brickyadj.

Brit.

/ˈbrɪki/, U.S.

/ˈbrɪki/

Forms: see brick n.¹ and -y suffix¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brick n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < brick n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Consisting of or constructed from bricks; characterized by a large number of bricks; containing pieces or fine particles of brick.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > [adjective] > built of brick

brick-built1596

bricky1596

brickish1648

bricked1664

bricken1851

bricks and mortar1862

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [adjective] > made or constructed of brick

brick-built1596

bricky1596

brickish1648

bricked1664

bricken1851

bricks and mortar1862

1596 E. Spenser Prothalamion viii. sig. B^v Those bricky towres..Where now the studious Lawyers haue their bowers.

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. i. 37 Rubbish with fine dry earth is a repast of best relish for the Rose, if rough brickie and hot.

1630 H. Hexham Hist. Relation Siege of Busse 22 Our Ordinance from thence did so batter and shatter ye Brickie linings of the Bulwarke,..that it was made almost mountable.

1845 T. N. Talfourd Vac. Rambles I. iii. ii. 111 Clarens has no aspect of the ‘birthplace of love’; it is a long, dull, bricky village.

1887 E. M. Harris Benedictus II. x. 7 The bricky buildings, the steamy kitchen, the shouting board schools, were entirely without charm.

1918 C. T. Jackson Jimmy May in Fighting Line xiv. 309 He made a scramble for his hole, and reached it, to be buried in a shower of brick... The last Corporal May remembered was trying to wipe the bricky dust from his eyes.

1955 R. Lowell Let. 2 Dec. in I. Hamilton Robert Lowell (1982) 224 It's a unimpassioned darkish, bricky, Londonlike street, still the mirror of propriety.

1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 June 690/2 Morris commissioned a bricky mansion for himself: Red House, Bexley.

2015 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 11 Jan. (Travel section) 2 Such mossy, bricky courtyards are hidden throughout the Quarter.

b. Of the nature of a brick; resembling a brick, esp. in colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red

rustya1398

hepaticc1420

horseflesh1530

rubiginousa1538

iron1587

bricky1615

ferrugineous1633

sand-reda1639

brickish1648

ferruginous1656

lateritious1656

brick-coloured1675

blood bay1684

testaceous1688

rust-coloureda1691

brick-red1740

brick-dust-like1765

maroon1771

rufous1782

brick-dusty1817

rusted1818

worm red1831

brownish-red1832

brown-red1835

foxy1850

rust1854

henna-coloured1865

chestnut-red1882

terra-cotta1882

copper-red1883

fox-red1910

oxblood1918

tony1921

henna-brown1931

henna-red2002

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [adjective] > full of or abounding with bricks

bricky1615

1615 J. Yates Gods Arraignem. Hypocrites v. 273 The brickie nature of man will not be washed by Gods raine from heauen... The wicked being the filth of the world, cannot be stamped with the beames of Gods wisdome, but are hardened.

1673 G. Jones Bk. Cures 6 This kind of wast is very dangerous, and you may know it by a thin white cloud on the top of your Urine in the morning, or a bricky substance sticking to the bottom and sides of the pot.

1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. ii. ii. 85 What the Eminent Dr. Morton takes notice of as to this Bricky Sediment, I rather attribute it to a peculiar Bilious Scorbutick Temper of the Blood.

1786 C. Varlo Essence Agric. iii. 20 It is a contradiction in nature, to imagine that this hard bricky earth, called ramel, could produce them [sc. thistles].

1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 230 A brown, bricky, ochreous tone, never bright.

1898 News of Week (Saturday ed.) 19 Mar. 11/3 London clay which sticks so lovingly to the boots in wet weather..becomes baked to a bricky hardness in the hot months.

1914 M. Villars Betty-all-Alone xvi. 155 You have no idea what a perfectly hideous colour comes of a bricky complexion turning blue!

1987 Washington Post 22 Feb. (Mag.) 42/2 The '79 has a deep bricky color and a touch of vanilla on the nose.

2005 Olive July 97/1 As the wines mature in-bottle after that secondary fermentation, the bright pink colour takes on a bricky hue.

†2. slang or colloquial. Of a person: characterized by good-heartedness, generosity, helpfulness, and reliability; cf. brick n.¹ 6. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

goodlyOE

thriftyc1374

duec1449

prettya1450

honest1551

well-qualitied1567

tight1601

of sort1606

reg'lar1814

bricky1864

sublimish1864

1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange i. 5 Old Milburn was the ‘brickiest’ master..at Elmdon.

1901 E. Sharp Youngest Girl in School iv. 71 ‘It's awfully bricky of you,’ she said warmly.

1909 St. Nicholas Dec. 138/1 I say, Betty, you're the brickiest sort of a brick to ask us to this splendiferous treat!

Derivatives

ˈbrickiness n.

ΚΠ

1820 C. A. Eaton Rome, in 19th Cent. II. lvi. 388 The colouring has his faults—too much of that red hue, that opake brickiness.

1914 C. G. Harper Kentish Coast xi. 144 There is then no doubting the reality of Margate,..for the extensive brickiness of it is a solemn fact.

