingy,..materialistic; practical; given to thinginess; pragmatical; as, a thingy person or view. 1957 J. Bayley Romantic Survival x. 194 We are not to dwell upon either the ‘thingy’ or the associative nature of the words timber and underwood, but simply to grasp the meaning towards which they point as metaphors. 1995 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 35 181 This..is, I think, on the right track with regard to Nashe's pamphlets and many other such highly ‘rhetorical’ and also highly ‘thingy’ texts. Derivatives ˈthinginess n. the quality of being thingy; (a) reality, actuality, objectivity; (b) devotion to or concern with things, practical or matter-of-fact character. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > reality or quality of being real reality1545 formality1570 trueness1604 realness1612 thatness1643 positivity1659 actualness1668 positiveness1668 thingsomeness1674 somethingness1675 thingship1697 authenticity1839 thingness1840 truth1842 isness1865 thinginess1891 the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [noun] > pragmatism or practicality practicalness1657 pragmaticality1836 practicality1841 practicalism1843 pragmatism1872 thinginess1891 Kitchenerism1901 hard-boiledness1912 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [noun] > quality matter-of-factness1816 thinginess1891 literal-mindedness1927 1891 Cent. Dict. Thinginess. 1892 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 186 426 The result..serves to still further cast doubt upon the ‘thinginess’ of energy. 1914 Morning Post 26 Feb. 2/2 Let us hear the second~hand eloquence of one of those second-rate authorities in his vain attempt to get at the thinginess of such things. 1976 New Yorker 15 Mar. 118/2 The very thinginess of the contemporary city life in the film shows—the fast cars, the unobtrusive chic, the small cafes—seems to deprive us of any illumination. 1982 T. Gunn Occasions of Poetry i. 22 He was in love with the bare fact of the external world, its thinginess. 2003 Guardian 16 Aug. (Review section) 12/4 What academics call ‘material history’ (by which is meant the thinginess of the past, its shapes and textures—who made them, who owned them). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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