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单词 nevvy
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nevvyn.

Brit. /ˈnɛvi/, U.S. /ˈnɛvi/
Forms: 1800s nevey, 1800s nevvie, 1800s nevy, 1800s– nevvy.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nephew n.
Etymology: Either shortened < nephew n. (compare -y suffix6), or representing colloquial use of regional forms of nephew n. (compare ε. forms at that entry).
colloquial.
= nephew n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > nephew
gadlingeOE
neveeOE
nephewc1325
niecea1382
nea1387
sisterc1390
nepote1519
neposa1600
Welsh nephew1799
nevvy1819
neef1838
nefie1951
1819 J. Keats Let. 24 Sept. (1952) 427 You have made an Uncle of me, you have... I suppose next there'll be a Nevey.
1836 R. M. Bird Sheppard Lee I. iii. x. 175 I say, nevvy, your dad and me was never good friends.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xv. 149 ‘He might die a little sooner for the loss of—’ ‘Of his Nevy,’ interposed the Captain.
1880 Harper's Mag. June 10/1 The miller's wife talked to us about America. She had a ‘nevvy’ there, she said.
1903 P. G. Wodehouse Tales of St. Austin's 138 Yes, prarper good runner, his nevvy.
1959 E. Pound Thrones civ. 91 Sammy's nevvy got the gold out of the palace bed-room.
1988 M. Seymour Ring of Conspirators vi. 184 She called him her ‘nevvy’ and he, when he remembered, called her ‘Aunt Lucy’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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