ickyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɪki/, U.S.

/ˈɪki/

Forms: 1900s– icky, 1900s– ikky.

Etymology: Origin uncertain.

colloquial.

A. adj.

a. Jazz. Ignorant (of true swinging jazz and liking the ‘sweet’ kind). U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [adjective] > of jazz, etc.

icky1935

groovy1937

1935 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 71/2 If the straight music is also oversweet, the term icky (a pseudo-baby-patter word, meaning ‘little’) is frequently employed to denote this.

1945 L. Shelly Hepcats Jive Talk Dict. 26/2 Icky vicki, stupid gal.

b. Sweet, sickly, sentimental; hence a general term of disapproval: nasty, repulsive, sticky, etc.; also, ill, sick.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased

untrumc825

sickc888

unwholec888

slackc897

unstronga900

sicklea1000

sam-halea1023

worseOE

attaint1303

languishinga1325

heallessc1374

sicklyc1374

sicklewa1387

bada1393

mishalea1400

languoring?c1425

distempered1440

unwell?c1450

detent?a1475

poora1475

languorousc1475

maladif1481

illa1500

maladiousc1500

wanthriven1508

attainted1509

unsound1513

acrazed1521

cracked1527

unsoundya1529

visited1537

infirmed1552

crazed1555

healthless1568

ill-liking1572

afflicted1574

crazy1576

unhealthful1580

sickish1581

valetudinary1581

not well1587

fainty1590

ill-disposed1596

unhealthsome1598

tainted1600

ill-affected1604

peaking1611

unhealthy1611

infirmited1616

disaffected1626

physical1633

illish1637

pimping1640

invalid1642

misaffected1645

valetudinarious1648

unhale1653

badly1654

unwholesome1655

valetudinous1655

morbulent1656

off the hooksa1658

mawkish1668

morbid1668

unthriven1680

unsane1690

ailing1716

not wellish1737

underlya1742

poorly1750

indifferent1753

comical1755

maladized1790

sober1808

sickened1815

broken-down1816

peaky1821

poorlyish1827

souffrante1827

run-down1831

sicklied1835

addle1844

shaky1844

mean1845

dauncy1846

stricken1846

peakyish1853

po'ly1860

pindling1861

rough1882

rocky1883

suffering1885

wabbit1895

icky-boo1920

like death warmed up1924

icky1938

ropy1945

crappy1956

hanging1971

sick as a parrot1982

shite1987

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective]

sugary1591

maudlina1631

mawkish1702

sickly1766

emetic1770

mawky1773

pamby1820

sentimental1823

saccharine1841

sticky1841

mushy1848

sentimentalizing1856

Christmas card1860

maumish1866

slobbery1875

namby-pamby1883

sloppy1883

slushy1889

sentimentalistic1904

marshmallowy1907

hearts and flowers1911

slobby1913

soppy1918

meltyc1921

lavender1928

saccharescent1930

schmaltzya1934

sloshy1933

gooey1935

icky1938

cheesy1943

drippy1952

soupy1953

squishy1953

saccharined1962

gloopy1965

yechy1969

yucky1970

sucky1971

yuck1971

schmoozy1976

the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [adjective] > disgusting or repulsive

fulsomec1510

distasteful1607

stinkardly1616

reluctant1663

disgustful1678

fulsamic1694

disgusteda1716

disgustive1740

revolting1773

disgustable1787

repulsive1791

disgusting1839

foul1842

vomitorial1868

untouchable1873

icky1938

gross1959

grody1965

yechy1969

yucky1970

yuck1971

yuck-making1972

gross-out1973

skeevy1976

sleazoid1976

skanky1982

festy1995

mug2009

1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn iv. vii. 277 Smoke Jordan tried hard to get him to..maybe take a vacation, Florida's nice. ‘Get yourself wheeled up and down like an icky banker?’

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 555 His wrinkly waste of methylated spirits..and pulverised rhubarbarorum, icky.

1942 D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) x. 229 ‘A pet-shop on the first floor? But Miss Haven! Really!’ gasped Miss Finkelstein. ‘How icky!’

1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer 13 ‘It's just that—oh, I don't know—now everything's so icky.’..Another of her dubious charms. The high-school words.

1959 S. Bellow Henderson Rain King xiv. 200 Under the thickened rain clouds, a heated, darkened breeze sprang up..choky, sultry, icky.

1964 C. Chaplin My Autobiogr. xxi. 352 He must hide his blindness... His stumblings and bumpings into things make the little girl laugh joyously. But that was too ‘icky’.

1964 Harper's Bazaar Nov. 110/2 Roast chestnuts or icky home-made fudge.

1967 H. Hunter Case for Punishment vi. 108 She wears the most fright-ful cardigans. Always some sort of ikky colour—to go with everything, I suppose.

