rubbishyadj.

Brit.

/ˈrʌbᵻʃi/, U.S.

/ˈrəbəʃi/

Forms: 1700s– rubbishy, 1800s rubbishey, 1900s– rubbidgy (English regional (Lincolnshire)).

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

Etymology: < rubbish n. + -y suffix¹. Compare rubbishing adj. and earlier rubbish adj. In early use in sense 1 with reference to soil compare also slightly earlier rubbly adj.

1. Covered with rubbish; full of rubbish, rubble, or debris.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [adjective] > covered with litter

rubbishy1731

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Althæa They are impatient of Wet in Winter, therefore should be planted in a dry rubbishy or sandy Soil.

1795 A. Seward Lett. (1811) IV. 143 The fruit-trees, to whose luxuriance the rocky, and..rubbishy soil, below the surface, has proved very inauspicious.

1842 H. Taylor Edwin the Fair iv. i To be reviled By shallow coxcombs whom I daily..snatch from a rubbishy tomb Amongst the ruins of their wits.

1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 87 The true plant is common in hedges and rubbishy places.

1860 Sir H. Acland in J. B. Atlay Mem. (1903) x. 290 Washington..has a few palaces shied down upon a rubbishy heath.

1913 H. James Small Boy & Others vi. 69 We always arrived by boat and I have still in my nostril the sense of the abords of the hot town, the rank and rubbishy waterside quarters.

1978 Mother Jones Nov. 58/1 Packs of wild dogs scavenge in rubbishy lots.

1993 D. W. Meinig Shaping of Amer. III. iii. i. 205 The rubbishy, swampy margins of the town.

2. Worthless, of poor quality; contemptible. Now chiefly colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible

unworthlyc1230

wretcha1250

seely1297

vilec1320

not worth a cress (kerse)1377

the value of a rushc1380

threadbarec1412

wretched1450

miserable?a1513

rascal1519

prettya1522

not worth a whistlea1529

pegrall1535

plack1539

pelting1540

scald1542

sleeveless1551

baggage1553

paltering1553

piddling1559

twopenny1560

paltry1565

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baggagely1573

pelfish1577

halfpenny1579

palting1579

baubling1581

three-halfpenny1581

pitiful1582

triobolar1585

squirting1589

not worth a lousea1592

hedge1596

cheap1597

peddling1597

dribbling1600

mean1600

rascally1600

three-farthingc1600

draughty1602

dilute1605

copper1609

peltry?a1610

threepenny1613

pelsy1631

pimping1640

triobolary1644

pigwidgeon1647

dustya1649

fiddling1652

puddlinga1653

insignificant1658

piteous1667

snotty1681

scrubbed1688

dishonourable1699

scrub1711

footy1720

fouty1722

rubbishing1731

chuck-farthing1748

rubbishy1753

shabby1753

scrubby1754

poxya1758

rubbishly1777

waff-like1808

trinkety1817

meanish1831

one-eyed1843

twiddling1844

measly1847

poking1850

picayunish1852

vild1853

picayune1856

snide1859

two-cent1859

rummagy1872

faddling1883

finicking1886

slushy1889

twopence halfpenny1890

jerk1893

pissy1922

crappy1928

two-bit1932

piddly1933

chickenshit1934

pissing1937

penny packet1943

farkakte1960

pony1964

gay1978

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. x. 56 That is one of the rubbishy notions I want to remove.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. xii. 282 Like your rubbishy Birmingham pieces, that will..go off at half-cock.

1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook II. ii. 49 Only look what a rubbishy affair this is.

1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 27 She spoke of the building as a rubbishy piece of architecture.

1904 W. B. Yeats Let. 2 Apr. (1994) III. 564 I hear Reardon is now collecting worthless rubbish from Williams and such rubbishy painters who will run a risk on chance of sale.

1967 M. Glenny tr. M. Bulgakov Master & Margarita xix. 253 You repeat every bit of rubbishy gossip that you pick up in queues.

