physickyadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɪzᵻki/, U.S.

/ˈfɪzᵻki/

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

Etymology: < physic n. + -y suffix¹.

Now rare.

Suggestive of the taste, smell, or other qualities of medicine; medicinal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > like medicine

physicky1752

medicinal1824

1752 J. Cleland in tr. C. P. Duclos Mem. Manners Present Age II. Pref. p. xvii They [sc. novels] are Vehicles of wholesome Advice, without its physicky Taste.

1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane i. 36 (note) The flowers have a physicky smell.

1849 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) I. 242 Dear Sara's letter is very charming—not at all physicky.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 533 The cheeses from France, in Pliny's day, had a physicky flavour.

1886 G. M. Fenn Devon Boys xxx. 263 ‘I rather like it,’ said Bob, with a rather physicky face.

1927 Amer. Speech 2 265/2 The way boys swallow green apples,—they're very good to eat but physicky.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	physicky
释义	physickyadj. Brit. /ˈfɪzᵻki/, U.S. /ˈfɪzᵻki/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: physic n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < physic n. + -y suffix¹. Now rare. Suggestive of the taste, smell, or other qualities of medicine; medicinal. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > like medicine physicky1752 medicinal1824 1752 J. Cleland in tr. C. P. Duclos Mem. Manners Present Age II. Pref. p. xvii They [sc. novels] are Vehicles of wholesome Advice, without its physicky Taste. 1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane i. 36 (note) The flowers have a physicky smell. 1849 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) I. 242 Dear Sara's letter is very charming—not at all physicky. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 533 The cheeses from France, in Pliny's day, had a physicky flavour. 1886 G. M. Fenn Devon Boys xxx. 263 ‘I rather like it,’ said Bob, with a rather physicky face. 1927 Amer. Speech 2 265/2 The way boys swallow green apples,—they're very good to eat but physicky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1752
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