kexyadj.

Forms: Also 1600s kecksie, 1800s dialect kecksy, kiskie.

Etymology: < kex n. + -y suffix¹. Compare kecky adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈkexy.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

Like a kex; dry and brittle; withered, sapless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > of the nature of hollow stem or kex

kexy1641

kecky1685

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile

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froughc1275

brisel1303

brocklec1315

brittlea1382

fraila1382

brotelc1384

frangiblec1440

frushing1488

bruckle1513

brash1566

breakable1570

weak1581

glassya1591

brake1600

frushy1610

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kexy1641

brickly1670

cracky1725

fractile1727

frush1802

slattery1829

crackable1862

snappable1866

smashable1884

spaulty1895

1641 tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) iv. iv. 230 Thou shalt..play no longer thy proud Kinglings Part On such a Kixey stage.

a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) f. 158^v His kecksie carkass was made to ride..with his face to the horse tail.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vi. x. 240 The Earth..will become more kexy, and loose of its Solidity.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Kisky, dry, juiceless, husky.

1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) (at cited word) Celery, when it is inclined to run up to stalks, would be called ‘very kecksy’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	kexy
释义	kexyadj. Forms: Also 1600s kecksie, 1800s dialect kecksy, kiskie. Etymology: < kex n. + -y suffix¹. Compare kecky adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈkexy. Obsolete exc. dialect. Like a kex; dry and brittle; withered, sapless. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > of the nature of hollow stem or kex kexy1641 kecky1685 the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile bricklec1225 froughc1275 brisel1303 brocklec1315 brittlea1382 fraila1382 brotelc1384 frangiblec1440 frushing1488 bruckle1513 brash1566 breakable1570 weak1581 glassya1591 brake1600 frushy1610 fragilea1616 kexy1641 brickly1670 cracky1725 fractile1727 frush1802 slattery1829 crackable1862 snappable1866 smashable1884 spaulty1895 1641 tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) iv. iv. 230 Thou shalt..play no longer thy proud Kinglings Part On such a Kixey stage. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) f. 158^v His kecksie carkass was made to ride..with his face to the horse tail. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vi. x. 240 The Earth..will become more kexy, and loose of its Solidity. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Kisky, dry, juiceless, husky. 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) (at cited word) Celery, when it is inclined to run up to stalks, would be called ‘very kecksy’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1641
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