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单词 vealy
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vealyadj.

Brit. /ˈviːli/, U.S. /ˈvili/
Etymology: < veal n.1
1. Resembling veal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [adjective] > resembling veal
vealy1769
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper ii. 13 Then put in a few boiled Forcemeat Balls, which must be made of the vealy Part of your Turtle.
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 259 When we were fairly at anchor..they crawled out again,..their vealy faces mezzotinted with soot.
2. figurative. Imperfectly developed; immature; characterized by youthful immaturity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > young and inexperienced
younga1200
callow1580
coltisha1586
pen-feathered1598
kitling1604
unfledgeda1616
codlinged1661
calfish1772
cubbish1819
vealy1890
preppy1900
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature
green?a1300
rawa1398
indigest1398
unmatured?a1425
unripea1500
unseasonable1515
unbuilded1519
inchoate1534
unripened1561
uncivil1572
unmellowed1573
unmanured1577
unblown1587
ungrown1593
unpolished1594
rudimental1597
rude1600
unsalted1602
unseasoned1602
unlicked1612
embryon1613
unbakeda1616
unbloweda1616
unfledged1615
unmellow1615
sappya1627
embryous1628
unconcocteda1631
unkneaded1633
immature1635
sucking1648
vacuous1651
embryo1659
unelaborate1663
unmature1673
unformed1689
undeveloped1736
infantile1772
uncultivated1796
unelaborated1817
fetal1820
embryotic1823
embryonic1825
embryonary1833
sophomoric1837
seedling1843
rudimentary1851
unwrought1869
juvenescent1875
vealy1890
under-developed1892
1890 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 17 July A vealy medical-school graduate, whose employment is an insult to intelligent people.
1907 Outlook 19 Jan. 80/1 The sylvan thief shared our vealy homage with moonlighters, smugglers [etc.].

Derivatives

ˈvealiness n. want of maturity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > state, quality, or fact of
youthhood971
youtha1100
youthheadc1220
youngnessc1350
tenderc1400
youthnessc1475
unripenessa1500
youthlikeness1549
youthfulness1587
primeve1619
juvenility1623
infantility1631
youthfullity1763
youthiness1821
underdevelopment1891
vealiness1895
the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > young and inexperienced person > immaturity of young person
greenness?c1425
unripenessa1500
greenhead1588
coltishnessa1657
callowness1817
cubbishness1828
vealiness1895
preppiness1977
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1769
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