ganglyadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡaŋɡli/, U.S.

/ˈɡæŋɡli/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: gangling adj.²

Etymology: Alteration of gangling adj.² after words in -y suffix¹. Compare later gangle v.²

Originally U.S.

1. Of a person or animal: very tall and thin, and loose-jointed or awkward in gait or bearing; lanky. Also: characteristic of such a person or animal. Cf. gangling adj.² 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective]

leathwakec1000

lithebyc1000

starka1275

stiffc1305

standing1340

bainc1440

waldinc1485

resolveda1500

supplea1500

lash1513

limber1582

sagging1599

laxed1623

unslakeda1625

laxated1652

springy1674

gangling1764

lithesome1768

swack1768

unslackened1770

lissoma1800

wandle1803

loose-limbed1823

loose1846

unslacked1848

saggy1853

loose-jointed1859

loose-hung1869

gangly1871

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and thin

maypolea1635

gangrel1650

gangling1764

tanglec1817

lanky1818

langrel1847

weedy1849

spindled1855

tangly1855

rangy1857

lanikin1862

gangly1871

orming1903

spiderish1935

leptosomic1936

leptosomatic1937

1871 Turf, Field & Farm 19 May 305/4 He is not in the slightest degree ill shapen, nor does he, like some large horses, appear lanky or gangly.

1907 Bookman Feb. 557/2 Upon reaching the gangly age she was sent to school.

1935 Amer. Mercury Feb. 187/1 Some of them got fat, and some got gangly, but none of them was good to look at.

1965 Punch 11 Aug. 215/2 How..does his gangly stature and personality still impose itself?

1985 M. Swanwick & W. Gibson in W. Gibson Burning Chrome (1986) 168 That weird, gut-heavy endotype balanced on gangly legs that look like they'd been borrowed from some other body.

2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xxv. 196 They could not work out what I was doing there, this gangly fellow with the funny accent and the puzzled look.

2. Of a plant: = gangling adj.² 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > spindly or straggling

spindly1655

straggling1674

spindling1750

gangling1818

speary1821

spindled1855

gangly1886

1886 Current (Chicago) 26 June 424/3 The entire structure [sc. ragweed] being what the vulgar denominate as ‘gangly’.

1940 House & Garden Mar. 48/2 Geraniums that have grown gangly can be cut back.

2001 National Geographic Mar. 9/1 A group of herbaceous tropical plants that includes gangly species such as Humania liebrechtsiana.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gangly
释义	ganglyadj. Brit. /ˈɡaŋɡli/, U.S. /ˈɡæŋɡli/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: gangling adj.² Etymology: Alteration of gangling adj.² after words in -y suffix¹. Compare later gangle v.² Originally U.S. 1. Of a person or animal: very tall and thin, and loose-jointed or awkward in gait or bearing; lanky. Also: characteristic of such a person or animal. Cf. gangling adj.² 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective] leathwakec1000 lithebyc1000 starka1275 stiffc1305 standing1340 bainc1440 waldinc1485 resolveda1500 supplea1500 lash1513 limber1582 sagging1599 laxed1623 unslakeda1625 laxated1652 springy1674 gangling1764 lithesome1768 swack1768 unslackened1770 lissoma1800 wandle1803 loose-limbed1823 loose1846 unslacked1848 saggy1853 loose-jointed1859 loose-hung1869 gangly1871 the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and thin maypolea1635 gangrel1650 gangling1764 tanglec1817 lanky1818 langrel1847 weedy1849 spindled1855 tangly1855 rangy1857 lanikin1862 gangly1871 orming1903 spiderish1935 leptosomic1936 leptosomatic1937 1871 Turf, Field & Farm 19 May 305/4 He is not in the slightest degree ill shapen, nor does he, like some large horses, appear lanky or gangly. 1907 Bookman Feb. 557/2 Upon reaching the gangly age she was sent to school. 1935 Amer. Mercury Feb. 187/1 Some of them got fat, and some got gangly, but none of them was good to look at. 1965 Punch 11 Aug. 215/2 How..does his gangly stature and personality still impose itself? 1985 M. Swanwick & W. Gibson in W. Gibson Burning Chrome (1986) 168 That weird, gut-heavy endotype balanced on gangly legs that look like they'd been borrowed from some other body. 2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xxv. 196 They could not work out what I was doing there, this gangly fellow with the funny accent and the puzzled look. 2. Of a plant: = gangling adj.² 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > spindly or straggling spindly1655 straggling1674 spindling1750 gangling1818 speary1821 spindled1855 gangly1886 1886 Current (Chicago) 26 June 424/3 The entire structure [sc. ragweed] being what the vulgar denominate as ‘gangly’. 1940 House & Garden Mar. 48/2 Geraniums that have grown gangly can be cut back. 2001 National Geographic Mar. 9/1 A group of herbaceous tropical plants that includes gangly species such as Humania liebrechtsiana. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1871
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