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单词 easy-osy
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easy-osyadj.n.

Brit. /ˌiːzɪˈəʊzi/, U.S. /ˌiziˈoʊzi/, Scottish English /ˌizɪˈozɪ/
Forms: 1800s easey-osey, 1800s easy-osie, 1800s easy-ossey, 1800s easy-ozie, 1800s 2000s– easy-ozey, 1800s– easy-oasy, 1800s– easy-osey, 1800s– easy-osy, 1800s– easy-ozy, 1900s easie-osie.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: easy adj.
Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of easy adj.
Originally and chiefly Scottish.
A. adj.
Inclined to be relaxed or lazy; easy-going.
ΚΠ
1846 W. Cross Disruption xxxvii. 403 Suppose there be a dizen or twa o' saft kind easey-osey men that could straik the rest by the hair.
1931 Scotsman 10 June 14/2 It may be that the local girls, secure in the knowledge of past experience, that they could get a job without undue effort, were carrying on their work in an easy-osy way.
1991 A. Blair More Tea at Miss Cranston's vii, in Miss Cranston's Omnibus (1998) 296 A lot paid no attention of course but he was quite easy-osey.
2020 @DesMacLeod 22 May in twitter.com (accessed 23 June 2020) I'm easy-osey so whatever works best for you.
B. n.
A relaxed, easy-going, or lazy person.
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1850 A. McGilvray Poems & Songs 170 Twa easy-ozies, Who never look, e'en through their specks, Beyond their noses.
1997 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 Aug. 40 Most of us are The Easy-Osies—easy-come, easy-go types who have a more relaxed approach [to personal finances]—maybe a bit too relaxed.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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