† pusilladj.n.

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s pusill, 1600s pusil.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pusille; Latin pusillus.

Etymology: < Middle French pusille (1482), puzil (1507), pusil (1520) very small, weak, and its etymon classical Latin pusillus very small, insignificant, petty < pūsus boy ( < the same base as pūtus boy, child: see putto n.) + -illus (see -illa suffix). With use as noun compare classical Latin pusilla (feminine) very small person. Compare perpusil adj. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (piū·sil) /ˈpjuːsɪl/.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Small, mean, weak.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective]

smallOE

littleOE

litec1275

a little wightc1275

petitc1390

weea1525

pusill1599

slender1610

lile1633

scantling1652

piccaninny1707

pinkie1718

insignificant1748

baby1750

leetle1755

tiddy1781

bit1786

inconsiderable1796

itty1798

peerie1808

tittya1825

titty-tottya1825

ickle1846

tiddly1868

peewee1877

lil1881

shirttail1881

inextensive1890

puny1898

liddle1906

pint-sized1921

pint-size1925

peedie1929

tenas1935

itsy-bitsy1938

itty-bitty1940

titchy1950

scrappy1985

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial

eathlyc890

lighteOE

littleOE

small?c1225

singlec1449

easy1474

triflous1509

naughty1526

slender1530

slight1548

shrimpish1549

slipper1567

truanta1572

toyous1581

trivious1583

mean1585

silly1587

nicea1594

puny?1594

puisne1598

pusill1599

whindling1601

sapless1602

non-significant1603

poor1603

unsignificant1603

flea-bite1605

perishing1605

lank1607

weightless1610

fonda1616

penny farthing1615

triviala1616

unweighty1621

transitory1637

twattling1651

inconsiderate1655

unserious1655

nugal1656

small drink1656

slighty1662

minute1668

paddling1679

snitling1682

retail1697

Lilliputian1726

vain1731

rattletrap1760

peppercornish1762

peppercorn1791

underling1804

venial1806

lightweight1809

floccinaucical1826

small-bore1833

minified1837

trantlum1838

piffling1848

tea-tabular1855

potty1860

whipping-snapping1861

tea-gardeny1862

quiddling1863

twaddling1863

fidgeting1865

penny ante1865

feather-weighted1870

jerkwater1877

midget1879

mimsy1880

shirttail1881

two-by-four1885

footle1894

skittery1905

footery1929

Mickey Mouse1931

chickenshit1934

minoritized1945

marginal1952

marginalized1961

tea-party1961

little league1962

marginalizing1977

minnowy1991

1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. Bvii^v And to amase her weake, and pusill minde, In creepe through crannies of imagination. Deformd Idean formes, and phansies blinde.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Pusill, small.

1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. iii. 212 To be enquired, by what efforts such a pusill and a thin-soft aire should put in motion, such solid and hard bodies.

1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 40 Princes Sacrifice only to the sword, as to Iupiter the deliverer, passing over Arts, as weak and pusil Engines and disallied to Imperatorial successes.

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxii. 297 As it may fall out in coping with either pusil or resolute mindes.

