nippyn.

Brit.

/ˈnɪpi/, U.S.

/ˈnɪpi/

Forms: 1900s– nippie, 1900s– nippy. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nippy adj.

Etymology: < nippy adj.

British colloquial. Now chiefly historical.

A waitress.Used chiefly spec. with reference to waitresses employed by J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. in their restaurants and tea shops, the first of which opened in London in 1894.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > in inn or restaurant > woman

Hebe1606

waitress1834

nippy1925

cocktail waitress1941

1925 Punch 11 Feb. 167/2 I can't mike up me mind weyver to be a lidy's 'elp or a ‘nippy’.

1932 R. H. B. Lockhart Mem. Brit. Agent (1933) iv. i The Lyons ‘Nippy’ took his order and returned a minute later to say there was no more.

1948 G. V. Galwey Lift & Drop vi. 161 His hands stuck out in front of him like a Nippy carrying a tray.

1991 Sunday Express 6 Jan. 17/1 The only real job I ever had was as a nippy for a week in a Bridlington cafe in 1961.

2001 Western Daily Press (Electronic ed.) 26 July So named because they were nippy on their feet, Nippies was the popular term for Lyons Corner House waitresses—last seen in the 1970s.

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

nippyadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪpi/, U.S.

/ˈnɪpi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s nippie, 1600s 1800s– nippy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nip v.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < nip v.¹ + -y suffix¹.

Now chiefly colloquial.

1. That nips, inclined to nip (in various senses of nip v.¹).In quot. 1642 apparently: immediate, unhesitating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > nipping or pinching

pinching1567

nippy1575

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant

smartc1330

unkeen?a1425

mordant1474

piquant1521

pugnant1537

quick1542

nippingc1547

nippy1575

cutting1582

yarking1593

stinging1600

pointed1617

pungent1619

toothed1628

aculeate1640

mordacious1648

aculeated1655

piperaceous1674

peppery1826

pointy1883

lashing1900

the world > food and drink > drink > types or qualities of beverage > [adjective] > strong

nippy1898

1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 327 The more shee feedeth, the more greedie and nippie shee is.

1640 E. Buckler Buckler against Fear of Death ii. i. sig. D2 Why are our Advocates such nippy teasers Of honest causes?

1642 J. Spelman View of Observ. upon His Majesties Late Answers 40 Nippie reprehensions and sometimes imprisonment.

1898 B. Burleigh Sirdar & Khalifa xii. 189 Anything liquid and nippy would have been a rare treat.

1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. v. 29/2 Macaws can sometimes be nippy and unpredictable.

2. Sharp, quick, nimble. Also, of a vehicle, etc.: easy to manoeuvre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble

lightOE

quiverOE

yepec1275

taitc1300

yap13..

delivera1375

swippera1387

wight1390

nimblea1400

yarea1400

yerna1400

smitherc1475

leger1483

agilea1500

liver1530

lightsome1567

wimble1579

nimble jointed1591

nimble shifting1591

agilious1599

nimbling1599

nimble spirited1611

expedite1612

fitchanta1616

airy1642

fantastic1645

volant1650

clever1691

light-limbed1695

spry1746

swack1768

swank1786

yauld1787

deliverly1820

slippy1847

nippy1849

springe1859

pantherish1869

pantherine1890

flippant1895

loose1907

Tarzanesque1933

Tarzan-like1943

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly and briskly

lightOE

quiverOE

wight1390

yerna1400

sharpc1440

fisking?1523

skeetc1540

nimblea1547

flit1590

brisk1599

brisky1600

smart1602

whipping1602

running1662

nimble-movinga1676

snack1710

brushing1792

adance1828

slippy1847

nippy1849

smartish1921

hoppy1934

1849 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xxv, in New Monthly Mag. Oct. 231 Soapey..overtook a fine nippy, satin-stocked, dandified looking gentleman.

1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life II. 70 I told him he would have to be pretty nippy.

1898 B. Burleigh Sirdar & Khalifa xi. 175 He..liked to see them keen and ‘nippy’ at every soldierly task.

1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xi. 110 If he had been Sir Philip Sidney with the wounded soldier, he couldn't have been nippier.

1956 Observer 18 Mar. 4/3 A very small motor-car..is fast, nippy, easy to park.

1975 R. Davies World of Wonders (1977) ii. v. 183 He's nippier on his pins than you are.

2001 Evening Post (Bristol) (Electronic ed.) 30 July He was not amused..by the defending that allowed Sutton's nippy little striker Matt Fowler to grab himself a brace.

