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单词 ajee
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ajeeadv.adj.

Brit. /əˈdʒiː/, U.S. /əˈdʒi/, Scottish English /əˈdʒi/, Irish English /əˈdʒiː/
Forms: 1800s ajee (U.S.), 1900s– agee; English regional (northern) 1800s– ajee; Irish English (northern) 1800s– agee, 1900s– ajee; Scottish pre-1700 a gie, 1700s a jee, 1700s–1800s a-jee, 1800s– agee, 1800s– ajee.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a prep.1, jee n.; a- prefix3, jee v.
Etymology: Either < a prep.1 + jee n. (although the noun is first attested later), or < a- prefix3 + jee v. Perhaps compare earlier ajar adv.1
Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English (northern).
A. adv.
1. Of a door, gate, or window: so as to be slightly or partially open; ajar.
ΚΠ
1693 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence (ed. 2) 102 A young man..came to her Chamber door (which stood a gie).
1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch ix. 58 When the door was put ajee,..I gave Isaac a dram to keep his heart up.
1873 A. Anderson Song of Labour 51 If the door be left agee, ye slip oot to your wark.
1904 ‘K. L. Montgomery’ Major Weir vii. 89 The girl grasped the first opportunity of slipping unperceived to the chamber where the casement was set ajee.
1991 E. McDonald Gangan Fuit 44 Weill, ye can lave the casement o the muckle chaumer winnock ajee an the muin'll shine in owre.
2. So as to be askew, awry, or crooked; in a confused or mixed-up state; astray.
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1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 25 She..tumbling wi him on the Grass, Dung a her Cocker-Nonny, A Jee that Day.
1723 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. I. 61 Let ne'er a new whim ding thy fancy a-jee.
a1805 A. Carlyle Autobiogr. (1860) v. 208 I wore my hat agee.
1880 A. Lang Golf in XXII Ballades in Blue China 4 Ye may heel her and send her agee.
1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick 138 There's naethin sets the jidgment ajee like the thocht o' oor ain interests bein affeckit.
1928 S. A. Robertson With Double Tongue 13 Her faither, dour as grenite, At kirk and market glowered ajee.
1994 N. Watson in J. Watson Memories & Refl. 13 They walked the ‘straight and narrow way’. And never gaed agee.
B. adj. As predicate or complement.
1. Of a door, gate, or window: slightly or partially open; ajar. Also in extended use.
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1793 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 700 Come nae unless the back-yett be a-jee.
1844 J. Ballantine Miller of Deanhaugh i. 21 Ye'd better wait till the yett's ajee.
1875 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. I 7 Tint dur; its ajee.
1886 ‘H. Haliburton’ Horace in Homespun 10 An' Geordie wi' his jaws ajee A ballant roarin'!
1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo 25 There wasna' a leevin sowl aboot the fit o' the toon; nor a lum reekin, or a door agee.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 4/2 Ajee, agee,..2 of a door, gate, etc. ajar.
2. Askew, awry, crooked; that is in a confused or mixed-up state.
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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
the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > askew
obliquate?a1425
cama1600
ajee1816
askew1831
skew-whiff1839
splay1873
catawampous1885
skewgee1890
cockeye1891
boss-eyed1898
skewy1898
cockeyed1899
squiffy1941
akimbo1943
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 161 His brain was awee agee, but he was a braw preacher for a' that.
1837 C. M. Sedgwick Live & let Live xix. 186 A looking-glass that don't make you look as if your face was all agee.
1895 W. Stewart Lilts & Larks 59 On I sprauchled heid agee, Till against the wa' I labbit.
1905 Banffshire Jrnl. 28 Mar. 13 The railin' roun' the harbour quay Keeps folk frae droonin' when agee.
1916 B. Harraden Guiding Thread v. i. 275 Here was a man, abandoned by his wife, lonely, wretched, all agee with himself.
2003 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 29 Dec. 12 ‘Michty ay,’ said the aaproned mannie ahin the coonter wi a fite hat ajee.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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