half quickadj.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːf ˈkwɪk/, U.S.

/ˌhæf ˈkwɪk/

Forms: see half adv. and quick adj., n.¹, and adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adv., quick adj.

Etymology: < half adv. + quick adj.In Old English sāmcwic (see sam- prefix and the Germanic parallels cited at that entry) is also attested in the sense ‘half alive’. It is slightly more common, but does not survive into Middle English.

Now rare (chiefly poetic and archaic in later use).

Half alive; close to death. Cf. half-dead adj. 2.

ΘΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > half alive

semivif1377

semi-animate1815

semianimous1825

semi-animated1886

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > half-dead

half-deadc1000

sam-dead1297

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iii. ix. 70 He..funde hiene ænne be wege licgan, mid sperum tosticad, healfcucne.

OE Cynewulf Elene 133 Sume healfcwice flugon on fæsten ond feore burgon æfter stanclifum.

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 81 Half quic ho wes.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke x. 30 Theuues..the man lefte half quyk [a1425 L.V. half alyue; L. semivivo].

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 59^v Seminecis, half dede, half kwyk.

1552 Catechisme f. C.xxii^v The Samaritane..helpit the woundit man quilk lay half dede half quick betwein Ierusalem and Hierico.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. N4^v Where that sad pourtraict Of death and dolour lay, halfe dead, halfe quick, In whose white alabaster brest did stick A cruell knife.

1658 P. Temple Mans Master-piece 137 I will willingly lye down instantly (half quick in my grave) and in expiring, draw the earth over me.

1865 R. W. Buchanan Idylls & Legends Inverburn 56 The Abbess frown'd, half quick, half dead, ‘There is a sin!’ the Abbess said.

1930 PMLA 45 1122 He [sc. Defoe] and Wilson speak of maddened or dying wretches leaping into the pits and being buried half-quick.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half quick
释义	half quickadj. Brit. /ˌhɑːf ˈkwɪk/, U.S. /ˌhæf ˈkwɪk/ Forms: see half adv. and quick adj., n.¹, and adv. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adv., quick adj. Etymology: < half adv. + quick adj.In Old English sāmcwic (see sam- prefix and the Germanic parallels cited at that entry) is also attested in the sense ‘half alive’. It is slightly more common, but does not survive into Middle English. Now rare (chiefly poetic and archaic in later use). Half alive; close to death. Cf. half-dead adj. 2. ΘΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > half alive semivif1377 semi-animate1815 semianimous1825 semi-animated1886 the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > half-dead half-deadc1000 sam-dead1297 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iii. ix. 70 He..funde hiene ænne be wege licgan, mid sperum tosticad, healfcucne. OE Cynewulf Elene 133 Sume healfcwice flugon on fæsten ond feore burgon æfter stanclifum. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 81 Half quic ho wes. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke x. 30 Theuues..the man lefte half quyk [a1425 L.V. half alyue; L. semivivo]. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 59^v Seminecis, half dede, half kwyk. 1552 Catechisme f. C.xxii^v The Samaritane..helpit the woundit man quilk lay half dede half quick betwein Ierusalem and Hierico. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. N4^v Where that sad pourtraict Of death and dolour lay, halfe dead, halfe quick, In whose white alabaster brest did stick A cruell knife. 1658 P. Temple Mans Master-piece 137 I will willingly lye down instantly (half quick in my grave) and in expiring, draw the earth over me. 1865 R. W. Buchanan Idylls & Legends Inverburn 56 The Abbess frown'd, half quick, half dead, ‘There is a sin!’ the Abbess said. 1930 PMLA 45 1122 He [sc. Defoe] and Wilson speak of maddened or dying wretches leaping into the pits and being buried half-quick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < adj.eOE
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