heaven-highadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌhɛvnˈhʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈhɛv(ə)nˈhaɪ/

Forms: see heaven n. and high adj. and n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: heaven n., high adj.

Etymology: < heaven n. + high adj.

A. adj.

Reaching high into the sky; very high or tall. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > great or considerable

higheOE

steepOE

heaven-highOE

highlyOE

brentc1400

hightc1480

hichty1513

procere1542

tall1548

spiringa1552

towereda1552

tower-like1552

upstretched1563

airy1565

excelse1569

haughty1570

topless1589

lofty1590

procerous1599

kiss-sky1603

skyish1604

topful?1611

aspiringc1620

sky-high1622

hiddy1632

tiptoed1632

sublime1635

towering1638

soaring1687

mountain high1693

clamberinga1717

skied1730

towery1731

pyramidic1740

skyey1750

skyward1792

skyscraping1797

exulting1798

high-reaching1827

steepling1892

high-rise1964

hi1972

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adverb] > to a great or considerable height

highOE

heaven-high?1518

loftily1548

tower-wise1581

a-cock-hye1598

tally1611

eminently1620

spirally1806

sky-high1818

toweringly1822

OE Daniel 553 Þæt þu gesawe þurh swefen cuman, heofonheane beam and þa halgan word.

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.ij^v They songe and daunsed full merely With swerynge and starynge heuen hye.

a1618 J. Davies Exstasie in Wks. (Grosart) 93 Their Heav'n-high roofes shal be embattelled With adamant in gold enuelloped.

1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies iii. 129 If those Babel-Builders had thought good To raise their heav'n-high Towre before the flood.

a1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Story of Meleager & Atalanta in Metamorphoses (1717) viii. 272 This Act with Shouts Heav'n-high the friendly Band Applaud.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. vi. 90 Our Religion is..a great heaven-high Unquestionability.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 382 World-wide heaven-high sea.

1930 Times 19 Dec. 13/5 With heaven-high omnibuses and long trains of vans..glimpses of the flowery centre must be very few and very short.

1968 R. Atkins Heretofore 24 Who had hearts heaven high and deep?

2007 Observer (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Sports section) 13 Hard rain..has made those greens softly receptive to the sort of heaven-high approaches that Woods and his main rivals so eagerly unwrap.

B. adv.

Up to heaven; to a great height, sky-high. Also figurative.Cf. as high as heaven at heaven n. 1c.

ΚΠ

1749 W. Hawkins Henry & Rosamond v. ii. 69 My haughty Soul, that erst climb'd Heaven high.

1810 W. S. Rose Crusade St. Lewis 25 In a fountain-stream of smoke Heaven-high their fragments flew.

1864 R. Browning Abt Vogler i Man, brute, reptile, fly,..Adverse, Each from the other heaven-high, hell-deep removed.

1916 K. Tynan Holy War 36 You lift hands for France—O lift them heaven-high For those who fight with France.

1945 V. Watkins Sea-music for my Sister Travelling in Coll. Poems (1986) 76 Flinging the water-fleece Heaven-high, to sink you deeper in the trough.

1996 Miami Herald (Nexis) 16 Aug. f1 Pulitzer Prizes rain down on all sides of me like artillery shells, striking friends and envied rivals, blowing them heaven-high.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heaven-high
释义	heaven-highadj.adv. Brit. /ˌhɛvnˈhʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈhɛv(ə)nˈhaɪ/ Forms: see heaven n. and high adj. and n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: heaven n., high adj. Etymology: < heaven n. + high adj. A. adj. Reaching high into the sky; very high or tall. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > great or considerable higheOE steepOE heaven-highOE highlyOE brentc1400 hightc1480 hichty1513 procere1542 tall1548 spiringa1552 towereda1552 tower-like1552 upstretched1563 airy1565 excelse1569 haughty1570 topless1589 lofty1590 procerous1599 kiss-sky1603 skyish1604 topful?1611 aspiringc1620 sky-high1622 hiddy1632 tiptoed1632 sublime1635 towering1638 soaring1687 mountain high1693 clamberinga1717 skied1730 towery1731 pyramidic1740 skyey1750 skyward1792 skyscraping1797 exulting1798 high-reaching1827 steepling1892 high-rise1964 hi1972 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adverb] > to a great or considerable height highOE heaven-high?1518 loftily1548 tower-wise1581 a-cock-hye1598 tally1611 eminently1620 spirally1806 sky-high1818 toweringly1822 OE Daniel 553 Þæt þu gesawe þurh swefen cuman, heofonheane beam and þa halgan word. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.ij^v They songe and daunsed full merely With swerynge and starynge heuen hye. a1618 J. Davies Exstasie in Wks. (Grosart) 93 Their Heav'n-high roofes shal be embattelled With adamant in gold enuelloped. 1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies iii. 129 If those Babel-Builders had thought good To raise their heav'n-high Towre before the flood. a1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Story of Meleager & Atalanta in Metamorphoses (1717) viii. 272 This Act with Shouts Heav'n-high the friendly Band Applaud. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. vi. 90 Our Religion is..a great heaven-high Unquestionability. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 382 World-wide heaven-high sea. 1930 Times 19 Dec. 13/5 With heaven-high omnibuses and long trains of vans..glimpses of the flowery centre must be very few and very short. 1968 R. Atkins Heretofore 24 Who had hearts heaven high and deep? 2007 Observer (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Sports section) 13 Hard rain..has made those greens softly receptive to the sort of heaven-high approaches that Woods and his main rivals so eagerly unwrap. B. adv. Up to heaven; to a great height, sky-high. Also figurative.Cf. as high as heaven at heaven n. 1c. ΚΠ 1749 W. Hawkins Henry & Rosamond v. ii. 69 My haughty Soul, that erst climb'd Heaven high. 1810 W. S. Rose Crusade St. Lewis 25 In a fountain-stream of smoke Heaven-high their fragments flew. 1864 R. Browning Abt Vogler i Man, brute, reptile, fly,..Adverse, Each from the other heaven-high, hell-deep removed. 1916 K. Tynan Holy War 36 You lift hands for France—O lift them heaven-high For those who fight with France. 1945 V. Watkins Sea-music for my Sister Travelling in Coll. Poems (1986) 76 Flinging the water-fleece Heaven-high, to sink you deeper in the trough. 1996 Miami Herald (Nexis) 16 Aug. f1 Pulitzer Prizes rain down on all sides of me like artillery shells, striking friends and envied rivals, blowing them heaven-high. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.OE
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