yeastyadj.

Brit.

/ˈjiːsti/, U.S.

/ˈjisti/

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s yesty.

Etymology: < yeast n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Of, pertaining to, full of, covered with, like or resembling yeast.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [adjective] > leaven or yeast

barmy1535

yeasty1599

leavenish1608

1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. D4^v His beard, Thats glewed together with his slauering droppes Of yestie ale.

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. A3 Each..yeastie bowzing bench.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Induct. sig. B As slouenly as the yeasty breast of an Ale-knight.

1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler viii. 75 We have then [sc. in June] another Dunne, call'd the Barm-flie, from it's yesty colour.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 25 That Yeasty quality that most Ale in Cities, especially in London, is subject unto.

1736 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer II. Pref. p. iii He fell into Drinking such Quantities of their Yeasty Ale as made him distracted.

1836 [see yeastiness n. at Derivatives].

1850 G. Cupples Green Hand ii. 10/2 From foaming whiteness it melted into yesty green.

in extended use.1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xvi. 39 The Arterial, fermentative, or leavening, and yeasty Blood.

2. figurative with various connotations: ‘Swelling’, ‘working’; light and superficial, ‘frothy’.

ΘΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective]

flittingc1374

aerya1398

bottomlessa1413

hollowa1529

flittering1549

wanzing1571

aerial1581

slight1585

flit1590

windy1593

filmy1594

tenuous1597

unsubstantial1597

yeasty1598

thingless1599

airy1600

spare1602

spongy1603

insubstantial1607

baselessa1616

thina1616

insolid1618

insubstantiate1621

tenuious1634

bubble1635

thin-spun1638

subventaneous1646

unsubstanceda1658

whipped1673

aericala1678

huffy1678

blatherya1693

naughty1696

substanceless1784

vapoury1818

aeriform1827

airified1837

blow-away1858

non-substantial1858

unbased1860

evasive1881

stuffless1896

fabricless1905

lighter-than-air1909

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > distending > swelling

swellingc1000

turgentc1440

yeasty1598

tumefying1615

turgid1620

tumid1626

outswelling1678

turgescent1727

inflating1807

intumescent1870

tumescent1882

tumefacient1885

tumescing1980

1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia i. sig. C3^v Like a Swartrutters hose his puffe thoughts swell, With yeastie ambition.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) v. ii. 152 He..only got the tune of the time, and outward habite of encounter, a kinde of yesty [1604 histy] collection, which carries them through & through the most fond and winnowed opinions.

1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 161 Knowledge with him is idle, if it straine Aboue the compasse of his yestie braine.

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. i. 168 Byron's mind was like his own ocean—sublime in its yesty madness.

1904 Athenæum 2 Apr. 425/2 Burying his thought in a yeasty mass of adjectives.

3. transferred. Foamy, frothy, like troubled water.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth

foamyOE

foaminga1400

spumingc1400

frothy?1531

spurging1566

fretting1567

fuming1598

white-mouthed1598

frory1600

yeastya1616

frothed1616

frothing1628

lathering1630

mantling1633

sudding1633

spumeous1635

spewy1743

spooming1818

despumatious1819

yeastinga1821

creaming1825

spumous1854

frothsome1880

lathery1880

bubblesome1946

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 69 Though the yesty Waues Confound and swallow Nauigation vp.

1798 Anti-Jacobin 9 July 286/1 And —— wallowing in the yeasty main.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxi. 402 The yesty waves, which confound the heaven and the sea.

1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall I. iv. 82 Far up the beach, the yesty sea-foam roll'd.

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III lviii. 32 The ocean when its yeasty war is waging Is awful.

1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 254 We were over the bar and in smooth water, only the yeasty flakes of the spent breakers following us.

Derivatives

ˈyeastily adv.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [adverb] > yeast

yeastily1890

1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. I. viii. 162 The pale blue brine that melted yeastily from her metalled forefoot.

ˈyeastiness n.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] > state of being foamy or frothy

frothiness1615

yeastiness1778

spumescence1794

foaminess1887

1778 H. Brooke Antony & Cleopatra iv. iv, in Coll. Pieces II. 400 I know not why of late This yestiness of temper comes upon me.

