pigwidgeonn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪɡˌwɪdʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S.

/ˈpɪɡˌwɪdʒ(ə)n/

Forms:

α. 1500s–1600s 1800s pigwiggen, 1600s piggwiggen, 1600s pigwiggin.

β. 1600s– pigwidgeon, 1700s pigwidgion, 1700s pigwigeon, 1900s– pigwidgin.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. With the first element perhaps compare pug n.² It is unclear whether -wiggen , -wiggin in the α. forms represent pronunciations with affricate /dʒ/ or plosive /ɡ/, although the rhyme with biggin n.¹ in quot. 1675 at sense A. 2α. strongly suggests the latter. In β. forms apparently altered by association with wigeon n. (compare sense 2 at that entry).Compare also:1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. V No more will I of his calling me Captaine of the boyes, and Sir Kil-prick; which is a name fitter for his Piggen de wiggen or gentlewoman.

A. n.

1. A fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf.In early use as a proper name for such a creature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun]

elfOE

elvena1100

spiritc1350

fay1393

fairyc1405

mammeta1425

sprite?1440

lady1538

faerie1579

Robin Goodfellow1588

elfin1590

pigwidgeon1594

pygmy1611

fairess1674

peri1739

spriggan1754

fane1806

glendoveer1810

vila1827

Polong1839

Gandharva1846

elle-maid1850

sheogue1852

hillman1882

elvet1885

pishogue1906

α.

1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. H2^v Now will I be as stately to them as if I were maister Pigwiggen our constable.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe To Rdr. If it were so goodman Pig-wiggen, were not that honest dealing?

1627 M. Drayton Nimphidia in Battaile Agincourt 119 Pigwiggen was this Fayrie knight, One wondrous gratious in the sight Of faire Queene Mab, which day and night, He amorously obserued.

1629 W. Davenant Trag. Albovine ii. i. D ij Albo. Is not your name Pigwiggin? Cuny. Pigwiggin! your Grace was wont to call me Cunymond: I am no Faery.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Arch. & Provinc. Words Pigwiggen, a dwarf.

β. 1873 Scribner's Monthly Jan. 333/2 She was a fay, an elf, or, as these creatures are called in some localities, a pigwidgeon.1928 Lincoln State (Nebraska) Jrnl. 25 Oct. 2 (advt.) Spirits, imps, pigwidgeons and elves.1997 Independent (Nexis) 15 Nov. 62 Peter Nahum's ‘Fairy Folk in Fairy Land’ shows something of the breadth of pixies, nixies, imps and pigwidgeons that lived at the bottom of the Victorian garden.

2. derogatory. A small or insignificant person or thing; a stupid or contemptible person. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun]

boinarda1300

daffc1325

goky1377

nicea1393

unwiseman1400

totc1425

alphinc1440

dawc1500

hoddypeak1500

dawpatea1529

hoddypolla1529

noddy1534

kimec1535

coxcomb1542

sheep1542

sheep's head1542

goose1547

dawcock1556

nodgecock1566

peak-goosea1568

hottie tottie?c1570

Tom Towly1582

wittol1588

goose-cap1589

nodgecomb1592

ninny1593

chicken1600

fopdoodle16..

hoddy-noddy1600

hoddy-doddy1601

peagoose1606

fopster1607

nazold1607

nupson1607

wigeon1607

fondrel1613

simpleton1639

pigwidgeon1640

simpletonian1652

Tony1654

nizy1673

Simple Simon?1673

Tom Farthing1674

totty-head1680

cockcomb1684

cod1699

nikin1699

sap-pate1699

simpkin1699

mackninnya1706

gilly-gaupus?1719

noodle1720

sapskull1735

gobbin?1746

Judy1781

zanya1784

spoony1795

sap-head1798

spoon1799

gomerel1814

sap1815

neddy1818

milestone1819

sunket1823

sunketa1825

gawp1825

gawpy1825

gawpus1826

Tomnoddy1826

Sammy1828

tammie norie1828

Tommy1828

gom1834

noodlehead1835

nowmun1854

gum-sucker1855

flat-head1862

peggy1869

noodledum1883

jay1884

toot1888

peanut head1891

simp1903

sappyhead1922

Arkie1927

putz1928

steamer1932

jerk-off1939

drongo1942

galah1945

Charley1946

nong-nong1959

mouth-breather1979

twonk1981

α.