3. Sarcastic, bitter; (in later use) esp. irritable, snappish, cross. Now chiefly Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > sarcasm > [adjective]

dry1542

sarcasmical1602

sarcastical1641

sarcasmous1663

sarcastic1695

sarcasmatical1716

nippy1859

sarky1912

1859 Harper's Mag. Apr. 624 She said that it was ‘none of my business’ where she got that bill, spiteful and nippy as she could be.

1895 ‘I. Maclaren’ Auld Lang Syne 241 There's a michty poo'er in a nippy tongue.

1910 Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 4/1 Of the few nippy retorts that lent zest to the contest, one..is credited to Sir Robert Cranston.

1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air iv. 51 Somehow, the woman must have been feeling nippier than usual.

1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 136 Dinnae be sae fuckin silly, Mark, she told him, nippy with the hormonal imbalance caused by the change in life.

2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 1 Apr. (Business section) 26/6 When there is a lot of pressure I can get really agitated and nippy.

4. Of the weather: chilly, cold.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective]

coldc950

bremea1300

chillc1540

shill1598

bleaka1616

airsome1863

parky1886

nippy1898

snappy1928

utchy1957

1898 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 3/3 The air is ‘nippy’, sure enough.

1921 W. Faulkner Let. 25 Oct. in Thinking of Home (1992) 151 It's nippy but not unpleasant, they have perfect weather here, it only rains in the fall about once a month.

1943 M. G. McCoy MS Let. 29 Aug. (O.E.D. Archive) 3 There was a nippy wind blowing.

a1966 M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) vii. 91 It was getting kind of nippy, so I went for a walk.

1997 J. Churchill Fear of Frying 34 It was still nippy and she felt silly wearing a car coat, gloves, and a knitted hat, but wasn't about to freeze just to be fashionable.

5. Scottish and Canadian. Of food: sharp-tasting, tangy; (Scottish) hot.

ΚΠ

1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. 380/2 Nippy.., sharp; pungent.

1945 Toronto Daily Star 8 Feb. 22/3 Vegetable scallop au gratin..[ingredients] nippy cheese, salt and pepper, [etc.].

1995 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) 30 June 20 The goat cheese was a perfect foil for the nippy greens.

2001 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 5 July She expected more than a chicken breast in a nippy curry sauce—as you would, when you are paying £8 for it.

