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reekyadj.n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reek n.1, -y suffix1. Etymology: < reek n.1 + -y suffix1. Compare Middle Dutch rōkech resembling smoke (Dutch (now rare) rookig ), German rauchig smoky, smoking (both 15th cent.), stinking (already in Middle High German as rouchic ). Compare earlier reeking adj. A. adj. 1. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > dirty or soiled with smoke a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in (2002) i. 139 Raw, resty, and rechy [meats], ar comberous vndefied. a1585 Ld. Polwart 539 Bot, reikie rooks and ravens, or ȝee ryue him, Desist, delay his death, whill I descriue him. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. iii. 129 Like Pharaoes souldiours in the rechie painting. View more context for this quotation 1604 W. Shakespeare iii. iv. 169 And let him [sc. the King] for a paire of reechie kisses, Or padling in your necke with his damn'd fingers. Make you to rouell all this matter out. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 206 The Kitchin Malkin pinnes Her richest Lockram 'bout her reechie necke. View more context for this quotation 1660 T. Blount 41 His face and hands made of a reechy complexion, by the help of the Walnut-tree leaves. 1705 15 With Fork he heav'd it [sc. bacon] from the wood, Which cross the reeky Chimney stood, To which it was not much unlike Being black as Soot, and hard as Stick. 1860 R. F. Burton in 29 46 A long upper room, with reeky rafters. 1896 G. F. Northall 190 You'll mek them clothes reechy if you hang 'em in the kitchen. 1978 J. Senior iv. 66 A terrified, fat Christianity toadies to the enemy..and university symposias..give reechy kiss of peace to Communists. the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > rank or rancid 1854 A. E. Baker II. 167 Reechy, rancid. 1879 G. F. Jackson (at cited word) That butter's nasty reechy stuff. the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [adjective] > that emits or relating to moist vapour a1500 (?a1425) tr. (Lamb.) 79 (MED) Waters þat spryngyn yn stony lond and ys reky Abundandly [L. abundat fumositatibus] er heuy & noyant. 1597 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 83 Shut me nightly in a Charnell-house, With reekie shankes, and yeolow chaples sculls. View more context for this quotation 1699 19 His Head was of a reaky Sweat, he had been at some hard Labour I believe, and not drinking himself into such a Sweat. a1717 W. Diaper tr. Oppian (1722) i. 57 The loosen'd Parts, vext with the active Heat, Clog the dull Air, and reeky Moisture sweat. 1773 J. Robertson (rev. ed.) 15 See how it struggles, how it pants for life, The murd'rer's jaws clasping the reeky knife. 1808 W. Scott v. Introd. 234 Her wavering lamp I'd rather trim..Than gaze abroad on reeky fen, And make of mists invading men. 1840 R. H. Barham Bagman's Dog in 1st Ser. 327 Seeing the reeky Repast placed before him, scarce able to speak, he In ecstasy mutter'd ‘By Jove, Cocky-leeky!’ 1849 23 Feb. 4/6 Do we not fatten him [sc. death] with reeky grave-yards and bad drainage, unpaved streets and stinking sewers? 1877 A. A. Whitman 71 Straight on the hunter's right and left they wheel, And thro' their vitals plunge the reeky steel. 1967 R. Dahl xxiv. 98 A rotten nut, a reeky pear, A thing the cat left on the stair. 1968 F. Exley vi. 262 He had some deranged notion of the typical housewife slinking about all day in a reeky housecoat, chain-smoking. 2001 (Nexis) 14 Oct. 21 A cloud of reeky vapour issues from the peak of Soufriere, a volcano whose coughs and twitches are closely monitored. 3. Originally Scottish. the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to smoke > smoky, full of, or of nature of smoke a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) vii. i. 114 Efter that semyt this gudly wight Tobe involuyt in ȝallo reky lyght. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie ii. vi. f. 141v As bright and handsome things in a reekie house that are besmered, dusked and smoked. 1662 2 133 And also the bilboes of the second trance were so rickie that none stayed in them. 1718 W. Nicolson in H. Ellis (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 318 The wretches lie in reeky sod-hovels. a1758 A. Ramsay (1961) III. 325 To E'nburgh's reeky Towers Confind. 1827 T. Carlyle Let. 2 Jan. in (1970) IV. 184 Thus pass our days..far from all the uproar..of the reeky town. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve vi. 69 As my eyes became accustomed to the reeky atmosphere. 1897 F. Thompson 24 The lowest reach of reeky Hell. 1959 P. Wayne tr. J. W. von Goethe II. i. 63 He jeers at man and wife and child, Who think themselves alive and well, Snug in their deep and reeky dell. 1992 (Nexis) 8 Dec. 9 Some people find the Stevenson myth, in which reeky Edinburgh winds give way to tropical paradise,..sublimely romantic. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) vi. ix. 128 Nowder blak fyre brand, nor reky flambys law. 1604 King James VI & I sig. C4v You must haue a reekie cole brought you..to kindle your Tobacco with. a1849 H. Coleridge (1851) I. 276 The dens and caverns..where daylight never entered, and the reeky tapers are never extinguished. 1887 T. Darlington The chimley's despert reechy. 1973 G. M. Brown viii. 197 He dribbled hot grease on to the tomb and set his offering up, a reeky flame. the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to smoke > smoky, full of, or of nature of smoke > resembling smoke a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1960) xi. v. 14 The hevynnys hye dyd walxin dirk, Involuyt with the reky stewys myrk. a1578 R. Lindsay (1814) 479 He saw ane gritt mistie and reikie cloud ryse and move fordwardis till it cam aboue Dunpenderlaw. 1628 Z. Boyd 511 All the joys which are heere, are but reekie pleasures purchased with teares, wher with the eyes of men are made bleared. 1892 Ld. Lytton Prol. 614 Above his sallow couch a reeky cloud Its poison-dropping canopy suspends. 1993 M. Crucefix vi. The feminine mind-set's unscrupulous, Lacks detail and finish, never focuses, spreads, A delta, reeky stain on blotching paper. B. n.1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in App. 61 And yet my Friend, the Counsel you give me, Is that my Dwelling in Old Reekie be. ?1722 A. Pennecuik (single sheet) Waes me, auld Reikie, we man part. 1773 R. Fergusson 6 Then, Reikie, welcome! Thou canst charm Unfleggit by the Year's Alarm. 1813 E. Picken I. 98 Now, honest Reekie, fair ye weel, I'm gaun a while to lea' ye. 1842 A. Rodger 61 For lately, at ‘Reekie’ some new light I got, which made me determined on turning my coat. Derivatives 1618 D. Belchier sig. Djv Bad him goe And wash his face, he lookt so reechilie, Like Bacon hanging on the Chimnies roofe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.n.a1475 |