1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander iii. i. sig. E 2^v Doe you take mee for a boy, or some Pigwiggin?

1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 68 What such a nazardly Pigwiggin, A little Hang~strings in a Biggin?

β. 1693 G. Powell Very Good Wife iii. 19 Here comes your Pigwidgeon.1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding v. iv. 61 Shall Sir John Falstaff draw his martial sword against such a pigwidgeon as thou?1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Pig Pig-widgeon, a simpleton.1867 Atlantic Monthly May 590/1 What does my friend here do but go and have the order changed,—do you see?—and so the little pigwidgeon is left behind.1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. 27/1 Pig Widgeon, a simple fellow.1919 Washington Post 10 Aug. (Sunday Mag.) 9/1 With water squashing about in my patent leather shoes, I was a queer looking pigwidgeon.

B. adj.

Small, insignificant, paltry. Now rare (archaic).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible

unworthlyc1230

wretcha1250

seely1297

vilec1320

not worth a cress (kerse)1377

the value of a rushc1380

threadbarec1412

wretched1450

miserable?a1513

rascal1519

prettya1522

not worth a whistlea1529

pegrall1535

plack1539

pelting1540

scald1542

sleeveless1551

baggage1553

paltering1553

piddling1559

twopenny1560

paltry1565

rubbish1565

baggagely1573

pelfish1577

halfpenny1579

palting1579

baubling1581

three-halfpenny1581

pitiful1582

triobolar1585

squirting1589

not worth a lousea1592

hedge1596

cheap1597

peddling1597

dribbling1600

mean1600

rascally1600

three-farthingc1600

draughty1602

dilute1605

copper1609

peltry?a1610

threepenny1613

pelsy1631

pimping1640

triobolary1644

pigwidgeon1647

dustya1649

fiddling1652

puddlinga1653

insignificant1658

piteous1667

snotty1681

scrubbed1688

dishonourable1699

scrub1711

footy1720

fouty1722

rubbishing1731

chuck-farthing1748

rubbishy1753

shabby1753

scrubby1754

poxya1758

rubbishly1777

waff-like1808

trinkety1817

meanish1831

one-eyed1843

twiddling1844

measly1847

poking1850

picayunish1852

vild1853

picayune1856

snide1859

two-cent1859

rummagy1872

faddling1883

finicking1886

slushy1889

twopence halfpenny1890

jerk1893

pissy1922

crappy1928

two-bit1932

piddly1933

chickenshit1934

pissing1937

penny packet1943

farkakte1960

pony1964

gay1978

1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 35 To be made a prey to such Pig-wiggin Myrmidons as they?

a1680 T. Shipman Carolina (1683) 88 The mighty Gyant Honour, vexing, shares His Trophies to Pigwiggin-Souls like theirs.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Pigwidgeon, dwarfish, petty, small.

1867 Atlantic Monthly May 590/1 I must tell you a good dodge that my friend here came on a pigwidgeon lawyer down in Chicago.

1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore iii. 86 Ye're the pairson wha's tookit yon pigwidgeon cabin.

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

† pigwidgeonv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pigwidgeon n.

Etymology: < pigwidgeon n. Compare earlier pigeon v. 1, wigeon v.

