α. late Middle English chynchy, 1600s chichie, 1900s– chinchy.
β. 1900s– chincy, 1900s– chinsy, 1900s– chintzy.
单词 | chinchy |
释义 | chinchyadj.α. late Middle English chynchy, 1600s chichie, 1900s– chinchy. β. 1900s– chincy, 1900s– chinsy, 1900s– chintzy. U.S. colloquial (chiefly in the South and South Midland regions) and Caribbean in later use. Miserly, stingy; ungenerous, mean. Also of a thing: small in size, meagre. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] gnedec900 gripplea1000 fastOE narrow-hearteda1200 narrow?c1225 straitc1290 chinchc1300 nithinga1325 scarcec1330 clama1340 hard1340 scantc1366 sparingc1386 niggardc1400 chinchy?1406 retentivea1450 niggardousa1492 niggish1519 unliberal1533 pinching1548 dry1552 nigh1555 niggardly1560 churlish1566 squeamish1566 niggardish1567 niggard-like1567 holding1569 spare1577 handfast1578 envious1580 close-handed1585 hard-handed1587 curmudgeonly1590 parsimonious?1591 costive1594 hidebound1598 penny-pinching1600 penurious1600 strait-handed1600 club-fisted1601 dry-fisted1604 fast-handed1605 fast-fingered1607 close-fisted1608 near1611 scanting1613 carkingc1620 illiberal1623 clutch-fisteda1634 hideboundeda1640 clutch-fista1643 clunch-fisted1644 unbounteous1645 hard-fisted1646 purse-bound1652 close1654 stingy1659 tenacious1676 scanty1692 sneaking1696 gripe-handed1698 narrow-souled1699 niggardling1704 snippy1727 unindulgent1742 shabby1766 neargoinga1774 cheesemongering1781 split-farthing1787 save-all1788 picked1790 iron-fisted1794 unhandsome1800 scaly1803 nearbegoing1805 tight1805 nippit1808 nipcheese1819 cumin-splitting1822 partan-handed1823 scrimping1823 scrumptious1823 scrimpy1825 meanly1827 skinny1833 pinchfisted1837 mean1840 tight-fisted1843 screwy1844 stinty1849 cheeseparing1857 skinflinty1886 mouly1904 mingy1911 cheapskate1912 picey1937 tight-assed1961 chintzy1964 tightwad1976 ?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle l. 136 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 62/1 (MED) Heuy purs with herte liberal Quenchith the thristy hete of hertes drie, Wher chynchy herte hath ther of but smal. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6002 They [sc. pore men] louen full bet so god me spede Than doth the riche chynchy grede [perhaps read gnede]. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. liv. 237 Chichie sneakbil rogues. 1915 Dial. Notes 4 214 We agents think the Security Mutual's chinchy but I reckon it's a good thing for the policy holders. 1951 C. Willingham Gates of Hell 180 This would serve the chinchy skonk right. 2000 Port Arthur (Texas) News 30 Sept. 7 a/2 Nor were they chinchy about sharing. They generously passed the package along to anybody who might be standing around. 2012 @meK_LoveBloom 5 June in twitter.com (accessed 10 Aug. 2020) Dis women wa give me one chinchy piece of fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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