ahooadv.adj.

Brit.

/əˈhuː/, U.S.

/əˈhu/

Forms: (Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.)

α. Old English on wog (rare), Old English on woh, Old English onwoh.

β. late Old English–early Middle English awoh, 1800s awow (English regional (Yorkshire)).

γ. 1800s a-hoh, 1800s– ahoo; English regional 1800s a-heh (Cumberland), 1800s a-ho, 1800s a-hoh, 1800s ahoh, 1800s a-huh, 1800s a-ugh (Somerset), 1800s a-yock (Shropshire), 1800s ahoe, 1800s ahug (Yorkshire), 1800s ayoh (Shropshire), 1800s– ahuh, 1900s ah-hu.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: on prep., wough n.²

Etymology: < on prep. + wough n.² With use as adjective compare wough adj. 1.The β. and γ. forms show reduction of the unaccented prefix on- to a- (see a- prefix³, and compare a prep.¹).

A. adv.

†1. Unjustly, wrongfully; in error. Cf. mid or with wough at wough n.² 2c. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

α.

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxix. 522 Se godcunda foreþonc hit understent eall swiðe rihte, þeah us þince for urum dysige þæt hit on woh fare.

OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 130 Deuiat, i. errat, declinat, on woh cerþ.

lOE Royal Charter: Eadred to Ælfsige Hunlafing (Sawyer 566) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Peterborough Abbey (2009) 227 Eadred cyning biddeð..þet nan man þurh diofles searucræft geðristlece his cynelican gefe on woh gewonian.

β. lOE Laws of Æðelred II (Corpus Cambr. 383) ii. ix. §1. 226 He to ælcan teame hæbbe getrywne borh & beorge, þæt he awoh ne befo.lOE Laws: Wifmannes beweddung (Rochester) ix. 444 Ðæt man wite, ðæt hy ðurh mægsibbe to gelænge ne beon, ðe læs ðe man eft twæme, ðæt man ær awoh tosomne gedydan.

2. Askew, awry; crookedly, lopsidedly. Chiefly in all ahoo. Cf. huh n. regional in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > crookedly

ahoo?a1200

crookedlyc1374

awry1487

β.

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 27 Sa syna teoþ fram þan cynnbane..and þane muþ awoh breddad.

γ. 1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms Ahuh, adv. awry; aslant.1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 9 ‘You've put your shawl on all ahuh;’ ‘That rick stands all ahuh,’ are very common expressions.1952 F. C. Brown Coll. N. Carolina Folklore I. 514 Ahoo, awry—Chapel Hill.1968 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin Surv. Eng. Dial. IV. iii. 1044 A picture not hanging straight, is hanging..[Berkshire] all ahuh.

B. adj.

Chiefly Nautical and regional. In predicative use: crooked, lopsided; askew, awry; disordered. Chiefly in all ahoo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective]

troublec1374

misorderlya1568

unorderly1578

luxate1597

incomposed1608

methodless1609

tumultuary1609

unordered1621

disorderly1632

higgledy-piggledy1676

rantum-scantum1695

throughother1720

rough and tumble1818

ramshackle1820

skimble-skamble1826

ahoo1828

disordinate1840

disorganic1841

ramshackly1883

rantum-scootum1885

tumultuarious1895

ragtime1917

inchoate1922

higgledya1953

shambolic1970

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > crooked

wough862

crumba1100

wrongc1175

crooked?c1225

crochedc1300

forcrookedc1305

miscrookeda1398

crumpleda1400

kirkeda1425

camshoch1513

crooken1589

awry1728

thraward1814

ajee1816

ahoo1828

crinkly-crankly1850

unstraight1860

cockeye1891

cockeyed1899

crookedy1907

1828 Night Watch II. 85 His head, however, was all ahoo, and topped to port.

1883 United Service Feb. 208 He's all ahoo, like a midshipman's kit.

1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. All-a-hoh, all awry..; also All-a-huh, unevenly balanced, lop-sided... ‘That load o' carn be aal-a-hoh.’

1896 S. O. Addy in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 30/1 [West Yorkshire] [Of a faulty knife] Ah, I see, it's all awow.

1896 W. W. Skeat in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 30/1 Why, 'tis all-a-hoh like a dog's hind-leg [in printing, of matter made up ‘out of the straight’].

1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 39 Ahoo, ahuh. Awry; when anything is out of perpendicular; or lopsided; or a wheel runs not true, it is said to be ahoo, ‘all ahoo’.

1937 Essex Rev. 46 32 The ramshackle gait of a lolloping hare, all ahuh.

2004 C. Adrian in McSweeney's Q. Concern No. 14. 23 I can see him perfectly with my eyes still closed: his hair all ahoo.

