Rileyn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪli/, U.S.

/ˈraɪli/

Forms: 1900s– Reilly, 1900s– Riley.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Riley, Reilly.

Etymology: < the Irish surname Riley (commonly also spelt Reilly).The phrase is frequently said to have originated in the words of a song, but although many songs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries feature a person called Riley or Reilly, none has been identified as furnishing a clear source for the exact phrase. However, the supposedly historical figure of William Reilly (or Riley), an Irishman who eloped with his sweetheart and was saved from execution by her declaration that she had gone with him voluntarily, featured in several popular 18th- and 19th-cent. ballads (of which Riley and Colinband, ?1795 , may be the earliest to be published), and even a novel by William Carleton ( Willy Reilly, and his dear Coleen Bawn, 1855 ), and the following quotation suggests that the phrase may perhaps originally have alluded to him:1909 Bridgemen's Mag. Aug. 486/1 Paddy O'Malley is living the life of Willie Reilly. He has his Colleen Bawn out on a farm [etc.].

colloquial (originally U.S.).

the life of Riley: an enviably enjoyable, luxurious, or carefree existence. Esp. in to live the life of Riley.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > prosperous conditions > the good things of life > enjoyment of

the life of Riley1911

1911 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 6 Dec. 1/6 After ‘living the life of Riley’ for over a year, successfully evading the pitchforks and the bullets of the farmers,..the cow today fell victim to a masterfully arranged trap.

1918 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 16 Jan. 5/3 We live like princes or, as they say here [sc. at Camp Devens, Mass.], ‘the life of Riley’.

1923 E. L. Rice Adding Machine vi. 85 This is the life of Riley all right.

1949 J. B. Priestley Delight 7 The life of Reilly, which some people imagine me to lead, has been further away than a fading dream.

1965 J. Porter Dover Two vi. 70 The native cunning which had enabled him to live the life of Riley with no visible means of support..failed him dismally now.

2006 Philadelphia May 73/3 Jake lives the life of Riley: all he has to do is get himself to school and mow the lawn and play an occasional bit of saxophone, and in return we buy him everything his heart desires.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rileyadj.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪli/, U.S.

/ˈraɪli/

Forms: 1800s ryley, 1800s ryly, 1800s– riley, 1800s– rily.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rile v., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < rile v. (although this is first attested later in the sense corresponding to sense 1: see rile v. 2) + -y suffix¹. With sense 1 compare later roily adj.

Originally and chiefly U.S. regional.

1. Of liquids, esp. water: turbid, muddy, cloudy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > full of sediment

fata1387

puddled1559

roiled1611

roil1658

scuddy1797

riley1805

roily1823

riled1830

1805 J. Ordway Jrnl. 30 June in Wisconsin Hist. Coll. (1916) XXII. 240 [The water was] verry riley and bad tasted.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxi. 62 An American landlord..brought in a jug of water and apologized for its being so riley.

1850 Pangborn Diary in Amer. Hist. Rev. (1903) 9 105 Got more black rily Coffee and eat sea Bread.

1861 G. Catlin Life amongst Indians ii. 16 The mud and water in the Lick still riley with their recent steps.

1921 L. Hulit Fishing with Boy v. 77 We can only gig up-stream; the water is too riley to work back.

1993 D. Hall Life Work 90 The hurricane left the gravity-well..thick with debris, too sluggish to flow and too riley to drink.

2007 R. L. Fletcher Drift Boats & River Dories i. 7/1 The impact would..most likely pitch one or more occupants into the McKenzie's riley, cold water.

2. Angry, cross; irritable, bad-tempered. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective]

sharpc1000

impatient1377

out-sharpinga1382

teethya1500

fumish1523

testy1526

crabbed1535

tettish1567

peevish1577

kickish1589

splenetic1593

spleenful1594

tetchy1596

wasp-stung1598

touchy1602

spleeny1604

pruriginous1609

teety1621

splenitive1633

peltish1648

irritable1662

splenatic1663

splenetive1678

unheer1691

rusty1694

nettlesome1766

stingy1781

snarly1798

tutty1809

spleenical1818

rileya1824

nettly1825

edgy1837

porcupinal1846

shirty1846

raspish1854

peckish1857

streaky1860

owly1864

teasy1866

fussy1869

raspy1869

spiky1881

chippyc1885

tetchous1890

narky1895

snarky1906

ringy1907

snarkish1912

Scot1916

crooked1945

niggly1952

snooty1959

kvetchy1965

to be on the rag1967

sandpaper1976

gribble1984

splenous-

a1824 J. Guild Jrnl. in Proc. Vermont Hist. Soc. (1937) 3 256 This made the old man some ryly.

1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 64 The boys and gals kept it up so strong, laffin at my scrape.., that I gin to get riley.

1867 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 404 The Americans..speak of an ill-tempered person as being riley.

