fungusyadj.

Brit.

/ˈfʌŋɡəsi/, U.S.

/ˈfəŋɡəsi/

Forms: 1800s– fungousy, 1800s– fungusy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fungus n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < fungus n. + -y suffix¹.In form fungousy with alteration after fungous adj.

1. Covered with or full of fungi; mouldy. Also: resembling (that of) a fungus; fungoid.

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the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [adjective] > bearing or covered with fungi

fungiferous1757

fungused1813

fungusy1856

toadstooled1910

1856 C. Canning Let. 17 June in A. J. C. Hare Story Two Noble Lives (1893) II. 89 Despatch-boxes not opened for some time assume the appearance of a bottle of curious old port—white and fungus-y.

1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 258 We enter a narrow, oblong cell, somewhat like a wine-cellar, and having the same fungusy smell as belongs to any underground place.

1913 Sat. Evening Post 16 Aug. 21/1 He often traces to their fungusy lairs in the glades..mushrooms that many another might think were not mushrooms at all, and eats 'em.

1965 G. Jones Island of Apples ii. viii. 145 Jeffy, Tom, Charley and I were sitting on one of the big old fungusy logs of rotting tree trunks in the middle of the crowd.

1979 J. G. Horsfall & E. B. Cowling Plant Dis. IV. xxii. 401 Freshly expanded specimens [of Amanita verna] are most attractive in appearance and have a pleasant mushroomy or fungusy odor, with nothing to suggest their extreme toxicity.

2012 Irish Examiner (Nexis) 20 Apr. The local leisure centre—the one with the fungusy changing rooms—has been shut down.

2. Of a fish or part of its body: affected with the disease ‘fungus’ (see fungus n. 5). rare.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of fish > [adjective]

rope-sick1614

white-sick1667

fungusy1880

1880 F. Buckland et al. Rep. Dis. Salmon 30 The kelts were fungousy.

1913 E. W. Hoare et al. Syst. Vet. Med. I. 1155 By this method the water is beautifully clear and highly oxygenated, and any fungusy fish put into it recover.

2003 Freshwater & Marine Aquarium Oct. 32/3 The fins are never fungusy or anything, it's just like someone comes in at night with scissors and trims them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fungusy
释义	fungusyadj. Brit. /ˈfʌŋɡəsi/, U.S. /ˈfəŋɡəsi/ Forms: 1800s– fungousy, 1800s– fungusy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fungus n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < fungus n. + -y suffix¹.In form fungousy with alteration after fungous adj. 1. Covered with or full of fungi; mouldy. Also: resembling (that of) a fungus; fungoid. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [adjective] > bearing or covered with fungi fungiferous1757 fungused1813 fungusy1856 toadstooled1910 1856 C. Canning Let. 17 June in A. J. C. Hare Story Two Noble Lives (1893) II. 89 Despatch-boxes not opened for some time assume the appearance of a bottle of curious old port—white and fungus-y. 1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 258 We enter a narrow, oblong cell, somewhat like a wine-cellar, and having the same fungusy smell as belongs to any underground place. 1913 Sat. Evening Post 16 Aug. 21/1 He often traces to their fungusy lairs in the glades..mushrooms that many another might think were not mushrooms at all, and eats 'em. 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples ii. viii. 145 Jeffy, Tom, Charley and I were sitting on one of the big old fungusy logs of rotting tree trunks in the middle of the crowd. 1979 J. G. Horsfall & E. B. Cowling Plant Dis. IV. xxii. 401 Freshly expanded specimens [of Amanita verna] are most attractive in appearance and have a pleasant mushroomy or fungusy odor, with nothing to suggest their extreme toxicity. 2012 Irish Examiner (Nexis) 20 Apr. The local leisure centre—the one with the fungusy changing rooms—has been shut down. 2. Of a fish or part of its body: affected with the disease ‘fungus’ (see fungus n. 5). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of fish > [adjective] rope-sick1614 white-sick1667 fungusy1880 1880 F. Buckland et al. Rep. Dis. Salmon 30 The kelts were fungousy. 1913 E. W. Hoare et al. Syst. Vet. Med. I. 1155 By this method the water is beautifully clear and highly oxygenated, and any fungusy fish put into it recover. 2003 Freshwater & Marine Aquarium Oct. 32/3 The fins are never fungusy or anything, it's just like someone comes in at night with scissors and trims them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1856
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