tidyadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪdi/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪdi/

Forms: Middle English tidi, Middle English tide, Middle English–1600s, 1800s Scottish tydy, Middle English tyde, ( tithy), 1500s tidie, tydye, 1500s–1700s tydie, 1600s Scottish tyddie, (1800s dialect teydey), Middle English, 1600s– tidy.

Etymology: Middle English < tíd time, tide n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Old High German, Middle High German zîtig (German zeitig), Dutch tijdig, Swedish, Danish tidig timely.

A. adj.

†1.

a. Timely, seasonable, opportune; in season.

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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adjective]

timelyOE

tidefula1300

tidya1375

duea1387

timefula1400

seasonablec1412

convenient1415

opportunec1425

seasonedc1440

tempestivous1574

timed1592

ripe1595

well-timed1604

opportuneful1605

mature1608

advantageous1609

opportunous1609

punctual1611

tempestive1611

timeousa1626

time-serving1627

timed1656

tidive?17..

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1710 Til sche say tidi time hire prey for to take.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1339 Gret merþe..meliors þan made, for þe tidy tidinges.

c1475 Partenay 5722 Of nouel thinges..No-thing I fynd at no tydy stounde.

1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 125 Nor place serues fit, nor season tidie growes.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 270 Hearing of this tydie accident, he was cautious to appear.

1720 A. Ramsay Poems 349 King Eol grant a tydie Tirl.

†b. tidy cow n. Scottish Obsolete a cow giving milk.

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1493 Act. Dom. Conc. (1839) 300 Þe mylk of thre tithy ky.

1533 in Munim. Burgh Irvine (1890) I. 39 Ane tydy kow.

1670 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. (1896) XXX. 20 Too tydie kay & four yeell [i.e. dry] kay.

1678 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. (1896) XXX. 20 Two tyddie key and a two yeir old kow.

2. In good condition, or of good appearance; fair, well-favoured, comely, bonny; fat, plump, healthy. In quot. 1340-70, showy, gorgeous. Now dialect.

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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy

wholeeOE

isoundOE

i-sundfulc1000

ferec1175

soundc1175

fish-wholea1225

forthlyc1230

steadfasta1300

wella1300

safec1300

tidya1325

halec1330

quartc1330

well-faringc1330

well-tempered1340

well-disposeda1398

wealyc1400

furnished1473

mighty?a1475

quartful?c1475

good1527

wholesomea1533

crank1548

healthful1550

healthy1552

hearty1552

healthsome1563

well-affected?1563

disposed1575

as sound as a bell1576

firm1577

well-conditioned1580

sound1605

unvaletudinary1650

all right1652

valid1652

as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655

fair-like1663

hoddy1664

wanton1674

stout?1697

trig1704

well-hained1722

sprack1747

caller1754

sane1755

finely1763

bobbish1780

cleverly1784

right1787

smart1788

fine1791

eucratic1795

nobbling1825

as right as a trivet1835

first rate1841

in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844

gay1855

sprackish1882

game ball1905

abled1946

well-toned1952

a hundred per cent1960

oke1960

the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > stout or strong

tidya1325

robust1666

stout1832

massive1888

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective]

faireOE

comelyOE

winlyOE

goodlyOE

hendya1250

hendc1275

quaintc1300

seemlyc1305

tidya1325

avenant1340

honestc1384

sightya1387

properc1390

well beseena1393

queema1400

speciousa1400

featousc1400

parisantc1400

rekenc1400

well-favoureda1438

wellc1450

spectable?a1475

delicatec1480

jollya1500

bonny?a1513

snog1513

viewlyc1536

goodlikec1550

sightly1555

sightful1565

beholdinga1586

eyesome?1587

decent1600

vage1604

prospicuous1605

eyely1614

fashionable1630

well-looking1638

softa1643

fineish1647

well-looked1660

of a good (also ugly, etc.) look1700

likely-looked1709

sonsy1720

smiling1725

aspectable1731

smirkya1758

likely-looking1771

respectable1776

magnificent-looking1790

producible1792

presentable1800

good-looking1804

nice-looking1807

bonnyish1855

spick1882

eyeable1887

aegyo2007

the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > of livestock > healthy

tidya1325

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [adjective] > of stock: in good condition

tidya1325

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons

faireOE

seemlya1225

featous1340

jolly?a1366

tretis?a1366

comelya1375

covenablea1375

well-beseenc1374

favourablea1398

farrandc1400

personable?1435

well-favoureda1438

covenantc1440

likelyc1450

trety?c1450

tret1488

decore?a1513

jimp?a1513

wally?a1513

smotter?1520

snout-fair1530

well-looking1613

comely-looking1648

personal1658

comely-looked1664

winsome1677

tidy1714

good-looking1715

well to be seen1809

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2105 .vii. eares wexen fette of coren On an busk, ranc and wel tidi.

