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单词 wingy
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wingyn.

/ˈwɪŋi/
Etymology: < wing n. + -y suffix6.
colloquial.
A one-armed man; also (with capital initial) used as a nickname. Cf. wing n. 5d (c).
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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.

/ˈwɪŋi/
Etymology: < wing n. + -y suffix1.
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a wing or wings; wing-like. Obsolete.
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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.).
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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.).
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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.
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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).
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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).
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