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单词 wanwordy
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wanwordyadj.

Brit. /ˈwɒnwəːdi/, U.S. /ˈwɑnˌwərdi/, Scottish English /ˈwɔnwʌrdi/
Forms: pre-1700 1800s– wanwordie, 1700s– wanwordy, 1900s wanwardy, 1900s wanwirdy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wan- prefix, English wordy , worthy adj.
Etymology: < wan- prefix + wordy, variant of worthy adj. Compare earlier unworthy adj.
Scottish. poetic.
Worthless, unworthy.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless
naughteOE
unworthc960
nought worthOE
unworthya1240
vaina1300
lewd1362
base?1510
to be nothing toc1520
stark naught1528
nothing worth1535
worthilessa1542
draffish1543
baggage1548
dunghill?1555
valureless1563
toyish1572
worthless1573
out (forth) of door (also doors)1574
leaden1577
riff-raff1577
drafty1582
fecklessc1586
dudgeon?1589
nought-worth1589
tenpenny1592
wanwordy?a1595
shotten herring1598
nugatory1603
unvalued1604
priceless1614
unvaluable1615
valuelessa1616
waste1616
trashya1620
draffy1624
stramineous1624
invaluable1640
roly-poly?1645
nugatorious1646
perquisquilian1647
niffling1649
lazy1671
wanworth1724
little wortha1754
flimsy1756
waff1788
null1790
nothingy1801
nothingly1802
twopenny-halfpenny1809
not worth a flaw1810
garbage1817
peanut1836
duffing1839
trash1843
no-account1845
no-count1851
punky1859
rummagy1872
junky1880
skilligalee1883
footle1894
punk1896
wherry-go-nimble1901
junk1908
rinky-dink1913
schlock1916
tripe1927
duff1938
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
expendable1942
(strictly) for the birds1943
tripey1955
schlocky1960
naff1964
dipshit1968
cack1978
?a1595 Satyr upon Sir Niel Laing in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems (1709) ii. 54 Fiddle-douped, Flindrikin, Fart of a Man. Wa worth thee, Wanwordie, Wanshapen Wran.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 171 Wanwordy, crazy, dinsome thing, As e'er was fram'd to jow or ring.
1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 178 Thy couthy chiels wi' gizzen'd craigs, Wi' wham I blythely, by my faigs, Can banish ilka care wanwordy.
1845 A. R. Tait Lays of Lowly Lyre 134 Wanwordy loon! the greatest pest Wi' whilk my rackit brains are strest.
1872 W. Murdoch Poems & Songs (ed. 2) 6 My word, ye're crouse! vile, filthy gett, Wanwordy pauper o' the state.
1913 H. P. Cameron tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ iii. xlvii. 160 I' whatna gloiry they noo rejyce, wha ance kythed measly tae this warl' an' in a wye wanwardy o' life.
1987 W. Neill in New Writing Scotl. 5 119 His yirdin roosed nae wanwordie regrate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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