fly-awayadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈflʌɪəweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈflaɪəˌweɪ/

Etymology: < verbal phrase see fly v.¹

A. adj. Ready or apt to fly away.

a. Of articles of dress: Streaming, loose, négligé.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > streaming

streaming1567

plemmirrulate1592

flowing1606

flying1607

loose1781

streamy1813

fly-away1843

flowy1925

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) v. 50 Drest in such a free and fly-away fashion, that the long ends of his loose red neckcloth were streaming out behind him.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xl. 405 It was not easy to put her into a fly-away bonnet now.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. v. 136 Servant-girls with flyaway caps on their heads.

b. Of persons: Flighty, extravagant, volatile.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

startfulmood?a1300

wildc1350

volage?a1366

gerfulc1374

geryc1386

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skittishc1412

gerish1430

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

runningc1449

volageous1487

glaikit1488

fantasious1490

giggish1523

tickle or light of the sear?1530

fantastical1531

wayward1531

wantona1538

peevish1539

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humoral1573

unstaid1579

shittle-headed1580

toy-headed1581

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humorous1589

choiceful1591

toyish1598

tricksy1598

skip-brain1603

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humoursome1607

planetary1607

vertiginous1609

whimsieda1625

ingiddied1628

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toysome1638

cocklec1640

mercurial1647

garish1650

maggoty1650

kicksey-winseya1652

freakish1653

humourish1653

planetic1653

whimsical1653

shittle-braineda1655

freaking1663

maggoty-headed1667

maggot-pated1681

hoity-toity1690

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maggot-headeda1695

whimsy-headed1699

fantasque1701

crotchetly1702

quixotic1718

volatile1719

holloweda1734

conundrumical1743

flighty1768

fly-away1775

dizzy1780

whimmy1785

shy1787

whimming1787

quirky1789

notional1791

tricksome1815

vagarish1819

freakful1820

faddy1824

moodish1827

mawky1837

erratic1841

rockety1843

quirkish1848

maggoty-pated1850

crotchetya1854

freaksome1854

faddish1855

vagrom1882

fantasied1883

vagarisome1883

on-and-offish1888

tricksical1889

freaky1891

hobby-horsical1893

quirksome1896

temperamental1907

up and down1960

untogether1969

fanciful-

fantastic-

1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) II. 230 His reducing the fly-away farmer's daughters to a proper sense of their condition.

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 May 2/2 They have brought it home to the most flyaway supporter of the A.P.S.

c. fly-away grass U.S. the Agrostis scaba, a common grass of North America, with a very loose light panicle. Also called hair-grass ( Cent. Dict.).

ΚΠ

1857 4th Ann. Rep. Mass. Board Agric. 29 Hair Grass, or Fly Away Grass,..is another species belonging to the genus.

B. n.

a. One that flies away. Cf. runaway n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > one who

fly-away1804

bolter1840

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > flight or running away > one who runs away

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fugitour1533

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runagate1539

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runagadea1604

deserter?a1645

refugee1754

fly-away1838

skedaddler1864

lamster1904

1804 M. Wilmot Let. 24 Jan. (1934) i. 78 She was not amongst the fly aways but return'd for the Ball.

1838 R. W. Emerson Oration before Lit. Societies 17 Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots.

b. Nautical. A delusive appearance, of land, a mirage. Also quasi-proper name, Cape Flyaway.

ΚΠ

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.

1883 in W. C. Russell Sailors' Lang.

Draft additions September 2018

Of a person's hair: not lying smoothly against the head, esp. despite being styled; (of a strand or curl) having a tendency to stick out.

ΚΠ

1856 Waverley Mag. 21 June 409/4 The way she does up her hair in such fly-away curls.

1882 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) News 18 Nov. I never saw a person with such fly-away hair as yours that was not vain, careless and frivolous.

1953 Life 23 Mar. 147/3 (advt.) Lustre-Creme Shampoo helps make hair a joy to manage. Even flyaway locks respond to the lightest touch of brush.

