neighn.

Brit.

/neɪ/, U.S.

/neɪ/

Forms: 1500s– neigh, 1900s– nigh (U.S. regional); also Scottish pre-1700 ne.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: neigh v.

Etymology: < neigh v.

The characteristic high whinnying sound made by a horse; a sound likened to this.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > sound made by horse > [noun] > neigh or whinny

wehee1362

neigha1522

nichera1791

nickera1791

whicker1882

whickering1899

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. x. 24 He sprentis furth, and full provd walxis he, Heich strekand vp his hed with mony a ne.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 35 The rude Sythian had rather heare ye neigh of an horse, then Orpheus his harpe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vi. 45 The neighes of Horse to tell of her approach.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 137 in Poems Here with sharp neighs the warlike Horses sound.

1716 A. Hill Fatal Vision i. 5 The waving Banners, and the nodding Plumes, The Neigh of Horses, and the Clang of Arms, Usher'd the Battle on, in dreadful State!

1735 G. Lillo Christian Hero iv. iii. 58 I hear the neigh of Horses.

1781 W. Cowper Charity 177 Responsive to the distant neigh, he neighs.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 190 The neigh of horses and the baying of hounds were heard.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 208 That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town.

1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia v. 65 At our approach he gave a faint neigh of satisfaction.

1926 Amer. Mercury Apr. 461/1 Then he let out a neigh that was a regular ripper.

1959 J. Prebble Buffalo Soldiers 33 The neigh of a cavalry mount was answered by a nicker from the Indian ponies.

a1983 ‘R. West’ This Real Night (1984) i. iii. 102 Then the horses gave exasperated neighs, saying it was all a fuss.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

neighv.

Brit.

/neɪ/, U.S.

/neɪ/

Forms:

α. Old English hnægan, Old English nægan, Middle English naye, Middle English nayȝe, Middle English nayghe, Middle English neȝe, Middle English nehe, Middle English neiȝe, Middle English neyȝe, Middle English neyhe, Middle English–1500s neyghe, Middle English–1600s ney, Middle English–1600s neye, 1500s– neigh, 1600s neay; N.E.D. (1906) also records forms Middle English nayghe, Middle English neigh.

β. Middle English nyȝe, Middle English nyghe, Middle English–1500s nye, 1500s nie.

γ. Middle English ne, Middle English nee, Middle English neehe; also Scottish pre-1700 ne, pre-1700 nee, pre-1700 ney, pre-1700 nie, pre-1700 nye.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch neyen , nien , nihen , nigen (Dutch †neyen , nijen ), Old Saxon to-hnechian (Middle Low German nīhen , nīgen ), Middle High German (rare) nēgen , of imitative origin. Corresponding further to neighing n. compare Old Icelandic gneggja (Icelandic hneggja), Norwegian (Bokmål) knegge, (Nynorsk) kneggje, Old Swedish gnäggia (Swedish gnägga, regional knäja), Danish gnægge.Other imitative forms are neicher v., nicher v., and nicker v.

a. intransitive. Of a horse, etc.: to make a loud or high whinnying sound. Also with out.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > sound made by horse > [verb (intransitive)] > neigh

neighOE

neicherc1550

wehee1602

nickerc1617

nichera1700

whicker1753

snicker1824

α.

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 129 Equus hinnit hors hnægð [OE Julius nægþ].

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 192 Hinnio ic hnæge.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 9417 Þe hors neyde & lepte þat it was grete fere.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 403 (MED) Bucefal þe hors..neyhede as it were þe rorynge of leons.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 1871 (MED) Many shelde..was shynende..Many stede loude nayȝende.

c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 7717 (MED) As it were an hors..he [sc. the centaur] neyed.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 643/2 It is a comfortable thyng to here a horse neye whan he is on his journaye.

1595 G. Sabie Fissher-mans Tale Suddenly our palfrey neighed out.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 23 The noise of Battell hurtled in the Ayre: Horsses do neigh, and dying men did grone.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 560 He neighs, he snorts, he bears his Head on high.

1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 92 My Courser hears their Voice,..neighing he paws the ground.

