phrasyadj.

Brit.

/ˈfreɪzi/, U.S.

/ˈfreɪzi/

Forms: 1800s– phrasey, 1800s– phrasy; Scottish 1800s– fraisie, 1900s– fraisy, 1900s– phraisy.

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

Etymology: < phrase n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier phrasing adj. With sense 2 compare also earlier phrasal adj., phrasical adj.

Chiefly colloquial.

1. Scottish. Gushing, effusive, fulsome, complimentary. Sc. National Dict. at Phrase n. records this sense as still in use in north-eastern Scotland in 1965.

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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. I. 440/2 Fraisie, addicted to flattery, using cajoling words, ibid. [in Clydesdale].

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 138 Fraisy, given to excited exaggeration.

2. Full of or characterized by the use of (esp. grandiose or artificial) phrases. Also: of the nature of a phrase.

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the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [adjective] > abounding in phrases

phrasy1849

1849 Ecclesiologist 9 125 They resemble what is familiarly known as a piece of phrasy Latin.

1884 W. T. Stead in Jarrow Guardian (Electronic text) 29 Feb. He had an abiding impatience of words and phrases... ‘A phrasy body’..was with him a term of infinite contempt.

1904 G. Bremner tr. E. von Dobschütz Christian Life Primitive Church xvii. 283 The author of the Epistle of Barnabas, whose inordinate self-consciousness becomes only more evident under the phrasy formulas of modesty.

1985 Amer. Banker 14 Aug. 4 In print, and with a ‘phrasy’ headline.

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

单词	phrasy
释义	phrasyadj. Brit. /ˈfreɪzi/, U.S. /ˈfreɪzi/ Forms: 1800s– phrasey, 1800s– phrasy; Scottish 1800s– fraisie, 1900s– fraisy, 1900s– phraisy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: phrase n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < phrase n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier phrasing adj. With sense 2 compare also earlier phrasal adj., phrasical adj. Chiefly colloquial. 1. Scottish. Gushing, effusive, fulsome, complimentary. Sc. National Dict. at Phrase n. records this sense as still in use in north-eastern Scotland in 1965. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. I. 440/2 Fraisie, addicted to flattery, using cajoling words, ibid. [in Clydesdale]. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 138 Fraisy, given to excited exaggeration. 2. Full of or characterized by the use of (esp. grandiose or artificial) phrases. Also: of the nature of a phrase. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [adjective] > abounding in phrases phrasy1849 1849 Ecclesiologist 9 125 They resemble what is familiarly known as a piece of phrasy Latin. 1884 W. T. Stead in Jarrow Guardian (Electronic text) 29 Feb. He had an abiding impatience of words and phrases... ‘A phrasy body’..was with him a term of infinite contempt. 1904 G. Bremner tr. E. von Dobschütz Christian Life Primitive Church xvii. 283 The author of the Epistle of Barnabas, whose inordinate self-consciousness becomes only more evident under the phrasy formulas of modesty. 1985 Amer. Banker 14 Aug. 4 In print, and with a ‘phrasy’ headline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1825
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