1968 ‘J. Hudson’ Case of Need iv. iii. 239 I'm not hungry... The food tastes icky.

1970 New Yorker 28 Nov. 122/2 We pick out the icky things in men and call them male, and then we say that the woman who has them..we say she's a male-identifier.

1972 R. Quilty Tenth Session 21 A group of ton-up boys dipped their icky fingers in the sugar bowls.

1972 M. Woodhouse Mama Doll ix. 117 I showed him..lots of gore, you know, and he went all green and icky and dashed off.

B. n.

1. A person who is ignorant of true swinging jazz and likes the ‘sweet’ kind. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of jazz > of specific types of jazz

modernist1932

icky1937

ick1942

mouldy fig1945

bebopper1946

skiffler1948

traditionalist1949

bopper1951

West Coaster1954

soulster1961

folkie1966

1937 Amer. Speech 12 180 Musicians unable to swing, and who therefore can only play corn are called ‘long hairs’ and those who enjoy listening to their music are ‘Ickies’. This term implies definite bovine qualities.

1938 Better English Nov. 51/2 Icky, one who is not hip but thinks he is.

1939 Words Oct. 108/1 Ickies..are hicks who'll never be able to tell a sweet from a swing arrangement.

1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz x. 346 Icky (Obsolete), person with poor musical taste.

2. Something which is sickly, disagreeable; sickness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > nausea

wlatingc725

unlusteOE

abominationa1398

flatingnessa1398

indignation1398

wambling1398

wlatness1398

nausea?a1425

walmingc1440

loathsomeness1536

qualming1565

subversion of the stomach1569

queasiness1576

pukishness1581

squeamishnessa1586

distaste1598

nausiness1598

wamble1603

sickness1604

distasting1605

distasture1611

nauseation1628

nauseousness1628

qualmishness1643

nauseating1651

crop-sickness1654

squeasinessa1660

mawkishness1670

qualminess1778

wambliness1900

icky1969

1969 D. Francis Enquiry vii. 88 Poppy's got the morning ickies again. I'll be glad when this lousy pregnancy's over.

Derivatives

Also in extended (and possibly unconnected) expressions.

icky-boo adj. ill (in quot. 1970² written icky-poo).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased

untrumc825

sickc888

unwholec888

slackc897

unstronga900

sicklea1000

sam-halea1023

worseOE

attaint1303

languishinga1325

heallessc1374

sicklyc1374

sicklewa1387

bada1393

mishalea1400

languoring?c1425

distempered1440

unwell?c1450

detent?a1475

poora1475

languorousc1475

maladif1481

illa1500

maladiousc1500

wanthriven1508

attainted1509

unsound1513

acrazed1521

cracked1527

unsoundya1529

visited1537

infirmed1552

crazed1555

healthless1568

ill-liking1572

afflicted1574

crazy1576

unhealthful1580

sickish1581

valetudinary1581

not well1587

fainty1590

ill-disposed1596

unhealthsome1598

tainted1600

ill-affected1604

peaking1611

unhealthy1611

infirmited1616

disaffected1626

physical1633

illish1637

pimping1640

invalid1642

misaffected1645

valetudinarious1648

unhale1653

badly1654

unwholesome1655

valetudinous1655

morbulent1656

off the hooksa1658

mawkish1668

morbid1668

unthriven1680

unsane1690

ailing1716

not wellish1737

underlya1742

poorly1750

indifferent1753

comical1755

maladized1790

sober1808

sickened1815

broken-down1816

peaky1821

poorlyish1827

souffrante1827

run-down1831

sicklied1835

addle1844

shaky1844

mean1845

dauncy1846

stricken1846

peakyish1853

po'ly1860

pindling1861

rough1882

rocky1883

suffering1885

wabbit1895

icky-boo1920

like death warmed up1924

icky1938

ropy1945

crappy1956

hanging1971

sick as a parrot1982

shite1987

1920 ‘Sapper’ Bull-dog Drummond ix. 234 Can it be that my little pet is feeling icky-boo? Face going green—slight perspiration—collar tight.

1930 ‘Sapper’ Finger of Fate 188 The jolly old tum-tum is not icky-boo or anything like that.

1970 ‘B. Mather’ Break in Line v. 57 Call the airline office..and tell 'em you're feeling an icksy bit icky-boo and want a stopover.

1970 New Yorker 14 Nov. 55 (caption) If any..engine conkouts, or fires make you feel icky-poo, you just come and tell.

ickylickysticky adj. unpleasantly sticky.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 544 They blow ickylickysticky yumyum kisses.

