单词 | tiny |
释义 | tinyadj.n. A. adj. a. Very small, little, or slight; wee, minute.In early use usually, and still often, preceded by little. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very small in amount or degree superfine1575 tiny1598 minute1606 exiguous1630 myriate1665 delicate1692 miniature1714 infinitesimal1733 diminutive1741 weeny1790 inappreciable1802 teeny1802 scrumptious1834 teeny-weeny1842 teeny-tiny1849 tee-tiny1872 minuscule1878 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small tinea1400 little weea1525 undersmall?1527 little little1542 perpusil1598 tiny1598 punctual1605 minute1606 pygmya1616 exiguous1630 atomical1646 minutulous1651 puncticular1658 arenulous1664 myriate1665 minimal1666 minim1671 infinitesimal1733 minutissim1768 weeny1790 midgety1798 teeny1802 pinpoint1807 atomic1809 homuncular1822 minnow1824 weeshy1825 pinhead1835 finitesimal1836 homoeopathic1838 teeny-weeny1842 teenty1844 teenty-taunty1844 teeny-tiny1849 submolecular1854 teensy1856 super-compact1860 midget1865 ultramicroscopic1870 pilulous1871 teensy-weensy1872 tee-tiny1872 minuscule1878 smitchy1888 eeny-weeny1894 eensy-weensy1904 pygmean1904 ultramicroscopical1904 bitsy1905 bitty1905 totty1906 millimetric1909 miniscule1909 minuscular1911 insectual1912 micro1931 eeny1933 eensy1940 submicrogram1941 submillimetre1954 diddy1963 mini1963 micro-mini1967 1598 R. Tofte Alba i. sig. B3 Yet still (me thinkes) mine Ayme, being not base, I should deserue some little tynie Grace. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 4 A patterne or tiny-sample what my elaborate performance would bee in this case, had I a ful-sayld gale of prosperity to encourage mee. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tiney (a word used in Worcestershire and thereabouts, as a little tiney).] 1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 97 This Cupid was a little tyny, Cogging, Lying, Peevish Nynny. 1677 Man of Sin ii. v. 93 In what part of the World are such Tiny Crustlings used For Bread? 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words Tiny, puny, little: it is usually joyned with ‘little’ as an intensive: so they say, a little tiny thing. 1751 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 31 I told you I was to have a tiny ball on Monday. 1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms i. 63 The tiniest boat that ever sailed Upon an inland lake. 1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? i. vi On that knee she clasped her tiny hands. 1879 A. Giberne Sun, Moon, & Stars (1880) ii. i. 115 Examination with the microscope only shows tinier and yet tinier wonders of form and life. 1887 Poor Nellie (1888) 168 Adela had of late been one tiny bit exacting towards George. Categories » b. tiny perch: a fish of the family Elassomidæ, very small freshwater fishes of the southern United States. c. tiny garment n. an article of clothing made for an expected baby. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for children > for a baby baby clothes1704 baby things1709 baby linen1771 tiny garment1965 1965 ‘E. Queen’ Fourth Side of Triangle i. 12 Her ‘needlework’..consisted of ‘tiny garments’, prepared for a lay sisterhood which aided ‘unfortunate’ young women. 1978 N. Freeling Night Lords i. 9 She..had managed to get herself pregnant..but there was no display of tiny garments. d. tiny mind: except when used self-deprecatingly, a term of abuse suggesting an absence of common sense. Chiefly in colloquial phrase out of one's tiny mind, an emphatic form of mind n.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] sloweOE stuntc960 dullOE hardOE stuntlyc1000 sotc1050 dillc1175 dulta1225 simplea1325 heavy1340 astonedc1374 sheepishc1380 dull-witteda1387 lourd1390 steerishc1411 ass-likea1425 brainless?a1439 deafc1440 sluggishc1450 short-witted1477 obtuse1509 peakish1519 wearish1519 deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520 doileda1522 gross1526 headlessa1530 stulty1532 ass-headed1533 pot-headed1533 stupid?1541 sheep's head1542 doltish1543 dumpish1545 assish1548 blockish1548 slow-witted1548 blockheaded1549 surd1551 dull-headed1552 hammer-headed1552 skit-brained?1553 buzzardly1561 witless1562 log-headeda1566 assy1566 sottish1566 dastardly1567 stupidious1567 beetle-headed1570 calvish1570 bluntish1578 cod's-headed1578 grout-headed1578 bedaft1579 dull-pated1580 blate1581 buzzard-like1581 long-eared1582 dullard1583 woodena1586 duncical1588 leaden-headed1589 buzzard1592 dorbellical1592 dunstical1592 heavy-headeda1593 shallow-brained1592 blunt-witted1594 mossy1597 Bœotian1598 clay-brained1598 fat1598 fat-witted1598 knotty-pated1598 stupidous1598 wit-lost1599 barren1600 duncifiedc1600 lourdish1600 stockish1600 thick1600 booby1603 leaden-pated1603 partless1603 thin-headed1603 leaden-skulledc1604 blockhead1606 frost-brained1606 ram-headed1608 beef-witted1609 insulse1609 leaden-spirited1609 asininec1610 clumse1611 blockheadly1612 wattle-headed1613 flata1616 logger-headeda1616 puppy-headeda1616 shallow-patedc1616 thick-brained1619 half-headed1621 buzzard-blinda1625 beef-brained1628 toom-headed1629 thick-witted1634 woollen-witted1635 squirrel-headed1637 clod-pated1639 lean-souled1639 