oozyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈuːzi/, U.S.

/ˈuzi/

Forms: Old English wosig, Middle English wosi, Middle English wosy, 1600s– oozy, 1700s ouzy; English regional (Cheshire) 1800s– hoozey, 1800s– hoozy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ooze n.², -y suffix¹, ooze v.¹

Etymology: Originally < ooze n.² + -y suffix¹. In later use in sense 2 probably independently < ooze v.¹ + -y suffix¹. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ū·zi) /ˈuːzɪ/.

†1. Of a plant: full of moisture, juicy. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Hatton) (O.E.D. transcript) (1984) cxlvii. 190 Aizon..is wel wosig [?a1200 Harl. 6258B wosi].

2. Exuding moisture; damp with exuded or deposited moisture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of exuding > [adjective] > exuding

siping1398

oozya1425

weeping1551

sweating1578

sweaty1600

weepy1825

exuding1849

oozing1878

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting by exudation

oozya1425

weeping1551

sweating1578

sudorific1828

oozing1878

a1425 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Wellcome 225) 440 If scho be consevyd when scho wos last servyd..hyre priva membre is not sa boland & oppynand..ne not sa wet & wosy.

1699 G. Farquhar Adventures Covent-Garden 50 The moon withdrawn, the oozy clouds lay dead.

1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 197 The oozy Oyster.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Fistula, a hollow ouzy Ulcer in the Posteriors.

1819 P. B. Shelley Julian & Maddalo 219 We climbed the oozy stairs Into an old courtyard.

1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady 20 Thrushes, which To feast on morsels oozy rich, Cracked poor snails' curling niche.

1926 C. Connolly Let. 18 May in Romantic Friendship (1975) 132 The sea..was like enormous oozy masses of lead coloured slate.

1973 N. Bawden Carrie's War v. 54 There were speckly eggs in trays on the shelf, slabs of pale, oozy butter.

1995 Entertainm. Weekly 13 Oct. 58 Eating a slice of oozy pizza.

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

oozyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈuːzi/, U.S.

/ˈuzi/

Forms:

α. Middle English wosȝy, Middle English wosy, Middle English–1500s wosie, 1500s woosye, 1600s woosy.

β. 1500s oesie, 1500s osey, 1600s oazie, 1600s osie, 1600s ousey, 1600s owsey, 1600s ozie, 1600s–1700s oasy, 1600s–1700s oazy, 1600s–1700s oosie, 1600s–1700s oozie, 1600s–1700s ouzy, 1600s–1700s owsie, 1600s– oozy, 1700s ouzey, 1700s owzy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ooze n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < ooze n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

1. Of water: filled with ooze or mud; muddy, miry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > [adjective] > qualities of liquid > cloudy or opaque > specific muddy or turbid

druvya1300

drublya1340

oozya1398

feculent1471

troublous1495

mudlya1500

drumlya1522

troublish?1527

puddled1559

puddly1559

suddy1587

muddy1590

droumy1605

muddled1624

turbid1626

turbidous1628

puddlish1633

muddied1642

scuddy1797

roily1823

blundered1855

jumbly1864

mudded1898

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 154 The ryuer Gyon..comeþ oute of Paradys..[it is troubly, erþi,] slymy, and wosȝy.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. iii. 11 The swealtie Sun..vehementlie did shine vpon the Oesie plasshes myerd.

1700 N. Tate Panacea ii. 29 Is't thus you treat the Goddess of the Sea, With Oozy Brine?

1782 W. Gilpin Observ. River Wye (1789) 53 It's waters now became ouzy, and discoloured.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 172 A brook..Oozy and foul, half choked with grass.

1956 J. Morris As I saw U.S.A. vii. 56 Another old Negro woman..was fishing in the oozy water with a long home-cut rod.

1986 Financial Times (Nexis) 20 Sept. (Weekend section) 17 The oozy waters that lounge and flop On the black scrag-piles.

a. Composed of or resembling ooze; having the consistency of wet mud or slime; (of the sea bottom) consisting of ooze or fine mud. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [adjective] > deposited by river or sea

oozy1565

1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 1624 There was no good watyr witȝin a myle, But a litil pitte..And party was it fillid witȝ a wosy dam.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 68 Ȝoure body gaderyth euere more wose of synne,..þer-fore ȝoure body is a foul wosy pytt.

