nosyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊzi/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊzi/

Forms: 1600s nosie, 1700s– nosey, 1800s nozey, 1800s– nosy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nose n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < nose n. + -y suffix¹. With senses B. 1 and B. 3 compare -y suffix⁶.

A. adj.

†a. Having a prominent nose. Also in extended use. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose > having

cammed?c1350

camoised1393

nosed?1440

hook-nosed1519

snat-nosed1519

flat-nosed1530

bottle-nosed1566

chamoy-nosed1598

saddle-nosed1598

swine-snouted1600

camois-nosed1601

round-nosed1611

nosy1620

flat-nose1636

simous1656

sharp-nosed1675

tutty-nosed1681

Roman-nosed1688

snut-nosed1706

snub-nosed1725

camois1745

blunt-nosed1772

pug-nosed1788

snipy1825

button-nosed1830

nip-nosed1831

leptorrhinian1878

leptorrhine1880

snub1883

knob-nosed1886

long-nose1896

Tartar-nosed1897

Ally Sloper1901

beaky-nosed1923

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xiv. 90 The Story leaves them, to tell who was the Knight of the Glasses and his nosie Squire.

1864 Littell's Living Age 21 May 371/1 The country-people generally nicknamed it the ‘Nosey Stone’, from the manner in which it stood out from the hillside behind it.

b. colloquial. Inquisitive, esp. objectionably or unnecessarily so; curious, prying. Also: cunning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > unduly

curiousa1340

inquisitive1529

prying1552

peering1568

speculative1605

emissitious1620

peeking1680

mousing1692

peery1699

long-nebbed1706

inquisitorial1796

nosy1827

nebby1860

inscrutive1882

rootin' tootin'1882

snoopy1895

stickybeak1917

nibby1942

pirooting1958

1827 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed i. 65 The sycophantic herd Wince on, like donkies by the goader stirred: Till nosy gabble, mouth'd to boy and lass, Exalts the dullards to a pedant class.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 148 As these pig-fish are a nosy, contemptible set..and especially as they do not spout, I deny their credentials as whales.

1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 226 Nosey, impertinent, intrusive.

1910 H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly vi. 163 I'm not such a blooming Geezer..as not to be able to sell goods a bit. One has to be nosy over one's buying, of course.

1957 M. Spark Comforters iv. 91 She saw Laurence examining Eleanor's cigarette case in his nosey way.

1995 Maxim July 22/3 I'm nosy and I like to see what people have been up to.

†a. Evil-smelling, emitting a bad odour. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective]

foul-stinkingOE

poignantc1387

rammishc1395

rank1479

reekya1500

puanta1529

unsavoury1539

uglyc1540

contagious1547

noisome1559

fulsome1576

fetid1599

nasty1601

unsweet1605

rammy1607

stenchful1615

stinkardly1616

rancid1627

reeking1629

pungent1644

olidous1646

stenching1654

graveolent1657

maleolent1657

virous1661

olid1680

ranciduous1688

feculent1703

virose1756

stenchy1757

infragrant1813

inodorous1823

nosy1836

malodorous1850

unfragrant1858

smelly1862

cacodorous1863

stinky1888

funked out1893

niffya1903

whiffy1905

pongy1936

fresh1966

minging1970

bogging1973

bowfing1983

honking1985

1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 53 It's so everlasting bad—it's near about as nosey as a slave ship of niggers.

1867 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 3 ii. 620 [The corn] was left, heated a good deal, and came out clammy and ‘nosey’.

b. Fragrant. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adjective]

sweet900

sootc950

aromatic1366

merrya1398

well-smellinga1398

sweet-smellingc1400

lusciousc1420

savoury?a1425

redolingc1429

redolent?a1439

odorate?1440

flagrant1450

redolentc1450

well-savouringc1450

aromatous1483

softa1500

well-aired1505

balmy1508

ambrosiana1522

embalmeda1529

fragrantc1530

perfumed1538

scented?c1562

scented1567

balm-like1569

sweet1573

aromatizate1576

aromatical1578

Sabaeana1586

ambrosial1590

rich1590

perfumed1591

sweet-scented1591

reperfumed1593

balm-breathing1595

nectaredc1595

spiced1600

fuming1601

fumed1612

scentful1612

balsam1624

perfumy1625

odoraminous1656

aroma-olent1657

suaveolent1657

aromatized1661

essenced1675

balsamy1687

flavorous1697

balsamic1714

well-scented1726

scenty1738

breathing1757

spicy1765

flavouriferous1773

aromal1848

bescented1863

euodic1868

nosy1892

1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 161 Many teas that may be ‘new and nosey’ in the hand will be thin and flat in the cup.

1996 S. Solomon Pears, Lake, Sun 1 An open window Through which flared a nosy, fluent breeze.

†3. Sensitive to bad smells. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1894 Daily News 17 Jan. 3/1 It is a great compliment to the management to state that the most nosey visitor has no legitimate ground for offence from organic causes.

B. n. Frequently in form nosey.

1. A nickname for: a person who has a large nose; spec. (chiefly as Old Nosey) the Duke of Wellington. Also (ironically) a nickname for: a person who has no nose (rare).

