单词 | piky |
释义 | † pikyadj.1 Obsolete. rare. Having spikes or sharp points; spiky, pointed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] piked1269 pointedc1325 sharp1340 peakedc1350 pricked?a1425 sharp-pointed1530 acuatea1550 piquant1549 picked1552 corned?c1562 arrow-headed1567 acuminated1578 pointing1578 acute1598 exasperated1608 spitted1626 pointy1644 sagittal1656 pecked1662 piqued1689 spired1694 piky1741 spiky1743 spiry1777 apexed1813 beak-shaped1830 peaky1832 apiculated1839 cusped1888 sagittiform1895 cuspate1896 1741 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman May v. 87 In loose Sands,..where its long piky Roots can make a deep and easy penetration. ?a1828 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. Tour Continent in Jrnls. (1941) II. 292 A bed of snow and glacier ice is seen among its piky and jagged ridges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). pikyadj.2 Suggestive of a pike in appearance.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Esocidae (pikes) > [adjective] piky1922 1922 H. Walpole Cathedral iii. v. 436 Miss Ronder, thin and piky above her stiff white collar, looked immaculately cool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11741adj.21922 |
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