单词 | wingy |
释义 | wingyn. colloquial. A one-armed man; also (with capital initial) used as a nickname. Cf. wing n. 5d (c). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun] > person misshapec1400 counterfeit1557 hodmandod1664 zad1725 freak of nature1847 wingy1880 1880 D. W. Barrett Life & Work among Navvies (ed. 2) ii. iii. 49 If a poor fellow..is short of a leg or an arm, ‘Peggy’ or ‘Wingy’ is at once affixed to him. 1910 H. Lawson Stories (1964) 2nd Ser. 296 Wingy..is a ratty little one-armed man whose case is usually described in the head-line as ‘A 'Armless Case’ by one of our great dailies. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route v. 58 Missions are very anxious to recruit the ‘wingies’ and ‘armies’, or the one~armed hobos. 1964 T. Ronan Packhorse & Pearling Boat 129 As Dad later referred to him as ‘Wingy’ Collins I presume that he had one arm amputated, or some similar disability. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). wingyadj.ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [adjective] > swiftly winged1513 flying1535 swift-flight?1592 wingy1658 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 181 The lower leaf [of leguminous plants] closely involving the rudimental Cod, and the alary or wingy divisions embracing or hanging over it. 1694 J. Addison tr. Ovid Met. ii. Phaeton 183 With wingy speed [they] outstrip the eastern wind. 2. a. Having wings, winged (poetic); having large or conspicuous wings (cf. leggy adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] > having wing-like projections wingy1596 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > relating to wings or fins > having wings or fins finned1340 wingedc1405 wingy1596 alated1753 pinnated1776 alate1876 pinnate1890 1596 [see Compounds]. 1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 1029 If some rushing Storm the Journey cross, The wingy Leaders all are at a loss. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 35 With tar Prevent the wingy swarm and scorching heat. 1892 ‘M. Field’ Sight & Song 1 The Indifférent. Watteau. The Louvre... He dances on; the world is his, The sunshine and his wingy hat. 1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 2 Those wingy, nippy, intrepid insects that we call, vaguely, mosquitoes. b. Having flaps or wing-like extensions (see quot.). ΚΠ 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching x. 218 The diamond at Marlin is skinned—that is, made of dirt, although it is billed as a grass infield, and the ball gets ‘wingy’. Little pieces of the cover are torn loose by contact with the rough dirt. 3. figurative. Capable of ‘flight’, soaring, aspiring; soaring out of reach, eluding grasp or comprehension. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > beyond description undeclarablec1449 not to be spoken of1600 phraseless1609 termless1609 unexpressivea1616 unexprimable1632 wingy1643 unfanciable1669 indescribable1785 unpicturable?1819 unportrayable1852 superinenarrable1873 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > creative genius > [adjective] > inspired imaginative1509 aspired1597 Hippocrenian1607 wingy1643 afflatitious1671 afflated1835 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §9 Those wingy mysteries in Divinity, and airy subtleties in Religion. View more context for this quotation 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §32 The noble Soule..Whose wingy nature ever doth aspire, To reach a place whence first it tooke its fire. View more context for this quotation 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Hierocles in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 792 That this [etherial vehicle] being made Light, and Alate or Wingy, might no way hinder the Souls Ascent upward. 1760 J. Beattie Ode to Hope ii. i, in Orig. Poems & Transl. 55 Youth's gallant trophies..Invite His wingy nerves to climb. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 307 The phantom-form..a match For wanton winds, and likest wingy [L. volucri] sleep. Compounds wingy-footed, wingy-heeled adjs. (cf. wing-footed adj. at wing n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > having wings > having winged feet wing-footed1591 wingy-heeled1596 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iii. xii. sig. Oo3 [Feare] fast away did fly, As ashes pale of hew, and wingyheeld [1590 winged heeld]. 1716 N. Rowe Ode for New Year iii. 16 Wingy-footed was he Born. 1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol i. 304 Thus on the slacken'd Rope The wingy-footed Artist..Stands tott'ring. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1880adj.1596 |
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