laidlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈleɪdli/, U.S.

/ˈleɪdli/, Scottish English

/ˈledlɪ/

Forms: Also Middle English laithly, Middle English lathely, 1500s laithlie, 1600s, 1800s laidlie, 1700s laily.

Etymology: Northern variant of loathly adj.

Now Scottish and archaic (with allusion to ballad use).

Offensive, hideous, repulsive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective] > hideous

loathlyc900

grislya1150

hideous1303

unherlyc1325

bysenc1375

vilely1398

laidlya1400

squalid1620

frightful1700

gorgonesque1888

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2406 Sore i me drede, þar we wend bi þis laithly lede.

a1400–50 Alexander 491 He..Lete sa lathely a late.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. viii. 100 Wynis gude Anon returnit into laithlie blude.

1567 Gude & Godly Ball. (S.T.S.) 40 Lickand the fylth furth of his laithlie flesche.

a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 132 With laidlie language, loud and large.

a1800 Laily Worm & Machrel ii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 316/1 She has made me the laily worm, That lies at the fit o the Tree.

1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 177 When first the destrier eyed The laidly thing, it swerved aside.

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur vi. lxvi The laidliest widows find consoling mates.

1878 19th Cent. 992 Her laidly wooer, whose income was better than his looks.

1884 Q. Rev. Apr. 326 Long black boats, outriggered, and manned, as one might think, by a lot of overgrown black spiders, so long, so lank, so ‘laidlie’ are the crew.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	laidly
释义	laidlyadj. Brit. /ˈleɪdli/, U.S. /ˈleɪdli/, Scottish English /ˈledlɪ/ Forms: Also Middle English laithly, Middle English lathely, 1500s laithlie, 1600s, 1800s laidlie, 1700s laily. Etymology: Northern variant of loathly adj. Now Scottish and archaic (with allusion to ballad use). Offensive, hideous, repulsive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective] > hideous loathlyc900 grislya1150 hideous1303 unherlyc1325 bysenc1375 vilely1398 laidlya1400 squalid1620 frightful1700 gorgonesque1888 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2406 Sore i me drede, þar we wend bi þis laithly lede. a1400–50 Alexander 491 He..Lete sa lathely a late. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. viii. 100 Wynis gude Anon returnit into laithlie blude. 1567 Gude & Godly Ball. (S.T.S.) 40 Lickand the fylth furth of his laithlie flesche. a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 132 With laidlie language, loud and large. a1800 Laily Worm & Machrel ii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 316/1 She has made me the laily worm, That lies at the fit o the Tree. 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 177 When first the destrier eyed The laidly thing, it swerved aside. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur vi. lxvi The laidliest widows find consoling mates. 1878 19th Cent. 992 Her laidly wooer, whose income was better than his looks. 1884 Q. Rev. Apr. 326 Long black boats, outriggered, and manned, as one might think, by a lot of overgrown black spiders, so long, so lank, so ‘laidlie’ are the crew. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1400
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