hotted-upadj.

Brit.

/ˌhɒtᵻdˈʌp/, U.S.

/ˌhɑdədˈəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English hotted , hot v., up adv.¹

Etymology: < hotted, past participle of hot v. + up adv.¹, after to hot up at hot v. Phrasal verbs (although this is first attested slightly later in the figurative senses corresponding to sense 1b).

colloquial.

a. That has increased in temperature; that has been warmed up.

ΚΠ

1909 W. Owen Let. 23 Aug. (1967) 55 I did take a holiday, on account of the day being so ‘hotted up’.

1943 I. H. Pearse & L. H. Crocker Peckham Exper. xiv. 250 The husband came home to a hotted-up meal.

2005 B. Gifford Do Blind Dream? 53 ‘I like my meat hotted up,’ said Lilly.

b. figurative. Heated; excited, worked up; intensified.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated

high-wrought1579

feverous1587

tremulous1611

feverish1637

overwound1640

gestient1644

overwrought1648

twittering1648

fevereda1657

tumultuous1667

wrought-up1688

flustered1743

trepidatinga1774

flurried1775

wrought1778

riled1825

tête montée1825

worked up1831

tumultuating1854

trepidant1891

tremorous1897

wroughted1905

goosy1906

hotted-up1923

steamed1923

spooky1926

antsy-pantsy1944

antsy1950

agitato1964

amped1967

wired1970

1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves x. 108 The atmosphere was consequently more or less hotted up when Cyril..breezed down centre.

1940 Chester (Pa.) Times 18 Nov. 18/1 We might come barging in for dinner, like today, all hotted up over Miss Davis' last picture, ‘The Letter’.

1962 Listener 5 Apr. 595/2 The hotted-up economic and ideological conflicts of the latter part of the nineteenth century.

2004 P. D. Casdorph Confederate Gen. R.S. Ewell v. 120 A hotted-up Jackson pleaded with President Davis to give him five thousand men.

2. Of an engine, vehicle, etc.: that has been hotted up; souped-up. Also in extended use. Cf. to hot up 2 at hot v. Phrasal verbs.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > [adjective] > modified to increase power or efficiency

hotted-up1928

souped1931

hopped-up1945

1928 Morning Post 20 Oct. 10/7 This car..is not in any sense a ‘hotted up’ Morris six-cylinder.

1946 A. Lee German Air Force 13 The special hotted-up engines flown by ace pilots.

1960 Guardian 5 Jan. 4/4 Each aerial will be connected to ‘a rather hotted-up radio receiver’. This should tell us more than we know about the appearance of the universe.

1972 G. Lyall Blame the Dead xii. 79 People who drive small, slightly hotted-up cars.

2001 J. Horniman Mahalia iv. 61 He passed through the main street, where kids in hotted-up cars loitered after the pubs had shut.

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

单词	hotted-up
释义	hotted-upadj. Brit. /ˌhɒtᵻdˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌhɑdədˈəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English hotted , hot v., up adv.¹ Etymology: < hotted, past participle of hot v. + up adv.¹, after to hot up at hot v. Phrasal verbs (although this is first attested slightly later in the figurative senses corresponding to sense 1b). colloquial. 1. a. That has increased in temperature; that has been warmed up. ΚΠ 1909 W. Owen Let. 23 Aug. (1967) 55 I did take a holiday, on account of the day being so ‘hotted up’. 1943 I. H. Pearse & L. H. Crocker Peckham Exper. xiv. 250 The husband came home to a hotted-up meal. 2005 B. Gifford Do Blind Dream? 53 ‘I like my meat hotted up,’ said Lilly. b. figurative. Heated; excited, worked up; intensified. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated high-wrought1579 feverous1587 tremulous1611 feverish1637 overwound1640 gestient1644 overwrought1648 twittering1648 fevereda1657 tumultuous1667 wrought-up1688 flustered1743 trepidatinga1774 flurried1775 wrought1778 riled1825 tête montée1825 worked up1831 tumultuating1854 trepidant1891 tremorous1897 wroughted1905 goosy1906 hotted-up1923 steamed1923 spooky1926 antsy-pantsy1944 antsy1950 agitato1964 amped1967 wired1970 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves x. 108 The atmosphere was consequently more or less hotted up when Cyril..breezed down centre. 1940 Chester (Pa.) Times 18 Nov. 18/1 We might come barging in for dinner, like today, all hotted up over Miss Davis' last picture, ‘The Letter’. 1962 Listener 5 Apr. 595/2 The hotted-up economic and ideological conflicts of the latter part of the nineteenth century. 2004 P. D. Casdorph Confederate Gen. R.S. Ewell v. 120 A hotted-up Jackson pleaded with President Davis to give him five thousand men. 2. Of an engine, vehicle, etc.: that has been hotted up; souped-up. Also in extended use. Cf. to hot up 2 at hot v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > [adjective] > modified to increase power or efficiency hotted-up1928 souped1931 hopped-up1945 1928 Morning Post 20 Oct. 10/7 This car..is not in any sense a ‘hotted up’ Morris six-cylinder. 1946 A. Lee German Air Force 13 The special hotted-up engines flown by ace pilots. 1960 Guardian 5 Jan. 4/4 Each aerial will be connected to ‘a rather hotted-up radio receiver’. This should tell us more than we know about the appearance of the universe. 1972 G. Lyall Blame the Dead xii. 79 People who drive small, slightly hotted-up cars. 2001 J. Horniman Mahalia iv. 61 He passed through the main street, where kids in hotted-up cars loitered after the pubs had shut. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1909
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