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单词 bairnly
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bairnlyadj.

Etymology: < bairn n. + -ly suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbairnly.
Scottish and northern dialect.
1. Childish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [adjective]
childishc1405
indigest1423
bairnly1533
babish?1552
babished1563
babyish1646
puerilea1680
chitty1755
jejune1898
immature1902
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 100 Thair insolent and barnelie contencioun.
a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) i. 1 I used my bairnly endeavour.
1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 80 I hae left them now for ever, But, to greet would bairnly be.
2. Child-like, in childhood.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > child > [adjective] > childlike
childlike1577
bairnly1603
cherubimical1854
cherubic1860
1603 Philotus xc. sig. D2 The las bot bairnlie is and ȝoung.
1603 Philotus xv. sig. A4v A bairnelie Lasse lyke mee, Mair meit his Oy nor wyfe to be.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

bairnlyadv.

Etymology: Formed as bairnly adj. + -ly suffix2.
Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [adverb]
childlya1425
bairn-likec1425
bairnly1483
childishly1533
babishly1551
puerilely1654
babyishly1829
babily1872
1483 Cath. Angl. 22/2 Barnely, infantuose, pueriliter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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