moth-eatenadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒθˌiːtn/, U.S.

/ˈmɔθˌitn/,

/ˈmɑθˌitn/

Forms: see moth n.¹ and eat v.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moth n.¹, eaten.

Etymology: < moth n.¹ + eaten, past participle of eat v. Compare earlier moth-fretten adj.

Eaten away or destroyed by or as by moths; (of a person, clothing, etc.) shabby. Also: antiquated, time-worn.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > moth-eaten

moth-frettenOE

moth-eatenc1400

mothy1598

mochy1825

mothed1835

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated

moth-frettenOE

antiquate?a1425

antique?1532

rusty1549

moth-eaten1551

musty1575

worm-eatenc1575

overyear1584

out of date1589

old-fashioned1592

out of date1592

worm-eat1597

old-fashion1599

ancient1601

outdated1616

out-of-fashion1623

over-aged1623

superannuateda1634

thorough-old1639

overdateda1641

trunk-hosea1643

antiquitated1645

antiquated1654

out-of-fashioned1671

unmodern1731

of the old school1749

auld-farrant1750

old-fangled1764

fossila1770

fogram1772

passé1775

unmodernized1775

oxidated1791

moss-covered1792

square-toeda1797

old-fashionable1807

pigtail1817

behind the times1826

slow1827

fossilized1828

rococo1836

antiquish1838

old-timey1850

out of season1850

moss-grown1851

old style1858

antiqued1859

pigtaily1859

prehistoric1859

backdated1862

played1864

fossiled1866

bygone1869

mossy-backed1870

old-worldly1878

past-time1889

outmoded1896

dated1900

brontosaurian1909

antiquey1926

horse-and-buggy1926

vintage1928

Neolithic1934

time-warped1938

demoded1941

steam age1941

hairy1946

old school1946

rinky-dink1946

time warp1954

Palaeolithic1957

retardataire1958

throwback1968

wally1969

antwacky1975

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 362 Owre bakkes, i. panni, þat moth-eten be.

1442 Inventory in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries London (1870–3) 5 121 (MED) ij bankers lyned with Canvas of Cowchid Werke moghteten..vj quisshenes of rede and grene, old and moghteten.

?a1475 Lessons of Dirige (Douce) 278 in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 130 (MED) The whyche as rotyng shall consume, And fare as mowthe-eten cloth.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Aiii Whatsoeuer is not stuffed full of olde moughteaten wordes.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 211 He..was reading on an old motheaten booke.

1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. in Wks. (1885) VIII. 28 Away I scudded in the musty moth-eaten habit.

a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1880) III. 85 Sufficient motiue to moue the moat-eaten conferences of these poysonall anti-Catholicks.

1750 G. G. Beekman Let. 3 Dec. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 135 Remnants of Shop goods and most of them much MothEaten and not Genuinely Charged.

1796 M. Robinson Angelina I. 241 Like a bale of cotton..grown yellow by keeping, and moth-eaten by ill-nature.

1809 E. S. Barrett Setting Sun I. 28 The old system is moth-eaten, and kings have had a severe lesson.

1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. x The mortality symbolised by the poor moth-eaten clothes.

1910 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 5/2 Even in its modern application the use of hot air is vividly reminiscent of the Montgolfier age... The process is a moth-eaten one.

1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xii. 146 A night's rest had effected no improvement... He was looking rather more moth-eaten than when I had seen him last.

1952 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 35/1 (advt.) ‘I won't promenade all over town in this moth-eaten red union suit!’ thundered Elmer.

1984 L. Deighton Mexico Set xii. 216 Lothar Koch was a small motheaten man, with dark-ringed troubled eyes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moth-eaten
释义	moth-eatenadj. Brit. /ˈmɒθˌiːtn/, U.S. /ˈmɔθˌitn/, /ˈmɑθˌitn/ Forms: see moth n.¹ and eat v. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moth n.¹, eaten. Etymology: < moth n.¹ + eaten, past participle of eat v. Compare earlier moth-fretten adj. Eaten away or destroyed by or as by moths; (of a person, clothing, etc.) shabby. Also: antiquated, time-worn. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > moth-eaten moth-frettenOE moth-eatenc1400 mothy1598 mochy1825 mothed1835 the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated moth-frettenOE antiquate?a1425 antique?1532 rusty1549 moth-eaten1551 musty1575 worm-eatenc1575 overyear1584 out of date1589 old-fashioned1592 out of date1592 worm-eat1597 old-fashion1599 ancient1601 outdated1616 out-of-fashion1623 over-aged1623 superannuateda1634 thorough-old1639 overdateda1641 trunk-hosea1643 antiquitated1645 antiquated1654 out-of-fashioned1671 unmodern1731 of the old school1749 auld-farrant1750 old-fangled1764 fossila1770 fogram1772 passé1775 unmodernized1775 oxidated1791 moss-covered1792 square-toeda1797 old-fashionable1807 pigtail1817 behind the times1826 slow1827 fossilized1828 rococo1836 antiquish1838 old-timey1850 out of season1850 moss-grown1851 old style1858 antiqued1859 pigtaily1859 prehistoric1859 backdated1862 played1864 fossiled1866 bygone1869 mossy-backed1870 old-worldly1878 past-time1889 outmoded1896 dated1900 brontosaurian1909 antiquey1926 horse-and-buggy1926 vintage1928 Neolithic1934 time-warped1938 demoded1941 steam age1941 hairy1946 old school1946 rinky-dink1946 time warp1954 Palaeolithic1957 retardataire1958 throwback1968 wally1969 antwacky1975 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 362 Owre bakkes, i. panni, þat moth-eten be. 1442 Inventory in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries London (1870–3) 5 121 (MED) ij bankers lyned with Canvas of Cowchid Werke moghteten..vj quisshenes of rede and grene, old and moghteten. ?a1475 Lessons of Dirige (Douce) 278 in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 130 (MED) The whyche as rotyng shall consume, And fare as mowthe-eten cloth. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Aiii Whatsoeuer is not stuffed full of olde moughteaten wordes. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 211 He..was reading on an old motheaten booke. 1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. in Wks. (1885) VIII. 28 Away I scudded in the musty moth-eaten habit. a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1880) III. 85 Sufficient motiue to moue the moat-eaten conferences of these poysonall anti-Catholicks. 1750 G. G. Beekman Let. 3 Dec. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 135 Remnants of Shop goods and most of them much MothEaten and not Genuinely Charged. 1796 M. Robinson Angelina I. 241 Like a bale of cotton..grown yellow by keeping, and moth-eaten by ill-nature. 1809 E. S. Barrett Setting Sun I. 28 The old system is moth-eaten, and kings have had a severe lesson. 1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. x The mortality symbolised by the poor moth-eaten clothes. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 5/2 Even in its modern application the use of hot air is vividly reminiscent of the Montgolfier age... The process is a moth-eaten one. 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xii. 146 A night's rest had effected no improvement... He was looking rather more moth-eaten than when I had seen him last. 1952 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 35/1 (advt.) ‘I won't promenade all over town in this moth-eaten red union suit!’ thundered Elmer. 1984 L. Deighton Mexico Set xii. 216 Lothar Koch was a small motheaten man, with dark-ringed troubled eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1400
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