savvyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsavi/, U.S.

/ˈsævi/

Forms: 1700s scavey, 1800s savie (Scottish), 1800s– savey, 1800s– savvey, 1800s– savvy, 1800s– savy, 1900s– saavie (Scottish (Shetland)).

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: savvy v.

Etymology: Probably < savvy v., later reinforced by association with French savoir , †sçavoir to know, to know how (see savant n.) and related words (as e.g. savoir n., savoir faire n., etc.). Compare sabe n.

colloquial.

A. n.

1. Common sense, practical intelligence, shrewdness.In early use chiefly in representations of the speech of black or non-native English speakers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun]

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1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Scavey, sense, knowledge; ‘massa me no scavey’, master I don't know, (negroe language) perhaps from the French scavoir.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Savie, knowledge, experience, sagacity.

1870 B. Harte Chiquita in Overland Monthly Mar. 270 Hedn't no savey—hed Briggs.

1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 508/2 They don't need much savvey for that.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 47 He could ride the best, but the black boy had twice as much savey.

1936 W. R. Titterton G. K. Chesterton ii. iii. 138 Which idea..Armstrong actively disliked because, having more savvy than I had, he saw it meant death to his doctrine.

1964 E. B. White Let. 1 Feb. (1976) 515 I felt deeply envious of their skills, their savvy, their self reliance, and their general deportment.

1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends v. i. 496 Kennedy's reputation was for more savvy than that. He knew his history, didn't he, and its humbling lesson?

2007 J. Lott Warm Bucket Brigade p. xxii For all their savvy, the American founders never would have dreamt that the president would one day use the vice president as a human shield.

2. As the second element of compounds: practical knowledge or experience of what is specified by the first element.street-savvy: see the first element.

ΚΠ

1899 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea I. xv. 340 The Jap has no business savvy.

1945 Billboard 5 May 5/2 Veteran radio men believe the situation stems from the current lack of radio savvy in the Administration.

1951 K. Crichton Marx Brothers x. 134 He had bounce, stage savvy, and the optimism of a Rotarian.

1961 T. Cobb & A. Stump My Life in Baseball xix. 251 We were a blend of youthful power and elderly baseball savvy.

1987 T. P. Dunn in C. B. Yorke Phoenix from Ashes xix. 204 The ‘kooky’ Gyro Captain makes up in inventiveness what he lacks in battle savvy.

2012 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 19 Mar. l8 My daughter doesn't get her fashion savvy from her parents.

B. adj.

1. Having or demonstrating common sense; knowledgeable, experienced; knowing, shrewd. Also with to: aware of or knowledgeable about something specified.In early use chiefly in representations of the speech of black or non-native English speakers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > worldly wisdom > [adjective]

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ready1967

kewl1990

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [adjective]

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1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 89 You try to make your picnies better and more savey dan yourselve.

1905 K. Inglewood Patmos i. ix. 124 ‘How very savvy of you to think of that,’ he said.

1964 H. Waugh Missing Man xiii. 65 The kid might give himself away and Lambert's savvy enough to pick it up.

1975 B. N. Byfield & F. L. Tedeschi Solemn High Murder iv. 77 She's older and been around and savvy to a lot of things the rest of them aren't.

2006 A. Summers One Train Later xv. 220 We meet hip, savvy people who want to befriend us, talk to us, and take us to their homes.

2. As the second element in compounds: knowledgeable about or experienced in what is specified by the first element.computer-, eco-, media-, street-, techno-savvy: see the first element.

ΚΠ

1957 Nevada State Jrnl. 25 May 10/5 The ring-savvy Akins..fended off a hard-charging Beecham for two rounds.

1975 W. Kennedy Legs (1983) 256 We headed for Stell's, a busy Troy brewery run by a gang of beer-savvy Dutchmen.

1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Dec. 4/3 He is probably right in expecting his audience to be art-savvy enough to catch his allusions to Monet, van Gogh.., etc.

2011 H. H. Knoop in S. I. Donaldson et al. Appl. Positive Psychol. vii. 97 Any Internet-savvy learner..is able to self-educate by watching and reading thousands of world-class lectures on the Internet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

savvyv.

Brit.

/ˈsavi/, U.S.