B. n.

1. A variety of pear. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > other types of

calewey1377

honey peara1400

pome-pear1440

pome-wardena1513

choke-pear1530

muscadel1555

worry pear1562

lording1573

bon-chrétienc1575

Burgundian pear1578

king pear1585

pound pear1585

poppering1597

wood of Jerusalem1597

muscadine1598

amiot1600

bergamot1600

butter pear1600

dew-pear1600

greening1600

mollart1600

roset1600

wax pear1600

bottle pear1601

gourd-pear1601

Venerian pear1601

musk pear1611

rose pear1611

pusill1615

Christian1629

nutmeg1629

rolling pear1629

surreine1629

sweater1629

amber pear1638

Venus-pear1648

horse-pear1657

Martin1658

russet1658

rousselet1660

diego1664

frith-pear1664

maudlin1664

Messire Jean1664

primate1664

sovereign1664

spindle-pear1664

stopple-pear1664

sugar-pear1664

virgin1664

Windsor pear1664

violet-pear1666

nonsuch1674

muscat1675

burnt-cat1676

squash pear1676

rose1678

Longueville1681

maiden-heart1685

ambrette1686

vermilion1691

admiral1693

sanguinole1693

satin1693

St. Germain pear1693

pounder pear1697

vine-pear1704

amadot1706

marchioness1706

marquise1706

Margaret1707

short-neck1707

musk1708

burree1719

marquis1728

union pear1728

Doyenne pear1731

Magdalene1731

beurré1736

colmar1736

Monsieur Jean1736

muscadella1736

swan's egg1736

chaumontel1755

St Michael's pear1796

Williams1807

Marie Louise1817

seckel1817

Bartlett1828

vergaloo1828

Passe Colmar1837

glou-morceau1859

London sugar1860

snow-pear1860

Comice1866

Kieffer pear1880

sand pear1880

sandy pear1884

snowy pear1884

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 170 Heere the Plum, the Damsen there The Pusill, and the Katherins peare.

2. A small or weak person, a child. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun]

maiden-childeOE

maidenOE

maidc1275

maid-childc1275

wenchc1290

thernec1300

lassc1325

maidenkinc1330

child-womana1382

girlc1400

pucelle1439

maidkin1440

mawther1440

mop1466

woman-child?1515

bonnea1529

urchina1535

kinchin-mort1567

dandiprat1582

prill1587

sluta1592

little girl1603

maggie1603

tendril1603

squall1607

childa1616

filly1616

vriester1652

miss1668

gilpie1720

lassie1725

laddess1768

jeune fillea1777

bitch1785

girly?1786

gal1795

ladyling1807

missikin1815

colleen1828

girleen1833

snowdrop1833

pinafore1836

chica1843

fillette1847

charity-girl1848

urchiness1852

Mädchen1854

gel1857

pusill1884

backfisch1888

girly-girly1888

cliner1895

tittie1918

weeny1929

bobby-soxer1944

1884 R. D. Blackmore Hist. Sir T. Upmore I. v. 77 He has not doubted to encounter, singly, or in maniple, all the foes of the pusill committed to his charge.

Derivatives

pusilling n. rare a small, weak, or insignificant person.