2015 @AMinorMuddle 10 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) A somewhat muddly time being had. Decorators due tomorrow. House all ahoo.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ahoo
释义	ahooadv.adj. Brit. /əˈhuː/, U.S. /əˈhu/ Forms: (Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.) α. Old English on wog (rare), Old English on woh, Old English onwoh. β. late Old English–early Middle English awoh, 1800s awow (English regional (Yorkshire)). γ. 1800s a-hoh, 1800s– ahoo; English regional 1800s a-heh (Cumberland), 1800s a-ho, 1800s a-hoh, 1800s ahoh, 1800s a-huh, 1800s a-ugh (Somerset), 1800s a-yock (Shropshire), 1800s ahoe, 1800s ahug (Yorkshire), 1800s ayoh (Shropshire), 1800s– ahuh, 1900s ah-hu. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: on prep., wough n.² Etymology: < on prep. + wough n.² With use as adjective compare wough adj. 1.The β. and γ. forms show reduction of the unaccented prefix on- to a- (see a- prefix³, and compare a prep.¹). A. adv. †1. Unjustly, wrongfully; in error. Cf. mid or with wough at wough n.² 2c. Obsolete. ΚΠ α. eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxix. 522 Se godcunda foreþonc hit understent eall swiðe rihte, þeah us þince for urum dysige þæt hit on woh fare. OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 130 Deuiat, i. errat, declinat, on woh cerþ. lOE Royal Charter: Eadred to Ælfsige Hunlafing (Sawyer 566) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Peterborough Abbey (2009) 227 Eadred cyning biddeð..þet nan man þurh diofles searucræft geðristlece his cynelican gefe on woh gewonian. β. lOE Laws of Æðelred II (Corpus Cambr. 383) ii. ix. §1. 226 He to ælcan teame hæbbe getrywne borh & beorge, þæt he awoh ne befo.lOE Laws: Wifmannes beweddung (Rochester) ix. 444 Ðæt man wite, ðæt hy ðurh mægsibbe to gelænge ne beon, ðe læs ðe man eft twæme, ðæt man ær awoh tosomne gedydan. 2. Askew, awry; crookedly, lopsidedly. Chiefly in all ahoo. Cf. huh n. regional in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > crookedly ahoo?a1200 crookedlyc1374 awry1487 β. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 27 Sa syna teoþ fram þan cynnbane..and þane muþ awoh breddad. γ. 1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms Ahuh, adv. awry; aslant.1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 9 ‘You've put your shawl on all ahuh;’ ‘That rick stands all ahuh,’ are very common expressions.1952 F. C. Brown Coll. N. Carolina Folklore I. 514 Ahoo, awry—Chapel Hill.1968 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin Surv. Eng. Dial. IV. iii. 1044 A picture not hanging straight, is hanging..[Berkshire] all ahuh. B. adj. Chiefly Nautical and regional. In predicative use: crooked, lopsided; askew, awry; disordered. Chiefly in all ahoo. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective] troublec1374 misorderlya1568 unorderly1578 luxate1597 incomposed1608 methodless1609 tumultuary1609 unordered1621 disorderly1632 higgledy-piggledy1676 rantum-scantum1695 throughother1720 rough and tumble1818 ramshackle1820 skimble-skamble1826 ahoo1828 disordinate1840 disorganic1841 ramshackly1883 rantum-scootum1885 tumultuarious1895 ragtime1917 inchoate1922 higgledya1953 shambolic1970 the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > crooked wough862 crumba1100 wrongc1175 crooked?c1225 crochedc1300 forcrookedc1305 miscrookeda1398 crumpleda1400 kirkeda1425 camshoch1513 crooken1589 awry1728 thraward1814 ajee1816 ahoo1828 crinkly-crankly1850 unstraight1860 cockeye1891 cockeyed1899 crookedy1907 1828 Night Watch II. 85 His head, however, was all ahoo, and topped to port. 1883 United Service Feb. 208 He's all ahoo, like a midshipman's kit. 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. All-a-hoh, all awry..; also All-a-huh, unevenly balanced, lop-sided... ‘That load o' carn be aal-a-hoh.’ 1896 S. O. Addy in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 30/1 [West Yorkshire] [Of a faulty knife] Ah, I see, it's all awow. 1896 W. W. Skeat in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 30/1 Why, 'tis all-a-hoh like a dog's hind-leg [in printing, of matter made up ‘out of the straight’]. 1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 39 Ahoo, ahuh. Awry; when anything is out of perpendicular; or lopsided; or a wheel runs not true, it is said to be ahoo, ‘all ahoo’. 1937 Essex Rev. 46 32 The ramshackle gait of a lolloping hare, all ahuh. 2004 C. Adrian in McSweeney's Q. Concern No. 14. 23 I can see him perfectly with my eyes still closed: his hair all ahoo. 2015 @AMinorMuddle 10 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) A somewhat muddly time being had. Decorators due tomorrow. House all ahoo. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.eOE
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