ΚΠ

1788 Archaeol. 9 148 There is an admirable caricatura of a musician, what the vulgar of this day would call Nosey, playing on a violin.

1804 Naval Chron. 11 100 Pye..was always called Nozey.

1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 89 The calling a noseless man, nosey, is adding insult to the injury which he has sustained.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 474/1 Had heer'd of the Duke of Wellington; he was Old Nosey.

1887 Dict. National Biogr. IX. 428/2 It is said that the gallery cry, ‘Play up, nosey’, owes its origin to his appearance.

1952 Amer. Hist. Rev. 57 1026 He measured the humble and the great with a sharp eye for good soldiership—whether the man was a corporal or ‘Old Nosey’ himself, the duke of Wellington.

1990 B. Cornwell Sharpe's Waterloo iii. 29 The Duke of Wellington, ‘Nosey’ to his men.

2. An overly inquisitive or prying person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying > action of prying > person engaged in

pryer1552

peeper1607

poker1608

Paul Pry1826

snooper1889

nosy parker1896

stickybeak1917

nosy1931

curtain-twitcher1940

prodnose1965

1931 ‘N. West’ Dream Life Balso Snell 40 ‘Well, nosey, how did you like my theme?’ Balso turned and saw the boy whose diary he had been reading.

1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder xiv. 155 He may be a bit of a nosy, but he doesn't look like a murderer.

1952 P. Bowles Let it come Down ix. 102 ‘Where you go?’ she interrupted... ‘I'm going to a party, Nosey.’

1998 A. Ashworth Once in House on Fire (1999) vii. 104 We kept our distance so that no one would think we were noseys.

3. colloquial (chiefly Scottish). = nose n. 6.Earliest and frequently in nosy around.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > instance of

inquisitionc1440

investigation1533

sight1592

review1611

percontation1623

evestigation1658

inquirendoa1846

shakedown1914

look-around1967

nosy1990

1990 IIci vs IIfx ROM in comp.sys.mac.hardware (Usenet newsgroup) 18 June I had a bit of [a] nosey around System 6.0.5 (which you need to run a IIfx), looking for a new ‘PTCH’ resource for the new ROM version.

1994 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 5 Oct. 24 Surprisingly often, and best of all, are the trendy West Endies who slope by for a nosey.