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 599 We..no tidi atir in templus araie.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xiii. 187 Seedes þat been sowen and mowe suffre wyntres, Aren tydyour and tower.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. iv. 23 Flockis and hirdis of oxin and of fee, Fat and tydye.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 55^v If weather be faire, and tydie thy graine, Make spedely carrige, for feare of a raine.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 232 Thou horson little tydee Bartholemew borepigge.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 669 When a Sow is very fat she hath alway but little milke, and therefore is not apte to make any good tidie pigs.

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 76 Before my Eyes will trip the tidy Lass.

1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 51 Bonny, teydey, blithe was she.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. A tydy bairn, a child that is plump and thriving.

1881 R. G. White Eng. Without & Within xvi. 387 Among them [the lower middle class] a tidy girl means a pretty girl, and particularly a girl with a good figure.

3. As an indefinite epithet of admiration or commendation.

†a. Good, excellent, satisfactory, useful; of good character or ability; worthy, brave; able, skilful. (Also ironically.) Obsolete.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective]

goodOE

winlyOE

snella1000

winc1275

boonc1325

cleana1375

tidya1375

positivea1398

comelyc1400

kindc1400

kindly?a1425

well-formeda1425

trim?a1513

wally?a1513

bonnya1525

delicatea1533

goodlike1562

sappy1563

bein1567

rum1567

benedict1576

warrantable1581

true (also good, sure) as touch1590

goodlisomea1603

respectable1603

clever1738

amusing1753

plummy1787

bone1793

brickish1843

mooi1850

ryebuck1859

spandy1868

greatisha1871

healthy1878

popular1884

beefy1903

onkus1910

quies1919

cushty1929

high-powered1969

not shabby1975

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 5384 Al þat touched þer to a tidi erldome, to þe kowherd & his wif þe king ȝaf þat time.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2496 Forto telle what tidde of þat tide werwolf.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxii. 441 Trauaileþ..for a tretour al-so sore As for a trewe tydy man.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1035 Soudiours..Of the tidiest of Tessaile, tore men of strenght.

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Hi^v A seruaunte at his masters becke Tydie, prompte, preste and fyne.

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe ii. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nn3^v/2 Thou art the tydiest wittall..I thinke above ground.

a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppppp^v/2 What a hap had I, And what a tydie fortune, when my fate Flung me upon this Beare-whelp?

b. Now in lighter use: Fairly satisfactory, ‘pretty good’, ‘fair’ (in quality); decent, of a good sort; nice. (colloquial.)

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective]

wellOE

sufferablea1340

worthy1340

sufficient1489

paregala1500

competent1535

something like?1556

right1567

sweet1577

fairish1611

all right1652

fair1656

comfortable1658

decent1711

respectable1750

unrepulsive1787

decentisha1814

fair-to-middling1822

fine1828

christena1838

OK1839

tidy1844

not (or none) so dusty?1856

sweet1898

oke1928

okey-doke1934

okey-dokey1936

tickety-boo1939

cool1951

aight1993

1844 C. Dickens Let. 24 Aug. (1977) IV. 185 Which I thought for a Coast Guard man was rather a tidy question.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 133/1 Parsons and doctors are often ‘tidy customers’.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. i. 10 A tidy shot that, I flatter myself.

1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy iii. 82 I hope he did [succeed], for he was a tidy chap, though queer.

c. Considerable (in amount or degree); ‘pretty big’. a tidy penny = ‘a pretty penny’ (pretty adj. 4). (colloquial.)

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > considerable in amount or degree

goodeOE

fairOE

goodlyc1275

largea1375

no littlea1413

substantial1413

unleast?1440

prettya1475

reasonablea1500

substantious1545

substantive1575

sensible1581

pretty and ——1596

goody1597

greatish1611

considerable1651

sonsy1721

respectable1736

smart1750

quite a little ——1763

gey1796

smartish1799

canny1805

serious1810

right smart1825

dunnamuch1831

snug1833

tidy1839

bonnyish1855

largish1872

a nice little ——1891

significant1898

healthy1901

beaucoup1917

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxii. 307 You came along at a tidy pace.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 352/1 If it is just after quarter-day, she generally gets a tidy tip.