Obsolete.

transitive. To make a fool of or to cheat (a person). In passive in quot.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)]

belirtOE

bitruflea1250

begab1297

bobc1320

bedaffc1386

befool1393

mock1440

triflea1450

glaik?a1513

bedawa1529

fond?1529

allude1535

gulla1550

dolt1553

dor1570

poop1575

colt1579

foolify1581

assot1583

noddify1583

begecka1586

elude1594

wigeona1595

fool1598

noddy1600

fop1602

begull1605

waddle1606

woodcockize1611

bemocka1616

greasea1625

noddypoop1640

truff1657

bubble1668

cully1676

coaxc1679

dupe1704

to play off1712

noodle1769

idiotize1775

oxify1804

tomfool1835

sammyfoozle1837

trail1847

pipe lay1848

pigwidgeon1852

green1853

con1896

rib1912

shuck1959

1852 M. W. Savage Reuben Medlicott I. iii. Argt. 214 In short the Medlicotts were Pigwidgeoned, and we are not to pity them.

Derivatives

† pigwidgeoning n. Obsolete rare the action of cheating a person.

ΚΠ

1852 M. W. Savage Reuben Medlicott I. iii. Argt. 214 They brought the Pigwidgeoning on them~selves. Pigwidgeoning will prove to be a social usage, nearly akin to spunging.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	pigwidgeon
释义	pigwidgeonn.adj. Brit. /ˈpɪɡˌwɪdʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌwɪdʒ(ə)n/ Forms: α. 1500s–1600s 1800s pigwiggen, 1600s piggwiggen, 1600s pigwiggin. β. 1600s– pigwidgeon, 1700s pigwidgion, 1700s pigwigeon, 1900s– pigwidgin. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. With the first element perhaps compare pug n.² It is unclear whether -wiggen , -wiggin in the α. forms represent pronunciations with affricate /dʒ/ or plosive /ɡ/, although the rhyme with biggin n.¹ in quot. 1675 at sense A. 2α. strongly suggests the latter. In β. forms apparently altered by association with wigeon n. (compare sense 2 at that entry).Compare also:1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. V No more will I of his calling me Captaine of the boyes, and Sir Kil-prick; which is a name fitter for his Piggen de wiggen or gentlewoman. A. n. 1. A fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf.In early use as a proper name for such a creature. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] elfOE elvena1100 spiritc1350 fay1393 fairyc1405 mammeta1425 sprite?1440 lady1538 faerie1579 Robin Goodfellow1588 elfin1590 pigwidgeon1594 pygmy1611 fairess1674 peri1739 spriggan1754 fane1806 glendoveer1810 vila1827 Polong1839 Gandharva1846 elle-maid1850 sheogue1852 hillman1882 elvet1885 pishogue1906 α. 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. H2^v Now will I be as stately to them as if I were maister Pigwiggen our constable. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe To Rdr. If it were so goodman Pig-wiggen, were not that honest dealing? 1627 M. Drayton Nimphidia in Battaile Agincourt 119 Pigwiggen was this Fayrie knight, One wondrous gratious in the sight Of faire Queene Mab, which day and night, He amorously obserued. 1629 W. Davenant Trag. Albovine ii. i. D ij Albo. Is not your name Pigwiggin? Cuny. Pigwiggin! your Grace was wont to call me Cunymond: I am no Faery. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Arch. & Provinc. Words Pigwiggen, a dwarf. β. 1873 Scribner's Monthly Jan. 333/2 She was a fay, an elf, or, as these creatures are called in some localities, a pigwidgeon.1928 Lincoln State (Nebraska) Jrnl. 25 Oct. 2 (advt.) Spirits, imps, pigwidgeons and elves.1997 Independent (Nexis) 15 Nov. 62 Peter Nahum's ‘Fairy Folk in Fairy Land’ shows something of the breadth of pixies, nixies, imps and pigwidgeons that lived at the bottom of the Victorian garden. 2. derogatory. A small or insignificant person or thing; a stupid or contemptible person. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun] boinarda1300 daffc1325 goky1377 nicea1393 unwiseman1400 totc1425 alphinc1440 dawc1500 hoddypeak1500 dawpatea1529 hoddypolla1529 noddy1534 kimec1535 coxcomb1542 sheep1542 sheep's head1542 goose1547 dawcock1556 nodgecock1566 peak-goosea1568 hottie tottie?c1570 Tom Towly1582 wittol1588 goose-cap1589 nodgecomb1592 ninny1593 chicken1600 fopdoodle16.. hoddy-noddy1600 hoddy-doddy1601 peagoose1606 fopster1607 nazold1607 nupson1607 wigeon1607 fondrel1613 simpleton1639 pigwidgeon1640 simpletonian1652 Tony1654 nizy1673 Simple Simon?1673 Tom Farthing1674 totty-head1680 cockcomb1684 cod1699 nikin1699 sap-pate1699 simpkin1699 mackninnya1706 gilly-gaupus?1719 noodle1720 sapskull1735 gobbin?1746 Judy1781 zanya1784 spoony1795 sap-head1798 spoon1799 gomerel1814 sap1815 neddy1818 milestone1819 sunket1823 sunketa1825 gawp1825 gawpy1825 gawpus1826 Tomnoddy1826 Sammy1828 tammie norie1828 Tommy1828 gom1834 noodlehead1835 nowmun1854 gum-sucker1855 flat-head1862 peggy1869 noodledum1883 jay1884 toot1888 peanut head1891 simp1903 sappyhead1922 Arkie1927 putz1928 steamer1932 jerk-off1939 drongo1942 galah1945 Charley1946 nong-nong1959 mouth-breather1979 twonk1981 α. 1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander iii. i. sig. E 2^v Doe you take mee for a boy, or some Pigwiggin? 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 68 What such a nazardly Pigwiggin, A little Hang~strings in a Biggin? β. 1693 G. Powell Very Good Wife iii. 19 Here comes your Pigwidgeon.1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding v. iv. 61 Shall Sir John Falstaff draw his martial sword against such a pigwidgeon as thou?1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Pig Pig-widgeon, a simpleton.1867 Atlantic Monthly May 590/1 What does my friend here do but go and have the order changed,—do you see?—and so the little pigwidgeon is left behind.1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. 27/1 Pig Widgeon, a simple fellow.1919 Washington Post 10 Aug. (Sunday Mag.) 9/1 With water squashing about in my patent leather shoes, I was a queer looking pigwidgeon. B. adj. Small, insignificant, paltry. Now rare (archaic). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 35 To be made a prey to such Pig-wiggin Myrmidons as they? a1680 T. Shipman Carolina (1683) 88 The mighty Gyant Honour, vexing, shares His Trophies to Pigwiggin-Souls like theirs. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Pigwidgeon, dwarfish, petty, small. 1867 Atlantic Monthly May 590/1 I must tell you a good dodge that my friend here came on a pigwidgeon lawyer down in Chicago. 1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore iii. 86 Ye're the pairson wha's tookit yon pigwidgeon cabin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pigwidgeonv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pigwidgeon n. Etymology: < pigwidgeon n. Compare earlier pigeon v. 1, wigeon v. Obsolete. transitive. To make a fool of or to cheat (a person). In passive in quot.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)] belirtOE bitruflea1250 begab1297 bobc1320 bedaffc1386 befool1393 mock1440 triflea1450 glaik?a1513 bedawa1529 fond?1529 allude1535 gulla1550 dolt1553 dor1570 poop1575 colt1579 foolify1581 assot1583 noddify1583 begecka1586 elude1594 wigeona1595 fool1598 noddy1600 fop1602 begull1605 waddle1606 woodcockize1611 bemocka1616 greasea1625 noddypoop1640 truff1657 bubble1668 cully1676 coaxc1679 dupe1704 to play off1712 noodle1769 idiotize1775 oxify1804 tomfool1835 sammyfoozle1837 trail1847 pipe lay1848 pigwidgeon1852 green1853 con1896 rib1912 shuck1959 1852 M. W. Savage Reuben Medlicott I. iii. Argt. 214 In short the Medlicotts were Pigwidgeoned, and we are not to pity them. Derivatives † pigwidgeoning n. Obsolete rare the action of cheating a person. ΚΠ 1852 M. W. Savage Reuben Medlicott I. iii. Argt. 214 They brought the Pigwidgeoning on them~selves. Pigwidgeoning will prove to be a social usage, nearly akin to spunging. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.adj.1594v.1852
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