单词 | cakey |
释义 | cakeyadj. 1. Of the nature of a cake; resembling a cake.In quots. ?1556, 1604 with reference to the bread or wafer used in the Eucharist; cf. cake n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [adjective] cakey?1556 ?1556 E. P. tr. T. Cranmer Confut. Verities xi. sig. O.iiii An horse, refusing to eat wafers so long, as their cakye god was among them. 1604 S. Hieron Answer Popish Rime in Wks. (1620) I. 568 A priest..ore his head the wafer shakes..Meane while the vulgar in a maze Vpon the caky idoll gaze. 1845 R. Ford Handbk. Travellers Spain I. ii. 236/1 It [sc. bread dough] is worked and reworked, as is done by our biscuit-makers: hence the close-grained caky consistency of the crumb. 1869 London Society Christmas No. 49/1 Warm smells of a cakey description. 1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. viii. 27/5 As it was a birthday, the Gay Hussar served a delicious cakey pudding called somloi delice, formed of rum, cream and walnuts. 2017 Daily Rec. & Sunday Mail (Nexis) 14 May 23 For a softer fudgy centre, the brownie should have a slight wobble or, if you prefer a more cakey texture, leave in until firm to touch. 2. a. Of substances other than food: that is a compact or solidified mass; that is, or resembles, a thick crust or concretion. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] thickc888 fastOE sada1375 massya1382 sounda1387 massya1398 corpulent1398 grossa1475 tight1513 massive1526 spiss?1527 solid?1533 thight1539 solidate1542 crass1545 bodily1557 spissy1570 dense1599 consolid1613 materiate1626 crassy1630 cakey1705 rocky1825 1705 T. Guidott Apol. for Bath 30 This viscid matter..as the Blood grows Cold, congeals into a white cakey Skin adhering to the Blood. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 483 Hard caky substances. 1855 W. S. Brown Chem. for Beginners (ed. 2) i. iii. 79 Unless preserved in well-closed bottles, it [sc. protoxide of magnesium] soon absorbs Carbonic Acid and moisture from the atmosphere, and is converted into a tough, caky mass. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 41 A porterbottle stood up, stogged to its waist, in the cakey sand dough. 1947 M. McLaverty Game Cock & other Stories (1948) 81 The dirty, cakey scum that had congealed on the glass sides of the retort. 2004 Red Oct. 199/1 It doesn't take a long time to get great results with foundation and it doesn't have to look cakey or thick. b. Of a surface, an object, etc.: encrusted with a substance. Esp. of a person's skin: thickly covered or crusted with make-up, beauty products, etc. ΚΠ 1907 Country Life 11 May 662/1 I saw it [sc. a bat-gauge] now encrusted with a spurious rust of ages, cakey with earth stains. 1955 Austral. Women's Weekly 13 Apr. 54/4 (advt.) If your skin looks cakey in a heavy make-up. 1989 O. S. Card Prentice Alvin xiv. 184 There was enough dust and sweat that their bodies were looking a little streaked and cakey with clay. 2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 21 Feb. (Mag.) 29/2 They're pretty scary, those make-up ladies with the cakey faces. 3. Chiefly English regional. Stupid, silly, foolish; deranged; (esp. of a person) weak in intellect or character. Cf. cake n. 10. ΚΠ 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 62 Now then, whad's wrang wuth yo'? Bin 'ee cryin' for a biled aip'ny, yo' cakey piece? 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire 137 Them lads o' Robison's han aw gotten a caky look abowt 'em. 1933 M. Marshall Tramp-Royal on Toby vii. 98 It wasn't long before I was completely cakey, doolally. 2001 C. Chinn & S. Thorne Proper Brummie 61 Cakey, foolish; stupid; witless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1556 |
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