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单词 newsy
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newsyadj.

Brit. /ˈnjuːzi/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uzi/
Forms: 1800s newsie, 1800s– newsy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: news n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < news n. + -y suffix1.
colloquial.
1. Full of news, esp. of a personal or inconsequential nature; fond of news, given to gossiping or relating news.
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society > communication > information > news or tidings > [adjective] > full of news
news-crammeda1616
newsful1639
newsy1818
society > communication > information > news or tidings > [adjective] > given to retailing news
newsmongering1784
newsy1886
1818 ‘T. Brown’ Bath II. 216 This P. S. contained a request to write to her often, and long newsy letters (in case he could not come down to the lodge).
1824 European Mag. Aug. 161/2 Miss Pratt,..a relation of whom it is exceedingly difficult to be rid,..is a hurtling, very kind, and very fidgetty, and newsy old maid, minding every body's business.
1832 J. Jekyll Corr. (1894) ix. 304 Mille graces for a newsy letter.
1886 G. M. Fenn Master of Cerem. I. xxvi. 248 She looks pretty shabby now, a newsy, gossiping old hag.
1915 B. E. Jones Cinematogr. Bk. 33 Something may here be said about topicals or ‘newsy’ films.
1951 Sunday Pict. 21 Jan. 3/6 The newsiest, happiest, most informative Poly programme ever published.
1986 Your Business Mar. 74/3 The only secrets are to make it ‘newsy’ and keep it short.
2011 B. Wiggin Novel Transl. Introd. 13 Thomasius's newsy journal Monthly Conversations.
2. Likely to create news or arouse media attention; newsworthy.
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1846 St. James's Chron. 9 July That newsy region which extends from Catherine-street to St. Mary-le-Strand.
1885 Jeffersonville (Indiana) Daily Evening News 17 Dec. (heading) Newsy Bits About the Tracks and Ties.
1920 N.Y. Tribune 12 June 10/5 America lost the golf championship yesterday, but no nominator was astutely newsy enough to condemn the present Administration for the loss.
1959 Vogue Nov. 83 A newsy new car, the red sleek Daimler.
1971 Daily Tel. 28 July 11 Tweed sprouts all over the collection, best in separates such as..the ponchos worn over slim skirts or (far more newsy) skin-tight tweed trousers.
1998 Independent 14 May ii. 4/2 The queen's English..Newsy and Now, the fad, fashion, trend.
2004 T. Curtis Marketing in Pract. ix. 158 Having found a framework that will carry the desired message and be newsy, how do we get it written up as a Press release that gets printed?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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