heatyadj.

Brit.

/ˈhiːti/, U.S.

/ˈhidi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Chinese lexical item. Etymons: heat n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < heat n. + -y suffix¹, partly after Chinese rè hot, (in traditional Chinese medicine) of a yang nature (compare yang n.), promoting heat in the body.

South-East Asian and South Asian.

Of a disease, food, or medicine: that warms, stimulates, or energizes the body. Also of a person's constitution: sensitive to heat; susceptible to disorders such as fever, sore throat, excessive thirst, etc. Cf. cooling adj. 3. The distinction between heaty and cooling is not determined by actual temperature but by the perceived effect of certain substances on the internal balance of heat and cold that is considered vital to health in traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine.

ΚΠ

1940 Straits Times (Singapore) 19 Sept. (Weekly Suppl.) 2/4 His health is good but his whole body is very ‘heaty’.

1954 A. K. Nadkarni K. M. Nadkarni's Indian Materia Medica (ed. 3) I. 895 In Prameha, i.e., extreme heaty constitution, the root-juice..mixed with sugar is given.

1977 Jrnl. Anthropol. Res. 33 149 Through an increase in fire, the level of pitta (bile) in the body becomes excessive and this leads to ‘heaty’ diseases such as the plague.

1999 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 19 Sept. Chinese ginseng..is yang or heaty.

2011 S. Tsang & A. Perera Singapore at Random 20 Heaty foods are ‘yang’, and create ‘hot’ energy in the body.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heaty
释义	heatyadj. Brit. /ˈhiːti/, U.S. /ˈhidi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Chinese lexical item. Etymons: heat n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < heat n. + -y suffix¹, partly after Chinese rè hot, (in traditional Chinese medicine) of a yang nature (compare yang n.), promoting heat in the body. South-East Asian and South Asian. Of a disease, food, or medicine: that warms, stimulates, or energizes the body. Also of a person's constitution: sensitive to heat; susceptible to disorders such as fever, sore throat, excessive thirst, etc. Cf. cooling adj. 3. The distinction between heaty and cooling is not determined by actual temperature but by the perceived effect of certain substances on the internal balance of heat and cold that is considered vital to health in traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. ΚΠ 1940 Straits Times (Singapore) 19 Sept. (Weekly Suppl.) 2/4 His health is good but his whole body is very ‘heaty’. 1954 A. K. Nadkarni K. M. Nadkarni's Indian Materia Medica (ed. 3) I. 895 In Prameha, i.e., extreme heaty constitution, the root-juice..mixed with sugar is given. 1977 Jrnl. Anthropol. Res. 33 149 Through an increase in fire, the level of pitta (bile) in the body becomes excessive and this leads to ‘heaty’ diseases such as the plague. 1999 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 19 Sept. Chinese ginseng..is yang or heaty. 2011 S. Tsang & A. Perera Singapore at Random 20 Heaty foods are ‘yang’, and create ‘hot’ energy in the body. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1940
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