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单词 deeshy
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deeshyadj.

Brit. /ˈdiːʃi/, U.S. /ˈdiʃi/, Irish English /ˈdiːʃi/
Etymology: Origin unknown.
Anglo-Irish.
Tiny; insignificant.
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1825 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland I. 200 A deeshy daushy leather apron hanging before him.
1825 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland I. 209 The three original diminutives are tiny, dony, and the Scottish wee... From the first and third they [sc. the Irish] form weeny, and by the use of the termination shy, they make deeshy, doshy, and weeshy.
1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island ii. 31 For shame, Patsy!..to be afraid of a little deeshy grasshopper.
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