queachyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkwiːtʃi/, U.S.

/ˈkwitʃi/

Forms: late Middle English quechi, 1500s queachye, 1500s quechie, 1500s–1600s queachie, 1500s–1600s quechy, 1500s– queachy, 1800s– queechy (English regional).

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < queach n. + -y suffix¹.With the occurrence of sense 1 alongside sense 2 perhaps compare carr n.², and compare also discussion at queach n.

1. Of ground: swampy, boggy; unstable. Also in extended use. Cf. queasy adj. 6. Chiefly English regional and U.S. regional in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective]

fen-lichc1000

fennyc1000

mooryOE

marshya1382

marshlyc1410

moorisha1492

queachy?a1500

marish1549

plashya1552

foggy?1555

fen-like1561

undrained1573

fennish1577

boggy1587

paludious1595

wealy1601

marishy1607

snapy1607

uliginous1610

quagmiry1623

paludiate1632

boggish1633

pooly1652

swampy1661

spouty1677

gouty1686

pondy1687

morassy1699

sloppy1699

lairy17..

soggya1722

swampish1725

splashy1727

squashy1751

haggy1765

gaulty1784

slumpy1823

sumpy1824

paludine1852

paludic1854

paludinal1856

paludian1860

paludinous1866

paludal1871

paludial1875

morassic1893

muskeggy1894

swamped1899

?a1500 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (1852) 656 Torrens, quechi.

1590 G. Peele Polyhymnia in Wks. (1861) 571 Entering the lists, like Titan arm'd with fire When in the queachy plot Python he slew.

1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. E4^v The dampes that rise from out the quechy [1599 quesie] plots.

a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. I1^v Nor doth the sunsucke from the queachy plot The ranknes..of the Earth.

1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age ii. ii, in Wks. (1874) III. 190 Aime them at yon fiend, Den'd in the quechy bogge.

1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. iv. 316 Lists of Rushy, Queachy, and Boggy Ground, that lie across the Descent of several of the Clay-land Hills.

1718 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Turks I. iii. ii. 150 The loss of some Men in the Bogs and queachy places they fell into there.

1850 S. Judd Philo 86 The queachy bog is troublesome of step.

1882 M. Thompson in Cent. Mag. Feb. 576/2 Dreaming foolish dreams Of English woods and English streams, Of grassy glade and queachy fen Beloved of old by archer-men.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Queechy,..2. Applied to land—wet; sodden; swampy.

1903 Elyria (Ohio) Chron. 12 Oct. 7/4 He passed out through the postern and along the sodden and queachy edge of the prairie.

1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 220 Doesn't Boy Scout brown have a hint of queachy green?

†2. Thickly wooded; having dense undergrowth; forming a dense growth or thicket. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of or forming thicket

queachy1565

bracky1628

thickety1846

1565 A. Golding in tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis To Rdr. sig. *ij Eche queachie groue, eche cragged cliffe the name of Godhead tooke.

1581 T. Newton tr. Seneca Thebais ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 48 My selfe heere let me shrowde In couert of these queachy wooddes.

1586 W. Webbe tr. Virgil Aeglogue i, in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.iij^v Neuer againe shall I..See ye in queachie briers..clambring on a high hill.

1602 A. Munday tr. 3rd Pt. Palmerin of Eng. lxv. 212 He..directed his course..through a queachie thicke Woode.

3. regional (now chiefly U.S.). Feeble, weak; nauseous, queasy.

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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective]

wokec897

unstronga900

unmightyeOE

feeblec1175

strengthlessc1175

unwieldc1220

weaka1300

frailc1384

unwieldyc1386

unthendec1425

dissolutec1450

unsure?a1475

feyc1475

simple1477

unfirm1483

unsinewed?1541

wash1548

weakling1557

ladylike1566

silly1567

water weak1592

washya1631

wankle1686

foible1715

unmuscular1725

nerveless1792

wankly1795

shilpit1813

wankya1825

sinewless1829

weedy-looking1835

queachy1859

insubstantiala1861

paper-backed1888

weak-fleshed1967

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected by nausea > of person

squeamishc1450

qualmish1548

wamble-cropped1552

wamble-stomached1552

qualming1576

queasy1579

queasy-stomached1579

kecklish1601

keckish1603

nauseous1613

nauseative1620

sick1631

sick at (or to, in) the stomach1653

vomiturient1666

sick as a horse1705

qualmyish1831

squeamy1838

qualmy1846

queachy1859

squalmish1867

wambly1872

ill1928

naar1969

sick as a parrot1979

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. x. 204 They're poor queechy things, gells is.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Queechy, sickly, feeble, queasy.

1931 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 17 Aug. 6/8 We stood there..men accustomed to death, now momentarily shaken and queachy and sick.

