| 释义 |
wighty, a. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈwaɪtɪ|
[f. wight a. + -y1 2.]
= wight a.
14..Langl. P. Pl. C. xvi. 172 (MS. E) Al þe wytt of þis worlde ne wyȝty mennes strengþe Can noȝt performe a pes of þe pope. c1475Partenay 4704 Gaffray tombled there. Anon releuing in wighty manere. 16..Adam O Gordon 124 in Pinkerton Scot. Trag. Ball. (1781) 48 Put on, put on, my wichty men, Sae fast as ye can drie. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Wighty, strong and active.
Hence † wightily adv. = wightly.
c1480Henryson Cock & Fox xxiii, Full wichtilie [v.r. wichtlie] thay throw wod and watteris went. |