odd-come-shortlyn.

Brit.

/ˌɒdkʌmˈʃɔːtli/, U.S.

/ˌɑdkəmˈʃɔrtli/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: odd adj., come v., shortly adv.

Etymology: < odd adj. + come v. + shortly adv., probably to be understood as some odd day to come shortly.

Now rare.

Used to denote an unspecified time in the near future. Usually in one of these odd-come-shortlies (also some odd-come-shortly): one of these days; some day shortly. Cf. odd-come-short n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > one day in the future

odd-come-shortly1738

some fine day1762

odd-come-short1832

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 12 Miss, When will you be married? Miss. One of these Odd-come-shortly's, Colonel.

1821 W. Scott Let. 15 Feb. (1934) VI. 355 I will write her a long letter one of these odd-come-shortlys.

1879 A. Trollope John Caldigate (1993) lviii. 558 He had determined that some ‘odd-come-shortly’, as he would call it, he would give the vicar of Plum-cum-Pippins a moral pat on the head.

2002 dolphins_mind.chat.ru 1 July (O.E.D. Archive) You'll find one of these odd-come-shortlies That he's through thick-and-thin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	odd-come-shortly
释义	odd-come-shortlyn. Brit. /ˌɒdkʌmˈʃɔːtli/, U.S. /ˌɑdkəmˈʃɔrtli/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: odd adj., come v., shortly adv. Etymology: < odd adj. + come v. + shortly adv., probably to be understood as some odd day to come shortly. Now rare. Used to denote an unspecified time in the near future. Usually in one of these odd-come-shortlies (also some odd-come-shortly): one of these days; some day shortly. Cf. odd-come-short n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > one day in the future odd-come-shortly1738 some fine day1762 odd-come-short1832 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 12 Miss, When will you be married? Miss. One of these Odd-come-shortly's, Colonel. 1821 W. Scott Let. 15 Feb. (1934) VI. 355 I will write her a long letter one of these odd-come-shortlys. 1879 A. Trollope John Caldigate (1993) lviii. 558 He had determined that some ‘odd-come-shortly’, as he would call it, he would give the vicar of Plum-cum-Pippins a moral pat on the head. 2002 dolphins_mind.chat.ru 1 July (O.E.D. Archive) You'll find one of these odd-come-shortlies That he's through thick-and-thin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1738
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