1836 Penny Cycl. V. 405/1 It [sc. creamy scum] however rises again, becomes yesty, the bladders enlarge in size, the yestiness increases, and, when ready for cleansing, it has a vigorous, rich, yesty brown and bladdery head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	yeasty
释义	yeastyadj. Brit. /ˈjiːsti/, U.S. /ˈjisti/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s yesty. Etymology: < yeast n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Of, pertaining to, full of, covered with, like or resembling yeast. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [adjective] > leaven or yeast barmy1535 yeasty1599 leavenish1608 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. D4^v His beard, Thats glewed together with his slauering droppes Of yestie ale. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. A3 Each..yeastie bowzing bench. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Induct. sig. B As slouenly as the yeasty breast of an Ale-knight. 1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler viii. 75 We have then [sc. in June] another Dunne, call'd the Barm-flie, from it's yesty colour. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 25 That Yeasty quality that most Ale in Cities, especially in London, is subject unto. 1736 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer II. Pref. p. iii He fell into Drinking such Quantities of their Yeasty Ale as made him distracted. 1836 [see yeastiness n. at Derivatives]. 1850 G. Cupples Green Hand ii. 10/2 From foaming whiteness it melted into yesty green. in extended use.1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xvi. 39 The Arterial, fermentative, or leavening, and yeasty Blood. 2. figurative with various connotations: ‘Swelling’, ‘working’; light and superficial, ‘frothy’. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] flittingc1374 aerya1398 bottomlessa1413 hollowa1529 flittering1549 wanzing1571 aerial1581 slight1585 flit1590 windy1593 filmy1594 tenuous1597 unsubstantial1597 yeasty1598 thingless1599 airy1600 spare1602 spongy1603 insubstantial1607 baselessa1616 thina1616 insolid1618 insubstantiate1621 tenuious1634 bubble1635 thin-spun1638 subventaneous1646 unsubstanceda1658 whipped1673 aericala1678 huffy1678 blatherya1693 naughty1696 substanceless1784 vapoury1818 aeriform1827 airified1837 blow-away1858 non-substantial1858 unbased1860 evasive1881 stuffless1896 fabricless1905 lighter-than-air1909 the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > distending > swelling swellingc1000 turgentc1440 yeasty1598 tumefying1615 turgid1620 tumid1626 outswelling1678 turgescent1727 inflating1807 intumescent1870 tumescent1882 tumefacient1885 tumescing1980 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia i. sig. C3^v Like a Swartrutters hose his puffe thoughts swell, With yeastie ambition. a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) v. ii. 152 He..only got the tune of the time, and outward habite of encounter, a kinde of yesty [1604 histy] collection, which carries them through & through the most fond and winnowed opinions. 1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 161 Knowledge with him is idle, if it straine Aboue the compasse of his yestie braine. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. i. 168 Byron's mind was like his own ocean—sublime in its yesty madness. 1904 Athenæum 2 Apr. 425/2 Burying his thought in a yeasty mass of adjectives. 3. transferred. Foamy, frothy, like troubled water. ΘΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth foamyOE foaminga1400 spumingc1400 frothy?1531 spurging1566 fretting1567 fuming1598 white-mouthed1598 frory1600 yeastya1616 frothed1616 frothing1628 lathering1630 mantling1633 sudding1633 spumeous1635 spewy1743 spooming1818 despumatious1819 yeastinga1821 creaming1825 spumous1854 frothsome1880 lathery1880 bubblesome1946 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 69 Though the yesty Waues Confound and swallow Nauigation vp. View more context for this quotation 1798 Anti-Jacobin 9 July 286/1 And —— wallowing in the yeasty main. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxi. 402 The yesty waves, which confound the heaven and the sea. 1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall I. iv. 82 Far up the beach, the yesty sea-foam roll'd. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III lviii. 32 The ocean when its yeasty war is waging Is awful. 1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 254 We were over the bar and in smooth water, only the yeasty flakes of the spent breakers following us. Derivatives ˈyeastily adv. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [adverb] > yeast yeastily1890 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. I. viii. 162 The pale blue brine that melted yeastily from her metalled forefoot. ˈyeastiness n. ΘΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] > state of being foamy or frothy frothiness1615 yeastiness1778 spumescence1794 foaminess1887 1778 H. Brooke Antony & Cleopatra iv. iv, in Coll. Pieces II. 400 I know not why of late This yestiness of temper comes upon me. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 405/1 It [sc. creamy scum] however rises again, becomes yesty, the bladders enlarge in size, the yestiness increases, and, when ready for cleansing, it has a vigorous, rich, yesty brown and bladdery head. 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