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单词 close-handed
释义

close-handedadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: close adj., handed adj.
Etymology: < close adj. + handed adj. With sense 1 compare close-fisted adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclose-ˌhanded.
1. = close-fisted adj. archaic or Obsolete.
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
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iii. 47 A prince voide of all corruption,..free in bestowing, in taking close handed.
1607 S. Hieron Dignitie of Script. in Wks. (1620) I. 82 The Lord was neuer sparing or close-handed towards His church.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 92 The rood..of Boxley..used a smile and bow, or frown..as its worshippers were generous or closehanded.
2. Hand-to-hand. (Latin comminus.)
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adjective] > single combat or duel
singular1382
single1592
near-fighting1598
monomachica1610
duellary1612
close-handed1845
duellistic1852
1845 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) I. 115/1 Mêlée is the same as meslée..signifying a closehanded battle.

Derivatives

ˌclose-ˈhandedness n. Obsolete = closefistedness n. at close-fisted adj. Derivatives.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun]
fastship?c1225
scarcenessa1300
scarcity1340
niggardyc1390
nithingheada1400
scarcehead1420
nigonryc1430
niggardship?a1439
pinching1440
straitheadc1450
straitnessc1460
niggard cheap1463
niggardnessc1487
nigonshipa1500
niggardise1502
niggishness1519
niggardliness1556
parsimony1561
illiberality1581
nearness1584
tenacity1586
Euclionism1599
paring1607
servilitya1610
niggeralitya1612
scanting1625
scant-handednessa1627
closefistedness1631
niggardess1632
close-handedness1646
strait-handedness1649
penury1651
unbountifulness1660
parsimoniousness1671
penuriousness1672
stinginess1682
closeness1712
illiberalness1727
meanness1755
cheeseparing1834
scrimping1835
churlishness1846
screwing1848
skinflintism1853
screwiness1856
flint-paring1860
skinflintiness1861
scrimp1864
flint-skinning1873
penny-pinching1895
skimping1898
tight-fistedness1975
1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant iii. 269 There is amongst us a..close-handednesse towards the Lord.
1661 B. Holyday Against Disloyalty 28 (T.) By a close-handedness in an instant war, the inhabitants confounded their empire and themselves.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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