oorieadj.

Brit.

/ˈuːri/, U.S.

/ˈuri/, Scottish English

/ˈurɪ/, Irish English

/ˈuːri/

Forms: 1700s– ourie, 1700s– owrie, 1800s oory, 1800s oury, 1800s– oorie, 1900s– ourey.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Sc. National Dict. at ourie adj. suggests derivation ultimately < a variant of owl n. or owl v. (compare specific Scots senses ‘to treat harshly’, ‘to be dejected’, and the derivatives oolin downcast, ooled downcast); compare also Scots oor to huddle with cold, shiver, oorit cold, shivery (see Sc. National Dict. at oor v.).In sense 2 influenced by eerie adj. Connection with oury adj. seems unlikely. (The two were interpreted as showing the same word in N.E.D. (1903).) N.E.D. (1903) enters this under Ourie adj., and gives the pronunciation as (ɑu·ri) /ˈaʊrɪ/.

Scottish and Irish English (northern).

1. Dismal, gloomy; cheerless; miserable as a result of cold, illness, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]

ungladc888

wearyc888

drearyc1000

dreary-moodOE

heavyc1000

unmerryOE

droopy?c1225

mournc1275

sada1300

languishinga1325

amayedc1330

matec1330

unlightc1330

unblissful1340

lowa1382

mishappyc1390

dullc1393

elengely1393

droopinga1400

heavy-hearteda1400

joylessa1400

sytefula1400

mornifc1400

tristy?c1400

lightless?1406

heartlessa1413

tristc1420

amatec1425

languoring?c1425

mirthlessc1430

heavisome1435

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

comfortlessc1460

amateda1470

chermatc1475

tristfula1492

lustless?1507

dolorous1513

ruthful1513

downcast1521

deject1528

heartsicka1529

lumpisha1535

coolc1540

dowlyc1540

glum1547

discouraged1548

uncheerfulc1555

dumpish1560

out of heart1565

sadded1566

amoped1573

tristive1578

desolated1580

dejected1581

à la mort1586

delightless1589

afflicted1590

gladless1590

groanful1590

gloomya1593

muddy1592

sitheful1592

cloudy1594

leaden-hearted1596

disconsolated1598

clum1599

life-weary1599

spiritless1600

dusky1602

chop-fallen1604

flat1604

disanimated1605

jaw-fallen1605

moped1606

chap-fallen1608

decheerful1608

uncheerful1612

lacklustrea1616

pulled1616

dumpya1618

depressed1621

head-hung1632

grum1640

downa1644

dispirited1647

down-at-mouth1649

down in (rarely of) the mouth1649

unhearted1650

sunlessa1658

sadful1658

unlightened1659

chagrin1665

saddened1665

damp1667

moping1674

desponding1688

tristitious1694

unenjoying1697

unraised1697

unheartya1699

unked1698

despondent1699

dismal1705

unjoyful1709

unrejoiced1714

dreara1717

disheartened1720

mumpish1721

unrejoicing1726

downhearted1742

out of spirits1745

chagrineda1754

low-spirited1753

sombrea1767

black-blooded1771

glumpy1780

oorie1787

sombrous1789

morose1791

Novemberish1793

glumpish1800

mopeful1800

die-away1802

blue-devilish1804

blue-devilled1807

malagrugrous1818

down in the hip1826

yonderly1828

sunshineless1831

downfaced1832

broody1851

in a (or the) trough1856

blue-devilly1871

drooped1873

glummy1884

pippy1886

humpy1889

pipped1914

lousy1933

pissed1943

crappy1956

doomy1961

bummed1970

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious

dreicha1300

alangec1330

joylessa1400

tedious1412

wearifulc1454

weary1465

laboriousa1475

tiresome?a1513

irksome1513

wearisome1530

woodena1566

irkful1570

flat1573

leaden1593

barren1600

soaked1600

unlively1608

dulla1616

irking1629

drearisome1633

drear1645

plumbous1651

fatigable1656

dreary1667

uncurious1685

unenlivened1692

blank1726

disinteresting1737

stupid1748

stagnant1749

trist?1756

vegetable1757

borish1766

uninteresting1769

unenlivening1774

oorie1787

wearying1796

subjectless1803

yawny1805

wearing1811

stuffy1813

sloomy1820

tediousome1823

arid1827

lacklustrous1834

boring1839

featureless1839

slow1840

sodden1853

ennuying1858

dusty1860

cabbagy1861

old1864

mouldy1876

yawnful1878

drab1880

dehydrated1884

interestless1886

jay1889

boresome1895

stodgy1895

stuffy1895

yawnsome1900

sludgy1901

draggy1922

blah1937

nowhere1940

drack1945

stupefactive1970

schleppy1978

wack1986

1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 200 I thought me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O' winter war.

a1810 R. Tannahill Lasses a' Leuch in Poems (1846) 145 Maggie was sitting fu' ourie an' blate.

1823 J. Galt Entail I. xxvii. 233 The birds sat mute and ourie, and the Clyde, increased by recent upland rains, grumbled with the hoarseness of his wintry voice.

1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 82 The winter raindrap owrie fa's.

1865 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 261 That oory, dingy paint and paper.

1932 R. L. Cassie Sc. Sangs 31 Seg an' cats'-tail spread a net Owre an ourie, goorie bit, Fleer't wi' fog aye fickle.

1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 203/1 Oorie, dismal, depressing..woe-begone.

1973 E. Morgan From Glasgow to Saturn 75 ‘Yon is an ourie pliskie!’ Wha wan the tulzie?

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 241/2 Oorie, owrie, dismal, depressing; sad-looking, dejected.

