linylineyadj.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪni/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪni/

Etymology: < line n.² + -y suffix¹.

1. Of the nature of or resembling a line or streak, thin, meagre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > linearity > [adjective]

linear1642

linya1807

a1807 J. Opie Lect. on Painting (1809) 30 Somewhat that is stiff, crude, liney, and harsh in respect to anatomy.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 207 The narrow liny clouds, which a few minutes ago lay like soft vapoury streaks along the horizon.

1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 146 The architraves..are cut away, and made to look weak and liny.

1855 Ecclesiologist 16 365 It looks thin, ‘liney’, and attenuated.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. viii. 97 Shaping their eyes long and liny, partly because of the light.

2. Full of lines, marked with lines.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > marking > [adjective] > with lines

lineatea1643

struck1678

lined1776

scored1793

liny1817

society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > [adjective] > full of or marked with lines

liny1817

1817 J. Keats Sleep & Poetry 364 Then there rose to view a fane Of liny marble.

1835 T. Walker Original No. 6. 80 The brooding affections of the mind..make the countenance fallen, pale, and liny.

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iii. 90 The leaf being..rendered liny by bold markings of its ribs.

1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 356/2 To give the grounding a liney appearance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	liny
释义	linylineyadj. Brit. /ˈlʌɪni/, U.S. /ˈlaɪni/ Etymology: < line n.² + -y suffix¹. 1. Of the nature of or resembling a line or streak, thin, meagre. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > linearity > [adjective] linear1642 linya1807 a1807 J. Opie Lect. on Painting (1809) 30 Somewhat that is stiff, crude, liney, and harsh in respect to anatomy. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 207 The narrow liny clouds, which a few minutes ago lay like soft vapoury streaks along the horizon. 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 146 The architraves..are cut away, and made to look weak and liny. 1855 Ecclesiologist 16 365 It looks thin, ‘liney’, and attenuated. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. viii. 97 Shaping their eyes long and liny, partly because of the light. 2. Full of lines, marked with lines. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > [adjective] > with lines lineatea1643 struck1678 lined1776 scored1793 liny1817 society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > [adjective] > full of or marked with lines liny1817 1817 J. Keats Sleep & Poetry 364 Then there rose to view a fane Of liny marble. 1835 T. Walker Original No. 6. 80 The brooding affections of the mind..make the countenance fallen, pale, and liny. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iii. 90 The leaf being..rendered liny by bold markings of its ribs. 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 356/2 To give the grounding a liney appearance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1807
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