tippyadj.¹n.

Brit.

/ˈtɪpi/, U.S.

/ˈtɪpi/

Etymology: < tip n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

A. adj.¹

I. colloquial or slang. Tip-top, smart, and related uses.

1. In the height of fashion; smart, fine, fashionable, ‘swell’, ‘tip-top’. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective]

in (also into) request?1574

bonfacion1584

fashional?1607

of request1613

fashionablea1627

à la mode1642

all the mode1651

modish1661

in mode1664

timeish1676

of vogue1678

voguea1695

mody1701

alamodic1753

much the mode1767

tonish1778

go1784

stylish1800

bang-up1810

tippy1810

varmint1823

up to the knocker1844

gyvera1866

OK1869

fly1879

swagger1879

doggy1885

faddy1885

fantoosh1920

voguish1927

voguey1928

à la page1930

go1937

hard1938

hip1939

down1952

swinging1958

a-go-go1960

way-in1960

yé-yé1960

trendy1962

with-it1962

go-go1963

happening1965

mod1965

funky1967

together1968

fash1977

cred1987

1810 Splendid Follies I. 31 ‘My curricle has..never yet carried a bear’, ‘Except its Master’, thought Seraphina, as she gazed on this tippy-bob.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Tippy, dressed in the highest fashion, modish.

1826 Sporting Mag. 17 177 With his hosen so tight, and his castor so white, and his caxon in tippy curl.

1847 Blackwood's Mag. 62 47 His horse was the swiftest, his coat the tippiest, his cigar the longest.

1871 P. Cartwright 50 Years Presiding Elder 216 It was not one of your tippy, fashionable, silver-slippered kind of conversions, but it was a backwoods conversion.

2. Highly ingenious or clever; neat, smart. [perhaps associated with tip n.⁴]

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > ingenious > characterized by ingenuity

craftlyOE

quaintc1230

sly1297

subtilea1393

subtlea1400

cunning1423

prettyc1450

ingenious1548

politicc1550

well-contrived1563

conceited1579

well-invented1588

concepted1594

nimble1602

artful1605

artly?1614

artistical1646

callid1656

well-couched1671

tippy1863

genius1924

creative1967

1863 M. Dods Early Lett. (1910) 344 A tippy little bit of criticism by Pressensé.

1906 Daily Chron. 11 Oct. 3/5 All we think of is the ‘tippy’ way in which he is got rid of.

II. Senses relating to tea-leaf buds.

3. Of tea: containing a large proportion of the ‘tips’ or leaf buds of the shoot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [adjective] > containing leaf-buds

tippy1892

1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 87 The dried leaf [of Paklum] is also very black, fairly made and often ‘tippy’ in the hand.

1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 107 The leaf [of Neilgherry] is black, coarse, ‘tippy’ and unsightly in the hand.

1895 Times 21 Jan. 13/5 For the finest qualities: for handsome tippy teas, which are becoming scarce; and for good Darjeelings, the tendency is to higher quotations.

†B. n.

1. the tippy: the height of fashion; the ‘swell’ or fashionable thing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion

gentryc1400

the fashion1569

mainstream1599

the trim1603

mood1646

mode1649

vogue1649

beauty1653

à la mode1654

turn1695

the kick1699

goût1717

thing1734

taste1739

ton1769

nick1788

the tippy1790

twig1811

latest1814

dernier mot1834

ticket1838

kibosh1880

last cry1887

le (or the) dernier cri1896

flavour of the month (or week)1946

vague1962

1790 A. M. Woodforde Let. 3 Sept. in Parson Woodforde Soc. Jrnl. (1972) V. iii. 55 Your Bonnets are quite the Tippy.

1794 Sporting Mag. 3 104 Being estimated..as quite the Tippy.

1803 Sporting Mag. 21 145 The two-shilling gallery is now quite the tippy for the boxes.

1804 C. Smith Conversations I. 25 Germain says, I shall be quite the thing, the tippy.

1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet III. 133 Do you see that handsome young man there?..he at the bottom,..that's so dressed in the tippy.

2. Chiefly U.S. A dandy; a fop. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1798 Monthly Mag. & Brit. Reg. VI. 173/1 His dress..will be, elegant; exhibiting no articles of apparel but such as are ‘All the rage’, he is ‘Quite the tippy’.

1804 Balance (Hudson, N.Y.) 15 May 153 A smirking race, called in fashion's vocabulary ‘Tippies’.

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 92 You wouldn't ketch one of our York tippies at that, let alone a ginuine Lord.

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

tippyadj.²

Etymology: < tip v.² + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtippy.

colloquial.

Characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]

slidinga900

wankleeOE

windyc1000

unsteadfastc1200

fleeting?c1225

loose?c1225

brotelc1315

unstablec1340

varyingc1340

variantc1374

motleyc1380

ungroundedc1380

muablea1393

passiblea1393

remuablea1393

changeablea1398

movablea1398

variablec1397

slidderya1400

ticklec1400

variantc1412

flitting1413

mutable?a1425

movingc1425

flaskisable1430

flickering1430

transmutablec1430

vertible1447

brittlea1450

ficklea1450

permutablec1450

unfirmc1450

uncertain1477

turnable1483

unsteadfast1483

vagrantc1522

inconstant1526

alterable?1531

stirringc1540

slippery1548

various1552

slid?1553

mutala1561

rolling1561

weathery1563

unconstant1568

interchangeable1574

fluctuant1575

stayless1575

transitive1575

voluble1575

changeling1577

queasy1579

desultory1581

huff-puff1582

unstaid1586

vagrant1586

changeful1590

floating1594

Protean1594

unstayed1594

swimming1596

anchorless1597

mobilec1600

ticklish1601

catching1603

labile1603

unrooted1604

quicksilvered1605

versatile1605

insubstantial1607

uncertain1609

brandling1611

rootless1611

squeasy1611

wind-changinga1616

insolid1618

ambulatory1625

versatilous1629

plastic1633

desultorious1637

unbottomed1641

fluid1642

fluent1648

yea-and-nay1648

versipellous1650

flexile1651

uncentred1652

variating1653

chequered1656

slideable1662

transchangeative1662

weathercock-like1663

flicketing1674

fluxa1677

lapsable1678

wanton1681

veering1684

upon the weathercock1702

contingent1703

unsettled?1726

fermentable1731

afloat1757

brickle1768

wavy1795

vagarious1798

unsettled1803

fitful1810

metamorphosical1811

undulating1815

tittupya1817

titubant1817

mutative1818

papier mâché1818

teetotum1819

vacillating1822

capricious1823

sensitive1828

quicksilvery1829

unengrafted1829

fluxionala1834

proteiform1833

liquid1835

tottlish1835

kaleidoscopic1846

versative1846

kaleidoscopical1858

tottery1861

choppy1865

variative1874

variational1879

wimbly-wambly1881

fluctuable1882

shifty1882

giveable1884

shifty1884

tippy1886

mutatory1890

upsettable1890

rocky1897

undulatory1897

streaky1898

tottly1905

tipply1906

up and down1907

inertialess1927

sometimey1946

rise-and-fall1950

switchable1961

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adjective] > unsteady

tippy1886

1886 Philadelphia Times 16 Jan. The tippy sea.

1923 E. F. Wyatt Invisible Gods iii. i. 93 A tippy, wire-legged table.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	tippy
释义	tippyadj.¹n. Brit. /ˈtɪpi/, U.S. /ˈtɪpi/ Etymology: < tip n.¹ + -y suffix¹. A. adj.¹ I. colloquial or slang. Tip-top, smart, and related uses. 1. In the height of fashion; smart, fine, fashionable, ‘swell’, ‘tip-top’. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] in (also into) request?1574 bonfacion1584 fashional?1607 of request1613 fashionablea1627 à la mode1642 all the mode1651 modish1661 in mode1664 timeish1676 of vogue1678 voguea1695 mody1701 alamodic1753 much the mode1767 tonish1778 go1784 stylish1800 bang-up1810 tippy1810 varmint1823 up to the knocker1844 gyvera1866 OK1869 fly1879 swagger1879 doggy1885 faddy1885 fantoosh1920 voguish1927 voguey1928 à la page1930 go1937 hard1938 hip1939 down1952 swinging1958 a-go-go1960 way-in1960 yé-yé1960 trendy1962 with-it1962 go-go1963 happening1965 mod1965 funky1967 together1968 fash1977 cred1987 1810 Splendid Follies I. 31 ‘My curricle has..never yet carried a bear’, ‘Except its Master’, thought Seraphina, as she gazed on this tippy-bob. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Tippy, dressed in the highest fashion, modish. 1826 Sporting Mag. 17 177 With his hosen so tight, and his castor so white, and his caxon in tippy curl. 1847 Blackwood's Mag. 62 47 His horse was the swiftest, his coat the tippiest, his cigar the longest. 1871 P. Cartwright 50 Years Presiding Elder 216 It was not one of your tippy, fashionable, silver-slippered kind of conversions, but it was a backwoods conversion. 2. Highly ingenious or clever; neat, smart. [perhaps associated with tip n.⁴] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > ingenious > characterized by ingenuity craftlyOE quaintc1230 sly1297 subtilea1393 subtlea1400 cunning1423 prettyc1450 ingenious1548 politicc1550 well-contrived1563 conceited1579 well-invented1588 concepted1594 nimble1602 artful1605 artly?1614 artistical1646 callid1656 well-couched1671 tippy1863 genius1924 creative1967 1863 M. Dods Early Lett. (1910) 344 A tippy little bit of criticism by Pressensé. 1906 Daily Chron. 11 Oct. 3/5 All we think of is the ‘tippy’ way in which he is got rid of. II. Senses relating to tea-leaf buds. 3. Of tea: containing a large proportion of the ‘tips’ or leaf buds of the shoot. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [adjective] > containing leaf-buds tippy1892 1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 87 The dried leaf [of Paklum] is also very black, fairly made and often ‘tippy’ in the hand. 1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 107 The leaf [of Neilgherry] is black, coarse, ‘tippy’ and unsightly in the hand. 1895 Times 21 Jan. 13/5 For the finest qualities: for handsome tippy teas, which are becoming scarce; and for good Darjeelings, the tendency is to higher quotations. †B. n. 1. the tippy: the height of fashion; the ‘swell’ or fashionable thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion gentryc1400 the fashion1569 mainstream1599 the trim1603 mood1646 mode1649 vogue1649 beauty1653 à la mode1654 turn1695 the kick1699 goût1717 thing1734 taste1739 ton1769 nick1788 the tippy1790 twig1811 latest1814 dernier mot1834 ticket1838 kibosh1880 last cry1887 le (or the) dernier cri1896 flavour of the month (or week)1946 vague1962 1790 A. M. Woodforde Let. 3 Sept. in Parson Woodforde Soc. Jrnl. (1972) V. iii. 55 Your Bonnets are quite the Tippy. 1794 Sporting Mag. 3 104 Being estimated..as quite the Tippy. 1803 Sporting Mag. 21 145 The two-shilling gallery is now quite the tippy for the boxes. 1804 C. Smith Conversations I. 25 Germain says, I shall be quite the thing, the tippy. 1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet III. 133 Do you see that handsome young man there?..he at the bottom,..that's so dressed in the tippy. 2. Chiefly U.S. A dandy; a fop. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1798 Monthly Mag. & Brit. Reg. VI. 173/1 His dress..will be, elegant; exhibiting no articles of apparel but such as are ‘All the rage’, he is ‘Quite the tippy’. 1804 Balance (Hudson, N.Y.) 15 May 153 A smirking race, called in fashion's vocabulary ‘Tippies’. 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 92 You wouldn't ketch one of our York tippies at that, let alone a ginuine Lord. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tippyadj.² Etymology: < tip v.² + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtippy. colloquial. Characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] slidinga900 wankleeOE windyc1000 unsteadfastc1200 fleeting?c1225 loose?c1225 brotelc1315 unstablec1340 varyingc1340 variantc1374 motleyc1380 ungroundedc1380 muablea1393 passiblea1393 remuablea1393 changeablea1398 movablea1398 variablec1397 slidderya1400 ticklec1400 variantc1412 flitting1413 mutable?a1425 movingc1425 flaskisable1430 flickering1430 transmutablec1430 vertible1447 brittlea1450 ficklea1450 permutablec1450 unfirmc1450 uncertain1477 turnable1483 unsteadfast1483 vagrantc1522 inconstant1526 alterable?1531 stirringc1540 slippery1548 various1552 slid?1553 mutala1561 rolling1561 weathery1563 unconstant1568 interchangeable1574 fluctuant1575 stayless1575 transitive1575 voluble1575 changeling1577 queasy1579 desultory1581 huff-puff1582 unstaid1586 vagrant1586 changeful1590 floating1594 Protean1594 unstayed1594 swimming1596 anchorless1597 mobilec1600 ticklish1601 catching1603 labile1603 unrooted1604 quicksilvered1605 versatile1605 insubstantial1607 uncertain1609 brandling1611 rootless1611 squeasy1611 wind-changinga1616 insolid1618 ambulatory1625 versatilous1629 plastic1633 desultorious1637 unbottomed1641 fluid1642 fluent1648 yea-and-nay1648 versipellous1650 flexile1651 uncentred1652 variating1653 chequered1656 slideable1662 transchangeative1662 weathercock-like1663 flicketing1674 fluxa1677 lapsable1678 wanton1681 veering1684 upon the weathercock1702 contingent1703 unsettled?1726 fermentable1731 afloat1757 brickle1768 wavy1795 vagarious1798 unsettled1803 fitful1810 metamorphosical1811 undulating1815 tittupya1817 titubant1817 mutative1818 papier mâché1818 teetotum1819 vacillating1822 capricious1823 sensitive1828 quicksilvery1829 unengrafted1829 fluxionala1834 proteiform1833 liquid1835 tottlish1835 kaleidoscopic1846 versative1846 kaleidoscopical1858 tottery1861 choppy1865 variative1874 variational1879 wimbly-wambly1881 fluctuable1882 shifty1882 giveable1884 shifty1884 tippy1886 mutatory1890 upsettable1890 rocky1897 undulatory1897 streaky1898 tottly1905 tipply1906 up and down1907 inertialess1927 sometimey1946 rise-and-fall1950 switchable1961 the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adjective] > unsteady tippy1886 1886 Philadelphia Times 16 Jan. The tippy sea. 1923 E. F. Wyatt Invisible Gods iii. i. 93 A tippy, wire-legged table. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.¹n.1790adj.²1886
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