† gerishadj.

Etymology: < gere n. + -ish suffix¹.

Changeful, fitful; wild, wayward.

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-

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes vi. i. 53 And as a swalowe gerissh of hir flight Twene sloughth & swyft nowe croked nowe vpright.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 243 In gerysshe Marche toward the ariete.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 245 Now gerysshe glad, and anoon aftir wrothe.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 254 The sesoun of my yeerys greene..The gerisshe sesoun, straunge of condiciouns, Dispoosyd to many unbridlyd passiouns.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 312/2 Gerysshe wylde or lyght heeded, farouche.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xv Madnesse that doth infest a man ones in a mone the which doth cause one to be geryshe, and wauerynge wytted, nat constant, but fantastical.

Derivatives

† ˈgerishness n. Obsolete wildness, waywardness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness

giddinessa1290

lightnessc1384

gerishnessa1513

fantasticnessc1550

unstaidnessa1557

fantasticalness1583

triflingnessa1586

spleen1598

capriciousness1607

skittishness1607

humorousness1611

wavinga1628

volageness1633

arbitrariness1643

garishness1649

legerity1652

mercury1653

volatility1655

caprich1656

humoursomeness1662

hoity-toity1668

jollity1670

unaccountableness1676

freak1678

whimsya1680

featheriness1689

toysomeness1697

caprice1711

whimsicalness1715

flirtation1718

whima1721

flightiness1747

whimsicality1761

giggishness1781

fancifulness1818

hoity-toityness1820

whifflery1835

crotchetiness1837

quirkiness1870

faddishness1884

faddism1885

vagarity1886

erraticism1889

whimsiness1909

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. iii Of Walys Geryshnesse and of theyr lyght dotage.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xiii. 75 As for this diuelish geerishnesse which the wicked haue to ouerthrowe Gods Children withall.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	gerish
释义	† gerishadj. Etymology: < gere n. + -ish suffix¹. Changeful, fitful; wild, wayward. 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- 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes vi. i. 53 And as a swalowe gerissh of hir flight Twene sloughth & swyft nowe croked nowe vpright. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 243 In gerysshe Marche toward the ariete. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 245 Now gerysshe glad, and anoon aftir wrothe. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 254 The sesoun of my yeerys greene..The gerisshe sesoun, straunge of condiciouns, Dispoosyd to many unbridlyd passiouns. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 312/2 Gerysshe wylde or lyght heeded, farouche. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xv Madnesse that doth infest a man ones in a mone the which doth cause one to be geryshe, and wauerynge wytted, nat constant, but fantastical. Derivatives † ˈgerishness n. Obsolete wildness, waywardness. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness giddinessa1290 lightnessc1384 gerishnessa1513 fantasticnessc1550 unstaidnessa1557 fantasticalness1583 triflingnessa1586 spleen1598 capriciousness1607 skittishness1607 humorousness1611 wavinga1628 volageness1633 arbitrariness1643 garishness1649 legerity1652 mercury1653 volatility1655 caprich1656 humoursomeness1662 hoity-toity1668 jollity1670 unaccountableness1676 freak1678 whimsya1680 featheriness1689 toysomeness1697 caprice1711 whimsicalness1715 flirtation1718 whima1721 flightiness1747 whimsicality1761 giggishness1781 fancifulness1818 hoity-toityness1820 whifflery1835 crotchetiness1837 quirkiness1870 faddishness1884 faddism1885 vagarity1886 erraticism1889 whimsiness1909 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. iii Of Walys Geryshnesse and of theyr lyght dotage. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xiii. 75 As for this diuelish geerishnesse which the wicked haue to ouerthrowe Gods Children withall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1430
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