1854 Househ. Words IX. 69/1 I have a tidy penny in the funds.

1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) ii A horse who had been to Exeter and back with a tidy load.

1893 I. Burton Life R. F. Burton II. 252 A very large garden..wherein one could take a very tidy walk.

1903 M. G. Gerard Leaves from Diaries ix. 324 They do swear a tidy bit.

4. (The chief current use.)

a. Of persons: Orderly in habits, or in personal appearance; disposed to keep things (or one's person or dress) neat and in order.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > clean and tidy

smug1598

polite1602

tidy1706

tosh1776

tidy-looking1825

speck and span1840

spick and span1846

toshy1856

spick1882

the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > tidy > disposed to keep things tidy

tidy1706

tidy-minded1900

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tidy, handy, neat, clean, as A tidy Servant.

a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Tidy, neat. North.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 194 If thou knowest of any tidy lass like thysell, that wanted a place, and could bring a good character.

1831 D. E. Williams Life Sir T. Lawrence II. 72 [The child] folds up her things like a tidy lady's maid.

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. i. iii. 17 My dear mother was the tidiest woman in the world.

b. Of things, esp. of a house, room, receptacle, etc.: Neatly arranged; with nothing in disorder or out of place; orderly, neat, trim.

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the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > tidy

queemc1450

trig1513

trimc1521

neat1594

polite1602

terse1602

unlittered1612

ship-shape1644

snod1717

tight1720

redd1753

(as) neat (also clean) as a (new) pin1769

mack1825

tidy1828

slick1833

ship-shapely1843

trimly1858

taut1870

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) The children are tidy; their dress is tidy... The apartments are well furnished and tidy.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge iv. 254 There was not a neater, more scrupulously tidy, or more punctiliously ordered house, in Clerkenwell.

1859 Habits Good Society viii. 271 Some underbred ladies..put tidy their work-boxes, making you feel that you are secondary.

1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 201 He objected to cut and trim them [shrubs, etc.]. ‘For’, said he, ‘God made nothing tidy’.

B. n.

1. A name for various articles intended to keep persons or things tidy or neat.

a. A pinafore or overall. dialect.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron, pinafore, or overall

brat1570

pinner1674

tidya1825

tire1846

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Tidy, a light outer covering worn by children, to keep their clothes from dirt and grease.

b. An ornamental loose covering for the back of a chair or the like, usually of fancy work; an antimacassar.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > cover for furniture > for seat

banker?c1350

dosser1379

doss1475

dorsea1524

dossal1658

tidy1850

antimacassar1852

chair-back1858

sofa-back1878

1850 Knickerb. Mag. XXXVI. 255 in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) One cane-seated rocking-chair, the back of which is covered with an unapproachable netting of spotless white, called a ‘tidy’.

1861 J. Pycroft Agony Point (1862) 126 After a few magic passes—the placing of a screen, the arrangement of a tidy or the folds of a curtain,..—a room..becomes..instinct with life, and grace, and comfort.

1882 L. C. Lillie Prudence 61 Is that a tidy? Yes... They call them antimacassars and sofa-backs here.

c. A bag or other receptacle in which to keep scraps, odds and ends, etc.; a work-bag; a toilet-tidy.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > for odds and ends

tidy1828

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Tidy, a work bag, &c.

1863 B. Jerrold Signals of Distress 207 It was in the days when..every scrap of cotton or linen found its way into the ‘tidy’.

2. An act of making tidy; a period of time devoted to tidying. Frequently with -up.

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the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > putting in order or making tidy > an act of

redd1846

siding1848

tidy1909

1909 E. Nesbit Daphne in Fitzroy St. ix. 122 The dreadful neatness that follows a ‘good tidy-up’.

1915 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 428 We'll pull up the blinds and we'll have a general tidy.

1949 N. Streatfeild Painted Garden xiii. 140 Rachel was going on to tell Jane to give her hair a tidy.

1970 C. Whitman Death out of Focus ix. 141 I bustled around..giving my flat a rough tidy-up.

1971 H. Wilson Labour Govt. xxxvi. 756 I went for a quick wash and tidy-up.

1980 ‘T. Hinde’ Daymare i. vi. 53 [She] is coming to give his house its Saturday morning tidy.

C. adv.

Tidily; pretty well; nicely, finely; also ironical. dialect or nonstandard.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adverb] > and pleasing

comelyOE

winlyc1000

comelilyc1400

trimly?a1513

trima1547

sweetly1594

cleverly1697

nicely1714

tidy1824

sweet1846

wally1847

1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 347 They've served me pretty tidy going along,..punching at me with their shilaleaghs as they would at a woolsack.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 355/1 Them as could patter tidy did the best.