1999 P. Quarrington Spirit Cabinet xxiv. 291 Kaz drew a breath. Sucking back his own air seemed to make him feel queachy and a pained look swept across his face.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	queachy
释义	queachyadj. Brit. /ˈkwiːtʃi/, U.S. /ˈkwitʃi/ Forms: late Middle English quechi, 1500s queachye, 1500s quechie, 1500s–1600s queachie, 1500s–1600s quechy, 1500s– queachy, 1800s– queechy (English regional). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: -y suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < queach n. + -y suffix¹.With the occurrence of sense 1 alongside sense 2 perhaps compare carr n.², and compare also discussion at queach n. 1. Of ground: swampy, boggy; unstable. Also in extended use. Cf. queasy adj. 6. Chiefly English regional and U.S. regional in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] fen-lichc1000 fennyc1000 mooryOE marshya1382 marshlyc1410 moorisha1492 queachy?a1500 marish1549 plashya1552 foggy?1555 fen-like1561 undrained1573 fennish1577 boggy1587 paludious1595 wealy1601 marishy1607 snapy1607 uliginous1610 quagmiry1623 paludiate1632 boggish1633 pooly1652 swampy1661 spouty1677 gouty1686 pondy1687 morassy1699 sloppy1699 lairy17.. soggya1722 swampish1725 splashy1727 squashy1751 haggy1765 gaulty1784 slumpy1823 sumpy1824 paludine1852 paludic1854 paludinal1856 paludian1860 paludinous1866 paludal1871 paludial1875 morassic1893 muskeggy1894 swamped1899 ?a1500 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (1852) 656 Torrens, quechi. 1590 G. Peele Polyhymnia in Wks. (1861) 571 Entering the lists, like Titan arm'd with fire When in the queachy plot Python he slew. 1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. E4^v The dampes that rise from out the quechy [1599 quesie] plots. a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. I1^v Nor doth the sunsucke from the queachy plot The ranknes..of the Earth. 1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age ii. ii, in Wks. (1874) III. 190 Aime them at yon fiend, Den'd in the quechy bogge. 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. iv. 316 Lists of Rushy, Queachy, and Boggy Ground, that lie across the Descent of several of the Clay-land Hills. 1718 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Turks I. iii. ii. 150 The loss of some Men in the Bogs and queachy places they fell into there. 1850 S. Judd Philo 86 The queachy bog is troublesome of step. 1882 M. Thompson in Cent. Mag. Feb. 576/2 Dreaming foolish dreams Of English woods and English streams, Of grassy glade and queachy fen Beloved of old by archer-men. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Queechy,..2. Applied to land—wet; sodden; swampy. 1903 Elyria (Ohio) Chron. 12 Oct. 7/4 He passed out through the postern and along the sodden and queachy edge of the prairie. 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 220 Doesn't Boy Scout brown have a hint of queachy green? †2. Thickly wooded; having dense undergrowth; forming a dense growth or thicket. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of or forming thicket queachy1565 bracky1628 thickety1846 1565 A. Golding in tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis To Rdr. sig. ij Eche queachie groue, eche cragged cliffe the name of Godhead tooke. 1581 T. Newton tr. Seneca Thebais* ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 48 My selfe heere let me shrowde In couert of these queachy wooddes. 1586 W. Webbe tr. Virgil Aeglogue i, in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.iij^v Neuer againe shall I..See ye in queachie briers..clambring on a high hill. 1602 A. Munday tr. 3rd Pt. Palmerin of Eng. lxv. 212 He..directed his course..through a queachie thicke Woode. 3. regional (now chiefly U.S.). Feeble, weak; nauseous, queasy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective] wokec897 unstronga900 unmightyeOE feeblec1175 strengthlessc1175 unwieldc1220 weaka1300 frailc1384 unwieldyc1386 unthendec1425 dissolutec1450 unsure?a1475 feyc1475 simple1477 unfirm1483 unsinewed?1541 wash1548 weakling1557 ladylike1566 silly1567 water weak1592 washya1631 wankle1686 foible1715 unmuscular1725 nerveless1792 wankly1795 shilpit1813 wankya1825 sinewless1829 weedy-looking1835 queachy1859 insubstantiala1861 paper-backed1888 weak-fleshed1967 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected by nausea > of person squeamishc1450 qualmish1548 wamble-cropped1552 wamble-stomached1552 qualming1576 queasy1579 queasy-stomached1579 kecklish1601 keckish1603 nauseous1613 nauseative1620 sick1631 sick at (or to, in) the stomach1653 vomiturient1666 sick as a horse1705 qualmyish1831 squeamy1838 qualmy1846 queachy1859 squalmish1867 wambly1872 ill1928 naar1969 sick as a parrot1979 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. x. 204 They're poor queechy things, gells is. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Queechy, sickly, feeble, queasy. 1931 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 17 Aug. 6/8 We stood there..men accustomed to death, now momentarily shaken and queachy and sick. 1999 P. Quarrington Spirit Cabinet xxiv. 291 Kaz drew a breath. Sucking back his own air seemed to make him feel queachy and a pained look swept across his face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1500
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