mothyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɒθi/, U.S.

/ˈmɔθi/,

/ˈmɑθi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s mothie, 1500s– mothy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moth n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < moth n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

Infested with moths, moth-eaten; characterized by the presence of moths; reminiscent or suggestive of a moth, resembling the movements of the wings of a moth.Apparently unattested in 18th cent.

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 > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [adjective] > of or relating to a moth > characterized by moths

mothy1898

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mothie, full of mothes or wormes.

1613 N. Breton Vncasing Machiuils Instr. 16 Raile on a Broker whose clothes are mothie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 48 His horse hip'd with an olde mothy saddle, and stirrops of no kindred.

1651 A. Weamys Contin. Sydney's Arcadia 125 Her little apprehension had alreadie seized on Philoclea's glittering Gown, and she imagined it hung upon her mothie Karkass.

1855 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass 89 Cocked hats of mothy mould and crutches made of mist.

1890 Illustr. London News 27 Dec. 810/1 Their mothy leathern covers.

1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 155 At mothy curfew-tide.

1917 T. Hardy Moments of Vision & Misc. Verses 255 Some nocturnal blackness, mothy and warm.

1949 E. Bowen Heat of Day vi. 113 Your mothy way of blinking and laziness about keeping your eyelids open.

1986 R. Frame Long Weekend (1988) 32 The shrimping nets are lost or broken, the woollens thin and mothy.

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

mothyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈmɒθi/, U.S.

/ˈmɔθi/,

/ˈmɑθi/, Scottish English

/ˈmɔθɪ/

Forms: 1700s motlie (transmission error), 1700s 1900s– mothie, 1900s– mathy, 1900s– mothy.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moth adj., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably < moth adj. (although this is first attested later) + -y suffix¹. Compare moothy adj.

Scottish.

Unaired, fusty; moist. Of weather: damp and misty; muggy. Sc. National Dict. (1965) records this sense as still in use in Berwickshire in 1963.

ΚΠ

1714 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1911) II. 91 Considering that the toune's Charter Chist doe ly..in a Dunk motlie [read mothie] roume.

1919 in Trans. Sc. Dial. Comm. 3 46 Mathy, warm and misty.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 214 Mothy, moist and close: ‘A mothy morning.’

Derivatives

† mothiness n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

?1717 in W. Cramond Parish of Grange (1895) 14 The schoolmaster complained that the session books were getting destroyed owing to the ‘mothiness’ of his room.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mothy
释义	mothyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈmɒθi/, U.S. /ˈmɔθi/, /ˈmɑθi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s mothie, 1500s– mothy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moth n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < moth n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Infested with moths, moth-eaten; characterized by the presence of moths; reminiscent or suggestive of a moth, resembling the movements of the wings of a moth.Apparently unattested in 18th cent. 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 > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [adjective] > of or relating to a moth > characterized by moths mothy1898 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mothie, full of mothes or wormes. 1613 N. Breton Vncasing Machiuils Instr. 16 Raile on a Broker whose clothes are mothie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 48 His horse hip'd with an olde mothy saddle, and stirrops of no kindred. View more context for this quotation 1651 A. Weamys Contin. Sydney's Arcadia 125 Her little apprehension had alreadie seized on Philoclea's glittering Gown, and she imagined it hung upon her mothie Karkass. 1855 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass 89 Cocked hats of mothy mould and crutches made of mist. 1890 Illustr. London News 27 Dec. 810/1 Their mothy leathern covers. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 155 At mothy curfew-tide. 1917 T. Hardy Moments of Vision & Misc. Verses 255 Some nocturnal blackness, mothy and warm. 1949 E. Bowen Heat of Day vi. 113 Your mothy way of blinking and laziness about keeping your eyelids open. 1986 R. Frame Long Weekend (1988) 32 The shrimping nets are lost or broken, the woollens thin and mothy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mothyadj.² Brit. /ˈmɒθi/, U.S. /ˈmɔθi/, /ˈmɑθi/, Scottish English /ˈmɔθɪ/ Forms: 1700s motlie (transmission error), 1700s 1900s– mothie, 1900s– mathy, 1900s– mothy. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moth adj., -y suffix¹. Etymology: Probably < moth adj. (although this is first attested later) + -y suffix¹. Compare moothy adj. Scottish. Unaired, fusty; moist. Of weather: damp and misty; muggy. Sc. National Dict. (1965) records this sense as still in use in Berwickshire in 1963. ΚΠ 1714 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1911) II. 91 Considering that the toune's Charter Chist doe ly..in a Dunk motlie [read mothie] roume. 1919 in Trans. Sc. Dial. Comm. 3 46 Mathy, warm and misty. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 214 Mothy, moist and close: ‘A mothy morning.’ Derivatives † mothiness n. Obsolete ΚΠ ?1717 in W. Cramond Parish of Grange (1895) 14 The schoolmaster complained that the session books were getting destroyed owing to the ‘mothiness’ of his room. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹1598adj.²1714
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