1765 S. Foote Commissary ii. i. 38 The impassable bogs, that the languid, but generous, steed travelled through; he now pricks up his ears, he neighs, he canters, he capers through a whole region of turnpegs.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xii. 242 Their generous steeds, which, by neighing and pawing the ground, gave signal of their impatience.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 196 I have..seen a guanaco,..not only neigh and squeal, but prance and leap about.

1867 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop I. vi. 130 The horse of Darius neighed first.

1900 R. C. Dutt tr. Ramayana iii. iv. 47 Horses neighed and shook their bright bells.

1964 D. Francis Nerve xvii. 217 Buttonhook [sc. a horse] was..neighing purringly in her throat when we opened her door.

1986 J. Bauman Winter in Morning (1991) vii. 169 Horses are neighing and harsh peasant voices can be heard in the dark.

β. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 1336 (MED) Þe stedes nyen and togider whine.?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 149 Þe meres herez þaire foolez nye.a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 256 They herde a grete horse..grymly nyghe.1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hiv^v/2 To Nie as an horse.a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 1051 Litle may the auld horse, gif he may not nie.γ. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 84^v To Nee als A horse dose, hynnire.a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xvii. 94 The dynnyng of thar hors feit eik hard he,..and thar stedis ne.c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 Baytht horse & meyris did fast nee, & the folis nechyr.

b. intransitive. In extended use (chiefly of a person): to make a sound resembling or suggestive of a horse's neigh. Frequently (esp. in early use) with reference to expressions of sexual desire.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > make whinnying sound

neigha1382

whinnya1825

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. x. 30 Neȝe with thi vois, thou doȝter of Galyn.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. v. 8 Eche to the wijf of his neȝhebore neyede.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 664/1 Thou nyest for an other otes, wiche we expresse by..‘thou lokest after deed mens shoes’,..is an adage in the frenche tonge.

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxii. f. 159^v She wold not giue ouer hir louer, which neyed after none other prouender.

a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) iv. sig. F3 The he your wisdom plaid withall,..neyed at his nakednes, And made his cold and poverty, your pastime.

1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue IV. ix. sig. K2 He caper'd like a dancing Horse, and ney'd so lowd, that I could hardly forbear laughing.

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 39 Adultery neighing at his neighbour's door.

1849 H. Melville Redburn lx. 374 The steerage passengers almost neighed with delight, like horses brought back to spring pastures.

1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. i. 6 When..he received the following letter from his friend,..he neighed like the old warhorse.

1925 E. Sitwell Troy Park 66 Whinnying, neighed the maned blue wind.

1951 H. Wouk Caine Mutiny (1952) i. iii. 25 Keggs neighed in terror and let go of Willie's hand.

1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 6 Unctuous rakes honing after wonders that neigh toward other men's wives.

2. transitive. Of a horse: to communicate (something) by neighing. Of a person: to utter, voice, or express with a sound resembling or suggestive of a horse's neigh. Frequently with adverbs, esp. out.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [verb (transitive)] > neigh

neigh1624

1624 P. Massinger Bond-man iv. ii. sig. H2 The noble horse..Neigh'd courage to his Rider.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 32 Who..could neigh out the remembrance of his old conversation among the Viraginian trollops.

1644 E. Dering Disc. Proper Sacrifice sig. Ciij Children neigh forth the descant.

1727 A. Pope To Mr. Lemuel Gulliver i Accept our humble lays, And let each grateful Houyhnhnm neigh thy praise.

1789 C. Smith Ethelinde IV. vii. 161 D'ye think one might neigh out civilities to this female Nimrod?

1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 192 He neighs out hope of battle, for the heart of the beast is fain.

1896 J. H. Skrine in Speaker 25 July 98/2 The steed..neighed his trumpet.

a1909 G. Meredith Archduchess Anne i, in Poet. Wks. (1919) 258 He neighed a laugh.

