twineyadj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪni/, U.S.

/ˈtwaɪni/

Forms: 1800s– twiney, 1800s– twiny, 1900s twahny.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: twine v.³, twine n.⁴, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Originally < twine v.³ + -y suffix¹. In later use probably also partly < twine n.⁴ + -y suffix¹. Compare whiny adj.

English regional (northern, now chiefly Cumberland and Westmorland).

Characterized by or given to whining or moaning; fretful, agitated, complaining.

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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective]

protervec1384

teethya1500

peevishc1530

protervous1547

pettish1552

tatter1579

fretting1587

teeny1594

frampold1599

treaf1601

fretful1603

teety1621

frappish1631

froppish1659

huffy1680

toothy1691

peenging1724

fractious1725

crossish1740

huffish1755

petulant1755

refractious1761

pouty1799

pensy1803

fudgy1819

twiney1824

rammista1838

fretty1844

petful1852

patchy1862

fretsome1870

grizzly1900

anfractuous1923

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining

grutching?c1225

plaintivea1393

complainingc1430

plainteous1444

quarrellousc1450

murmurousa1525

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grudging?1531

yammeringc1540

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groanful1590

grumblinga1616

complaintive1637

quirking1746

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twiney1824

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grumblesome1925

1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ Gloss. 119 Twiny, fretful, uneasy.

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale at Twiny She's nobbut a twiny body.

1875 J. Fothergill Healey II. xiii. 147 Ne'er mind me. I'm a bit twiny, like, and out o' sorts.

1878 ‘H. Haldane’ Geordy's Last 15 Aal the twisty, twiney, bad-tempered aad beggars.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 145/1 What ails tha, thoo twisty and twiney littel thing.

2010 @SamTJohnston24 17 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I really am a twiney git. I do apologise.

2014 @KatieBoag 28 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) It isn't just me that's been in a twiney mood today it's the whole of Whitehaven.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	twiney
释义	twineyadj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪni/, U.S. /ˈtwaɪni/ Forms: 1800s– twiney, 1800s– twiny, 1900s twahny. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: twine v.³, twine n.⁴, -y suffix¹. Etymology: Originally < twine v.³ + -y suffix¹. In later use probably also partly < twine n.⁴ + -y suffix¹. Compare whiny adj. English regional (northern, now chiefly Cumberland and Westmorland). Characterized by or given to whining or moaning; fretful, agitated, complaining. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective] protervec1384 teethya1500 peevishc1530 protervous1547 pettish1552 tatter1579 fretting1587 teeny1594 frampold1599 treaf1601 fretful1603 teety1621 frappish1631 froppish1659 huffy1680 toothy1691 peenging1724 fractious1725 crossish1740 huffish1755 petulant1755 refractious1761 pouty1799 pensy1803 fudgy1819 twiney1824 rammista1838 fretty1844 petful1852 patchy1862 fretsome1870 grizzly1900 anfractuous1923 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining grutching?c1225 plaintivea1393 complainingc1430 plainteous1444 quarrellousc1450 murmurousa1525 murmuring1530 grudging?1531 yammeringc1540 complaintful1552 muttering1567 groanful1590 grumblinga1616 complaintive1637 quirking1746 complainant1791 twiney1824 maundering1848 nattered1853 grumbly1858 moany1867 grouchy1895 grumblesome1925 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ Gloss. 119 Twiny, fretful, uneasy. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale at Twiny She's nobbut a twiny body. 1875 J. Fothergill Healey II. xiii. 147 Ne'er mind me. I'm a bit twiny, like, and out o' sorts. 1878 ‘H. Haldane’ Geordy's Last 15 Aal the twisty, twiney, bad-tempered aad beggars. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 145/1 What ails tha, thoo twisty and twiney littel thing. 2010 @SamTJohnston24 17 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I really am a twiney git. I do apologise. 2014 @KatieBoag 28 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) It isn't just me that's been in a twiney mood today it's the whole of Whitehaven. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1824
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