-etysuffix

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps partly imitative of repeated activity (in e.g. hippity-hop n., plinkety n., int., and adj.). Compare -et suffix¹, -et suffix², and -y suffix¹.Formations of this type are found from the early 19th cent., e.g. lickety adv., hippity-hop n. Perhaps compare earlier pernickety adj. and other adjectives and nouns ending in -ety , which chiefly show suffixation of stems ending in -et , e.g. nackety adj., velvety adj., fidgety adj., etc.; perhaps compare also taffety at taffety n. and adj. α. forms.

Forming extended forms of monosyllabic words chiefly ending in -k, -g, or -p, and used esp. in forming elements of reduplicative compounds; see, for example, hippity-hop n., adv., and adj., hot diggety dog int., lickety adv., plinkety n., int., and adj., etc.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	-ety
释义	-etysuffix Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps partly imitative of repeated activity (in e.g. hippity-hop n., plinkety n., int., and adj.). Compare -et suffix¹, -et suffix², and -y suffix¹.Formations of this type are found from the early 19th cent., e.g. lickety adv., hippity-hop n. Perhaps compare earlier pernickety adj. and other adjectives and nouns ending in -ety , which chiefly show suffixation of stems ending in -et , e.g. nackety adj., velvety adj., fidgety adj., etc.; perhaps compare also taffety at taffety n. and adj. α. forms. Forming extended forms of monosyllabic words chiefly ending in -k, -g, or -p, and used esp. in forming elements of reduplicative compounds; see, for example, hippity-hop n., adv., and adj., hot diggety dog int., lickety adv., plinkety n., int., and adj., etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < suffix
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