lopsidedadj.

Brit.

/ˌlɒpˈsʌɪdᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈlɑpˌsaɪdᵻd/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s lapsided, 1800s lobsided; also lop-sided.

Etymology: < lop n.⁶ or lop v.² + side n.¹ + -ed suffix².

a. That lops or appears to lop or lean on or towards one side; having one side lower or smaller than the other. Originally Nautical (of a ship): Disproportionately heavy on one side; unevenly balanced.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > asymmetrical or misproportioned

misproportioned1552

asymmetral1615

eccentric1647

incommensurate1650

asymmetrous1661

asymmetrical1690

lopsided1711

uncertain1742

unsymmetrical1755

one-sided1857

alop1865

asymmetric1878

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > not seaworthy or unstable

walt1539

crank-sided1626

crank1696

walty1702

over-floaty1705

lopsided1711

tender1723

innavigable1755

unseaworthy1820

sick1854

cranky1861

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 27 You will certainly have the Misfortune of a lapsided Ship.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Lap-sided, the state of a ship, which is built in such a manner as to have one side heavier than the other.

1820 W. M. Praed Surly Hall 221 He drew me once..('twas lopsided, And squinted worse than ever I did).

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. viii. 280 An odd, lop-sided, one-eyed kind of wooden building.

1878 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing 356 Dict. Lob Sided, larger or heavier on one side than on the other.

1901 Athenæum 10 Aug. 198/1 The church..was..lop-sided, as one aisle..was narrower than the other.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. x. 159 The sooner we get the balance [of classes] equal the better; for its rather lopsided just now, no one can deny.

1868 J. R. Green Lett. (1901) ii. 200 The..article..is very lop-sided and unfair.

1891 F. W. Newman Life J. H. Newman 11 So lobsided morality, if propounded in a Mormon Bible or by a Hottentot Potentate, would be spurned as self-confuted.

Derivatives

lopˈsidedly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > asymmetrically

eccentricallya1687

unsymmetrically1755

asymmetrically1877

lopsidedly1896

1896 National Observer 21 Mar. 561/1 A turban..hanging lopsidedly over one ear.

lopˈsidedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > asymmetry

dextrality1646

asymmetry1664

one-sidedness1830

lopsidedness1843

dissymmetry1844

unsymmetry1867

sidedness1888

1843 H. James Let. 11 May in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. 46 Thought heaped up to topheaviness and inevitable lopsidedness.

1875 J. Lukin Carpentry & Joinery 76 A degree of instability or lop~sidedness which should not exist.

1946 Nature 21 Dec. 890/2 He makes, incidentally, a powerful case for some attempt to redress the lopsidedness of scientific advance.

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

单词	lopsided
释义	lopsidedadj. Brit. /ˌlɒpˈsʌɪdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈlɑpˌsaɪdᵻd/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s lapsided, 1800s lobsided; also lop-sided. Etymology: < lop n.⁶ or lop v.² + side n.¹ + -ed suffix². a. That lops or appears to lop or lean on or towards one side; having one side lower or smaller than the other. Originally Nautical (of a ship): Disproportionately heavy on one side; unevenly balanced. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > asymmetrical or misproportioned misproportioned1552 asymmetral1615 eccentric1647 incommensurate1650 asymmetrous1661 asymmetrical1690 lopsided1711 uncertain1742 unsymmetrical1755 one-sided1857 alop1865 asymmetric1878 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > not seaworthy or unstable walt1539 crank-sided1626 crank1696 walty1702 over-floaty1705 lopsided1711 tender1723 innavigable1755 unseaworthy1820 sick1854 cranky1861 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 27 You will certainly have the Misfortune of a lapsided Ship. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Lap-sided, the state of a ship, which is built in such a manner as to have one side heavier than the other. 1820 W. M. Praed Surly Hall 221 He drew me once..('twas lopsided, And squinted worse than ever I did). 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. viii. 280 An odd, lop-sided, one-eyed kind of wooden building. 1878 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing 356 Dict. Lob Sided, larger or heavier on one side than on the other. 1901 Athenæum 10 Aug. 198/1 The church..was..lop-sided, as one aisle..was narrower than the other. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. x. 159 The sooner we get the balance [of classes] equal the better; for its rather lopsided just now, no one can deny. 1868 J. R. Green Lett. (1901) ii. 200 The..article..is very lop-sided and unfair. 1891 F. W. Newman Life J. H. Newman 11 So lobsided morality, if propounded in a Mormon Bible or by a Hottentot Potentate, would be spurned as self-confuted. Derivatives lopˈsidedly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > asymmetrically eccentricallya1687 unsymmetrically1755 asymmetrically1877 lopsidedly1896 1896 National Observer 21 Mar. 561/1 A turban..hanging lopsidedly over one ear. lopˈsidedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > asymmetry dextrality1646 asymmetry1664 one-sidedness1830 lopsidedness1843 dissymmetry1844 unsymmetry1867 sidedness1888 1843 H. James Let. 11 May in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. 46 Thought heaped up to topheaviness and inevitable lopsidedness. 1875 J. Lukin Carpentry & Joinery 76 A degree of instability or lop~sidedness which should not exist. 1946 Nature 21 Dec. 890/2 He makes, incidentally, a powerful case for some attempt to redress the lopsidedness of scientific advance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1711
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