1927 Amer. Mercury Nov. 343/2 Did some allegorical old-timer..neigh out a bitter ‘Hya, hya, hya, tell that to the marines!’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	neigh
释义	neighn. Brit. /neɪ/, U.S. /neɪ/ Forms: 1500s– neigh, 1900s– nigh (U.S. regional); also Scottish pre-1700 ne. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: neigh v. Etymology: < neigh v. The characteristic high whinnying sound made by a horse; a sound likened to this. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > sound made by horse > [noun] > neigh or whinny wehee1362 neigha1522 nichera1791 nickera1791 whicker1882 whickering1899 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. x. 24 He sprentis furth, and full provd walxis he, Heich strekand vp his hed with mony a ne. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 35 The rude Sythian had rather heare ye neigh of an horse, then Orpheus his harpe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vi. 45 The neighes of Horse to tell of her approach. View more context for this quotation 1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 137 in Poems Here with sharp neighs the warlike Horses sound. 1716 A. Hill Fatal Vision i. 5 The waving Banners, and the nodding Plumes, The Neigh of Horses, and the Clang of Arms, Usher'd the Battle on, in dreadful State! 1735 G. Lillo Christian Hero iv. iii. 58 I hear the neigh of Horses. 1781 W. Cowper Charity 177 Responsive to the distant neigh, he neighs. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 190 The neigh of horses and the baying of hounds were heard. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 208 That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town. 1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia v. 65 At our approach he gave a faint neigh of satisfaction. 1926 Amer. Mercury Apr. 461/1 Then he let out a neigh that was a regular ripper. 1959 J. Prebble Buffalo Soldiers 33 The neigh of a cavalry mount was answered by a nicker from the Indian ponies. a1983 ‘R. West’ This Real Night (1984) i. iii. 102 Then the horses gave exasperated neighs, saying it was all a fuss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). neighv. Brit. /neɪ/, U.S. /neɪ/ Forms: α. Old English hnægan, Old English nægan, Middle English naye, Middle English nayȝe, Middle English nayghe, Middle English neȝe, Middle English nehe, Middle English neiȝe, Middle English neyȝe, Middle English neyhe, Middle English–1500s neyghe, Middle English–1600s ney, Middle English–1600s neye, 1500s– neigh, 1600s neay; N.E.D. (1906) also records forms Middle English nayghe, Middle English neigh. β. Middle English nyȝe, Middle English nyghe, Middle English–1500s nye, 1500s nie. γ. Middle English ne, Middle English nee, Middle English neehe; also Scottish pre-1700 ne, pre-1700 nee, pre-1700 ney, pre-1700 nie, pre-1700 nye. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch neyen , nien , nihen , nigen (Dutch †neyen , nijen ), Old Saxon to-hnechian (Middle Low German nīhen , nīgen ), Middle High German (rare) nēgen , of imitative origin. Corresponding further to neighing n. compare Old Icelandic gneggja (Icelandic hneggja), Norwegian (Bokmål) knegge, (Nynorsk) kneggje, Old Swedish gnäggia (Swedish gnägga, regional knäja), Danish gnægge.Other imitative forms are neicher v., nicher v., and nicker v. 1. a. intransitive. Of a horse, etc.: to make a loud or high whinnying sound. Also with out. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > sound made by horse > [verb (intransitive)] > neigh neighOE neicherc1550 wehee1602 nickerc1617 nichera1700 whicker1753 snicker1824 α. OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 129 Equus hinnit hors hnægð [OE Julius nægþ]. OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 192 Hinnio ic hnæge. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 9417 Þe hors neyde & lepte þat it was grete fere. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 403 (MED) Bucefal þe hors..neyhede as it were þe rorynge of leons. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 1871 (MED) Many shelde..was shynende..Many stede loude nayȝende. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 7717 (MED) As it were an hors..he [sc. the centaur] neyed. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 643/2 It is a comfortable thyng to here a horse neye whan he is on his journaye. 1595 G. Sabie Fissher-mans Tale Suddenly our palfrey neighed out. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 23 The noise of Battell hurtled in the Ayre: Horsses do neigh, and dying men did grone. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 560 He neighs, he snorts, he bears his Head on high. 1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 92 My Courser hears their Voice,..neighing he paws the ground. 