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pissabedn.adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piss v., bed n., a prep.1, in prep., the adj. Etymology: Originally < piss v. + bed n. In β. forms < piss v. + a prep.1 + bed n. (compare abed adv.). In γ. forms < piss v. + in prep. + bed n. (with piss in the bed compare also δ. forms). In δ. forms < piss v. + the adj. + bed n. Compare French pissenlit ( < pisser piss v. + en in + lit bed) dandelion (mid 15th cent. in Middle French), bed-wetter (1660).A number of parallel formations in wet v. or pee v.2 are found in both British and U.S. regional varieties (e.g. pee-the-bed, wet-the-bed, pissy-pee, etc.). A. n. 1. the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > dandelion 1565 J. Hall f. 149v Agrimony and Lyons tooth, That Chyldren call Pysbed. 1597 J. Gerard ii. 223 The flowers of Dandelion or Pisse-abed. 1636 T. Heywood Loves Maistresse i, in (1874) V. 97 Garlands..Of Blew bottles, and yellow pissabeds That grew amongst the Wheate. 1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis in (rev. ed.) 97 Take of the leaves of Pissabed, Water Cresses, Plantaign, and Brooklime, [etc.]. 1761 W. Lewis 245 Dandelion or pissabed: a low plant, with long, narrow, deeply indented or jagged leaves, [etc.]. 1794 A. Thomas (1968) iv. 75 The only vegitable which at present can be procur'd here is Dandelion, which grows wild... It grows plentifully in England and is there generally known by the vulgar name of piss Beds. 1822 J. M. Good IV. 450 It possesses unquestionably diuretic powers, and hence, indeed, its vulgar name of piss-a-bed. 1899 B. W. Green 277 Pissabed, the dandelion flower. Children are warned not to pull it under the penalty of wetting their beds at night. 1953 S. Beckett iii. 154 Of flowers there was no trace, save of the flowers that plant themselves, or never die... The chief of these was the pissabed. 2000 Summer 20 (caption) Dandelion (also called blowball, puffball, piss-a-bed, lion's teeth, priest's crown, wild endive) is a member of the Asteraceae family. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > buttercup 1640 J. Parkinson Table 1742 Pisseabed is Dandelion, it is also Crowfoote. 1728 R. Bradley Pissabed, in Latin, Ranunculus. 1790 S. Deane 313 Of the upland-weeds those which have proved to be the most troublesome are..the greater-daisy, ox-eye, or piss-abed. 1801 T. Dancer 361 Stinking weed or piss-a-bed (Cassia occidentalis). 1859 A. L. Elwyn 85 Pissabed, this plant, so common in the fields of negligent farmers, and known to delicate ears as the daisy, still bears the somewhat unpleasant name that we have given. 1890 1 56 On Cape Cod, piss-abed is used for the ‘field-daisy’, ‘white-weed’. 1927 M. W. Beckwith 24 Pissibed... To regulate the bladder in case of stoppage. 1945 W. L. McAtee 15 Dog fennel (Anthemis cotula)—Piss-the-bed: children playing with it will be so affected. 1983 in (2002) IV. 189/2 Pissenlit, wildflower of aster type.., reputed to cause bedwetting if children handle them. Also pissybed. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Opisthobranchiata > suborder Tectibranchiata > order Inferobranchiata > member of family Aplysidae 1759 (Royal Soc.) 50 586 Some call them piss-a-beds, some sea-cats. the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > urinary disorders > [noun] > incontinence of urine > person 1672 J. Howard iii. 31 What's that you say little Pissabed. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 382 Pope Peter's but a pissabed. 1959 R. Fuller 195 He beat me at the beginning of term for peeing my bed... Now he thinks of me as a pissabed. 1986 (Nexis) 28 Sept. Other losses..include control over his bladder and the will to do well at school. ‘Piss-a-bed’, his father christens him. B. adj.the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] > as abused 1643 in (1973) 292 Thou pissa bedd Jade. 1675 T. Duffett iv. ii. 37 She fibs, she fibs Father,..you spiteful pissabed Slut. 1820 Ld. Byron 12 Oct. (1977) VII. 200 Johnny Keats's p—ss a bed poetry. 1983 M. O'Donoghue (1984) 31 ‘Dirty-arsed hog! Filthy, wart-nosed trash! Pissabed varmint!’ She screeched all the wickedest words she knew. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.adj.1565 |
