hissyadj.

Brit.

/ˈhɪsi/, U.S.

/ˈhɪsi/

Etymology: < hiss n. + -y suffix¹.

Consisting of a hiss; of a sound, resembling that of a hiss.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective] > of sound

hissing1697

hissy1905

1905 J. Masefield Tarpaulin Muster (1907) 171 Snakes,..laughing in a sort of hissy chuckle.

1948 I. J. C. Brown No Idle Words 42 Cypress, though rather a ‘hissy’ word.

Draft additions December 2002

Also 1900s– hissie, hussy, huzzy.

U.S.

[Perhaps influenced by hysteric n.] = hissy fit n. at Additions.

ΚΠ

1934 Amer. Speech 9 71 Hissy is probably provincial slang. I have heard it for eight or ten years. He threw a hissy or He had a hissy means that a person in question was very disturbed and very angry.

1949 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xi. 7 She had a hissy when I told her she couldn't go.

1973 N.Y. Times 13 July 25 I wasn't all that keen about him riding bulls, but he could do a good job so I never throwed a hissy about it.

1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) i. 72 Rawlins will pitch a pure hissy when he sees you, he said.

Draft additions December 2002

hissy fit n. chiefly U.S. a fit of temper, an angry outburst, a tantrum.

ΚΠ

1967 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1991) II. 1021/2 Pitched a hissy-fit.

1978 A. Maupin Tales of City 5 When I told my mom I was moving to San Francisco, she had an absolute hissy-fit!

1981 F. Flagg Coming Attractions 21 Momma always looks like she is on the verge of a hissy fit, but that's mainly because when she was eighteen, she stuck her head in a gas oven looking at some biscuits and blew her eyebrows off.

1999 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Nov. 24/8 Elton John threw a hissy fit at Winnipeg Airport, Canada, after customs officers took almost two hours to clear his five-person entourage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hissy
释义	hissyadj. Brit. /ˈhɪsi/, U.S. /ˈhɪsi/ Etymology: < hiss n. + -y suffix¹. Consisting of a hiss; of a sound, resembling that of a hiss. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective] > of sound hissing1697 hissy1905 1905 J. Masefield Tarpaulin Muster (1907) 171 Snakes,..laughing in a sort of hissy chuckle. 1948 I. J. C. Brown No Idle Words 42 Cypress, though rather a ‘hissy’ word. Draft additions December 2002 Also 1900s– hissie, hussy, huzzy. U.S. [Perhaps influenced by hysteric n.] = hissy fit n. at Additions. ΚΠ 1934 Amer. Speech 9 71 Hissy is probably provincial slang. I have heard it for eight or ten years. He threw a hissy or He had a hissy means that a person in question was very disturbed and very angry. 1949 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xi. 7 She had a hissy when I told her she couldn't go. 1973 N.Y. Times 13 July 25 I wasn't all that keen about him riding bulls, but he could do a good job so I never throwed a hissy about it. 1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) i. 72 Rawlins will pitch a pure hissy when he sees you, he said. Draft additions December 2002 hissy fit n. chiefly U.S. a fit of temper, an angry outburst, a tantrum. ΚΠ 1967 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1991) II. 1021/2 Pitched a hissy-fit. 1978 A. Maupin Tales of City 5 When I told my mom I was moving to San Francisco, she had an absolute hissy-fit! 1981 F. Flagg Coming Attractions 21 Momma always looks like she is on the verge of a hissy fit, but that's mainly because when she was eighteen, she stuck her head in a gas oven looking at some biscuits and blew her eyebrows off. 1999 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Nov. 24/8 Elton John threw a hissy fit at Winnipeg Airport, Canada, after customs officers took almost two hours to clear his five-person entourage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1905
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