1898 P. L. Dunbar Folks from Dixie 85 Won't she be riley when she fin's out how mistaken she is?

1967 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 583/1 [Oregon] Riley [applied to a cow with a bad temper].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	riley
释义	Rileyn. Brit. /ˈrʌɪli/, U.S. /ˈraɪli/ Forms: 1900s– Reilly, 1900s– Riley. Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Riley, Reilly. Etymology: < the Irish surname Riley (commonly also spelt Reilly).The phrase is frequently said to have originated in the words of a song, but although many songs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries feature a person called Riley or Reilly, none has been identified as furnishing a clear source for the exact phrase. However, the supposedly historical figure of William Reilly (or Riley), an Irishman who eloped with his sweetheart and was saved from execution by her declaration that she had gone with him voluntarily, featured in several popular 18th- and 19th-cent. ballads (of which Riley and Colinband, ?1795 , may be the earliest to be published), and even a novel by William Carleton ( Willy Reilly, and his dear Coleen Bawn, 1855 ), and the following quotation suggests that the phrase may perhaps originally have alluded to him:1909 Bridgemen's Mag. Aug. 486/1 Paddy O'Malley is living the life of Willie Reilly. He has his Colleen Bawn out on a farm [etc.]. colloquial (originally U.S.). the life of Riley: an enviably enjoyable, luxurious, or carefree existence. Esp. in to live the life of Riley. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > prosperous conditions > the good things of life > enjoyment of the life of Riley1911 1911 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 6 Dec. 1/6 After ‘living the life of Riley’ for over a year, successfully evading the pitchforks and the bullets of the farmers,..the cow today fell victim to a masterfully arranged trap. 1918 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 16 Jan. 5/3 We live like princes or, as they say here [sc. at Camp Devens, Mass.], ‘the life of Riley’. 1923 E. L. Rice Adding Machine vi. 85 This is the life of Riley all right. 1949 J. B. Priestley Delight 7 The life of Reilly, which some people imagine me to lead, has been further away than a fading dream. 1965 J. Porter Dover Two vi. 70 The native cunning which had enabled him to live the life of Riley with no visible means of support..failed him dismally now. 2006 Philadelphia May 73/3 Jake lives the life of Riley: all he has to do is get himself to school and mow the lawn and play an occasional bit of saxophone, and in return we buy him everything his heart desires. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rileyadj. Brit. /ˈrʌɪli/, U.S. /ˈraɪli/ Forms: 1800s ryley, 1800s ryly, 1800s– riley, 1800s– rily. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rile v., -y suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < rile v. (although this is first attested later in the sense corresponding to sense 1: see rile v. 2) + -y suffix¹. With sense 1 compare later roily adj. Originally and chiefly U.S. regional. 1. Of liquids, esp. water: turbid, muddy, cloudy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > full of sediment fata1387 puddled1559 roiled1611 roil1658 scuddy1797 riley1805 roily1823 riled1830 1805 J. Ordway Jrnl. 30 June in Wisconsin Hist. Coll. (1916) XXII. 240 [The water was] verry riley and bad tasted. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxi. 62 An American landlord..brought in a jug of water and apologized for its being so riley. 1850 Pangborn Diary in Amer. Hist. Rev. (1903) 9 105 Got more black rily Coffee and eat sea Bread. 1861 G. Catlin Life amongst Indians ii. 16 The mud and water in the Lick still riley with their recent steps. 1921 L. Hulit Fishing with Boy v. 77 We can only gig up-stream; the water is too riley to work back. 1993 D. Hall Life Work 90 The hurricane left the gravity-well..thick with debris, too sluggish to flow and too riley to drink. 2007 R. L. Fletcher Drift Boats & River Dories i. 7/1 The impact would..most likely pitch one or more occupants into the McKenzie's riley, cold water. 2. Angry, cross; irritable, bad-tempered. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective] sharpc1000 impatient1377 out-sharpinga1382 teethya1500 fumish1523 testy1526 crabbed1535 tettish1567 peevish1577 kickish1589 splenetic1593 spleenful1594 tetchy1596 wasp-stung1598 touchy1602 spleeny1604 pruriginous1609 teety1621 splenitive1633 peltish1648 irritable1662 splenatic1663 splenetive1678 unheer1691 rusty1694 nettlesome1766 stingy1781 snarly1798 tutty1809 spleenical1818 rileya1824 nettly1825 edgy1837 porcupinal1846 shirty1846 raspish1854 peckish1857 streaky1860 owly1864 teasy1866 fussy1869 raspy1869 spiky1881 chippyc1885 tetchous1890 narky1895 snarky1906 ringy1907 snarkish1912 Scot1916 crooked1945 niggly1952 snooty1959 kvetchy1965 to be on the rag1967 sandpaper1976 gribble1984 splenous- a1824 J. Guild Jrnl. in Proc. Vermont Hist. Soc. (1937) 3 256 This made the old man some ryly. 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 64 The boys and gals kept it up so strong, laffin at my scrape.., that I gin to get riley. 1867 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 404 The Americans..speak of an ill-tempered person as being riley. 1898 P. L. Dunbar Folks from Dixie 85 Won't she be riley when she fin's out how mistaken she is? 1967 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 583/1 [Oregon] Riley [applied to a cow with a bad temper]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1911adj.1805
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