/ˈsævi/

Forms: 1600s 1900s– savee, 1700s scavey, 1800s savey, 1800s– savvey, 1800s– savvy, 1800s– savy, 1900s– savie.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Portuguese; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Portuguese saber, Spanish saber.

Etymology: Probably originally via early West African pidgin < either Portuguese saber to know, with -v- reflecting a regional (northern and central) pronunciation with lenition of /b/ to a fricative between vowels, or Spanish saber to know (see sabe v.), with -v- representing the same sound in Spanish, subsequently reinforced by association with French savoir to know (see savant n.). Compare sabe v.In the form scavey by association with French †sçavoir , variant of savoir to know (see savant n. and compare forms at that entry).

1. transitive. To know or understand (something). Frequently with clause as object.In early use chiefly in representations of the speech of black or non-native English speakers. In later use also used in addressing non-native English speakers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)]

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acknowOE

anyeteOE

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to take for ——?1387

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to take up1617

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twig1815

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sense1844

undercumstumble1854

seize1855

intelligize1865

dig1935

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)]

i-witec900

wit971

yknowOE

canOE

i-kenc1000

seeOE

yknowOE

understanda1131

knowlOE

can (or could) skillc1340

cona1387

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kyd1530

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1686 R. Hassell Let. 7 Dec. in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (2001) II. 186 Hee noe savee for what hee noe love mee.

1828 Marly: Life of Planter 137 Dey hab not savey dat de store-keeper hab be deir broder Joseph.

1833 Mrs. A. C. Carmichael Domest. Manners W. Indies II. 135 Misses, you no peak lie, me savey dat well.

1892 Cent. Mag. Apr. 935/2 Sometimes white man not savvy what good for him.

1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine iii. 128 Let's have two starboard lights. Savee starboard lights?

1949 True Jan. 61/3 When there are ladies present, we say it in Mexican. The hounds savvy either.

1993 Playboy Jan. 152/2 ‘Missa Astaire’, she finally gibbered, laying to rest my fear that she didn't savvy the English.

2. intransitive. To understand; to know. Chiefly used in interrogative: ‘Do you understand?’ Cf. capisce v.In early use chiefly in representations of Black English, or the speech of non-native English speakers. In later use also used in addressing non-native English speakers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (intransitive)]

seeOE

understandc1000

knowlOE

tellc1390

conceive1563

smoke1676

overstand1699

savvy1785

dig1789

twig1832

capisce1904

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Scavey, sense, knowledge; ‘massa me no scavey’, master I don't know, (negroe language) perhaps from the French scavoir.

1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah 105 You've got so much ‘fofarraw’ stuck 'bout you, this child didn't savvy at fust!

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 51 Now do you savey?

1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber ii. iii. 315 ‘You savee?’ The ‘savee’ touched Harry's dignity. ‘What for you say savee? You take me for a blurry Chinaman?’

1920 D. H. Lawrence Touch & Go ii. 49 Gerald. Yes, I want to be told. Anabel. That's rather mean of you. You should savvy, and let it go without saying. Gerald. Yes, but I don't savvy.

