dead-aliveadj.

Forms: Also dead-and-alive.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdead-aˈlive.

Dead while yet alive; alive, but without animation; dull, inactive, spiritless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation

deadOE

lifelessOE

unquickc1475

exanimate?c1550

flat1604

unsprighty1607

spiritless1609

dead-alive1617

fireless1647

uninformed1709

inanimate1713

unanimated1734

nerveless1735

inanimated1753

dispirited1758

dead and alive1863

unalive1905

pepless1909

zipless1922

soggy1928

undead1936

1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. 453 The Monke that liues in pleasure, and delicacie, and idlenesse, is dead aliue.

1794 E. Gunning Packet II. 103 A dawdling, dead-alive..drowsy subject.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 2 A..dead-alive, hypochondriacal old bachelor uncle.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 166 He is dead-and-alive to begin with.

1861 H. D. Thoreau Let. 25 June in Corr. (1958) 618 I have performed this journey in a very dead and alive manner.

1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xxvi. 138 This..dreary..dead-alive place.

1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career iii. 16 It's the dead-and-alivest hole I ever seen.

1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. i. 9 The ‘scrub fowl’..wastes no valuable time in the dead-and-alive duty of sitting.

1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. ii. 67 This place..gives me no Scope... It's dead-and-alive. Nothing happens.

1936 W. Holtby South Riding II. iii. 112 A bit dead-and-alive, isn't it? Other end of nowhere, eh?

Derivatives

dead-alivism n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > lack of animation

flatnessa1643

inanimateness1654

spiritlessness1669

inanimation1784

dead-alivism1887

1887 A. Jessopp Arcady 170 Dismal, dull, dead-alivism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	dead-alive
释义	dead-aliveadj. Forms: Also dead-and-alive. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdead-aˈlive. Dead while yet alive; alive, but without animation; dull, inactive, spiritless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation deadOE lifelessOE unquickc1475 exanimate?c1550 flat1604 unsprighty1607 spiritless1609 dead-alive1617 fireless1647 uninformed1709 inanimate1713 unanimated1734 nerveless1735 inanimated1753 dispirited1758 dead and alive1863 unalive1905 pepless1909 zipless1922 soggy1928 undead1936 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. 453 The Monke that liues in pleasure, and delicacie, and idlenesse, is dead aliue. 1794 E. Gunning Packet II. 103 A dawdling, dead-alive..drowsy subject. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 2 A..dead-alive, hypochondriacal old bachelor uncle. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 166 He is dead-and-alive to begin with. 1861 H. D. Thoreau Let. 25 June in Corr. (1958) 618 I have performed this journey in a very dead and alive manner. 1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xxvi. 138 This..dreary..dead-alive place. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career iii. 16 It's the dead-and-alivest hole I ever seen. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. i. 9 The ‘scrub fowl’..wastes no valuable time in the dead-and-alive duty of sitting. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. ii. 67 This place..gives me no Scope... It's dead-and-alive. Nothing happens. 1936 W. Holtby South Riding II. iii. 112 A bit dead-and-alive, isn't it? Other end of nowhere, eh? Derivatives dead-alivism n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > lack of animation flatnessa1643 inanimateness1654 spiritlessness1669 inanimation1784 dead-alivism1887 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady 170 Dismal, dull, dead-alivism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1617
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