1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 139/1 That there oak's coming out quite tidy.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

tidy-mindedness n.

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1951 Ess. & Stud. 4 21 Too much tidy-mindedness and love of classification.

1975 J. P. Morgan House of Lords & Labour Govt. vi. 163 Even if administrative tidy-mindedness..was the motive behind the Seats Bill.., its consequences would still transcend any administrative convenience.

tidy-looking adj.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > clean and tidy

smug1598

polite1602

tidy1706

tosh1776

tidy-looking1825

speck and span1840

spick and span1846

toshy1856

spick1882

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 19 He was a small, meagre,..tidy-looking somebody.

tidy-minded adj.

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the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > tidy > disposed to keep things tidy

tidy1706

tidy-minded1900

1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel vii. 156 Fit for a tidy-minded lover of German nature.

tidy-sized adj. In sense A. 3.

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1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 599 I want to see everyone..having a comfortable tidysized income.

1945 W. de la Mare Scarecrow 128 ‘Lor bless me,’ said Alice. ‘The questions he asks!’.. ‘And that's a tidy-sized one too!’ said Alice, smiling at him again.

C2.

tidy-betty n. an ash-pan (dialect).

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse

vat1534

voider1613

waste-paper box1836

dustbin1847

kid1847

waste-basket1850

scrap-box1858

waste-paper basket1859

garbage can1869

can1872

hell1872

scrap basket1872

sink tidy1881

tidy-betty1884

kitchen tidy1885

midden1890

wagger1903

W.P.B.1903

waste-bin1915

Sanibin1921

binette1922

G.I. can1929

trash can1929

trashbag1934

litter-bin1947

shitcan1948

pedal bin1951

trash-bin1955

litter-basket1958

midgie1965

bin1972

swing bin1972

tidy bin1972

dump bin1978

wheelie bin1984

binbag1986

1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 71/2 Front Damper acting as a ‘Tidy Betty’ with Cinder-sifter.

1900 Leeds Mercury 9 May He struck her on the head with a ‘tidy-betty’, and then kicked her with his clogs.

tidy bin n. a bin into which things may be discarded or tidied away, a waste-bin.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse

vat1534

voider1613

waste-paper box1836

dustbin1847

kid1847

waste-basket1850

scrap-box1858

waste-paper basket1859

garbage can1869

can1872

hell1872

scrap basket1872

sink tidy1881

tidy-betty1884

kitchen tidy1885

midden1890

wagger1903

W.P.B.1903

waste-bin1915

Sanibin1921

binette1922

G.I. can1929

trash can1929

trashbag1934

litter-bin1947

shitcan1948

pedal bin1951

trash-bin1955

litter-basket1958

midgie1965

bin1972

swing bin1972

tidy bin1972

dump bin1978

wheelie bin1984

binbag1986

1972 House & Garden Dec. 84/3 Colourful bathroom accessories, including shelf units, tidy bins, mirrors.

1978 People's Friend 13 May 3/3 Lifting some toffee papers and preparing to transfer them to the tidy bin, she spotted the torn photograph.

Derivatives

ˈtidyism n. a principle or practice of extreme tidiness.Apparently an isolated use.

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the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > order or tidiness > extreme practice or principle

