单词 | rowthy |
释义 | rowthyadj. Chiefly Scottish. Plentifully supplied with something; well-provided; abundant, plentiful; prosperous. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] richeOE eadyOE richfulc1300 plenteousc1350 wealthyc1380 wealthfula1400 wlouȝa1400 wellc1405 biga1425 goldedc1450 substantious1490 able1516 opulent?1518 substantive1543 strong1581 fat1611 juicy1627 fortuned1632 affluent1652 rhinocerical1688 rough1721 rowthy1792 golden1797 strong-handed1817 well-to-do1831 wealth-encumbered1844 nabobish1857 rhinoceral1860 ingoted1864 tinny1871 pocket-filled1886 oofy1896 nawabi1955 brewstered2001 1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 377 Then wait a wee, and canie wale, A routhie butt, a routhie ben. 1821 W. Liddle Poems 56 Sair yer coat it does disgrace Whan yer sae routhy, To let the poor gang frae yer house. 1880 J. Watson in D. H. Edwards 100 Mod. Sc. Poets 1st Ser. 291 O'siller I've never been routhy. 1887 R. Allan Border & Other Poems 12 Gey routhie, ye'll see, were auld Jean and her callant. 1893 Cumberland Pacquet 14 Dec. 6/1 It was sed to be a ‘routhy’ time when t'pig was kilt. a1914 in Mearns Leader (1950) 23 June Up, Jock, wi' the tiller—soon routhy wi' siller. 1995 A. Fenton Craiters i. 24 Lyin ere waitin tae sproot an mak a rowthy season. Derivatives ˈrowthiness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] plentyc1300 richness?a1400 wealthfulnessc1450 wealthinessa1513 substantiousness1596 plenitya1622 plenitude1631 rowthinessa1838 flushness1868 divitism1890 oofiness1935 a1838 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. MSS (Adv. 22.1.11) XI. 154 Routhiness, plenty, abundance, fullness. 1872 J. Paterson Autobiogr. Remin. iv. 87 This was not enough to account for her evident rowthiness. 1935 W. Soutar Diary 7 Apr. in Diaries of Dying Man (1991) vi. 56 Finished Sunset Song. No doubt at all about the richness, the routhiness of this book. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1792 |
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