queenyadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈkwiːni/, U.S.

/ˈkwini/

Forms: 1900s– queenie, 1900s– queeny.

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

Etymology: < queen n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Of a woman: resembling or reminiscent of a queen; queenly. rare.With quot. 1902 cf. -like suffix 2a.

ΚΠ

1902 M. C. Herner Silent Chord xix. 132 I know his purty darter, too... She was what people call kind of ‘queeny-like’, and you jest bet she'll be as good lookin' as any of them fine leddies her man took her to.

1931 O. Davis I'd like to do it Again i. 18 Janauschek had been extremely kind to me in her rather queeny way and summoned me to her presence at her apartments.

1995 Times 30 Mar. 36/7 She is brilliant, queeny, cruel, boastful and egomaniacal.

2. Reminiscent, suggestive, or characteristic of a queen (queen n. 13); (of a man) effeminate, esp. ostentatiously so; camp. Also (occasionally) as adv.: in an effeminate manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > effeminate man

womanisha1393

womanlike1440

feminatea1533

effeminate1549

womanlike1565

cockney1573

feminine1614

androgynous1628

muliebrious1652

petit maître1729

Miss Nancyish1855

gynaecomorphous1865

gynandrous1878

girly-girly1882

nancified1901

wimbly-wambly1929

tapette1930

queeny1936

female1940

poofed-up1964

pansy-ass1976

wussy1977

effete1981

the world > people > person > man > [adverb] > effeminate

womanlishly1579

feminately1598

nancifully1936

queeny1936

1936 N. Marsh Death in Ecstasy xxiv. 299 Alleyn may talk queeny, but he's doped that out.

1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder vii. 72 He talks with a corker sort of voice. Not queeny, but just corker.

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xv. 265 He said he'd rather play football with the other fellows: reading aloud was a bit ‘queeny’.

1984 ‘Pickles’ Queens 5 The boy standing near the arch loathes queens... He does not like to think of himself as queeny—at least, not in the same way that others are.

2003 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 28 Apr. 22 Clary gets to make the bitchy asides and queeny comments we all love him for so much.

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

单词	queeny
释义	queenyadj.adv. Brit. /ˈkwiːni/, U.S. /ˈkwini/ Forms: 1900s– queenie, 1900s– queeny. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: queen n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < queen n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Of a woman: resembling or reminiscent of a queen; queenly. rare.With quot. 1902 cf. -like suffix 2a. ΚΠ 1902 M. C. Herner Silent Chord xix. 132 I know his purty darter, too... She was what people call kind of ‘queeny-like’, and you jest bet she'll be as good lookin' as any of them fine leddies her man took her to. 1931 O. Davis I'd like to do it Again i. 18 Janauschek had been extremely kind to me in her rather queeny way and summoned me to her presence at her apartments. 1995 Times 30 Mar. 36/7 She is brilliant, queeny, cruel, boastful and egomaniacal. 2. Reminiscent, suggestive, or characteristic of a queen (queen n. 13); (of a man) effeminate, esp. ostentatiously so; camp. Also (occasionally) as adv.: in an effeminate manner. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > effeminate man womanisha1393 womanlike1440 feminatea1533 effeminate1549 womanlike1565 cockney1573 feminine1614 androgynous1628 muliebrious1652 petit maître1729 Miss Nancyish1855 gynaecomorphous1865 gynandrous1878 girly-girly1882 nancified1901 wimbly-wambly1929 tapette1930 queeny1936 female1940 poofed-up1964 pansy-ass1976 wussy1977 effete1981 the world > people > person > man > [adverb] > effeminate womanlishly1579 feminately1598 nancifully1936 queeny1936 1936 N. Marsh Death in Ecstasy xxiv. 299 Alleyn may talk queeny, but he's doped that out. 1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder vii. 72 He talks with a corker sort of voice. Not queeny, but just corker. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xv. 265 He said he'd rather play football with the other fellows: reading aloud was a bit ‘queeny’. 1984 ‘Pickles’ Queens 5 The boy standing near the arch loathes queens... He does not like to think of himself as queeny—at least, not in the same way that others are. 2003 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 28 Apr. 22 Clary gets to make the bitchy asides and queeny comments we all love him for so much. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1902
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