1988 Hillsdale (Mich.) Daily News 28 Mar. 4/1 Trees, grass, flowers would relieve the gray brickiness of the area.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bricky
释义	brickyadj. Brit. /ˈbrɪki/, U.S. /ˈbrɪki/ Forms: see brick n.¹ and -y suffix¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brick n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < brick n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Consisting of or constructed from bricks; characterized by a large number of bricks; containing pieces or fine particles of brick. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > [adjective] > built of brick brick-built1596 bricky1596 brickish1648 bricked1664 bricken1851 bricks and mortar1862 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [adjective] > made or constructed of brick brick-built1596 bricky1596 brickish1648 bricked1664 bricken1851 bricks and mortar1862 1596 E. Spenser Prothalamion viii. sig. B^v Those bricky towres..Where now the studious Lawyers haue their bowers. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. i. 37 Rubbish with fine dry earth is a repast of best relish for the Rose, if rough brickie and hot. 1630 H. Hexham Hist. Relation Siege of Busse 22 Our Ordinance from thence did so batter and shatter ye Brickie linings of the Bulwarke,..that it was made almost mountable. 1845 T. N. Talfourd Vac. Rambles I. iii. ii. 111 Clarens has no aspect of the ‘birthplace of love’; it is a long, dull, bricky village. 1887 E. M. Harris Benedictus II. x. 7 The bricky buildings, the steamy kitchen, the shouting board schools, were entirely without charm. 1918 C. T. Jackson Jimmy May in Fighting Line xiv. 309 He made a scramble for his hole, and reached it, to be buried in a shower of brick... The last Corporal May remembered was trying to wipe the bricky dust from his eyes. 1955 R. Lowell Let. 2 Dec. in I. Hamilton Robert Lowell (1982) 224 It's a unimpassioned darkish, bricky, Londonlike street, still the mirror of propriety. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 June 690/2 Morris commissioned a bricky mansion for himself: Red House, Bexley. 2015 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 11 Jan. (Travel section) 2 Such mossy, bricky courtyards are hidden throughout the Quarter. b. Of the nature of a brick; resembling a brick, esp. in colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red rustya1398 hepaticc1420 horseflesh1530 rubiginousa1538 iron1587 bricky1615 ferrugineous1633 sand-reda1639 brickish1648 ferruginous1656 lateritious1656 brick-coloured1675 blood bay1684 testaceous1688 rust-coloureda1691 brick-red1740 brick-dust-like1765 maroon1771 rufous1782 brick-dusty1817 rusted1818 worm red1831 brownish-red1832 brown-red1835 foxy1850 rust1854 henna-coloured1865 chestnut-red1882 terra-cotta1882 copper-red1883 fox-red1910 oxblood1918 tony1921 henna-brown1931 henna-red2002 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [adjective] > full of or abounding with bricks bricky1615 1615 J. Yates Gods Arraignem. Hypocrites v. 273 The brickie nature of man will not be washed by Gods raine from heauen... The wicked being the filth of the world, cannot be stamped with the beames of Gods wisdome, but are hardened. 1673 G. Jones Bk. Cures 6 This kind of wast is very dangerous, and you may know it by a thin white cloud on the top of your Urine in the morning, or a bricky substance sticking to the bottom and sides of the pot. 1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. ii. ii. 85 What the Eminent Dr. Morton takes notice of as to this Bricky Sediment, I rather attribute it to a peculiar Bilious Scorbutick Temper of the Blood. 1786 C. Varlo Essence Agric. iii. 20 It is a contradiction in nature, to imagine that this hard bricky earth, called ramel, could produce them [sc. thistles]. 1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 230 A brown, bricky, ochreous tone, never bright. 1898 News of Week (Saturday ed.) 19 Mar. 11/3 London clay which sticks so lovingly to the boots in wet weather..becomes baked to a bricky hardness in the hot months. 1914 M. Villars Betty-all-Alone xvi. 155 You have no idea what a perfectly hideous colour comes of a bricky complexion turning blue! 1987 Washington Post 22 Feb. (Mag.) 42/2 The '79 has a deep bricky color and a touch of vanilla on the nose. 2005 Olive July 97/1 As the wines mature in-bottle after that secondary fermentation, the bright pink colour takes on a bricky hue. †2. slang or colloquial. Of a person: characterized by good-heartedness, generosity, helpfulness, and reliability; cf. brick n.¹ 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] > specifically of person goodlyOE thriftyc1374 duec1449 prettya1450 honest1551 well-qualitied1567 tight1601 of sort1606 reg'lar1814 bricky1864 sublimish1864 1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange i. 5 Old Milburn was the ‘brickiest’ master..at Elmdon. 1901 E. Sharp Youngest Girl in School iv. 71 ‘It's awfully bricky of you,’ she said warmly. 1909 St. Nicholas Dec. 138/1 I say, Betty, you're the brickiest sort of a brick to ask us to this splendiferous treat! Derivatives ˈbrickiness n. ΚΠ 1820 C. A. Eaton Rome, in 19th Cent. II. lvi. 388 The colouring has his faults—too much of that red hue, that opake brickiness. 1914 C. G. Harper Kentish Coast xi. 144 There is then no doubting the reality of Margate,..for the extensive brickiness of it is a solemn fact. 1988 Hillsdale (Mich.) Daily News 28 Mar. 4/1 Trees, grass, flowers would relieve the gray brickiness of the area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1596
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