1997 C. McPherson Weir 37 I was having a good nosy around.

1999 C. Brookmyre One Fine Day in Middle of Night (2000) 127 Tina insisted—she wanted a nosy.

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

单词	nosy
释义	nosyadj.n. Brit. /ˈnəʊzi/, U.S. /ˈnoʊzi/ Forms: 1600s nosie, 1700s– nosey, 1800s nozey, 1800s– nosy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nose n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < nose n. + -y suffix¹. With senses B. 1 and B. 3 compare -y suffix⁶. A. adj. 1. †a. Having a prominent nose. Also in extended use. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose > having cammed?c1350 camoised1393 nosed?1440 hook-nosed1519 snat-nosed1519 flat-nosed1530 bottle-nosed1566 chamoy-nosed1598 saddle-nosed1598 swine-snouted1600 camois-nosed1601 round-nosed1611 nosy1620 flat-nose1636 simous1656 sharp-nosed1675 tutty-nosed1681 Roman-nosed1688 snut-nosed1706 snub-nosed1725 camois1745 blunt-nosed1772 pug-nosed1788 snipy1825 button-nosed1830 nip-nosed1831 leptorrhinian1878 leptorrhine1880 snub1883 knob-nosed1886 long-nose1896 Tartar-nosed1897 Ally Sloper1901 beaky-nosed1923 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xiv. 90 The Story leaves them, to tell who was the Knight of the Glasses and his nosie Squire. 1864 Littell's Living Age 21 May 371/1 The country-people generally nicknamed it the ‘Nosey Stone’, from the manner in which it stood out from the hillside behind it. b. colloquial. Inquisitive, esp. objectionably or unnecessarily so; curious, prying. Also: cunning. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > unduly curiousa1340 inquisitive1529 prying1552 peering1568 speculative1605 emissitious1620 peeking1680 mousing1692 peery1699 long-nebbed1706 inquisitorial1796 nosy1827 nebby1860 inscrutive1882 rootin' tootin'1882 snoopy1895 stickybeak1917 nibby1942 pirooting1958 1827 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed i. 65 The sycophantic herd Wince on, like donkies by the goader stirred: Till nosy gabble, mouth'd to boy and lass, Exalts the dullards to a pedant class. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 148 As these pig-fish are a nosy, contemptible set..and especially as they do not spout, I deny their credentials as whales. 1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 226 Nosey, impertinent, intrusive. 1910 H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly vi. 163 I'm not such a blooming Geezer..as not to be able to sell goods a bit. One has to be nosy over one's buying, of course. 1957 M. Spark Comforters iv. 91 She saw Laurence examining Eleanor's cigarette case in his nosey way. 1995 Maxim July 22/3 I'm nosy and I like to see what people have been up to. 2. †a. Evil-smelling, emitting a bad odour. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] foul-stinkingOE poignantc1387 rammishc1395 rank1479 reekya1500 puanta1529 unsavoury1539 uglyc1540 contagious1547 noisome1559 fulsome1576 fetid1599 nasty1601 unsweet1605 rammy1607 stenchful1615 stinkardly1616 rancid1627 reeking1629 pungent1644 olidous1646 stenching1654 graveolent1657 maleolent1657 virous1661 olid1680 ranciduous1688 feculent1703 virose1756 stenchy1757 infragrant1813 inodorous1823 nosy1836 malodorous1850 unfragrant1858 smelly1862 cacodorous1863 stinky1888 funked out1893 niffya1903 whiffy1905 pongy1936 fresh1966 minging1970 bogging1973 bowfing1983 honking1985 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 53 It's so everlasting bad—it's near about as nosey as a slave ship of niggers. 1867 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 3 ii. 620 [The corn] was left, heated a good deal, and came out clammy and ‘nosey’. b. Fragrant. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adjective] sweet900 sootc950 aromatic1366 merrya1398 well-smellinga1398 sweet-smellingc1400 lusciousc1420 savoury?a1425 redolingc1429 redolent?a1439 odorate?1440 flagrant1450 redolentc1450 well-savouringc1450 aromatous1483 softa1500 well-aired1505 balmy1508 ambrosiana1522 embalmeda1529 fragrantc1530 perfumed1538 scented?c1562 scented1567 balm-like1569 sweet1573 aromatizate1576 aromatical1578 Sabaeana1586 ambrosial1590 rich1590 perfumed1591 sweet-scented1591 reperfumed1593 balm-breathing1595 nectaredc1595 spiced1600 fuming1601 fumed1612 scentful1612 balsam1624 perfumy1625 odoraminous1656 aroma-olent1657 suaveolent1657 aromatized1661 essenced1675 balsamy1687 flavorous1697 balsamic1714 well-scented1726 scenty1738 breathing1757 spicy1765 flavouriferous1773 aromal1848 bescented1863 euodic1868 nosy1892 1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 161 Many teas that may be ‘new and nosey’ in the hand will be thin and flat in the cup. 1996 S. Solomon Pears, Lake, Sun 1 An open window Through which flared a nosy, fluent breeze. †3. Sensitive to bad smells. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1894 Daily News 17 Jan. 3/1 It is a great compliment to the management to state that the most nosey visitor has no legitimate ground for offence from organic causes. B. n. Frequently in form nosey. 1. A nickname for: a person who has a large nose; spec. (chiefly as Old Nosey) the Duke of Wellington. Also (ironically) a nickname for: a person who has no nose (rare). ΚΠ 1788 Archaeol. 9 148 There is an admirable caricatura of a musician, what the vulgar of this day would call Nosey, playing on a violin. 1804 Naval Chron. 11 100 Pye..was always called Nozey. 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 89 The calling a noseless man, nosey, is adding insult to the injury which he has sustained. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 474/1 Had heer'd of the Duke of Wellington; he was Old Nosey. 1887 Dict. National Biogr. IX. 428/2 It is said that the gallery cry, ‘Play up, nosey’, owes its origin to his appearance. 1952 Amer. Hist. Rev. 57 1026 He measured the humble and the great with a sharp eye for good soldiership—whether the man was a corporal or ‘Old Nosey’ himself, the duke of Wellington. 1990 B. Cornwell Sharpe's Waterloo iii. 29 The Duke of Wellington, ‘Nosey’ to his men. 2. An overly inquisitive or prying person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying > action of prying > person engaged in pryer1552 peeper1607 poker1608 Paul Pry1826 snooper1889 nosy parker1896 stickybeak1917 nosy1931 curtain-twitcher1940 prodnose1965 1931 ‘N. West’ Dream Life Balso Snell 40 ‘Well, nosey, how did you like my theme?’ Balso turned and saw the boy whose diary he had been reading. 1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder xiv. 155 He may be a bit of a nosy, but he doesn't look like a murderer. 1952 P. Bowles Let it come Down ix. 102 ‘Where you go?’ she interrupted... ‘I'm going to a party, Nosey.’ 1998 A. Ashworth Once in House on Fire (1999) vii. 104 We kept our distance so that no one would think we were noseys. 3. colloquial (chiefly Scottish). = nose n. 6.Earliest and frequently in nosy around. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > instance of inquisitionc1440 investigation1533 sight1592 review1611 percontation1623 evestigation1658 inquirendoa1846 shakedown1914 look-around1967 nosy1990 1990 IIci vs IIfx ROM in comp.sys.mac.hardware (Usenet newsgroup) 18 June I had a bit of [a] nosey around System 6.0.5 (which you need to run a IIfx), looking for a new ‘PTCH’ resource for the new ROM version. 1994 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 5 Oct. 24 Surprisingly often, and best of all, are the trendy West Endies who slope by for a nosey. 1997 C. McPherson Weir 37 I was having a good nosy around. 1999 C. Brookmyre One Fine Day in Middle of Night (2000) 127 Tina insisted—she wanted a nosy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1620
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