1990 D. Shekerjian Uncommon Genius vi. xi. 164 His flyaway mane of starchy white hair.

2014 Daily Star (Nexis) 17 Feb. 16 Strong winds made a mess of her long flowing tresses... All royal watchers could talk about was her flyaway barnet.

Draft additions September 2018

Chiefly in plural. A wisp of hair that sticks out from the head; a flyaway strand or curl.

ΚΠ

1968 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 8 July 11/6 Does your hair have after-shampoo flyaways?

1991 Sassy Aug. 40/1 After shampooing, just add a few drops..and the frizzies and fly-aways are history.

2007 Mississippi Rev. 35 189 Daisy's mouse-brown braids are coming out in wisps and flyaways around her face.

2018 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 15 Feb. 24 Smooth flyaways..by running a tumble dryer sheet over your locks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fly-away
释义	fly-awayadj.n. Brit. /ˈflʌɪəweɪ/, U.S. /ˈflaɪəˌweɪ/ Etymology: < verbal phrase see fly v.¹ A. adj. Ready or apt to fly away. a. Of articles of dress: Streaming, loose, négligé. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > streaming streaming1567 plemmirrulate1592 flowing1606 flying1607 loose1781 streamy1813 fly-away1843 flowy1925 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) v. 50 Drest in such a free and fly-away fashion, that the long ends of his loose red neckcloth were streaming out behind him. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xl. 405 It was not easy to put her into a fly-away bonnet now. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. v. 136 Servant-girls with flyaway caps on their heads. b. Of persons: Flighty, extravagant, volatile. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) II. 230 His reducing the fly-away farmer's daughters to a proper sense of their condition. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 May 2/2 They have brought it home to the most flyaway supporter of the A.P.S. c. fly-away grass U.S. the Agrostis scaba, a common grass of North America, with a very loose light panicle. Also called hair-grass ( Cent. Dict.). ΚΠ 1857 4th Ann. Rep. Mass. Board Agric. 29 Hair Grass, or Fly Away Grass,..is another species belonging to the genus. B. n. a. One that flies away. Cf. runaway n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > one who fly-away1804 bolter1840 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > flight or running away > one who runs away fugitive1382 runner1440 fleer1488 flyera1500 fugitour1533 runaway1534 runagate1539 fleeter1581 sure flight1599 runagadea1604 deserter?a1645 refugee1754 fly-away1838 skedaddler1864 lamster1904 1804 M. Wilmot Let. 24 Jan. (1934) i. 78 She was not amongst the fly aways but return'd for the Ball. 1838 R. W. Emerson Oration before Lit. Societies 17 Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots. b. Nautical. A delusive appearance, of land, a mirage. Also quasi-proper name, Cape Flyaway. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 1883 in W. C. Russell Sailors' Lang. Draft additions September 2018 Of a person's hair: not lying smoothly against the head, esp. despite being styled; (of a strand or curl) having a tendency to stick out. ΚΠ 1856 Waverley Mag. 21 June 409/4 The way she does up her hair in such fly-away curls. 1882 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) News 18 Nov. I never saw a person with such fly-away hair as yours that was not vain, careless and frivolous. 1953 Life 23 Mar. 147/3 (advt.) Lustre-Creme Shampoo helps make hair a joy to manage. Even flyaway locks respond to the lightest touch of brush. 1990 D. Shekerjian Uncommon Genius vi. xi. 164 His flyaway mane of starchy white hair. 2014 Daily Star (Nexis) 17 Feb. 16 Strong winds made a mess of her long flowing tresses... All royal watchers could talk about was her flyaway barnet. Draft additions September 2018 Chiefly in plural. A wisp of hair that sticks out from the head; a flyaway strand or curl. ΚΠ 1968 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 8 July 11/6 Does your hair have after-shampoo flyaways? 1991 Sassy Aug. 40/1 After shampooing, just add a few drops..and the frizzies and fly-aways are history. 2007 Mississippi Rev. 35 189 Daisy's mouse-brown braids are coming out in wisps and flyaways around her face. 2018 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 15 Feb. 24 Smooth flyaways..by running a tumble dryer sheet over your locks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1775
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