1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia v. f. 113^v Ryding at anchor in a woosye and open shore.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 639 Oasy mud in the botome.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 225 The best of Gods children are now and then to bee dashed [= to-bedashed] as they trauell thorow this oosie and muddy world.

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 663 The bottoms..part sandy, part stony, and part ousey, and of a black Clay.

1718 Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 802 The Lands in that Tract..are still very owzy and tender.

1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 71 Your first soundings will be about 80 fathom..oozy ground.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 298 These birds..frequent sea-shores, and the muddy and oozy margins of large rivers.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 42 An oozy bottom does best for flat fish, such as soles, turbots, and plaice.

1879 J. Cook Marriage 14 Any oozy region where the mere sediment of discussion settles.

1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros v. 64 The secret streams of ocean where the last green rays are quenched in oozy darkness.

1989 O. S. Card Prentice Alvin vii. 108 Once he dug through that layer, though, the ground got oozy underfoot.

b. poetic. Of seaweed: slimy, damp.Perhaps also with reference to ooze n.³

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective] > of seaweed

oozy1745

1745 E. Young Consolation 7 Oozy Wreath And dismal Sea-weed crown her.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck iii. 55 And grappled there by oozy tangles fast.

1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind iii, in Prometheus Unbound 191 The oozy woods [i.e. forests of seaweeds] which wear The sapless foliage of the ocean.

a1891 H. Melville Billy Budd xxvi, in Wks. (1924) XIII. 114 I am sleepy, and the oozy weeds about me twist.

1909 A. C. Benson Lyrical Poems 117 Over the oozy weed The flying feet haste on.

†3. Of a sound: resembling that of something falling on ooze; suggestive of oozing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adjective] > squelching > of sounds

oozy1843

squelching1881

squelchy1897

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xiii. 161 It fell with an oozy, slushy sound among the grass.

