ownty-downtyadj.pron.

Brit.

/ˌəʊntɪˈdəʊnti/, U.S.

/ˌoʊn(t)iˈdoʊn(t)i/

Forms:

α. 1800s owny-downy, 1800s owny-towny.

β. 1800s ounty-tounty, 1800s– ownty-donty, 1800s– ownty-downty.

γ. 1900s– owntsy-downtsy.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: own adj.

Etymology: Reduplication of own adj. with variation of the initial consonant and suffixation (compare -ty suffix¹, -sy suffix², and -y suffix⁶), in imitation of childish speech.

U.S. nursery and colloquial.

= own adj. and pron.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > own

owneOE

nowna1325

propera1325

nainc1480

ownty-downty1815

1815 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. 19 My owny, towny, Lydy Lovett.

1871 L. M. Alcott Little Men v. 77 How nice it is to do it all my ownty donty self!

1882 O. W. Holmes Let. 18 Mar. in J. Brown Lett. (1912) 449 It is told, the story, without any affectation, but so lovingly that the blessed little creature becomes our own child, our ‘ownty-downty’, as New England nursery small talk has it.

1899 N. H. Dole Early Poems R. W. Emerson p. xix The establishment of ‘a magazine of his ownty-donty’.

1907 J. C. Lincoln Cape Cod Stories 248 The air had affected the colonel's head till he imagined he could sail a boat all by his ownty-donty.

1970 Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) 922/1 If I had to do it on my owntsy-downtsy.

2000 New or used? in mensa.talk.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 15 Aug. It's time to buy a car. Ah, my ownty downty little car again.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ownty-downty
释义	ownty-downtyadj.pron. Brit. /ˌəʊntɪˈdəʊnti/, U.S. /ˌoʊn(t)iˈdoʊn(t)i/ Forms: α. 1800s owny-downy, 1800s owny-towny. β. 1800s ounty-tounty, 1800s– ownty-donty, 1800s– ownty-downty. γ. 1900s– owntsy-downtsy. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: own adj. Etymology: Reduplication of own adj. with variation of the initial consonant and suffixation (compare -ty suffix¹, -sy suffix², and -y suffix⁶), in imitation of childish speech. U.S. nursery and colloquial. = own adj. and pron. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > own owneOE owneOE nowna1325 propera1325 nainc1480 ownty-downty1815 1815 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. 19 My owny, towny, Lydy Lovett. 1871 L. M. Alcott Little Men v. 77 How nice it is to do it all my ownty donty self! 1882 O. W. Holmes Let. 18 Mar. in J. Brown Lett. (1912) 449 It is told, the story, without any affectation, but so lovingly that the blessed little creature becomes our own child, our ‘ownty-downty’, as New England nursery small talk has it. 1899 N. H. Dole Early Poems R. W. Emerson p. xix The establishment of ‘a magazine of his ownty-donty’. 1907 J. C. Lincoln Cape Cod Stories 248 The air had affected the colonel's head till he imagined he could sail a boat all by his ownty-donty. 1970 Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) 922/1 If I had to do it on my owntsy-downtsy. 2000 New or used? in mensa.talk.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 15 Aug. It's time to buy a car. Ah, my ownty downty little car again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.pron.1815
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