ΚΠ

1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 107 Stand out of the way, you pusilling of a dwarf, you.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	pusill
释义	† pusilladj.n. Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s pusill, 1600s pusil. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pusille; Latin pusillus. Etymology: < Middle French pusille (1482), puzil (1507), pusil (1520) very small, weak, and its etymon classical Latin pusillus very small, insignificant, petty < pūsus boy ( < the same base as pūtus boy, child: see putto n.) + -illus (see -illa suffix). With use as noun compare classical Latin pusilla (feminine) very small person. Compare perpusil adj. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (piū·sil) /ˈpjuːsɪl/. Obsolete. A. adj. Small, mean, weak. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] smallOE littleOE litec1275 a little wightc1275 petitc1390 weea1525 pusill1599 slender1610 lile1633 scantling1652 piccaninny1707 pinkie1718 insignificant1748 baby1750 leetle1755 tiddy1781 bit1786 inconsiderable1796 itty1798 peerie1808 tittya1825 titty-tottya1825 ickle1846 tiddly1868 peewee1877 lil1881 shirttail1881 inextensive1890 puny1898 liddle1906 pint-sized1921 pint-size1925 peedie1929 tenas1935 itsy-bitsy1938 itty-bitty1940 titchy1950 scrappy1985 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial eathlyc890 lighteOE littleOE small?c1225 singlec1449 easy1474 triflous1509 naughty1526 slender1530 slight1548 shrimpish1549 slipper1567 truanta1572 toyous1581 trivious1583 mean1585 silly1587 nicea1594 puny?1594 puisne1598 pusill1599 whindling1601 sapless1602 non-significant1603 poor1603 unsignificant1603 flea-bite1605 perishing1605 lank1607 weightless1610 fonda1616 penny farthing1615 triviala1616 unweighty1621 transitory1637 twattling1651 inconsiderate1655 unserious1655 nugal1656 small drink1656 slighty1662 minute1668 paddling1679 snitling1682 retail1697 Lilliputian1726 vain1731 rattletrap1760 peppercornish1762 peppercorn1791 underling1804 venial1806 lightweight1809 floccinaucical1826 small-bore1833 minified1837 trantlum1838 piffling1848 tea-tabular1855 potty1860 whipping-snapping1861 tea-gardeny1862 quiddling1863 twaddling1863 fidgeting1865 penny ante1865 feather-weighted1870 jerkwater1877 midget1879 mimsy1880 shirttail1881 two-by-four1885 footle1894 skittery1905 footery1929 Mickey Mouse1931 chickenshit1934 minoritized1945 marginal1952 marginalized1961 tea-party1961 little league1962 marginalizing1977 minnowy1991 1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. Bvii^v And to amase her weake, and pusill minde, In creepe through crannies of imagination. Deformd Idean formes, and phansies blinde. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Pusill, small. 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. iii. 212 To be enquired, by what efforts such a pusill and a thin-soft aire should put in motion, such solid and hard bodies. 1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 40 Princes Sacrifice only to the sword, as to Iupiter the deliverer, passing over Arts, as weak and pusil Engines and disallied to Imperatorial successes. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxii. 297 As it may fall out in coping with either pusil or resolute mindes. B. n. 1. A variety of pear. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > other types of calewey1377 honey peara1400 pome-pear1440 pome-wardena1513 choke-pear1530 muscadel1555 worry pear1562 lording1573 bon-chrétienc1575 Burgundian pear1578 king pear1585 pound pear1585 poppering1597 wood of Jerusalem1597 muscadine1598 amiot1600 bergamot1600 butter pear1600 dew-pear1600 greening1600 mollart1600 roset1600 wax pear1600 bottle pear1601 gourd-pear1601 Venerian pear1601 musk pear1611 rose pear1611 pusill1615 Christian1629 nutmeg1629 rolling pear1629 surreine1629 sweater1629 amber pear1638 Venus-pear1648 horse-pear1657 Martin1658 russet1658 rousselet1660 diego1664 frith-pear1664 maudlin1664 Messire Jean1664 primate1664 sovereign1664 spindle-pear1664 stopple-pear1664 sugar-pear1664 virgin1664 Windsor pear1664 violet-pear1666 nonsuch1674 muscat1675 burnt-cat1676 squash pear1676 rose1678 Longueville1681 maiden-heart1685 ambrette1686 vermilion1691 admiral1693 sanguinole1693 satin1693 St. Germain pear1693 pounder pear1697 vine-pear1704 amadot1706 marchioness1706 marquise1706 Margaret1707 short-neck1707 musk1708 burree1719 marquis1728 union pear1728 Doyenne pear1731 Magdalene1731 beurré1736 colmar1736 Monsieur Jean1736 muscadella1736 swan's egg1736 chaumontel1755 St Michael's pear1796 Williams1807 Marie Louise1817 seckel1817 Bartlett1828 vergaloo1828 Passe Colmar1837 glou-morceau1859 London sugar1860 snow-pear1860 Comice1866 Kieffer pear1880 sand pear1880 sandy pear1884 snowy pear1884 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 170 Heere the Plum, the Damsen there The Pusill, and the Katherins peare. 2. A small or weak person, a child. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun] maiden-childeOE maidenOE maidc1275 maid-childc1275 wenchc1290 thernec1300 lassc1325 maidenkinc1330 child-womana1382 girlc1400 pucelle1439 maidkin1440 mawther1440 mop1466 woman-child?1515 bonnea1529 urchina1535 kinchin-mort1567 dandiprat1582 prill1587 sluta1592 little girl1603 maggie1603 tendril1603 squall1607 childa1616 filly1616 vriester1652 miss1668 gilpie1720 lassie1725 laddess1768 jeune fillea1777 bitch1785 girly?1786 gal1795 ladyling1807 missikin1815 colleen1828 girleen1833 snowdrop1833 pinafore1836 chica1843 fillette1847 charity-girl1848 urchiness1852 Mädchen1854 gel1857 pusill1884 backfisch1888 girly-girly1888 cliner1895 tittie1918 weeny1929 bobby-soxer1944 1884 R. D. Blackmore Hist. Sir T. Upmore I. v. 77 He has not doubted to encounter, singly, or in maniple, all the foes of the pusill committed to his charge. Derivatives pusilling n. rare a small, weak, or insignificant person. ΚΠ 1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 107 Stand out of the way, you pusilling of a dwarf, you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1599
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