muddy-headed1642 leaden-witteda1645 as sad as any mallet1645 under-headed1646 fat-headed1647 half-witted1647 insipid1651 insulsate1652 soft-headed1653 thick-skulleda1657 muddish1658 non-intelligent1659 whey-brained1660 sap-headed1665 timber-headed1666 leather-headeda1668 out of (one's) tree1669 boobily1673 thoughtless1673 lourdly1674 logger1675 unintelligenta1676 Bœotic1678 chicken-brained1678 under-witted1683 loggerhead1684 dunderheaded1692 unintelligible1694 buffle-headed1697 crassicc1700 numbskulled1707 crassous1708 doddy-polled1708 haggis-headed1715 niddy-noddy1722 muzzy1723 pudding-headed1726 sumphish1728 pitcher-souleda1739 duncey1743 hebete1743 chuckheaded1756 dumb1756 duncely1757 imbecile1766 mutton-headed1768 chuckle-headed1770 jobbernowl1770 dowfarta1774 boobyish1778 wittol1780 staumrel1787 opaquec1789 stoopid1791 mud-headed1793 borné1795 muzzy-headed1798 nog-headed1800 thick-headed1801 gypit1804 duncish1805 lightweight1809 numbskull1814 tup-headed1816 chuckle-pate1820 unintellectuala1821 dense1822 ninnyish1822 dunch1825 fozy1825 potato-headed1826 beef-headed1828 donkeyish1831 blockheadish1833 pinheaded1837 squirrel-minded1837 pumpkin-headed1838 tomfoolish1838 dundering1840 chicken-headed1842 like a bump on a log1842 ninny-minded1849 numbheadeda1852 nincompoopish1852 suet-brained1852 dolly1853 mullet-headed1853 sodden1853 fiddle-headed1854 numb1854 bovine1855 logy1859 crass1861 unsmart1861 off his chump1864 wooden-headed1865 stupe1866 lean-minded1867 duffing1869 cretinous1871 doddering1871 thick-head1873 doddling1874 stupido1879 boneheaded1883 woolly-headed1883 leaden-natured1889 suet-headed1890 sam-sodden1891 dopey1896 turnip-headed1898 bonehead1903 wool-witted1905 peanut-headed1906 peanut-brained1907 dilly1909 torpid-minded1909 retardate1912 nitwitted1917 meat-headed1918 mug1922 cloth-headed1925 loopy1925 nitwit1928 lame-brained1929 dead from the neck up1930 simpy1932 nail-headed1936 square-headed1936 dingbats1937 pinhead1939 dim-witted1940 pea-brained1942 clueless1943 lobotomized1943 retarded1949 pointy-headed1950 clottish1952 like a stunned mullet1953 silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954 out to lunch1955 pin-brained1958 dozy1959 eejity1964 out of one's tiny mind1965 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 twatty1975 twattish1976 blur1977 dof1979 goofus1981 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 numpty1992 cockish1996 1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Hard Sell vi. 68 Why don't you use your tiny mind? 1970 K. Benton Sole Agent vi. 71 We'd had a row... I was nearly out of my tiny mind. 1977 D. Beaty Excellency xix. 215 Everyone with the possible exception of H. E. was scared out of their tiny British minds. B. n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount shredc1000 farthingsworthc1325 pennyworthc1330 incha1350 sliverc1374 chipa1393 gnastc1440 Jack1530 spoonful1531 crumba1535 spark1548 slight1549 pin's worth1562 scruple1574 thought1581 pinch1583 scrap1583 splinter1609 ticket1634 notchet1637 indivisible1644 tinyc1650 twopence1691 turn of the scale(s)1706 enough to swear by1756 touch1786 scrimptiona1825 infinitesimal1840 smidgen1841 snuff1842 fluxion1846 smitchel1856 eyelash1860 smidge1866 tenpenceworth1896 whisker1913 tidge1986 c1650 Lord of Learne 272 in F. J. Furnivall Percy Folio (1867) I. 192 Thou hast striken the Lord of learne a litle tinye aboue the knee. 2. a. A tiny one, a very small child, an infant. Usually in plural tinies (cf. grown-up n.). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] childOE baban?c1225 fauntekin1377 infant1382 babea1393 fauntelet1393 babyc1400 lakinc1440 mop1440 chrisomer1574 tenderling1587 chrisom1596 childling1648 flosculet1648 bratling1652 lullaby-cheat1665 strangera1674 child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675 hoppet1695 tot1725 bambino1761 weanie1786 tiny1797 dot1800 trudgeon1814 toddle1825 toddles1828 yearnling1829 dab1833 toddler1837 baba1841 arrival1846 teeny-tiny1849 toddlekins1852 mite1853 trot1854 babelet1856 nestler1866 spoon-child1868 bubby1885 chavvy1886 bub1889 kiddy1889 toddleskin1890 newborn1893 kidlet1899 kidling1899 bubba1906 bundle of joy1924 liddly1929 mammet1932 snork1941 kiddywink1957 sproglet1987 1797 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. July (1973) III. 326 He..hesitated before he could persuade himself to give at all to any bigger Children, if they came accompanied by tinies. 1863 ‘Holme Lee’ Annis Warleigh II. 270 The little ones..marshalled by the infant class mistress, and by Alice who was a clever manager amongst the very tinies. 1883 Sword & Trowel Jan. 37 Sure to please the growing tinies. 1883 G. Meredith Love in Valley xxii When she was a tiny. b. A nickname for a very large or tall man. Cf. titch n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > person mart1722 staup1825 corn-stalk1827 skyscraper1847 skelper1854 tiny1931 lofty1933 1931 Literary Digest 18 Apr. 40 A big fat guy will be called ‘Babe’ or ‘Tiny’. 1976 Burnham-on-Sea Gaz. 20 Apr. 12/8 He is 6ft 7in tall and not unnaturally, is known as ‘Tiny’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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