单词 | opi |
释义 | opin. North American. Originally among German communities: a grandfather. Frequently as an affectionate form of address. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather mother-fathereOE eldfatherOE grandsirec1300 aiela1325 belsirea1325 grandfather1424 belfatherc1440 goodsire?c1450 fore-grandsire1513 gutcher1523 granfer1564 granddaddy1648 grandpapa1680 grandada1699 grandad1764 grandpa?1785 grandpappy1857 grandpop1860 abuelo1876 dada1888 gramp1890 grampy1904 lolo1934 gramps1935 zayde1946 opa1948 opi1988 1988 G. E. Lyon Borrowed Children xv. 79 Opie has left for the mill by the time I get downstairs. 1995 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 888/1 We ‘adopted’ John McGalliard as the children's grandfather since they otherwise had none. They called him ‘Opi’. They still talk about their opi. 2000 N.Y. Times (Electronic ed.) 22 Aug. ‘Opi’ is the dear grandfather of Marissa, Arielle, Ethan and Allary. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1988 |
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