gabyn.

Brit.

/ˈɡeɪbi/, U.S.

/ˈɡeɪbi/

Forms: 1700s– gabey, 1700s– gaby; English regional 1700s– gawby, 1800s gaayby (Berkshire), 1800s gauby, 1800s gauvey (Yorkshire), 1800s gobby (Cheshire), 1800s–1900s gorby; also Scottish (southern) 1800s– gaibie; also Irish English 2000s– gaaby; also Welsh English (Pembrokeshire) 1900s gooby; also Manx English 1800s gawbie.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.Perhaps < an unattested noun < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic gapi rash, reckless person, Danish (regional) gabe fool; representing a derivative noun < the early Scandinavian cognate of Old Icelandic gapa gape v.) + -y suffix⁶; or perhaps < gawp v. (compare also later gawp n.) + -y suffix⁶ (compare English regional (northern) gawpy , Scots gaupie , gawpie (noun) fool, simpleton (19th cent.)). However, both of the etymologies pose formal difficulties, especially in explaining the medial -b- and the (presumed) early use of -y suffix⁶ with a common noun. Compare Scots (chiefly Shetland and Orkney) gappy , gaipy (noun) fool, (adjective) rash, foolish (early 20th cent.), probably < the unattested Norn reflex of the early Scandinavian word represented by Old Icelandic gapi (see above). Compare also Old Icelandic gapsmaðr fool ( < gap gap n.¹).

colloquial and regional.

A stupid or foolish person; an idiot; a fool.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton

innocentc1386

greenhead1576

gonyc1580

ninnyhammer1592

chicken1600

loach1605

simplician1605

hichcock1607

smelt1607

foppasty1611

dovea1616

goslinga1616

funge1621

simplicity1633

gewgaw1634

squab1640

simpletonian1652

ninny-whoop1653

softhead1654

foppotee1663

greenhorn1672

sumph1682

sawney1699

sillyton1708

gaby?1746

gobbin?1746

green goose1768

nin-a-kin1787

Jacob1811

green1824

sillikin1832

greeny1834

softhorn1836

sucker1838

softie1850

dope1851

soft1854

verigreen1854

peanut1864

daftie1872

josser1886

naïf1891

yapc1894

barm-stick1924

knobhead1931

sook1933

nig-nog1953

sawn1953

pronk1959

stiffy1965

?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 27 Then it wou'd be os plene os Blackstonedge ot tearn meying an arrant Gawby on meh.

?1793 Larry O-Brien (single sheet) Blood and ounds where's the gaby that could tarry, It will never do for Larry O-Brien.

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Gabey, a foolish fellow.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xv. 264 The marine officer is a bit of a gaby, and takes offence where none is meant.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvii. 618 She is still whimpering after that gaby of a husband.

1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. He's such a gauvey it's now use to tell him how to do it.

1918 J. Galsworthy Five Tales ii. iii. 121 Old Heythrop snorted ‘What are you cultivating that young gaby for?’

1960 J. R. Ackerley We think World of You 58 Should I disillusion the great gaby? No, it would be unkind.

2017 @welprich 21 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Yer a blethering gawby is what you are.

Derivatives

† gabyhood n. Obsolete the state or condition of being a gaby; (also) gabies collectively.

ΚΠ

1836 Court Mag. June 250/2 We can't become children again. No, my good brothers in gabyhood, we can't.

1836 Fraser's Mag. Dec. 736/1 The narrative opens with a very lively description of the gabyhood of Paris in 1579.

1918 Sun (Kalgoorlie, W. Austral.) 28 July 4/7 Not quite the place Where you'd come face to face With the inoccent [sic] green, and the gabyhood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gaby
释义	gabyn. Brit. /ˈɡeɪbi/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪbi/ Forms: 1700s– gabey, 1700s– gaby; English regional 1700s– gawby, 1800s gaayby (Berkshire), 1800s gauby, 1800s gauvey (Yorkshire), 1800s gobby (Cheshire), 1800s–1900s gorby; also Scottish (southern) 1800s– gaibie; also Irish English 2000s– gaaby; also Welsh English (Pembrokeshire) 1900s gooby; also Manx English 1800s gawbie. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.Perhaps < an unattested noun < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic gapi rash, reckless person, Danish (regional) gabe fool; representing a derivative noun < the early Scandinavian cognate of Old Icelandic gapa gape v.) + -y suffix⁶; or perhaps < gawp v. (compare also later gawp n.) + -y suffix⁶ (compare English regional (northern) gawpy , Scots gaupie , gawpie (noun) fool, simpleton (19th cent.)). However, both of the etymologies pose formal difficulties, especially in explaining the medial -b- and the (presumed) early use of -y suffix⁶ with a common noun. Compare Scots (chiefly Shetland and Orkney) gappy , gaipy (noun) fool, (adjective) rash, foolish (early 20th cent.), probably < the unattested Norn reflex of the early Scandinavian word represented by Old Icelandic gapi (see above). Compare also Old Icelandic gapsmaðr fool ( < gap gap n.¹). colloquial and regional. A stupid or foolish person; an idiot; a fool. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton innocentc1386 greenhead1576 gonyc1580 ninnyhammer1592 chicken1600 loach1605 simplician1605 hichcock1607 smelt1607 foppasty1611 dovea1616 goslinga1616 funge1621 simplicity1633 gewgaw1634 squab1640 simpletonian1652 ninny-whoop1653 softhead1654 foppotee1663 greenhorn1672 sumph1682 sawney1699 sillyton1708 gaby?1746 gobbin?1746 green goose1768 nin-a-kin1787 Jacob1811 green1824 sillikin1832 greeny1834 softhorn1836 sucker1838 softie1850 dope1851 soft1854 verigreen1854 peanut1864 daftie1872 josser1886 naïf1891 yapc1894 barm-stick1924 knobhead1931 sook1933 nig-nog1953 sawn1953 pronk1959 stiffy1965 ?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 27 Then it wou'd be os plene os Blackstonedge ot tearn meying an arrant Gawby on meh. ?1793 Larry O-Brien (single sheet) Blood and ounds where's the gaby that could tarry, It will never do for Larry O-Brien. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Gabey, a foolish fellow. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xv. 264 The marine officer is a bit of a gaby, and takes offence where none is meant. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvii. 618 She is still whimpering after that gaby of a husband. 1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. He's such a gauvey it's now use to tell him how to do it. 1918 J. Galsworthy Five Tales ii. iii. 121 Old Heythrop snorted ‘What are you cultivating that young gaby for?’ 1960 J. R. Ackerley We think World of You 58 Should I disillusion the great gaby? No, it would be unkind. 2017 @welprich 21 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Yer a blethering gawby is what you are. Derivatives † gabyhood n. Obsolete the state or condition of being a gaby; (also) gabies collectively. ΚΠ 1836 Court Mag. June 250/2 We can't become children again. No, my good brothers in gabyhood, we can't. 1836 Fraser's Mag. Dec. 736/1 The narrative opens with a very lively description of the gabyhood of Paris in 1579. 1918 Sun (Kalgoorlie, W. Austral.) 28 July 4/7 Not quite the place Where you'd come face to face With the inoccent [sic] green, and the gabyhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1746
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