2017 J. T. Ewing in Lallans 91 70 Hou Dows this ourie gowl [sc. a broch] still hale us in?

2. Scottish. Of a thing: uncanny, disquieting; = eerie adj. 2. Also: (of a person) uneasy, apprehensive; = eerie adj. 1 (now Shetland).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being eerie > [adjective]

unked1574

iry1603

wanchancy1768

eerie1792

eerisome1818

pokerish1825

unco1828

oorie1843

spooky1854

creepy-crawly1902

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adjective] > uneasy > superstitiously uneasy

eeriec1375

oorie1843

1843 J. Ballantyne Gaberlunzie's Wallet 113 He daundered doun closes, baith ourie an' dark.

1877 G. Stewart Shetland Fireside Tales 4 Ir ye no oorie sitten yoursell doon here?

1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 21 Jist as she had spak' the words, oot the laich door-step An oorie fit was heard to fa'.

1917 J. L. Waugh Cute McCheyne 36 A queer oorie kind o' feelin' cam' ower me.

1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man 26 Your sallow leafs can never thraw, Wi' a' their oorie shakin'.

1988 W. A. D. Riach Galloway Gloss. Oorie, frightening.

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

单词	oorie
释义	oorieadj. Brit. /ˈuːri/, U.S. /ˈuri/, Scottish English /ˈurɪ/, Irish English /ˈuːri/ Forms: 1700s– ourie, 1700s– owrie, 1800s oory, 1800s oury, 1800s– oorie, 1900s– ourey. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Sc. National Dict. at ourie adj. suggests derivation ultimately < a variant of owl n. or owl v. (compare specific Scots senses ‘to treat harshly’, ‘to be dejected’, and the derivatives oolin downcast, ooled downcast); compare also Scots oor to huddle with cold, shiver, oorit cold, shivery (see Sc. National Dict. at oor v.).In sense 2 influenced by eerie adj. Connection with oury adj. seems unlikely. (The two were interpreted as showing the same word in N.E.D. (1903).) N.E.D. (1903) enters this under Ourie adj., and gives the pronunciation as (ɑu·ri) /ˈaʊrɪ/. Scottish and Irish English (northern). 1. Dismal, gloomy; cheerless; miserable as a result of cold, illness, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious dreicha1300 alangec1330 joylessa1400 tedious1412 wearifulc1454 weary1465 laboriousa1475 tiresome?a1513 irksome1513 wearisome1530 woodena1566 irkful1570 flat1573 leaden1593 barren1600 soaked1600 unlively1608 dulla1616 irking1629 drearisome1633 drear1645 plumbous1651 fatigable1656 dreary1667 uncurious1685 unenlivened1692 blank1726 disinteresting1737 stupid1748 stagnant1749 trist?1756 vegetable1757 borish1766 uninteresting1769 unenlivening1774 oorie1787 wearying1796 subjectless1803 yawny1805 wearing1811 stuffy1813 sloomy1820 tediousome1823 arid1827 lacklustrous1834 boring1839 featureless1839 slow1840 sodden1853 ennuying1858 dusty1860 cabbagy1861 old1864 mouldy1876 yawnful1878 drab1880 dehydrated1884 interestless1886 jay1889 boresome1895 stodgy1895 stuffy1895 yawnsome1900 sludgy1901 draggy1922 blah1937 nowhere1940 drack1945 stupefactive1970 schleppy1978 wack1986 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 200 I thought me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O' winter war. a1810 R. Tannahill Lasses a' Leuch in Poems (1846) 145 Maggie was sitting fu' ourie an' blate. 1823 J. Galt Entail I. xxvii. 233 The birds sat mute and ourie, and the Clyde, increased by recent upland rains, grumbled with the hoarseness of his wintry voice. 1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 82 The winter raindrap owrie fa's. 1865 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 261 That oory, dingy paint and paper. 1932 R. L. Cassie Sc. Sangs 31 Seg an' cats'-tail spread a net Owre an ourie, goorie bit, Fleer't wi' fog aye fickle. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 203/1 Oorie, dismal, depressing..woe-begone. 1973 E. Morgan From Glasgow to Saturn 75 ‘Yon is an ourie pliskie!’ Wha wan the tulzie? 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 241/2 Oorie, owrie, dismal, depressing; sad-looking, dejected. 2017 J. T. Ewing in Lallans 91 70 Hou Dows this ourie gowl [sc. a broch] still hale us in? 2. Scottish. Of a thing: uncanny, disquieting; = eerie adj. 2. Also: (of a person) uneasy, apprehensive; = eerie adj. 1 (now Shetland). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being eerie > [adjective] unked1574 iry1603 wanchancy1768 eerie1792 eerisome1818 pokerish1825 unco1828 oorie1843 spooky1854 creepy-crawly1902 the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adjective] > uneasy > superstitiously uneasy eeriec1375 oorie1843 1843 J. Ballantyne Gaberlunzie's Wallet 113 He daundered doun closes, baith ourie an' dark. 1877 G. Stewart Shetland Fireside Tales 4 Ir ye no oorie sitten yoursell doon here? 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 21 Jist as she had spak' the words, oot the laich door-step An oorie fit was heard to fa'. 1917 J. L. Waugh Cute McCheyne 36 A queer oorie kind o' feelin' cam' ower me. 1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man 26 Your sallow leafs can never thraw, Wi' a' their oorie shakin'. 1988 W. A. D. Riach Galloway Gloss. Oorie, frightening. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1787
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