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

单词	nippy
释义	nippyn. Brit. /ˈnɪpi/, U.S. /ˈnɪpi/ Forms: 1900s– nippie, 1900s– nippy. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nippy adj. Etymology: < nippy adj. British colloquial. Now chiefly historical. A waitress.Used chiefly spec. with reference to waitresses employed by J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. in their restaurants and tea shops, the first of which opened in London in 1894. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > in inn or restaurant > woman Hebe1606 waitress1834 nippy1925 cocktail waitress1941 1925 Punch 11 Feb. 167/2 I can't mike up me mind weyver to be a lidy's 'elp or a ‘nippy’. 1932 R. H. B. Lockhart Mem. Brit. Agent (1933) iv. i The Lyons ‘Nippy’ took his order and returned a minute later to say there was no more. 1948 G. V. Galwey Lift & Drop vi. 161 His hands stuck out in front of him like a Nippy carrying a tray. 1991 Sunday Express 6 Jan. 17/1 The only real job I ever had was as a nippy for a week in a Bridlington cafe in 1961. 2001 Western Daily Press (Electronic ed.) 26 July So named because they were nippy on their feet, Nippies was the popular term for Lyons Corner House waitresses—last seen in the 1970s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nippyadj. Brit. /ˈnɪpi/, U.S. /ˈnɪpi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s nippie, 1600s 1800s– nippy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nip v.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < nip v.¹ + -y suffix¹. Now chiefly colloquial. 1. That nips, inclined to nip (in various senses of nip v.¹).In quot. 1642 apparently: immediate, unhesitating. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > nipping or pinching pinching1567 nippy1575 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant smartc1330 unkeen?a1425 mordant1474 piquant1521 pugnant1537 quick1542 nippingc1547 nippy1575 cutting1582 yarking1593 stinging1600 pointed1617 pungent1619 toothed1628 aculeate1640 mordacious1648 aculeated1655 piperaceous1674 peppery1826 pointy1883 lashing1900 the world > food and drink > drink > types or qualities of beverage > [adjective] > strong nippy1898 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 327 The more shee feedeth, the more greedie and nippie shee is. 1640 E. Buckler Buckler against Fear of Death ii. i. sig. D2 Why are our Advocates such nippy teasers Of honest causes? 1642 J. Spelman View of Observ. upon His Majesties Late Answers 40 Nippie reprehensions and sometimes imprisonment. 1898 B. Burleigh Sirdar & Khalifa xii. 189 Anything liquid and nippy would have been a rare treat. 1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. v. 29/2 Macaws can sometimes be nippy and unpredictable. 2. Sharp, quick, nimble. Also, of a vehicle, etc.: easy to manoeuvre. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble lightOE quiverOE yepec1275 taitc1300 yap13.. delivera1375 swippera1387 wight1390 nimblea1400 yarea1400 yerna1400 smitherc1475 leger1483 agilea1500 liver1530 lightsome1567 wimble1579 nimble jointed1591 nimble shifting1591 agilious1599 nimbling1599 nimble spirited1611 expedite1612 fitchanta1616 airy1642 fantastic1645 volant1650 clever1691 light-limbed1695 spry1746 swack1768 swank1786 yauld1787 deliverly1820 slippy1847 nippy1849 springe1859 pantherish1869 pantherine1890 flippant1895 loose1907 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly and briskly lightOE quiverOE wight1390 yerna1400 sharpc1440 fisking?1523 skeetc1540 nimblea1547 flit1590 brisk1599 brisky1600 smart1602 whipping1602 running1662 nimble-movinga1676 snack1710 brushing1792 adance1828 slippy1847 nippy1849 smartish1921 hoppy1934 1849 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xxv, in New Monthly Mag. Oct. 231 Soapey..overtook a fine nippy, satin-stocked, dandified looking gentleman. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life II. 70 I told him he would have to be pretty nippy. 1898 B. Burleigh Sirdar & Khalifa xi. 175 He..liked to see them keen and ‘nippy’ at every soldierly task. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xi. 110 If he had been Sir Philip Sidney with the wounded soldier, he couldn't have been nippier. 1956 Observer 18 Mar. 4/3 A very small motor-car..is fast, nippy, easy to park. 1975 R. Davies World of Wonders (1977) ii. v. 183 He's nippier on his pins than you are. 2001 Evening Post (Bristol) (Electronic ed.) 30 July He was not amused..by the defending that allowed Sutton's nippy little striker Matt Fowler to grab himself a brace. 3. Sarcastic, bitter; (in later use) esp. irritable, snappish, cross. Now chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > sarcasm > [adjective] dry1542 sarcasmical1602 sarcastical1641 sarcasmous1663 sarcastic1695 sarcasmatical1716 nippy1859 sarky1912 1859 Harper's Mag. Apr. 624 She said that it was ‘none of my business’ where she got that bill, spiteful and nippy as she could be. 1895 ‘I. Maclaren’ Auld Lang Syne 241 There's a michty poo'er in a nippy tongue. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 4/1 Of the few nippy retorts that lent zest to the contest, one..is credited to Sir Robert Cranston. 1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air iv. 51 Somehow, the woman must have been feeling nippier than usual. 1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 136 Dinnae be sae fuckin silly, Mark, she told him, nippy with the hormonal imbalance caused by the change in life. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 1 Apr. (Business section) 26/6 When there is a lot of pressure I can get really agitated and nippy. 4. Of the weather: chilly, cold. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective] coldc950 bremea1300 chillc1540 shill1598 bleaka1616 airsome1863 parky1886 nippy1898 snappy1928 utchy1957 1898 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 3/3 The air is ‘nippy’, sure enough. 1921 W. Faulkner Let. 25 Oct. in Thinking of Home (1992) 151 It's nippy but not unpleasant, they have perfect weather here, it only rains in the fall about once a month. 1943 M. G. McCoy MS Let. 29 Aug. (O.E.D. Archive) 3 There was a nippy wind blowing. a1966 M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) vii. 91 It was getting kind of nippy, so I went for a walk. 1997 J. Churchill Fear of Frying 34 It was still nippy and she felt silly wearing a car coat, gloves, and a knitted hat, but wasn't about to freeze just to be fashionable. 5. Scottish and Canadian. Of food: sharp-tasting, tangy; (Scottish) hot. ΚΠ 1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. 380/2 Nippy.., sharp; pungent. 1945 Toronto Daily Star 8 Feb. 22/3 Vegetable scallop au gratin..[ingredients] nippy cheese, salt and pepper, [etc.]. 1995 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) 30 June 20 The goat cheese was a perfect foil for the nippy greens. 2001 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 5 July She expected more than a chicken breast in a nippy curry sauce—as you would, when you are paying £8 for it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1925adj.1575
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