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

单词	icky
释义	ickyadj.n. Brit. /ˈɪki/, U.S. /ˈɪki/ Forms: 1900s– icky, 1900s– ikky. Etymology: Origin uncertain. colloquial. A. adj. a. Jazz. Ignorant (of true swinging jazz and liking the ‘sweet’ kind). U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [adjective] > of jazz, etc. icky1935 groovy1937 1935 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 71/2 If the straight music is also oversweet, the term icky (a pseudo-baby-patter word, meaning ‘little’) is frequently employed to denote this. 1945 L. Shelly Hepcats Jive Talk Dict. 26/2 Icky vicki, stupid gal. b. Sweet, sickly, sentimental; hence a general term of disapproval: nasty, repulsive, sticky, etc.; also, ill, sick. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased untrumc825 sickc888 unwholec888 slackc897 unstronga900 sicklea1000 sam-halea1023 worseOE attaint1303 languishinga1325 heallessc1374 sicklyc1374 sicklewa1387 bada1393 mishalea1400 languoring?c1425 distempered1440 unwell?c1450 detent?a1475 poora1475 languorousc1475 maladif1481 illa1500 maladiousc1500 wanthriven1508 attainted1509 unsound1513 acrazed1521 cracked1527 unsoundya1529 visited1537 infirmed1552 crazed1555 healthless1568 ill-liking1572 afflicted1574 crazy1576 unhealthful1580 sickish1581 valetudinary1581 not well1587 fainty1590 ill-disposed1596 unhealthsome1598 tainted1600 ill-affected1604 peaking1611 unhealthy1611 infirmited1616 disaffected1626 physical1633 illish1637 pimping1640 invalid1642 misaffected1645 valetudinarious1648 unhale1653 badly1654 unwholesome1655 valetudinous1655 morbulent1656 off the hooksa1658 mawkish1668 morbid1668 unthriven1680 unsane1690 ailing1716 not wellish1737 underlya1742 poorly1750 indifferent1753 comical1755 maladized1790 sober1808 sickened1815 broken-down1816 peaky1821 poorlyish1827 souffrante1827 run-down1831 sicklied1835 addle1844 shaky1844 mean1845 dauncy1846 stricken1846 peakyish1853 po'ly1860 pindling1861 rough1882 rocky1883 suffering1885 wabbit1895 icky-boo1920 like death warmed up1924 icky1938 ropy1945 crappy1956 hanging1971 sick as a parrot1982 shite1987 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] sugary1591 maudlina1631 mawkish1702 sickly1766 emetic1770 mawky1773 pamby1820 sentimental1823 saccharine1841 sticky1841 mushy1848 sentimentalizing1856 Christmas card1860 maumish1866 slobbery1875 namby-pamby1883 sloppy1883 slushy1889 sentimentalistic1904 marshmallowy1907 hearts and flowers1911 slobby1913 soppy1918 meltyc1921 lavender1928 saccharescent1930 schmaltzya1934 sloshy1933 gooey1935 icky1938 cheesy1943 drippy1952 soupy1953 squishy1953 saccharined1962 gloopy1965 yechy1969 yucky1970 sucky1971 yuck1971 schmoozy1976 the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [adjective] > disgusting or repulsive fulsomec1510 distasteful1607 stinkardly1616 reluctant1663 disgustful1678 fulsamic1694 disgusteda1716 disgustive1740 revolting1773 disgustable1787 repulsive1791 disgusting1839 foul1842 vomitorial1868 untouchable1873 icky1938 gross1959 grody1965 yechy1969 yucky1970 yuck1971 yuck-making1972 gross-out1973 skeevy1976 sleazoid1976 skanky1982 festy1995 mug2009 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn iv. vii. 277 Smoke Jordan tried hard to get him to..maybe take a vacation, Florida's nice. ‘Get yourself wheeled up and down like an icky banker?’ 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 555 His wrinkly waste of methylated spirits..and pulverised rhubarbarorum, icky. 1942 D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) x. 229 ‘A pet-shop on the first floor? But Miss Haven! Really!’ gasped Miss Finkelstein. ‘How icky!’ 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer 13 ‘It's just that—oh, I don't know—now everything's so icky.’..Another of her dubious charms. The high-school words. 1959 S. Bellow Henderson Rain King xiv. 200 Under the thickened rain clouds, a heated, darkened breeze sprang up..choky, sultry, icky. 1964 C. Chaplin My Autobiogr. xxi. 352 He must hide his blindness... His stumblings and bumpings into things make the little girl laugh joyously. But that was too ‘icky’. 1964 Harper's Bazaar Nov. 110/2 Roast chestnuts or icky home-made fudge. 1967 H. Hunter Case for Punishment vi. 108 She wears the most fright-ful cardigans. Always some sort of ikky colour—to go with everything, I suppose. 