单词 | onkus |
释义 | onkusadj. slang (Australian and New Zealand). Now rare. 1. New Zealand. Good; pleasant.Quot. 1944 is ambiguous and may have either a good or a bad connotation (cf. sense 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] goodOE winlyOE snella1000 winc1275 boonc1325 cleana1375 tidya1375 positivea1398 comelyc1400 kindc1400 kindly?a1425 well-formeda1425 trim?a1513 wally?a1513 bonnya1525 delicatea1533 goodlike1562 sappy1563 bein1567 rum1567 benedict1576 warrantable1581 true (also good, sure) as touch1590 goodlisomea1603 respectable1603 clever1738 amusing1753 plummy1787 bone1793 brickish1843 mooi1850 ryebuck1859 spandy1868 greatisha1871 healthy1878 popular1884 beefy1903 onkus1910 quies1919 cushty1929 high-powered1969 not shabby1975 the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] winsomea900 sweetc900 likingeOE i-quemec950 lieflyOE winlyOE hereOE thankfulc1000 merryOE queemc1175 beina1200 willea1200 leesomec1200 savouryc1225 estea1250 i-wilc1275 winc1275 welcomea1300 doucea1350 well-pleasingc1350 acceptablea1382 pleasablea1382 pleasanta1382 pleaseda1382 acceptedc1384 amiablec1384 well-likinga1387 queemfulc1390 flattering1393 pleasinga1398 well-queeminga1400 comelyc1400 farrandc1400 greable1401 goodlyc1405 amicable?a1425 placablec1429 amene1433 winful1438 listyc1440 dulcet1445 agreeablec1450 favourousc1485 sweetly?a1500 pleasureful?c1502 dulcea1513 grate1523 prettya1529 plausible1541 jolly1549 dulcoratec1550 toothsome1551 pleasurable1557 tickling1558 suavec1560 amenous1567 odoriferous?1575 perfumed1580 glada1586 tickle1593 pleasurous1595 favoursome1601 dulcean1606 gratifying1611 Hyblaean1614 gratulatea1616 arrident1616 solacefula1618 pleasantable1619 placid1628 contentsome1632 sapid1640 canny1643 gustful1647 peramene1657 pergrateful1657 tastefula1659 complacent1660 placentiousa1661 gratifactorya1665 bland1667 suavious1669 palatable1683 placent1683 complaisant1710 nice1747 tasty1796 sweetsome1799 titbit1820 connate1836 cunning1843 mooi1850 gemütlich1852 sympathique1859 congenial1878 sympathetic1900 sipid1908 onkus1910 sympathisch1911 1910 N.Z. Truth 11 June 1 But ‘Critic’ asks the said gentleman to submit the following sentence to any school boy or a semi-intelligent adult: ‘The Opposition are whipping the cat because they've got Buckley's chance of pulling the leg of the farmer with an onkus [sic] freehold lurk.’ 1938 Press (Christchurch) (McNab Slang) 2 Apr. 18 New Zealanders have their curiously sounding slang... ‘ongkus’ (good). 1944 A. F. St. Bruno Desert Daze 55 Now Auld Jock and Bluey, having successfully partnered a crown-and-anchor board in their Naafi, and having ‘done up’ the feloose A.W.L. in Cairo Y.M.C.A.'s, had arrived back at Maadi decidedly ‘onkus’. 2. Australian. Unpleasant or disagreeable. Of food or drink: inferior, of poor quality. Now rare. ΚΠ 1918 G. C. Cooper Diary (MS., Austral. War Memorial Libr.) 17 Nov. Felt pretty ‘onkus’ in consequence of fall I had on deck that previous night. 1941 Furphy Flyer: Official Organ 2/24 Austral. Infantry 15 Oct. 1 The tucker may be onkus. 1962 D. McLean World Turned Upside Down 121 All this yabber about Danny is onkus. 1999 D. Seal Lingo 61 Onkus means disagreeable or unpleasant and was used in civilian life between the wars..only to stagger on well into the 1960s, though it is rarely heard today. 3. Australian. Disordered; out of order. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adjective] > specific modes of action or operation > faulty > of a mechanism out of whack1906 onkus1941 hinky1961 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 51 Onkus, all wrong, incorrect; (of machinery) out of order. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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