单词 | exies |
释义 | exiesn. Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare. Originally: the disease ague (malaria) (cf. access n. 1). Later also (in extended use): hysterics; great excitement. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > ague accessc1300 aguec1325 wedenonfa'c1500 exiesa1585 fen-shake1794 trembling aixies1808 (the) shivers1861 shaking1877 a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) in Poems (2000) I. 147 The aikand aixis extasie. 1635 in W. Fraser Mem. Maxwells of Pollok (1863) II. 256 My brother..got the aixes. 1653 J. Nicoll Diary (1836) 108 The trimbling aixes wes frequent. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Aixes, an ague. Northumb. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vi. 116 Jenny Rintherout, has ta'en the exies, and done naething but laugh and greet. 1839 C. Brontë Caroline Vernon i. i, in Tales of Glass Town, Angria, & Gondal (2010) 223 The roll of languishing eyes gave him the exies, so he sought relief in the quick, piercing glances that bespoke more hastiness than artifice of temper. 1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick xvi. 190 Shiverin an' shakin wi' the trem'lin aixies. 1930 C. Spencer Gallows' Orchard iii. 66 The women hereabouts are all too independent. I havena seen twa I could get into exies about. 1968 G. Blunden Charco Harbour iv. 210 ‘'Tis the heiva he be dancing,’ Webb said. ‘Aye, he's in his aixes,’ Gibson said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1585 |
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