2000 Witness (Oaklands Community Coll.) 14 166 You best keep your drip-dry heart clean to yourself, else I'll get some notions about sticking my meat into your act. Savvy, Chee-qui-ta?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	savvy
释义	savvyn.adj. Brit. /ˈsavi/, U.S. /ˈsævi/ Forms: 1700s scavey, 1800s savie (Scottish), 1800s– savey, 1800s– savvey, 1800s– savvy, 1800s– savy, 1900s– saavie (Scottish (Shetland)). Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: savvy v. Etymology: Probably < savvy v., later reinforced by association with French savoir , †sçavoir to know, to know how (see savant n.) and related words (as e.g. savoir n., savoir faire n., etc.). Compare sabe n. colloquial. A. n. 1. Common sense, practical intelligence, shrewdness.In early use chiefly in representations of the speech of black or non-native English speakers. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun] witc1175 sensea1382 conscience1449 mother witc1475 common wit1517 common sense1536 philosophy1557 good sense?1562 sconce1567 mother-sense1603 ingenuity1651 bonsense1681 rumgumption1686 nous1706 gumption?1719 rummlegumption1751 savvy1785 horse sense1832 kokum1848 sabe1872 common1899 marbles1902 gump1920 loaf1925 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Scavey, sense, knowledge; ‘massa me no scavey’, master I don't know, (negroe language) perhaps from the French scavoir. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Savie, knowledge, experience, sagacity. 1870 B. Harte Chiquita in Overland Monthly Mar. 270 Hedn't no savey—hed Briggs. 1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 508/2 They don't need much savvey for that. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 47 He could ride the best, but the black boy had twice as much savey. 1936 W. R. Titterton G. K. Chesterton ii. iii. 138 Which idea..Armstrong actively disliked because, having more savvy than I had, he saw it meant death to his doctrine. 1964 E. B. White Let. 1 Feb. (1976) 515 I felt deeply envious of their skills, their savvy, their self reliance, and their general deportment. 1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends v. i. 496 Kennedy's reputation was for more savvy than that. He knew his history, didn't he, and its humbling lesson? 2007 J. Lott Warm Bucket Brigade p. xxii For all their savvy, the American founders never would have dreamt that the president would one day use the vice president as a human shield. 2. As the second element of compounds: practical knowledge or experience of what is specified by the first element.street-savvy: see the first element. ΚΠ 1899 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea I. xv. 340 The Jap has no business savvy. 1945 Billboard 5 May 5/2 Veteran radio men believe the situation stems from the current lack of radio savvy in the Administration. 1951 K. Crichton Marx Brothers x. 134 He had bounce, stage savvy, and the optimism of a Rotarian. 1961 T. Cobb & A. Stump My Life in Baseball xix. 251 We were a blend of youthful power and elderly baseball savvy. 1987 T. P. Dunn in C. B. Yorke Phoenix from Ashes xix. 204 The ‘kooky’ Gyro Captain makes up in inventiveness what he lacks in battle savvy. 2012 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 19 Mar. l8 My daughter doesn't get her fashion savvy from her parents. B. adj. 1. Having or demonstrating common sense; knowledgeable, experienced; knowing, shrewd. Also with to: aware of or knowledgeable about something specified.In early use chiefly in representations of the speech of black or non-native English speakers. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > worldly wisdom > [adjective] world-wiseOE worldly-wisec1400 smart1571 shrewd1589 hard1655 sharp1697 auld-farrant1702 up to snuff1810 canny1816 savvy1826 worldly1829 lairy1846 facultized1872 sophisticated1895 hep1899 hip1904 streetwise1949 ready1967 kewl1990 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [adjective] wittyc1380 perceivedc1425 sensible?a1439 sober-minded1534 staida1555 sonsy1568 mother-witted1593 unfoolish1603 capable1609 sober1619 hard-headed1779 commonsensical1792 sensical1795 sober-minded1811 common-sensible1813 savvy1826 common sensed1834 level1869 level-headed1879 square-headed1896 1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 89 You try to make your picnies better and more savey dan yourselve. 1905 K. Inglewood Patmos i. ix. 124 ‘How very savvy of you to think of that,’ he said. 1964 H. Waugh Missing Man xiii. 65 The kid might give himself away and Lambert's savvy enough to pick it up. 1975 B. N. Byfield & F. L. Tedeschi Solemn High Murder iv. 77 She's older and been around and savvy to a lot of things the rest of them aren't. 2006 A. Summers One Train Later xv. 220 We meet hip, savvy people who want to befriend us, talk to us, and take us to their homes. 2. As the second element in compounds: knowledgeable about or experienced in what is specified by the first element.computer-, eco-, media-, street-, techno-savvy: see the first element. ΚΠ 1957 Nevada State Jrnl. 25 May 10/5 The ring-savvy Akins..fended off a hard-charging Beecham for two rounds. 