arrowyadj.

Brit.

/ˈarəʊi/, U.S.

/ˈɛrəwi/

Forms: see arrow n. and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: arrow n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < arrow n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Full of or abounding in arrows; consisting of arrows.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective]

arrowy?1615

sagittal1656

sagittarya1682

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s)

tootheda1387

tatteredc1394

beaked1589

toothy1611

beaking1679

spiked1681

sworded1681

pronged1707

spiky1720

teethful1729

sharp-pointed1748

spiculated1762

arrowy1791

nibbed1794

shark-toothed1794

tusky1830

spicant1867

spurry1875

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxi. 320 The crooked Bowe, and Arrowy quiuer.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 323 Sharp sleet of arrowie shower[s] .

1771 R. Colvill Caledonian Heroine i. 12 Thick from the walls, the iron show'r Of arrowy sleet and missils came.

1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 11 The arrowy throne of rising Morn.

1810 Monthly Mag. Apr. 210/2 On the helmet rings the arrowy hail.

1864 Earl of Derby tr. Homer Iliad i. 60 On man the last, Was poured the arrowy storm.

1913 H. A. Guerber Bk. of Epic Mahabharata 443 The wounded general..still lay on his arrowy bed in the battle-field.

1994 Guardian 29 Oct. (Guide Suppl.) 20/3 A really nasty arrowy death-scene.

a. Resembling an arrow in appearance; arrow-shaped.Quot. 1637 may also be interpreted as senses 2b or 2c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and

spear-like1567

styliform1578

styliformed1578

lance-like1579

arrowy1637

needle-like1672

needly1694

spiculated1745

lanceolated1752

subulated1752

subulate1757

lanceolate1760

toothpick1761

spear-shaped1763

lance-shaped1776

hastate1777

needle-formed1784

needled1786

needle-shaped1786

subuliform1804

aciform?a1808

needle-form1807

spicular1813

hastiformc1820

speary1821

splintery1836

aiguillesque1856

fleam-shaped1856

toothpick-shaped1905

1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dialogues & Dramma's 196 Our well-tride Nymphs..thrild their arrowie Iavelins after him.

1768 H. Downman Land of Muses 29 She upward shot like to an arrowy flame.

1791 J. West Misc. Poems 74 The moon..Tipp'd with silver the arrowy pine.

1821 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. V. ii. xxiv. 623 The arrowy branches of the palm-trees.

1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile vi. 151 Clustered cupolas and arrowy minarets.

1950 R. Macdonald Drowning Pool xx. 184 There were..arrowy racing sloops and broad-beamed Monterey fishing-boats.

1977 Vogue Sept. 108/2 The hairdresser pats her arrowy figure smugly.

2013 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 22 Apr. Pinus attenuata is a small, slender, arrowy tree.

b. Resembling an arrow in action, effect, etc.; piercing, keen, penetrating.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > vigorous or intense in operation

strongeOE

smartc1300

steevec1300

keen1340

piercinga1400

perceantc1400

forta1513

incisive1528

vigorous1548

forcible1555

emphatical1581

searching1590

nervous1616

strenuous1632

arrowy1650

intent1650

urging1658

sinewous1663

emphatic1689

drastic1808

needling1839

shrewd1842

gimlet1894

1650 E. Williams Virgo Triumphans (new ed.) sig. I3^v The Sun's hostility & arrowy beams.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 28 Arrowy frosts, That pierce through flinty rocks.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 271 The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue.

1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 22 Violets..dart their arrowy odour through the brain.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 118 Arrowy words, each one hitting its mark.

1925 Amer. Mercury Oct. p. lii (advt.) An arrowy perfection, a perfect economy which makes each lucid, simply written page a sheer delight.

1994 L. Dunlop tr. A. Sakaguchi in Autumn Wind 159 The dull silver bombers that, scissored by arrowy shafts of light, had burst into view in the dark skies of wartime.

1997 Washington Post 19 Oct. c5/1 A fabled operator..with an arrowy mind.

c. Resembling an arrow in speed or motion; swift, darting.In quot. 1797: (of speed) characteristic or typical of an arrow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving with sudden speed or darting

scautanda1400

lashing14..

launchanta1500

shooting1535

flitting1620

darting1664

jetting1694

arrowy1797

jaculatorial1856

fuel-injected1963

1797 C. Fox tr. A. Ahmad Aks-i partaw: Series of Poems 223 Hope hurrying fled With more than arrowy speed.

1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III lxxi. 40 By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone.

1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xxi. 275 Homeward shoots the arrowy swallow.

1912 Nation 7 Nov. 438/1 There are kingfishers in arrowy flight.

1947 R. Jeffers in Poetry Oct. 9 The birds went up from the islands, the soaring gulls, laborious pelicans, arrowy cormorants, a screaming And wheeling sky.

