cootyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkuːti/, U.S.

/ˈkudi/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: coot n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < coot n.¹ + -y suffix¹, in allusion to the bird's reputation for being heavily infested with parasites; compare as lousy as a coot at coot n.¹ Additions. Compare coot n.³, cootie n.²See note at cootie n.² for an alternative explanation of the origin of this word, coot n.³, and cootie n.²

colloquial (now British regional).

Infested with lice. Cf. cootie n.²

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with insects > with lice or nits

lousy1377

pediculara1538

pediculousc1540

nitty1570

nittical1608

crumby1859

cooty1915

1915 H. Chapin Let. 22 Apr. in Soldier & Dramatist (1917) 141 Two of the four corporals have celebrated the occasion by ‘going cooty’, otherwise declaring possession of one or more lice and being quarantined in the scaby ward.

1915 A. E. Francis Jrnl. 28 Sept. in P. Warner Battle of Loos (2000) v. 59 The cellar is full of German lice and we very soon become cooty.

1916 P. McGill Red Horizon 196 ‘There are platoons of intruders on my shirt...’ ‘Verminous Bill?’ ‘Cooty as 'ell,’ he said.

1918 R. D. Holmes Yankee in Trenches xvi. 149 Any garment worn close to the body gets cooty in a few weeks and has to be ditched.

1931 ‘Miles’ in Martial Medley 23 ‘I thought of a bath,’ ventured Morris; ‘I'm as cooty as hell.’

1980 R. Barltrop & J. Wolveridge Muvver Tongue 32 A verminous person is ‘cooty’, and a person seen scratching him- or herself is likely to be asked ‘Have you got lodgers?’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cooty
释义	cootyadj. Brit. /ˈkuːti/, U.S. /ˈkudi/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: coot n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < coot n.¹ + -y suffix¹, in allusion to the bird's reputation for being heavily infested with parasites; compare as lousy as a coot at coot n.¹ Additions. Compare coot n.³, cootie n.²See note at cootie n.² for an alternative explanation of the origin of this word, coot n.³, and cootie n.² colloquial (now British regional). Infested with lice. Cf. cootie n.² ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with insects > with lice or nits lousy1377 pediculara1538 pediculousc1540 nitty1570 nittical1608 crumby1859 cooty1915 1915 H. Chapin Let. 22 Apr. in Soldier & Dramatist (1917) 141 Two of the four corporals have celebrated the occasion by ‘going cooty’, otherwise declaring possession of one or more lice and being quarantined in the scaby ward. 1915 A. E. Francis Jrnl. 28 Sept. in P. Warner Battle of Loos (2000) v. 59 The cellar is full of German lice and we very soon become cooty. 1916 P. McGill Red Horizon 196 ‘There are platoons of intruders on my shirt...’ ‘Verminous Bill?’ ‘Cooty as 'ell,’ he said. 1918 R. D. Holmes Yankee in Trenches xvi. 149 Any garment worn close to the body gets cooty in a few weeks and has to be ditched. 1931 ‘Miles’ in Martial Medley 23 ‘I thought of a bath,’ ventured Morris; ‘I'm as cooty as hell.’ 1980 R. Barltrop & J. Wolveridge Muvver Tongue 32 A verminous person is ‘cooty’, and a person seen scratching him- or herself is likely to be asked ‘Have you got lodgers?’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1915
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