1975 W. Kennedy Legs (1983) 256 We headed for Stell's, a busy Troy brewery run by a gang of beer-savvy Dutchmen. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Dec. 4/3 He is probably right in expecting his audience to be art-savvy enough to catch his allusions to Monet, van Gogh.., etc. 2011 H. H. Knoop in S. I. Donaldson et al. Appl. Positive Psychol. vii. 97 Any Internet-savvy learner..is able to self-educate by watching and reading thousands of world-class lectures on the Internet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). savvyv. Brit. /ˈsavi/, U.S. /ˈsævi/ Forms: 1600s 1900s– savee, 1700s scavey, 1800s savey, 1800s– savvey, 1800s– savvy, 1800s– savy, 1900s– savie. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Portuguese; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Portuguese saber, Spanish saber. Etymology: Probably originally via early West African pidgin < either Portuguese saber to know, with -v- reflecting a regional (northern and central) pronunciation with lenition of /b/ to a fricative between vowels, or Spanish saber to know (see sabe v.), with -v- representing the same sound in Spanish, subsequently reinforced by association with French savoir to know (see savant n.). Compare sabe v.In the form scavey by association with French †sçavoir , variant of savoir to know (see savant n. and compare forms at that entry). 1. transitive. To know or understand (something). Frequently with clause as object.In early use chiefly in representations of the speech of black or non-native English speakers. In later use also used in addressing non-native English speakers. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] yknoweOE acknowOE anyeteOE latchc1000 undernimc1000 understandc1000 underyetec1000 afindOE knowOE seeOE onfangc1175 takec1175 underfindc1200 underfonga1300 undertakea1300 kenc1330 gripea1340 comprehend1340 comprendc1374 espyc1374 perceivea1387 to take for ——?1387 catcha1398 conceivea1398 intenda1400 overtakea1400 tenda1400 havec1405 henta1450 comprise1477 skilla1500 brook1548 apprend1567 compass1576 perstanda1577 endue1590 sound1592 engrasp1593 in1603 fathom1611 resent1614 receivea1616 to take up1617 apprehend1631 to take in1646 grasp1680 understumblec1681 forstand1682 savvy1686 overstand1699 uptake1726 nouse1779 twig1815 undercumstand1824 absorb1840 sense1844 undercumstumble1854 seize1855 intelligize1865 dig1935 read1956 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)] i-witec900 wit971 yknowOE canOE i-kenc1000 seeOE yknowOE understanda1131 knowlOE can (or could) skillc1340 cona1387 havec1405 kyd1530 weeta1547 digest1549 wist1580 wis1606 savvy1686 sabe1850 1686 R. Hassell Let. 7 Dec. in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (2001) II. 186 Hee noe savee for what hee noe love mee. 1828 Marly: Life of Planter 137 Dey hab not savey dat de store-keeper hab be deir broder Joseph. 1833 Mrs. A. C. Carmichael Domest. Manners W. Indies II. 135 Misses, you no peak lie, me savey dat well. 1892 Cent. Mag. Apr. 935/2 Sometimes white man not savvy what good for him. 1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine iii. 128 Let's have two starboard lights. Savee starboard lights? 1949 True Jan. 61/3 When there are ladies present, we say it in Mexican. The hounds savvy either. 1993 Playboy Jan. 152/2 ‘Missa Astaire’, she finally gibbered, laying to rest my fear that she didn't savvy the English. 2. intransitive. To understand; to know. Chiefly used in interrogative: ‘Do you understand?’ Cf. capisce v.In early use chiefly in representations of Black English, or the speech of non-native English speakers. In later use also used in addressing non-native English speakers. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (intransitive)] seeOE understandc1000 knowlOE tellc1390 conceive1563 smoke1676 overstand1699 view1711 savvy1785 dig1789 twig1832 capisce1904 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Scavey, sense, knowledge; ‘massa me no scavey’, master I don't know, (negroe language) perhaps from the French scavoir. 1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah 105 You've got so much ‘fofarraw’ stuck 'bout you, this child didn't savvy at fust! 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 51 Now do you savey? 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber ii. iii. 315 ‘You savee?’ The ‘savee’ touched Harry's dignity. ‘What for you say savee? You take me for a blurry Chinaman?’ 1920 D. H. Lawrence Touch & Go ii. 49 Gerald. Yes, I want to be told. Anabel. That's rather mean of you. You should savvy, and let it go without saying. Gerald. Yes, but I don't savvy. 2000 Witness (Oaklands Community Coll.) 14 166 You best keep your drip-dry heart clean to yourself, else I'll get some notions about sticking my meat into your act. Savvy, Chee-qui-ta? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1785v.1686
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