laggyadj.

Brit.

/ˈlaɡi/, U.S.

/ˈlæɡi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lag n.¹, lag v.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < either lag n.¹ or lag v.² + -y suffix¹.

colloquial.

1. Chiefly North American. Sluggish, listless, indolent.

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1860 N.Y. Herald 25 Apr. 10/2 He appears perfectly incapable of strong fighting. Gribbin was slow, laggy and pointless; while his adversary was active and stubborn.

1884 C. A. J. Farrar Wild Woods Life iii. 70 The day was perfect; hot and pleasant, with just enough of a west wind blowing to..keep them from feeling laggy.

1934 Times 28 Dec. 13/1 (advt.) Before I started on my first bottle [of Kruschen Salts] I felt so tired out and laggy all the while.

1956 ‘S. O'Brien’ Farewell Stranger v. 67 He..broke off a small whip... ‘You can walk behind Dawn and keep her moving along steady with this if she gets laggy on me,’ he said.

2000 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times 29 Jan. a14 The injury did not allow him to exercise and ‘I just felt kind of dull and laggy.’

2. Esp. of a computer or a computer game, program, etc.: characterized by a lag or delay in response; slow to react or perform a particular function.

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1991 NASA Technol. Choices in sci.virtual-worlds (Usenet newsgroup) 4 Mar. The problem is that when using very ‘laggy’ control systems the operator is kept at a high mental tension.

1992 Cyberworld Thoughts from Player POV in rec.games.mud.lp (Usenet newsgroup) 1 Mar. Biggest Gribe [sic] about CyberWorld... It is slow i dont mean laggy say or just a little delayed i mean slow!

1998 Game Developer July 28 When a game feels laggy..well, everybody knows that modems are slow.

2003 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 Sept. 7 It lets you frame more accurately, but is a little laggy for catching fast action.

2016 Wired Jan. 86/3 Anyone who has tried to have a conversation over a laggy Skype connection will have a sense of the problem.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	laggy
释义	laggyadj. Brit. /ˈlaɡi/, U.S. /ˈlæɡi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lag n.¹, lag v.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < either lag n.¹ or lag v.² + -y suffix¹. colloquial. 1. Chiefly North American. Sluggish, listless, indolent. ΚΠ 1860 N.Y. Herald 25 Apr. 10/2 He appears perfectly incapable of strong fighting. Gribbin was slow, laggy and pointless; while his adversary was active and stubborn. 1884 C. A. J. Farrar Wild Woods Life iii. 70 The day was perfect; hot and pleasant, with just enough of a west wind blowing to..keep them from feeling laggy. 1934 Times 28 Dec. 13/1 (advt.) Before I started on my first bottle [of Kruschen Salts] I felt so tired out and laggy all the while. 1956 ‘S. O'Brien’ Farewell Stranger v. 67 He..broke off a small whip... ‘You can walk behind Dawn and keep her moving along steady with this if she gets laggy on me,’ he said. 2000 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times 29 Jan. a14 The injury did not allow him to exercise and ‘I just felt kind of dull and laggy.’ 2. Esp. of a computer or a computer game, program, etc.: characterized by a lag or delay in response; slow to react or perform a particular function. ΚΠ 1991 NASA Technol. Choices in sci.virtual-worlds (Usenet newsgroup) 4 Mar. The problem is that when using very ‘laggy’ control systems the operator is kept at a high mental tension. 1992 Cyberworld Thoughts from Player POV in rec.games.mud.lp (Usenet newsgroup) 1 Mar. Biggest Gribe [sic] about CyberWorld... It is slow i dont mean laggy say or just a little delayed i mean slow! 1998 Game Developer July 28 When a game feels laggy..well, everybody knows that modems are slow. 2003 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 Sept. 7 It lets you frame more accurately, but is a little laggy for catching fast action. 2016 Wired Jan. 86/3 Anyone who has tried to have a conversation over a laggy Skype connection will have a sense of the problem. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1860
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