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单词 peenging
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peengingadj.

Brit. /ˈpiːndʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpindʒɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈpin(d)ʒɪŋ/, /ˈpin(d)ʒɪn/
Forms: Scottish 1700s–1800s pinging, 1800s peenging, 1800s pingein', 1800s pingin, 1800s pingin', 1900s– peengin, 1900s– peengin'; English regional (northern) 1800s pingin', 1800s– peengin, 1800s– peenging, 1800s– peenjan', 1800s– pingin, 1900s– pinjan.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: whingeing, variant of whinging n. and adj. at whinge v. Derivatives
Etymology: Probably an imitative alteration of whingeing, variant of whinging n. and adj. at whinge v. Derivatives, after peeping n.1, etc. Compare later peenge v.
Scottish and English regional (northern).
That whines, complains, or mopes; peevish, ailing, fretful.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective]
protervec1384
teethya1500
peevishc1530
protervous1547
pettish1552
tatter1579
fretting1587
teeny1594
frampold1599
treaf1601
fretful1603
teety1621
frappish1631
froppish1659
huffy1680
toothy1691
peenging1724
fractious1725
crossish1740
huffish1755
petulant1755
refractious1761
pouty1799
pensy1803
fudgy1819
twiney1824
rammista1838
fretty1844
petful1852
patchy1862
fretsome1870
grizzly1900
anfractuous1923
1724 A. Ramsay in Evergreen I. 51 A Bytand Ballat on warlo Wives, That gar thair Men live pinging Lives.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 341 That useless peenging thing of a lassie there, at Ellangowan.
1887 W. Walker Bards of Bon-accord 441 Many parents used to be grievously afflicted by having their chubby, rosy infant exchanged by the fairies for one of their own ‘peenging shargars’.
1910 C. Fraser Glengonnar 118 He's nane o' your peengin kin', that's fear't for gettin' a wat skin.
1921 A. Dodds Antrin Sangs 53 The mavis is nae speckled dove, The lark nae peengin' plover.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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