easy-peasyadj.int.adv.

Brit.

/ˌiːzɪˈpiːzi/, U.S.

/ˌiziˈpizi/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: easy adj.

Etymology: Reduplication of easy adj.It is uncertain whether there is any connection with the following earlier occurrence of the same word forms (in a memorial recollection of the text of a traditional mummers' play):1923 Theatre Arts Mag. 7 59 The Berkshire Doctor's cure of the ‘easy-peasy, palsy, and the gout’, which might have been intended nonsense but for the exactness of the other diseases mentioned, is amended by the general agreement of the other versions to ‘the itch, the stitch, &c’.A line whispered in the 1940 film The Long Voyage Home appears to represent another earlier occurrence in a separate sense. Compare easy adv. 4b. 1940 in N. Dudley & E. O'Neill Long Voyage Home (transcribed from film) Easy-peasy. Take it easy, Drisc!

colloquial or Children's slang (chiefly British).

Chiefly in childish or children's use (esp. as int.): extremely easy, very simple. Frequently in easy-peasy lemon squeezy, and other phrases. Also as adv.: with ease, very simply.

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1953 Cincinnati Enquirer 17 Jan. 26/6 There's a brief air travelogue of highlights of a jet trip from London to Cairo... The flight is such an easy-peasy affair for the air travellers, they seem to be motionless in a fantastic and lovely, sun-drenched cloudland.

1976 Evening Standard 20 July 19 (in figure) I'm short of money this week... How do I get to work?.. Easy peasy... I run to the station, leap the barrier, clobber the train driver, dress up in his clothes [etc.].

1987 Motor Cruiser June 25/1 It was no ‘easy peasy’ matter to get up to Maidstone.

1990 Independent 29 Oct. 14/1 We'll do it easy-peasy lemon squeezy.

1995 Just Seventeen 5 Apr. 59/1 All you have to do is complete the following easy-peasy puzzlette.

1997 P. Carey Jack Maggs xi. 38 He had the bastard. He had him easy-peasy.

2001 Top of Pops Mag. Sept. 75/1 If u r not a club memba, then u can join up now—it's easy peasy.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	easy-peasy
释义	easy-peasyadj.int.adv. Brit. /ˌiːzɪˈpiːzi/, U.S. /ˌiziˈpizi/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: easy adj. Etymology: Reduplication of easy adj.It is uncertain whether there is any connection with the following earlier occurrence of the same word forms (in a memorial recollection of the text of a traditional mummers' play):1923 Theatre Arts Mag. 7 59 The Berkshire Doctor's cure of the ‘easy-peasy, palsy, and the gout’, which might have been intended nonsense but for the exactness of the other diseases mentioned, is amended by the general agreement of the other versions to ‘the itch, the stitch, &c’.A line whispered in the 1940 film The Long Voyage Home appears to represent another earlier occurrence in a separate sense. Compare easy adv. 4b. 1940 in N. Dudley & E. O'Neill Long Voyage Home (transcribed from film) Easy-peasy. Take it easy, Drisc! colloquial or Children's slang (chiefly British). Chiefly in childish or children's use (esp. as int.): extremely easy, very simple. Frequently in easy-peasy lemon squeezy, and other phrases. Also as adv.: with ease, very simply. ΚΠ 1953 Cincinnati Enquirer 17 Jan. 26/6 There's a brief air travelogue of highlights of a jet trip from London to Cairo... The flight is such an easy-peasy affair for the air travellers, they seem to be motionless in a fantastic and lovely, sun-drenched cloudland. 1976 Evening Standard 20 July 19 (in figure) I'm short of money this week... How do I get to work?.. Easy peasy... I run to the station, leap the barrier, clobber the train driver, dress up in his clothes [etc.]. 1987 Motor Cruiser June 25/1 It was no ‘easy peasy’ matter to get up to Maidstone. 1990 Independent 29 Oct. 14/1 We'll do it easy-peasy lemon squeezy. 1995 Just Seventeen 5 Apr. 59/1 All you have to do is complete the following easy-peasy puzzlette. 1997 P. Carey Jack Maggs xi. 38 He had the bastard. He had him easy-peasy. 2001 Top of Pops Mag. Sept. 75/1 If u r not a club memba, then u can join up now—it's easy peasy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.int.adv.1953
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