单词 | mangy |
释义 | mangyadj. 1. Suffering from, or having the appearance of suffering from, the mange; of the nature of or caused by the mange; (formerly also) †scabby (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [adjective] > skin diseases scabbedc1300 mangeda1425 mangya1425 mange1537 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > itching diseases > scabies or mange scabious1603 mangy1647 scabid1822 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xii Anoynt þe hounde þerwith as he is maniewed [a1425 Bodl. manyew, c1425 Vesp. mamewe]. 1515 in C. F. D. Sperling Hist. Sudbury (1896) i. 28 Also that noo person kepe any froyted horses, farsy horses, or mangy horses, swyn, or gees in the same comen. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Div Fol. In faythe there is not a better dogge... Fan. Ye but trowest thou that he be not maungey. ?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. C.iijv A goodly thynge for dogges that be mangy. 1571 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 336 Any kynde of mangy cattle or horses infected wth the glaunders of the chyne. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i. xl. 29 If the Mayne be mangie you shall annoynt it with Butter and Brimstone. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (James i. 25) So shalt thou see thy face..so shamefully sawcy, mangy, pocky and scabbed. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 68 Many Leperous and Mangy Diseases. 1688 Persec. Piedmont 40 By continual lying..these poor People were become so mangy, that their very skin..parted from their Flesh. c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. xlix. 221 Rub the mangy Places gently with a woollen Cloath. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 131 They had a mangey Dog. 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 157 In my last communication, I made a few remarks on Dr. Rowley's ox-faced boy; in my present I propose to give a short account of his mangey girl. 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat 207 A French poodle,..mangy about the middle. 1944 E. Blyton Five run away Together i. 14 A dreadful animal, smaller than Tim, all sort of mangy and moth-eaten. 1988 M. Moorcock Mother London ii. 64 The dog's disintegrating in front of your eyes... It's mangey. 2. In extended use: squalid, poverty-stricken, shabby; sparse, threadbare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > of inferior quality or value or appearance poorc1300 vile1526 mangya1529 fine1565 palterlya1637 scrubby1754 nice1798 shabby1805 waff-like1808 neat1824 chronic1861 tacky1862 shamblya1937 tatty1940 low-rent1966 scrungy1974 a1529 J. Skelton Howe Douty Duke of Albany in Wks. (1568) sig. F.iiiiv Euer to remayne In wretched beggary And maungy misery. 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 32 He [hauynge] nothynge of them agayne but a mangye monkes cowle and hys buryall in Paules. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller 1 Pantofles..mangie at the toes, lyke an Ape about the mouth. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Contrib. to Punch in Wks. (Biog. ed.) VI. 81 The Royal Palace..resembles Newgate whitewashed and standing on a sort of mangy desert. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 172 It is full of bad smells, mangy little shops,..and bad characters. 1860 H. Mayhew Upper Rhine ii. §i. 62 The..gardens are little better than a mangey coppice. 1883 Longman's Mag. July 258 A mangy old cloth coat is preferred. 1886 H. F. Lester Under Two Fig Trees 177 A sprig or two of mangy grass. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) xi. 194 He was wearing a wastepaper basket over his head and shoulders, and..a mangy fur rug was tied round his arms. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. v. 195 The policeman buttoned his tunic over the mangy red sweater. 1978 J. Krantz Scruples iii. 76 Spider wore irresistibly authentic, aphrodisiacally mangy sweat shirts and crew sweaters. 3. figurative. Beggarly, mean, ‘lousy’, contemptible. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation stinking?c1225 misbegetc1325 banned1340 cursefula1382 wariablea1382 cursedc1386 biccheda1400 maledighta1400 vilea1400 accursedc1400 whoresona1450 remauldit?1473 execrable1490 infamous1490 unbicheda1500 jolly1534 bloodyc1540 mangy?1548 pagan1550 damned1563 misbegotten1571 putid1580 desperate1581 excremental1591 inexecrable?1594 sacred1594 putrid1628 sad1664 blasted1682 plagued1728 damnation1757 infernal1764 damn1775 pesky1775 deuced1782 shocking1798 blessed1806 darned1815 dinged1821 anointed1823 goldarn1830 darn1835 cussed1837 blamed1840 unholy1842 verdomde1850 bleeding1858 ghastly1860 goddam1861 blankety1872 blame1876 bastard1877 God-awful1877 dashed1881 sodding1881 bally1885 ungodly1887 blazing1888 dee1889 motherfucking1890 blistering1900 plurry1900 Christly1910 blinking1914 blethering1915 blighted1915 blighting1916 soddish1922 somethinged1922 effing1929 Jesus1929 dagnab1934 bastarding1944 Christless1947 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 pussyclaat1957 mother-grabbing1959 pigging1970 ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iv. sig. Evijv The lorde doth not regarde, Your mangy mutterynge. 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London vi. sig. F1v And..being rubd with quicksiluer, which they loue because they haue mangy consciences. a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppppp2/1 You have abus'd me..such a way that shames the name of husband, Such a malicious mangy way. a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. iii. 124 If some bolder wakes The Mangie Scribe tells what ye Pigeon speakes. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. lxvi. 264 Thou mangy Noddy-peak! 1896 J. K. Snowden Web of Old Weaver x. 127 I cannot see that it much benefits any man to tell him all these mangy quaverings. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 701 We have to be thankful for our mangy cup of tea. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 702 The old mangy parcel he sent at Xmas. 1930 R. Campbell Poems 10 The poet wags his mangy stump of rhyme. 1967 T. Keneally Bring Larks (1974) 138 I'd shoot myself or drop the business of any mangey empire because of the pain of being homeless. 1989 Eagle 2 Dec. 24 Ant-brain Adams! Your mangy trap won't hold me! CompoundsΚΠ 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B4v To shew that you truly loath this polluted and mangy-fisted world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1425 |
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