tidyism1856

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. ix His funny little old bachelor tidyisms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tidy
释义	tidyadj.n.adv. Brit. /ˈtʌɪdi/, U.S. /ˈtaɪdi/ Forms: Middle English tidi, Middle English tide, Middle English–1600s, 1800s Scottish tydy, Middle English tyde, ( tithy), 1500s tidie, tydye, 1500s–1700s tydie, 1600s Scottish tyddie, (1800s dialect teydey), Middle English, 1600s– tidy. Etymology: Middle English < tíd time, tide n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Old High German, Middle High German zîtig (German zeitig), Dutch tijdig, Swedish, Danish tidig timely. A. adj. †1. a. Timely, seasonable, opportune; in season. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adjective] timelyOE tidefula1300 tidya1375 duea1387 timefula1400 seasonablec1412 convenient1415 opportunec1425 seasonedc1440 tempestivous1574 timed1592 ripe1595 well-timed1604 opportuneful1605 mature1608 advantageous1609 opportunous1609 punctual1611 tempestive1611 timeousa1626 time-serving1627 timed1656 tidive?17.. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1710 Til sche say tidi time hire prey for to take. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1339 Gret merþe..meliors þan made, for þe tidy tidinges. c1475 Partenay 5722 Of nouel thinges..No-thing I fynd at no tydy stounde. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 125 Nor place serues fit, nor season tidie growes. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 270 Hearing of this tydie accident, he was cautious to appear. 1720 A. Ramsay Poems 349 King Eol grant a tydie Tirl. †b. tidy cow n. Scottish Obsolete a cow giving milk. ΚΠ 1493 Act. Dom. Conc. (1839) 300 Þe mylk of thre tithy ky. 1533 in Munim. Burgh Irvine (1890) I. 39 Ane tydy kow. 1670 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. (1896) XXX. 20 Too tydie kay & four yeell [i.e. dry] kay. 1678 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. (1896) XXX. 20 Two tyddie key and a two yeir old kow. 2. In good condition, or of good appearance; fair, well-favoured, comely, bonny; fat, plump, healthy. In quot. 1340-70, showy, gorgeous. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy wholeeOE isoundOE i-sundfulc1000 ferec1175 soundc1175 fish-wholea1225 forthlyc1230 steadfasta1300 wella1300 safec1300 tidya1325 halec1330 quartc1330 well-faringc1330 well-tempered1340 well-disposeda1398 wealyc1400 furnished1473 mighty?a1475 quartful?c1475 good1527 wholesomea1533 crank1548 healthful1550 healthy1552 hearty1552 healthsome1563 well-affected?1563 disposed1575 as sound as a bell1576 firm1577 well-conditioned1580 sound1605 unvaletudinary1650 all right1652 valid1652 as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655 fair-like1663 hoddy1664 wanton1674 stout?1697 trig1704 well-hained1722 sprack1747 caller1754 sane1755 finely1763 bobbish1780 cleverly1784 right1787 smart1788 fine1791 eucratic1795 nobbling1825 as right as a trivet1835 first rate1841 in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844 gay1855 sprackish1882 game ball1905 abled1946 well-toned1952 a hundred per cent1960 oke1960 the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > stout or strong tidya1325 robust1666 stout1832 massive1888 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] faireOE comelyOE winlyOE goodlyOE hendya1250 hendc1275 quaintc1300 seemlyc1305 tidya1325 avenant1340 honestc1384 sightya1387 properc1390 well beseena1393 queema1400 speciousa1400 featousc1400 parisantc1400 rekenc1400 well-favoureda1438 wellc1450 spectable?a1475 delicatec1480 jollya1500 bonny?a1513 snog1513 viewlyc1536 goodlikec1550 sightly1555 sightful1565 beholdinga1586 eyesome?1587 decent1600 vage1604 prospicuous1605 eyely1614 fashionable1630 well-looking1638 softa1643 fineish1647 well-looked1660 of a good (also ugly, etc.) look1700 likely-looked1709 sonsy1720 smiling1725 aspectable1731 smirkya1758 likely-looking1771 respectable1776 magnificent-looking1790 producible1792 presentable1800 good-looking1804 nice-looking1807 bonnyish1855 spick1882 eyeable1887 aegyo2007 the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > of livestock > healthy tidya1325 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [adjective] > of stock: in good condition tidya1325 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons faireOE seemlya1225 featous1340 jolly?a1366 tretis?a1366 comelya1375 covenablea1375 well-beseenc1374 favourablea1398 farrandc1400 personable?1435 well-favoureda1438 covenantc1440 likelyc1450 trety?c1450 tret1488 decore?a1513 jimp?a1513 wally?a1513 smotter?1520 snout-fair1530 well-looking1613 comely-looking1648 personal1658 comely-looked1664 winsome1677 tidy1714 good-looking1715 well to be seen1809 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2105 .vii. eares wexen fette of coren On an busk, ranc and wel tidi. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 599 We..no tidi atir in templus araie. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xiii. 187 Seedes þat been sowen and mowe suffre wyntres, Aren tydyour and tower. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. iv. 23 Flockis and hirdis of oxin and of fee, Fat and tydye. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 55^v If weather be faire, and tydie thy graine, Make spedely carrige, for feare of a raine. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 232 Thou horson little tydee Bartholemew borepigge. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 669 When a Sow is very fat she hath alway but little milke, and therefore is not apte to make any good tidie pigs. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 76 Before my Eyes will trip the tidy Lass. 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 51 Bonny, teydey, blithe was she. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. A tydy bairn, a child that is plump and thriving. 1881 R. G. White Eng. Without & Within xvi. 387 Among them [the lower middle class] a tidy girl means a pretty girl, and particularly a girl with a good figure. 3. As an indefinite epithet of admiration or commendation. †a. Good, excellent, satisfactory, useful; of good character or ability; worthy, brave; able, skilful. (Also ironically.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] goodOE winlyOE snella1000 winc1275 boonc1325 cleana1375 tidya1375 positivea1398 comelyc1400 kindc1400 kindly?a1425 well-formeda1425 trim?a1513 wally?a1513 bonnya1525 delicatea1533 goodlike1562 sappy1563 bein1567 rum1567 benedict1576 warrantable1581 true (also good, sure) as touch1590 goodlisomea1603 respectable1603 clever1738 amusing1753 plummy1787 bone1793 brickish1843 mooi1850 ryebuck1859 spandy1868 greatisha1871 healthy1878 popular1884 beefy1903 onkus1910 quies1919 cushty1929 high-powered1969 not shabby1975 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 5384 Al þat touched þer to a tidi erldome, to þe kowherd & his wif þe king ȝaf þat time. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2496 Forto telle what tidde of þat tide werwolf. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxii. 441 Trauaileþ..for a tretour al-so sore As for a trewe tydy man. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1035 Soudiours..Of the tidiest of Tessaile, tore men of strenght. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Hi^v A seruaunte at his masters becke Tydie, prompte, preste and fyne. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe ii. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nn3^v/2 Thou art the tydiest wittall..I thinke above ground. a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppppp^v/2 What a hap had I, And what a tydie fortune, when my fate Flung me upon this Beare-whelp? b. Now in lighter use: Fairly satisfactory, ‘pretty good’, ‘fair’ (in quality); decent, of a good sort; nice. (colloquial.) ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] wellOE sufferablea1340 worthy1340 sufficient1489 paregala1500 competent1535 something like?1556 right1567 sweet1577 fairish1611 all right1652 fair1656 comfortable1658 decent1711 respectable1750 unrepulsive1787 decentisha1814 fair-to-middling1822 fine1828 christena1838 OK1839 tidy1844 not (or none) so dusty?1856 sweet1898 oke1928 okey-doke1934 okey-dokey1936 tickety-boo1939 cool1951 aight1993 1844 C. Dickens Let. 24 Aug. (1977) IV. 185 Which I thought for a Coast Guard man was rather a tidy question. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 133/1 Parsons and doctors are often ‘tidy customers’. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. i. 10 A tidy shot that, I flatter myself. 1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy iii. 82 I hope he did [succeed], for he was a tidy chap, though queer. c. Considerable (in amount or degree); ‘pretty big’. a tidy penny = ‘a pretty penny’ (pretty adj. 4). (colloquial.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > considerable in amount or degree goodeOE fairOE goodlyc1275 largea1375 no littlea1413 substantial1413 unleast?1440 prettya1475 reasonablea1500 substantious1545 substantive1575 sensible1581 pretty and ——1596 goody1597 greatish1611 considerable1651 sonsy1721 respectable1736 smart1750 quite a little ——1763 gey1796 smartish1799 canny1805 serious1810 right smart1825 dunnamuch1831 snug1833 tidy1839 bonnyish1855 largish1872 a nice little ——1891 significant1898 healthy1901 beaucoup1917 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxii. 307 You came along at a tidy pace. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 352/1 If it is just after quarter-day, she generally gets a tidy tip. 1854 Househ. Words IX. 69/1 I have a tidy penny in the funds. 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) ii A horse who had been to Exeter and back with a tidy load. 1893 I. Burton Life R. F. Burton II. 252 A very large garden..wherein one could take a very tidy walk. 1903 M. G. Gerard Leaves from Diaries ix. 324 They do swear a tidy bit. 4. (The chief current use.) a. Of persons: Orderly in habits, or in personal appearance; disposed to keep things (or one's person or dress) neat and in order. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > clean and tidy smug1598 polite1602 tidy1706 tosh1776 tidy-looking1825 speck and span1840 spick and span1846 toshy1856 spick1882 the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > tidy > disposed to keep things tidy tidy1706 tidy-minded1900 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tidy, handy, neat, clean, as A tidy Servant. a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Tidy, neat. North. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 194 If thou knowest of any tidy lass like thysell, that wanted a place, and could bring a good character. 1831 D. E. Williams Life Sir T. Lawrence II. 72 [The child] folds up her things like a tidy lady's maid. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. i. iii. 17 My dear mother was the tidiest woman in the world. b. Of things, esp. of a house, room, receptacle, etc.: Neatly arranged; with nothing in disorder or out of place; orderly, neat, trim. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > tidy queemc1450 trig1513 trimc1521 neat1594 polite1602 terse1602 unlittered1612 ship-shape1644 snod1717 tight1720 redd1753 (as) neat (also clean) as a (new) pin1769 mack1825 tidy1828 slick1833 ship-shapely1843 trimly1858 taut1870 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) The children are tidy; their dress is tidy... The apartments are well furnished and tidy. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge iv. 254 There was not a neater, more scrupulously tidy, or more punctiliously ordered house, in Clerkenwell. 1859 Habits Good Society viii. 271 Some underbred ladies..put tidy their work-boxes, making you feel that you are secondary. 1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 201 He objected to cut and trim them [shrubs, etc.]. ‘For’, said he, ‘God made nothing tidy’. B. n. 1. A name for various articles intended to keep persons or things tidy or neat. a. A pinafore or overall. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron, pinafore, or overall brat1570 pinner1674 tidya1825 tire1846 a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Tidy, a light outer covering worn by children, to keep their clothes from dirt and grease. b. An ornamental loose covering for the back of a chair or the like, usually of fancy work; an antimacassar. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > cover for furniture > for seat banker?c1350 dosser1379 doss1475 dorsea1524 dossal1658 tidy1850 antimacassar1852 chair-back1858 sofa-back1878 1850 Knickerb. Mag. XXXVI. 255 in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) One cane-seated rocking-chair, the back of which is covered with an unapproachable netting of spotless white, called a ‘tidy’. 1861 J. Pycroft Agony Point (1862) 126 After a few magic passes—the placing of a screen, the arrangement of a tidy or the folds of a curtain,..—a room..becomes..instinct with life, and grace, and comfort. 1882 L. C. Lillie Prudence 61 Is that a tidy? Yes... They call them antimacassars and sofa-backs here. c. A bag or other receptacle in which to keep scraps, odds and ends, etc.; a work-bag; a toilet-tidy. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > for odds and ends tidy1828 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Tidy, a work bag, &c. 1863 B. Jerrold Signals of Distress 207 It was in the days when..every scrap of cotton or linen found its way into the ‘tidy’. 2. An act of making tidy; a period of time devoted to tidying. Frequently with -up. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > putting in order or making tidy > an act of redd1846 siding1848 tidy1909 1909 E. Nesbit Daphne in Fitzroy St. ix. 122 The dreadful neatness that follows a ‘good tidy-up’. 1915 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 428 We'll pull up the blinds and we'll have a general tidy. 1949 N. Streatfeild Painted Garden xiii. 140 Rachel was going on to tell Jane to give her hair a tidy. 1970 C. Whitman Death out of Focus ix. 141 I bustled around..giving my flat a rough tidy-up. 1971 H. Wilson Labour Govt. xxxvi. 756 I went for a quick wash and tidy-up. 1980 ‘T. Hinde’ Daymare i. vi. 53 [She] is coming to give his house its Saturday morning tidy. C. adv. Tidily; pretty well; nicely, finely; also ironical. dialect or nonstandard. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adverb] > and pleasing comelyOE winlyc1000 comelilyc1400 trimly?a1513 trima1547 sweetly1594 cleverly1697 nicely1714 tidy1824 sweet1846 wally1847 1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 347 They've served me pretty tidy going along,..punching at me with their shilaleaghs as they would at a woolsack. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 355/1 Them as could patter tidy did the best. 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 139/1 That there oak's coming out quite tidy. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. tidy-mindedness n. ΚΠ 1951 Ess. & Stud. 4 21 Too much tidy-mindedness and love of classification. 1975 J. P. Morgan House of Lords & Labour Govt. vi. 163 Even if administrative tidy-mindedness..was the motive behind the Seats Bill.., its consequences would still transcend any administrative convenience. b. tidy-looking adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > clean and tidy smug1598 polite1602 tidy1706 tosh1776 tidy-looking1825 speck and span1840 spick and span1846 toshy1856 spick1882 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 19 He was a small, meagre,..tidy-looking somebody. tidy-minded adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > tidy > disposed to keep things tidy tidy1706 tidy-minded1900 1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel vii. 156 Fit for a tidy-minded lover of German nature. tidy-sized adj. In sense A. 3. ΚΠ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 599 I want to see everyone..having a comfortable tidysized income. 