eeksie-peeksieadj.

Brit.

/ˌiːksɪˈpiːksi/, U.S.

/ˌiksiˈpiksi/, Scottish English

/ˌiksɪˈpiksɪ/

Forms: 1800s eeksie-picksie, 1800s ixy-pixy, 1800s–1900s ixey-pixey, 1800s– eeksie-peeksie, 1900s ecksie-pecksie, 1900s– eaksie-peaksie, 1900s– eaksy-peaksy, 1900s– eeksy-peeksy, 1900s– icksy-picksy.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: equal adj.

Etymology: Reduplication (with variation of the initial consonant) of a regional and colloquial pronunciation of equal adj., with remodelling of the ending of word after Scots -sie, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘somewhat, rather’ (see bigsie adj.).

Originally and chiefly Scottish.

Evenly balanced; equal.

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1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Eeksie-peeksie, on an equality, much alike, six and half a dozen.

1824 G. Smith Home's Douglas 77 I'm eeksie picksie here as weel as you.

1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 243/1 It's about ixey-pixey. The French girl's gotten the features; Jean's a ‘strapper’.

1928 Canad. Poultry Rev. Sept. 378/1 It shows a more beetle green than the darker shade, so they seem to be about eeksy peeksy so far.

1969 Akros May 61 Aathing ither bein eeksie-peeksie, siccan a view micht be taen as shawan a heich critical standard in ‘Adsum’.

2017 Times (Nexis) 17 Mar. 29 The polls are essentially eeksie-peeksie.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eeksie-peeksie
释义	eeksie-peeksieadj. Brit. /ˌiːksɪˈpiːksi/, U.S. /ˌiksiˈpiksi/, Scottish English /ˌiksɪˈpiksɪ/ Forms: 1800s eeksie-picksie, 1800s ixy-pixy, 1800s–1900s ixey-pixey, 1800s– eeksie-peeksie, 1900s ecksie-pecksie, 1900s– eaksie-peaksie, 1900s– eaksy-peaksy, 1900s– eeksy-peeksy, 1900s– icksy-picksy. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: equal adj. Etymology: Reduplication (with variation of the initial consonant) of a regional and colloquial pronunciation of equal adj., with remodelling of the ending of word after Scots -sie, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘somewhat, rather’ (see bigsie adj.). Originally and chiefly Scottish. Evenly balanced; equal. ΚΠ 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Eeksie-peeksie, on an equality, much alike, six and half a dozen. 1824 G. Smith Home's Douglas 77 I'm eeksie picksie here as weel as you. 1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 243/1 It's about ixey-pixey. The French girl's gotten the features; Jean's a ‘strapper’. 1928 Canad. Poultry Rev. Sept. 378/1 It shows a more beetle green than the darker shade, so they seem to be about eeksy peeksy so far. 1969 Akros May 61 Aathing ither bein eeksie-peeksie, siccan a view micht be taen as shawan a heich critical standard in ‘Adsum’. 2017 Times (Nexis) 17 Mar. 29 The polls are essentially eeksie-peeksie. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1808
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