1765 S. Foote Commissary ii. i. 38 The impassable bogs, that the languid, but generous, steed travelled through; he now pricks up his ears, he neighs, he canters, he capers through a whole region of turnpegs. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xii. 242 Their generous steeds, which, by neighing and pawing the ground, gave signal of their impatience. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 196 I have..seen a guanaco,..not only neigh and squeal, but prance and leap about. 1867 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop I. vi. 130 The horse of Darius neighed first. 1900 R. C. Dutt tr. Ramayana iii. iv. 47 Horses neighed and shook their bright bells. 1964 D. Francis Nerve xvii. 217 Buttonhook [sc. a horse] was..neighing purringly in her throat when we opened her door. 1986 J. Bauman Winter in Morning (1991) vii. 169 Horses are neighing and harsh peasant voices can be heard in the dark. β. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 1336 (MED) Þe stedes nyen and togider whine.?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 149 Þe meres herez þaire foolez nye.a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 256 They herde a grete horse..grymly nyghe.1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hiv^v/2 To Nie as an horse.a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 1051 Litle may the auld horse, gif he may not nie.γ. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 84^v To Nee als A horse dose, hynnire.a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xvii. 94 The dynnyng of thar hors feit eik hard he,..and thar stedis ne.c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 Baytht horse & meyris did fast nee, & the folis nechyr. b. intransitive. In extended use (chiefly of a person): to make a sound resembling or suggestive of a horse's neigh. Frequently (esp. in early use) with reference to expressions of sexual desire. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > make whinnying sound neigha1382 whinnya1825 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. x. 30 Neȝe with thi vois, thou doȝter of Galyn. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. v. 8 Eche to the wijf of his neȝhebore neyede. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 664/1 Thou nyest for an other otes, wiche we expresse by..‘thou lokest after deed mens shoes’,..is an adage in the frenche tonge. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxii. f. 159^v She wold not giue ouer hir louer, which neyed after none other prouender. a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) iv. sig. F3 The he your wisdom plaid withall,..neyed at his nakednes, And made his cold and poverty, your pastime. 1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue IV. ix. sig. K2 He caper'd like a dancing Horse, and ney'd so lowd, that I could hardly forbear laughing. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 39 Adultery neighing at his neighbour's door. 1849 H. Melville Redburn lx. 374 The steerage passengers almost neighed with delight, like horses brought back to spring pastures. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. i. 6 When..he received the following letter from his friend,..he neighed like the old warhorse. 1925 E. Sitwell Troy Park 66 Whinnying, neighed the maned blue wind. 1951 H. Wouk Caine Mutiny (1952) i. iii. 25 Keggs neighed in terror and let go of Willie's hand. 1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 6 Unctuous rakes honing after wonders that neigh toward other men's wives. 2. transitive. Of a horse: to communicate (something) by neighing. Of a person: to utter, voice, or express with a sound resembling or suggestive of a horse's neigh. Frequently with adverbs, esp. out. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [verb (transitive)] > neigh neigh1624 1624 P. Massinger Bond-man iv. ii. sig. H2 The noble horse..Neigh'd courage to his Rider. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 32 Who..could neigh out the remembrance of his old conversation among the Viraginian trollops. 1644 E. Dering Disc. Proper Sacrifice sig. Ciij Children neigh forth the descant. 1727 A. Pope To Mr. Lemuel Gulliver i Accept our humble lays, And let each grateful Houyhnhnm neigh thy praise. 1789 C. Smith Ethelinde IV. vii. 161 D'ye think one might neigh out civilities to this female Nimrod? 1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 192 He neighs out hope of battle, for the heart of the beast is fain. 1896 J. H. Skrine in Speaker 25 July 98/2 The steed..neighed his trumpet. a1909 G. Meredith Archduchess Anne i, in Poet. Wks. (1919) 258 He neighed a laugh. 1927 Amer. Mercury Nov. 343/2 Did some allegorical old-timer..neigh out a bitter ‘Hya, hya, hya, tell that to the marines!’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1522v.OE
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