1945 W. de la Mare Scarecrow 128 ‘Lor bless me,’ said Alice. ‘The questions he asks!’.. ‘And that's a tidy-sized one too!’ said Alice, smiling at him again. C2. tidy-betty n. an ash-pan (dialect). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse vat1534 voider1613 waste-paper box1836 dustbin1847 kid1847 waste-basket1850 scrap-box1858 waste-paper basket1859 garbage can1869 can1872 hell1872 scrap basket1872 sink tidy1881 tidy-betty1884 kitchen tidy1885 midden1890 wagger1903 W.P.B.1903 waste-bin1915 Sanibin1921 binette1922 G.I. can1929 trash can1929 trashbag1934 litter-bin1947 shitcan1948 pedal bin1951 trash-bin1955 litter-basket1958 midgie1965 bin1972 swing bin1972 tidy bin1972 dump bin1978 wheelie bin1984 binbag1986 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 71/2 Front Damper acting as a ‘Tidy Betty’ with Cinder-sifter. 1900 Leeds Mercury 9 May He struck her on the head with a ‘tidy-betty’, and then kicked her with his clogs. tidy bin n. a bin into which things may be discarded or tidied away, a waste-bin. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse vat1534 voider1613 waste-paper box1836 dustbin1847 kid1847 waste-basket1850 scrap-box1858 waste-paper basket1859 garbage can1869 can1872 hell1872 scrap basket1872 sink tidy1881 tidy-betty1884 kitchen tidy1885 midden1890 wagger1903 W.P.B.1903 waste-bin1915 Sanibin1921 binette1922 G.I. can1929 trash can1929 trashbag1934 litter-bin1947 shitcan1948 pedal bin1951 trash-bin1955 litter-basket1958 midgie1965 bin1972 swing bin1972 tidy bin1972 dump bin1978 wheelie bin1984 binbag1986 1972 House & Garden Dec. 84/3 Colourful bathroom accessories, including shelf units, tidy bins, mirrors. 1978 People's Friend 13 May 3/3 Lifting some toffee papers and preparing to transfer them to the tidy bin, she spotted the torn photograph. Derivatives ˈtidyism n. a principle or practice of extreme tidiness.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > order or tidiness > extreme practice or principle tidyism1856 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. ix His funny little old bachelor tidyisms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). tidyv. Etymology: < tidy adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtidy. Chiefly colloquial. a. transitive. To make tidy or orderly; to put in order; to arrange neatly; reflexive to put one's hair, dress, etc. in order; to make oneself neat. Often with up. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > put in order or tidy redeOE slick1340 redda1500 prepare1585 spruce1594 rid1599 snod1608 to clear up1762 snug1787 ted1811 tidy1821 side1825 fix1832 to pick up1853 mense1859 straighten1867 square1909 neaten1942 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > clear out or away > for the sake of tidiness tidy1868 1821 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. 127 I mean to..have it whitened and tidied up this summer. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. iv. 47 Bessie..employed me as a sort of under nursery-maid, to tidy the room, dust the chairs, &c. 1868 F. E. Paget Lucretia 106 When the cook went up stairs, after tea, to tidy herself. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 73 My notes for a day will contain facts relating to the kraw-kraw, price of onions,..genealogies,..law cases,..&c., &c. And the undertaking of tidying these things up is no small one. 1898 G. B. Shaw Candida in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant 131 The large table has been cleared and tidied. b. To stow away or clear up for the sake of tidiness. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] again-layOE to put upc1330 to lay up?a1366 bestow1393 to set up1421 reserve1480 powder1530 store1552 uplay1591 garnera1616 storea1616 revestry1624 reposit1630 barrel1631 magazine1643 stock1700 to salt down1849 reservoir1858 tidy1867 larder1904 1867 [see tidying n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1884 Nonconformist 1 May It was left on the hall table..and had been ‘tidied up’ by one of those..housemaids who are the bane of every busy man. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 5 July 2/1 If anything is broken or tidied away beyond recall. Derivatives ˈtidying n. and adj. also with -up. ΚΠ 1867 H. Latham Black & White 90 After such a war..there is no small amount of sweeping up, and tidying away,..to be done. 1884 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 734/2 Comte de Rivaulx! echoed Madame, pausing in her tidying. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 7 Jan. 3/2 Lovers of nature..view with horror the onslaughts of these tidying gentlemen. 1959 N. Marsh False Scent (1960) iv. 102 When they arrived..the tidying-up process had considerably advanced. 1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media ii. xx. 197 This immense tidying-up of our inner lives..has had its obvious parallels in our attempts to rearrange our homes and gardens. 1975 S. Brett Cast vi. 47 He'd..even done a token tidying-up of his room. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.n.adv.a1325v.1821
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