hitty-missyadv.adj.

/ˈhɪtɪˈmɪsi/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s hittie-missie, hit-I misse-I.

Etymology: apparently < hit he, miss he, or hit I, miss I: compare willy-nilly adv. and adj.

A. adv.

Hit or miss: see hit v. 22; at random, at haphazard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly

into uncertain1382

uncertainlya1387

at adventure (also adventures)c1390

at or on six and sevena1398

auntersa1450

at all adventure (also adventures)1485

by hab or by nab1530

at rovers (rarely rover)c1531

hab or nab1542

hitty-missy1553

rovingly1583

haphazard1600

random1619

unsight, unseena1627

happy-be-lucky1633

cross and pile1648

temerariously1669

happy-go-lucky1672

à tort et à travers1749

randomly1765

chance-medley1822

haphazardly1832

willy-nilly1908

by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 47 b Young boyes..which showte in the open and plaine feldes at all aventures hittie missie.

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 102^v The hand of Prince Meleager Plaid hittymissie.

1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvii. 319 Howbeit hit-I-misse-I, when was Speculation weake.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tombant levant, well or ill, hittie missie; here or there, one way or other.

?1705 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Char. Priest-craft 27 Hittee missee, happy go lucky, as the blind Man kill'd the Crow.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Hitty-missy, at random; hit or miss.

1897 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 64 357/3.

B. adj.

Random, haphazard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > random or haphazard

uncertain1303

casualc1460

haphazard1576

roving1577

hazardous1585

chanceful1594

firmless1605

random1655

temerarious1660

aleatory1693

contingent1703

unlawed1789

by the way1846

chancy1860

fluky1880

hitty-missy1885

perchance1891

happenchance1905

happenstance1905

willy-nilly1933

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 May 3 This hitty-missy, ready-go-lucky fashion.

1894 W. T. Stead If Christ came to Chicago 338 The hitty-missy, hugger-mugger fashion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	hitty-missy
释义	hitty-missyadv.adj. /ˈhɪtɪˈmɪsi/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s hittie-missie, hit-I misse-I. Etymology: apparently < hit he, miss he, or hit I, miss I: compare willy-nilly adv. and adj. A. adv. Hit or miss: see hit v. 22; at random, at haphazard. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly into uncertain1382 uncertainlya1387 at adventure (also adventures)c1390 at or on six and sevena1398 auntersa1450 at all adventure (also adventures)1485 by hab or by nab1530 at rovers (rarely rover)c1531 hab or nab1542 hitty-missy1553 rovingly1583 haphazard1600 random1619 unsight, unseena1627 happy-be-lucky1633 cross and pile1648 temerariously1669 happy-go-lucky1672 à tort et à travers1749 randomly1765 chance-medley1822 haphazardly1832 willy-nilly1908 by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 47 b Young boyes..which showte in the open and plaine feldes at all aventures hittie missie. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 102^v The hand of Prince Meleager Plaid hittymissie. 1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvii. 319 Howbeit hit-I-misse-I, when was Speculation weake. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tombant levant, well or ill, hittie missie; here or there, one way or other. ?1705 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Char. Priest-craft 27 Hittee missee, happy go lucky, as the blind Man kill'd the Crow. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Hitty-missy, at random; hit or miss. 1897 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 64 357/3. B. adj. Random, haphazard. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > random or haphazard uncertain1303 casualc1460 haphazard1576 roving1577 hazardous1585 chanceful1594 firmless1605 random1655 temerarious1660 aleatory1693 contingent1703 unlawed1789 by the way1846 chancy1860 fluky1880 hitty-missy1885 perchance1891 happenchance1905 happenstance1905 willy-nilly1933 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 May 3 This hitty-missy, ready-go-lucky fashion. 1894 W. T. Stead If Christ came to Chicago 338 The hitty-missy, hugger-mugger fashion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.adj.1553
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