2009 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Oct. 10 Like many who work in offices filled with rubbishy chairs and desks at the wrong height, he has had persistent back pain.

Compounds

Complementary, as rubbishy-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1834 C. J. F. Bunbury Let. 1 Jan. in Life, Lett., Jrnls. (1894) I. 69 Do you recollect a little rubbishy-looking plant by name Coronopus didyma, that grows under walls and by way-sides at Dawlish?

1874 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 81 You notice that the Gilded Age is a rather rubbishy looking book.

1910 J. Lister in H. L. Roth Yorks. Coiners, 1767–1783 ii. iii. 204 The most ordinary-looking old deed may yet throw light upon the subject, the most rubbishy-looking MS. give us interesting details about it.

1999 M. Burgess Bloodtide (2002) xli.192 He grabbed hold of a rubbishy-looking old woman by the shoulder and shook her.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rubbishy
释义	rubbishyadj. Brit. /ˈrʌbᵻʃi/, U.S. /ˈrəbəʃi/ Forms: 1700s– rubbishy, 1800s rubbishey, 1900s– rubbidgy (English regional (Lincolnshire)). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rubbish n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < rubbish n. + -y suffix¹. Compare rubbishing adj. and earlier rubbish adj. In early use in sense 1 with reference to soil compare also slightly earlier rubbly adj. 1. Covered with rubbish; full of rubbish, rubble, or debris. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [adjective] > covered with litter rubbishy1731 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Althæa They are impatient of Wet in Winter, therefore should be planted in a dry rubbishy or sandy Soil. 1795 A. Seward Lett. (1811) IV. 143 The fruit-trees, to whose luxuriance the rocky, and..rubbishy soil, below the surface, has proved very inauspicious. 1842 H. Taylor Edwin the Fair iv. i To be reviled By shallow coxcombs whom I daily..snatch from a rubbishy tomb Amongst the ruins of their wits. 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 87 The true plant is common in hedges and rubbishy places. 1860 Sir H. Acland in J. B. Atlay Mem. (1903) x. 290 Washington..has a few palaces shied down upon a rubbishy heath. 1913 H. James Small Boy & Others vi. 69 We always arrived by boat and I have still in my nostril the sense of the abords of the hot town, the rank and rubbishy waterside quarters. 1978 Mother Jones Nov. 58/1 Packs of wild dogs scavenge in rubbishy lots. 1993 D. W. Meinig Shaping of Amer. III. iii. i. 205 The rubbishy, swampy margins of the town. 2. Worthless, of poor quality; contemptible. Now chiefly colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. x. 56 That is one of the rubbishy notions I want to remove. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. xii. 282 Like your rubbishy Birmingham pieces, that will..go off at half-cock. 1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook II. ii. 49 Only look what a rubbishy affair this is. 1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 27 She spoke of the building as a rubbishy piece of architecture. 1904 W. B. Yeats Let. 2 Apr. (1994) III. 564 I hear Reardon is now collecting worthless rubbish from Williams and such rubbishy painters who will run a risk on chance of sale. 1967 M. Glenny tr. M. Bulgakov Master & Margarita xix. 253 You repeat every bit of rubbishy gossip that you pick up in queues. 2009 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Oct. 10 Like many who work in offices filled with rubbishy chairs and desks at the wrong height, he has had persistent back pain. Compounds Complementary, as rubbishy-looking adj. ΚΠ 1834 C. J. F. Bunbury Let. 1 Jan. in Life, Lett., Jrnls. (1894) I. 69 Do you recollect a little rubbishy-looking plant by name Coronopus didyma, that grows under walls and by way-sides at Dawlish? 1874 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 81 You notice that the Gilded Age is a rather rubbishy looking book. 1910 J. Lister in H. L. Roth Yorks. Coiners, 1767–1783 ii. iii. 204 The most ordinary-looking old deed may yet throw light upon the subject, the most rubbishy-looking MS. give us interesting details about it. 1999 M. Burgess Bloodtide (2002) xli.192 He grabbed hold of a rubbishy-looking old woman by the shoulder and shook her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1731
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