giveygivyadj.

/ˈɡɪvi/

Etymology: < give v. 40.

dialect or colloquial.

Inclined to yield or give way; pliable, springy, soft; moist (see also quots.).

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time)

wetc893

moista1398

waterya1398

moistya1500

waterish1545

washy1566

rotten1567

slabby1653

weety1658

late1673

fresh1790

slottery1790

soft1812

givey1829

juicy1837

sploshy1838

sposhy1842

slip-sloppya1845

splishy-splashyc1850

shabby1853

soppy1872

sappy1885

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > soft and moist

bloatc1300

relented?1440

sposhy1842

squelchy1843

givey1859

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > springy

springy1633

springing1655

bouncy1926

givey1965

1829 Virginia Lit. Museum 30 Dec. 457 Givy, ‘muggy’. The weather is said to be givy, when there is much moisture in the atmosphere.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Givy, a term applied to tobacco leaves, in a certain condition of their preparation for market.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 64 The ground is said to be givey when the frost breaks up and the roads become soft and rotten.

1965 ‘S. Harvester’ Assassins Road xiii. 129 He longed to sprawl on a bed. Any bed provided it was givey.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	givey
释义	giveygivyadj. /ˈɡɪvi/ Etymology: < give v. 40. dialect or colloquial. Inclined to yield or give way; pliable, springy, soft; moist (see also quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) wetc893 moista1398 waterya1398 moistya1500 waterish1545 washy1566 rotten1567 slabby1653 weety1658 late1673 fresh1790 slottery1790 soft1812 givey1829 juicy1837 sploshy1838 sposhy1842 slip-sloppya1845 splishy-splashyc1850 shabby1853 soppy1872 sappy1885 the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > soft and moist bloatc1300 relented?1440 sposhy1842 squelchy1843 givey1859 the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > springy springy1633 springing1655 bouncy1926 givey1965 1829 Virginia Lit. Museum 30 Dec. 457 Givy, ‘muggy’. The weather is said to be givy, when there is much moisture in the atmosphere. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Givy, a term applied to tobacco leaves, in a certain condition of their preparation for market. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 64 The ground is said to be givey when the frost breaks up and the roads become soft and rotten. 1965 ‘S. Harvester’ Assassins Road xiii. 129 He longed to sprawl on a bed. Any bed provided it was givey. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1829
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