† chicketadj.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.Perhaps compare earlier chick v.² and -et suffix¹; perhaps also compare chipper adj. A connection with the much later chic adj. or its French etymon appears unlikely on chronological grounds, and no formally and semantically similar adjective is attested in French. (The corresponding passage in the French original of quot. 1682 does not use a similar word.)

Obsolete (English regional (south-western) in later use).

Cheerful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective]

blithe971

gladOE

blithemod1065

jollya1350

well begonea1425

well-cheered1435

hearty1440

cheery1448

cheerfula1477

chereful1486

unsweera1500

cheerly1565

riant1567

hilaire1575

light-spirited1581

undistempered1589

comfortablea1593

well-humoured1600

good-humoured1604

rident1609

hoddy1664

chicket1682

mellow1711

blithesome1724

in spirits1747

winsome1787

hilarious1823

resilient1830

blithe-hearted1848

cheero1903

bucked1907

cheerio1918

1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin i. 335 How blithe wast thou; how Buxome, and how Chicket.

1893 R. P. Chope 8 Aug. in Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 27 (1895) 47 Chicket = cheerful. A farmer's wife, aged about 80, said twice in my presence, ‘Her's a nice chicket woman’, apparently meaning cheerful.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019).

单词	chicket
释义	† chicketadj. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.Perhaps compare earlier chick v.² and -et suffix¹; perhaps also compare chipper adj. A connection with the much later chic adj. or its French etymon appears unlikely on chronological grounds, and no formally and semantically similar adjective is attested in French. (The corresponding passage in the French original of quot. 1682 does not use a similar word.) Obsolete (English regional (south-western) in later use). Cheerful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] blithe971 gladOE blithemod1065 jollya1350 well begonea1425 well-cheered1435 hearty1440 cheery1448 cheerfula1477 chereful1486 unsweera1500 cheerly1565 riant1567 hilaire1575 light-spirited1581 undistempered1589 comfortablea1593 well-humoured1600 good-humoured1604 rident1609 hoddy1664 chicket1682 mellow1711 blithesome1724 in spirits1747 winsome1787 hilarious1823 resilient1830 blithe-hearted1848 cheero1903 bucked1907 cheerio1918 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin i. 335 How blithe wast thou; how Buxome, and how Chicket. 1893 R. P. Chope 8 Aug. in Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 27 (1895) 47 Chicket = cheerful. A farmer's wife, aged about 80, said twice in my presence, ‘Her's a nice chicket woman’, apparently meaning cheerful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019). < adj.1682
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