2014 Guardian (Nexis) 30 May Small dynamo turns, and neat, arrowy jumps.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	arrowy
释义	arrowyadj. Brit. /ˈarəʊi/, U.S. /ˈɛrəwi/ Forms: see arrow n. and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: arrow n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < arrow n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Full of or abounding in arrows; consisting of arrows. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective] arrowy?1615 sagittal1656 sagittarya1682 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) tootheda1387 tatteredc1394 beaked1589 toothy1611 beaking1679 spiked1681 sworded1681 pronged1707 spiky1720 teethful1729 sharp-pointed1748 spiculated1762 arrowy1791 nibbed1794 shark-toothed1794 tusky1830 spicant1867 spurry1875 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxi. 320 The crooked Bowe, and Arrowy quiuer. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 323 Sharp sleet of arrowie shower[s] . View more context for this quotation 1771 R. Colvill Caledonian Heroine i. 12 Thick from the walls, the iron show'r Of arrowy sleet and missils came. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 11 The arrowy throne of rising Morn. 1810 Monthly Mag. Apr. 210/2 On the helmet rings the arrowy hail. 1864 Earl of Derby tr. Homer Iliad i. 60 On man the last, Was poured the arrowy storm. 1913 H. A. Guerber Bk. of Epic Mahabharata 443 The wounded general..still lay on his arrowy bed in the battle-field. 1994 Guardian 29 Oct. (Guide Suppl.) 20/3 A really nasty arrowy death-scene. 2. a. Resembling an arrow in appearance; arrow-shaped.Quot. 1637 may also be interpreted as senses 2b or 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and spear-like1567 styliform1578 styliformed1578 lance-like1579 arrowy1637 needle-like1672 needly1694 spiculated1745 lanceolated1752 subulated1752 subulate1757 lanceolate1760 toothpick1761 spear-shaped1763 lance-shaped1776 hastate1777 needle-formed1784 needled1786 needle-shaped1786 subuliform1804 aciform?a1808 needle-form1807 spicular1813 hastiformc1820 speary1821 splintery1836 aiguillesque1856 fleam-shaped1856 toothpick-shaped1905 1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dialogues & Dramma's 196 Our well-tride Nymphs..thrild their arrowie Iavelins after him. 1768 H. Downman Land of Muses 29 She upward shot like to an arrowy flame. 1791 J. West Misc. Poems 74 The moon..Tipp'd with silver the arrowy pine. 1821 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. V. ii. xxiv. 623 The arrowy branches of the palm-trees. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile vi. 151 Clustered cupolas and arrowy minarets. 1950 R. Macdonald Drowning Pool xx. 184 There were..arrowy racing sloops and broad-beamed Monterey fishing-boats. 1977 Vogue Sept. 108/2 The hairdresser pats her arrowy figure smugly. 2013 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 22 Apr. Pinus attenuata is a small, slender, arrowy tree. b. Resembling an arrow in action, effect, etc.; piercing, keen, penetrating.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > vigorous or intense in operation strongeOE smartc1300 steevec1300 keen1340 piercinga1400 perceantc1400 forta1513 incisive1528 vigorous1548 forcible1555 emphatical1581 searching1590 nervous1616 strenuous1632 arrowy1650 intent1650 urging1658 sinewous1663 emphatic1689 drastic1808 needling1839 shrewd1842 gimlet1894 1650 E. Williams Virgo Triumphans (new ed.) sig. I3^v The Sun's hostility & arrowy beams. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 28 Arrowy frosts, That pierce through flinty rocks. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 271 The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue. 1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 22 Violets..dart their arrowy odour through the brain. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 118 Arrowy words, each one hitting its mark. 1925 Amer. Mercury Oct. p. lii (advt.) An arrowy perfection, a perfect economy which makes each lucid, simply written page a sheer delight. 1994 L. Dunlop tr. A. Sakaguchi in Autumn Wind 159 The dull silver bombers that, scissored by arrowy shafts of light, had burst into view in the dark skies of wartime. 1997 Washington Post 19 Oct. c5/1 A fabled operator..with an arrowy mind. c. Resembling an arrow in speed or motion; swift, darting.In quot. 1797: (of speed) characteristic or typical of an arrow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving with sudden speed or darting scautanda1400 lashing14.. launchanta1500 shooting1535 flitting1620 darting1664 jetting1694 arrowy1797 jaculatorial1856 fuel-injected1963 1797 C. Fox tr. A. Ahmad Aks-i partaw: Series of Poems 223 Hope hurrying fled With more than arrowy speed. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III lxxi. 40 By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xxi. 275 Homeward shoots the arrowy swallow. 1912 Nation 7 Nov. 438/1 There are kingfishers in arrowy flight. 1947 R. Jeffers in Poetry Oct. 9 The birds went up from the islands, the soaring gulls, laborious pelicans, arrowy cormorants, a screaming And wheeling sky. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 30 May Small dynamo turns, and neat, arrowy jumps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1615
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