1873 Spectator 23 Aug. 1069 Alongside of you comes up an oozy, squashy sound of the advancing tide.

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

单词	oozy
释义	oozyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈuːzi/, U.S. /ˈuzi/ Forms: Old English wosig, Middle English wosi, Middle English wosy, 1600s– oozy, 1700s ouzy; English regional (Cheshire) 1800s– hoozey, 1800s– hoozy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ooze n.², -y suffix¹, ooze v.¹ Etymology: Originally < ooze n.² + -y suffix¹. In later use in sense 2 probably independently < ooze v.¹ + -y suffix¹. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ū·zi) /ˈuːzɪ/. †1. Of a plant: full of moisture, juicy. Obsolete. ΚΠ OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Hatton) (O.E.D. transcript) (1984) cxlvii. 190 Aizon..is wel wosig [?a1200 Harl. 6258B wosi]. 2. Exuding moisture; damp with exuded or deposited moisture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of exuding > [adjective] > exuding siping1398 oozya1425 weeping1551 sweating1578 sweaty1600 weepy1825 exuding1849 oozing1878 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting by exudation oozya1425 weeping1551 sweating1578 sudorific1828 oozing1878 a1425 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Wellcome 225) 440 If scho be consevyd when scho wos last servyd..hyre priva membre is not sa boland & oppynand..ne not sa wet & wosy. 1699 G. Farquhar Adventures Covent-Garden 50 The moon withdrawn, the oozy clouds lay dead. 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 197 The oozy Oyster. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Fistula, a hollow ouzy Ulcer in the Posteriors. 1819 P. B. Shelley Julian & Maddalo 219 We climbed the oozy stairs Into an old courtyard. 1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady 20 Thrushes, which To feast on morsels oozy rich, Cracked poor snails' curling niche. 1926 C. Connolly Let. 18 May in Romantic Friendship (1975) 132 The sea..was like enormous oozy masses of lead coloured slate. 1973 N. Bawden Carrie's War v. 54 There were speckly eggs in trays on the shelf, slabs of pale, oozy butter. 1995 Entertainm. Weekly 13 Oct. 58 Eating a slice of oozy pizza. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). oozyadj.² Brit. /ˈuːzi/, U.S. /ˈuzi/ Forms: α. Middle English wosȝy, Middle English wosy, Middle English–1500s wosie, 1500s woosye, 1600s woosy. β. 1500s oesie, 1500s osey, 1600s oazie, 1600s osie, 1600s ousey, 1600s owsey, 1600s ozie, 1600s–1700s oasy, 1600s–1700s oazy, 1600s–1700s oosie, 1600s–1700s oozie, 1600s–1700s ouzy, 1600s–1700s owsie, 1600s– oozy, 1700s ouzey, 1700s owzy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ooze n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < ooze n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. Of water: filled with ooze or mud; muddy, miry. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [adjective] > qualities of liquid > cloudy or opaque > specific muddy or turbid druvya1300 drublya1340 oozya1398 feculent1471 troublous1495 mudlya1500 drumlya1522 troublish?1527 puddled1559 puddly1559 suddy1587 muddy1590 droumy1605 muddled1624 turbid1626 turbidous1628 puddlish1633 muddied1642 scuddy1797 roily1823 blundered1855 jumbly1864 mudded1898 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 154 The ryuer Gyon..comeþ oute of Paradys..[it is troubly, erþi,] slymy, and wosȝy. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. iii. 11 The swealtie Sun..vehementlie did shine vpon the Oesie plasshes myerd. 1700 N. Tate Panacea ii. 29 Is't thus you treat the Goddess of the Sea, With Oozy Brine? 1782 W. Gilpin Observ. River Wye (1789) 53 It's waters now became ouzy, and discoloured. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 172 A brook..Oozy and foul, half choked with grass. 1956 J. Morris As I saw U.S.A. vii. 56 Another old Negro woman..was fishing in the oozy water with a long home-cut rod. 1986 Financial Times (Nexis) 20 Sept. (Weekend section) 17 The oozy waters that lounge and flop On the black scrag-piles. 2. a. Composed of or resembling ooze; having the consistency of wet mud or slime; (of the sea bottom) consisting of ooze or fine mud. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [adjective] > deposited by river or sea oozy1565 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 1624 There was no good watyr witȝin a myle, But a litil pitte..And party was it fillid witȝ a wosy dam. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 68 Ȝoure body gaderyth euere more wose of synne,..þer-fore ȝoure body is a foul wosy pytt. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia v. f. 113^v Ryding at anchor in a woosye and open shore. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 639 Oasy mud in the botome. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 225 The best of Gods children are now and then to bee dashed [= to-bedashed] as they trauell thorow this oosie and muddy world. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 663 The bottoms..part sandy, part stony, and part ousey, and of a black Clay. 1718 Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 802 The Lands in that Tract..are still very owzy and tender. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 71 Your first soundings will be about 80 fathom..oozy ground. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 298 These birds..frequent sea-shores, and the muddy and oozy margins of large rivers. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 42 An oozy bottom does best for flat fish, such as soles, turbots, and plaice. 1879 J. Cook Marriage 14 Any oozy region where the mere sediment of discussion settles. 1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros v. 64 The secret streams of ocean where the last green rays are quenched in oozy darkness. 1989 O. S. Card Prentice Alvin vii. 108 Once he dug through that layer, though, the ground got oozy underfoot. b. poetic. Of seaweed: slimy, damp.Perhaps also with reference to ooze n.³ ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective] > of seaweed oozy1745 1745 E. Young Consolation 7 Oozy Wreath And dismal Sea-weed crown her. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck iii. 55 And grappled there by oozy tangles fast. 1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind iii, in Prometheus Unbound 191 The oozy woods [i.e. forests of seaweeds] which wear The sapless foliage of the ocean. a1891 H. Melville Billy Budd xxvi, in Wks. (1924) XIII. 114 I am sleepy, and the oozy weeds about me twist. 1909 A. C. Benson Lyrical Poems 117 Over the oozy weed The flying feet haste on. †3. Of a sound: resembling that of something falling on ooze; suggestive of oozing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adjective] > squelching > of sounds oozy1843 squelching1881 squelchy1897 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xiii. 161 It fell with an oozy, slushy sound among the grass. 1873 Spectator 23 Aug. 1069 Alongside of you comes up an oozy, squashy sound of the advancing tide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹OEadj.²a1398
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