1968 ‘J. Hudson’ Case of Need iv. iii. 239 I'm not hungry... The food tastes icky. 1970 New Yorker 28 Nov. 122/2 We pick out the icky things in men and call them male, and then we say that the woman who has them..we say she's a male-identifier. 1972 R. Quilty Tenth Session 21 A group of ton-up boys dipped their icky fingers in the sugar bowls. 1972 M. Woodhouse Mama Doll ix. 117 I showed him..lots of gore, you know, and he went all green and icky and dashed off. B. n. 1. A person who is ignorant of true swinging jazz and likes the ‘sweet’ kind. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of jazz > of specific types of jazz modernist1932 icky1937 ick1942 mouldy fig1945 bebopper1946 skiffler1948 traditionalist1949 bopper1951 West Coaster1954 soulster1961 folkie1966 1937 Amer. Speech 12 180 Musicians unable to swing, and who therefore can only play corn are called ‘long hairs’ and those who enjoy listening to their music are ‘Ickies’. This term implies definite bovine qualities. 1938 Better English Nov. 51/2 Icky, one who is not hip but thinks he is. 1939 Words Oct. 108/1 Ickies..are hicks who'll never be able to tell a sweet from a swing arrangement. 1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz x. 346 Icky (Obsolete), person with poor musical taste. 2. Something which is sickly, disagreeable; sickness. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > nausea wlatingc725 unlusteOE abominationa1398 flatingnessa1398 indignation1398 wambling1398 wlatness1398 nausea?a1425 walmingc1440 loathsomeness1536 qualming1565 subversion of the stomach1569 queasiness1576 pukishness1581 squeamishnessa1586 distaste1598 nausiness1598 wamble1603 sickness1604 distasting1605 distasture1611 nauseation1628 nauseousness1628 qualmishness1643 nauseating1651 crop-sickness1654 squeasinessa1660 mawkishness1670 qualminess1778 wambliness1900 icky1969 1969 D. Francis Enquiry vii. 88 Poppy's got the morning ickies again. I'll be glad when this lousy pregnancy's over. Derivatives Also in extended (and possibly unconnected) expressions. icky-boo adj. ill (in quot. 1970² written icky-poo). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased untrumc825 sickc888 unwholec888 slackc897 unstronga900 sicklea1000 sam-halea1023 worseOE attaint1303 languishinga1325 heallessc1374 sicklyc1374 sicklewa1387 bada1393 mishalea1400 languoring?c1425 distempered1440 unwell?c1450 detent?a1475 poora1475 languorousc1475 maladif1481 illa1500 maladiousc1500 wanthriven1508 attainted1509 unsound1513 acrazed1521 cracked1527 unsoundya1529 visited1537 infirmed1552 crazed1555 healthless1568 ill-liking1572 afflicted1574 crazy1576 unhealthful1580 sickish1581 valetudinary1581 not well1587 fainty1590 ill-disposed1596 unhealthsome1598 tainted1600 ill-affected1604 peaking1611 unhealthy1611 infirmited1616 disaffected1626 physical1633 illish1637 pimping1640 invalid1642 misaffected1645 valetudinarious1648 unhale1653 badly1654 unwholesome1655 valetudinous1655 morbulent1656 off the hooksa1658 mawkish1668 morbid1668 unthriven1680 unsane1690 ailing1716 not wellish1737 underlya1742 poorly1750 indifferent1753 comical1755 maladized1790 sober1808 sickened1815 broken-down1816 peaky1821 poorlyish1827 souffrante1827 run-down1831 sicklied1835 addle1844 shaky1844 mean1845 dauncy1846 stricken1846 peakyish1853 po'ly1860 pindling1861 rough1882 rocky1883 suffering1885 wabbit1895 icky-boo1920 like death warmed up1924 icky1938 ropy1945 crappy1956 hanging1971 sick as a parrot1982 shite1987 1920 ‘Sapper’ Bull-dog Drummond ix. 234 Can it be that my little pet is feeling icky-boo? Face going green—slight perspiration—collar tight. 1930 ‘Sapper’ Finger of Fate 188 The jolly old tum-tum is not icky-boo or anything like that. 1970 ‘B. Mather’ Break in Line v. 57 Call the airline office..and tell 'em you're feeling an icksy bit icky-boo and want a stopover. 1970 New Yorker 14 Nov. 55 (caption) If any..engine conkouts, or fires make you feel icky-poo, you just come and tell. ickylickysticky adj. unpleasantly sticky.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 544 They blow ickylickysticky yumyum kisses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1920
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