sawneyn.

/ˈsɔːni/

Etymology: In sense 1, representing a Scottish local variant of Sandy n., short for Alexander; the connection of the other senses is doubtful.

1. colloquial. A derisive nickname for a Scotchman.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland

ScoteOE

rivlin?c1300

bere-bag1352

Scotchman1407

Scottishman1429

Scotsman?c1450

blue cap1598

North Britain1604

Jockc1641

Jacky1653

Whiglander1682

Albanian1685

sawneya1704

North Briton1718

Caledonian1768

Sandy1785

Scotchy1832

Scotty1851

haggis bag1892

haggis-eater1937

a1704 T. Brown Highlander in Wks. (1707) I. i. 160 And learn from him against a time of need, To Husband Wealth as Sawny does his Weed.

1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 4. ⁋12 Sawney [i.e. a Scotchman just mentioned] turned about in a great passion.

1764 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 125 The list of the company (of the Macs and Sawneys not in the French service) would divert you.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Sawny or Sandy, a general nick name for a Scotchman.

1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken viii. 55 To..amuse his superior mind with Sawney at his devotions.

2. colloquial. A simpleton, fool. [? Compare zany n. and adj.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton

innocentc1386

greenhead1576

gonyc1580

ninnyhammer1592

chicken1600

loach1605

simplician1605

hichcock1607

smelt1607

foppasty1611

dovea1616

goslinga1616

funge1621

simplicity1633

gewgaw1634

squab1640

simpletonian1652

ninny-whoop1653

softhead1654

foppotee1663

greenhorn1672

sumph1682

sawney1699

sillyton1708

gaby?1746

gobbin?1746

green goose1768

nin-a-kin1787

Jacob1811

green1824

sillikin1832

greeny1834

softhorn1836

sucker1838

softie1850

dope1851

soft1854

verigreen1854

peanut1864

daftie1872

josser1886

naïf1891

yapc1894

barm-stick1924

knobhead1931

sook1933

nig-nog1953

sawn1953

pronk1959

stiffy1965

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sawny, a Fool. He's a meer Sawney, he is very soft.

1807 W. H. Ireland Stultifera Navis 226 Quite a sawney.

1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xxiv A regular sawney—..weak as water.

3. slang. Bacon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > pork > [noun] > bacon

baconc1330

ruff-peck1567

sawney1819

Old Ned1833

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 203 Sawney, bacon.

1856 H. Mayhew Great World London 46 ‘Sawney-hunters’, who purloin cheese or bacon from cheesemongers' doors.

4. technical. (See quots.)

ΚΠ

1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Sawney, term used to denote the accident when all the threads in a mule are broken at the same time by some faulty action of the mule.

1901 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 8 170/1 If a minder in a cotton mill have four or five hundred ‘ends’ or threads broken through the chance intervention of an obstacle when the carriage is on the outward run, or through the sudden breaking of a band, he is said to ‘have a sawney’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

sawneyadj.

/ˈsɔːni/

Etymology: apparently < sawney n.

1. Foolish; foolishly sentimental; ? canting, wheedling.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective]

weak1423

simple-hearted?c1425

good1480

innocent1548

plain-headeda1586

simple1604

green1605

zany1616

soft1621

ungifted1637

softly1652

half-witted1712

simple-minded1749

simpletonic1780

simpletonian1800

sawney1805

simpletonish1819

simply disposed1848

putty-headed1857

cabbage-looking1898

goonish1921

wally1922

1805 J. Foster Ess. ii. vi. 201 A sawney clown on the road.

1843 J. Abbott Narr. Journey Heraut to Khiva I. i. 21 A tall, sawney, miserly looking fellow.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. i. v. 60 She spoke in her sawney voice of factitious enthusiasm.

1873 R. Broughton Nancy vii The bronze of his face is a little paled by emotion, but there is no sawny sentiment in his tone, none of the lover's whine.

1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 163 A good-hearted, sawny kind of chap.

2. ? transferred.

ΚΠ

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. i. i. 5 Curzon Street, after a long straggling sawney course, ceasing to be a thoroughfare.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

sawneyv.

/ˈsɔːni/

Etymology: < sawney n. (in sense 2).

intransitive.

a. To wheedle, cant.

ΚΠ

1808 [see sawneying adj. at Derivatives].

b. To act the sawney, to fool.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > act in a simple-minded way [verb (intransitive)]

sawney1872

1872 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy viii, in Once a Week 27 Jan. 98/1 What's he coming sawneying over here about, I wonder?

Derivatives

ˈsawneying adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective]

whiteda1225

hypocritec1380

papelarda1500

dissimuling?1518

dissembling1526

Pharisaical1527

hypocritish1531

masking1538

hypocritic1540

hypocritely1541

hypocritical1553

mimic1591

transom-eyed1601

tonguey1612

sanctimoniousa1616

Pharisaica1618

crocodilian1632

hypocrital1658

canting1663

double-minded1727

Tartufish1768

dissimulating1794

dissimulative1802

sawneying1808

sham-Abra(ha)m1828

Tartuffian1872

Pecksniffian1874

mawwormish1883

Chadbandian1908

1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 63 It looks like a sneaking sawneying Methodist parson.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

n.1699

adj.1805

v.1808

单词	sawney
释义	sawneyn. /ˈsɔːni/ Etymology: In sense 1, representing a Scottish local variant of Sandy n., short for Alexander; the connection of the other senses is doubtful. 1. colloquial. A derisive nickname for a Scotchman. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland ScoteOE rivlin?c1300 bere-bag1352 Scotchman1407 Scottishman1429 Scotsman?c1450 blue cap1598 North Britain1604 Jockc1641 Jacky1653 Whiglander1682 Albanian1685 sawneya1704 North Briton1718 Caledonian1768 Sandy1785 Scotchy1832 Scotty1851 haggis bag1892 haggis-eater1937 a1704 T. Brown Highlander in Wks. (1707) I. i. 160 And learn from him against a time of need, To Husband Wealth as Sawny does his Weed. 1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 4. ⁋12 Sawney [i.e. a Scotchman just mentioned] turned about in a great passion. 1764 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 125 The list of the company (of the Macs and Sawneys not in the French service) would divert you. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Sawny or Sandy, a general nick name for a Scotchman. 1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken viii. 55 To..amuse his superior mind with Sawney at his devotions. 2. colloquial. A simpleton, fool. [? Compare zany n. and adj.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton innocentc1386 greenhead1576 gonyc1580 ninnyhammer1592 chicken1600 loach1605 simplician1605 hichcock1607 smelt1607 foppasty1611 dovea1616 goslinga1616 funge1621 simplicity1633 gewgaw1634 squab1640 simpletonian1652 ninny-whoop1653 softhead1654 foppotee1663 greenhorn1672 sumph1682 sawney1699 sillyton1708 gaby?1746 gobbin?1746 green goose1768 nin-a-kin1787 Jacob1811 green1824 sillikin1832 greeny1834 softhorn1836 sucker1838 softie1850 dope1851 soft1854 verigreen1854 peanut1864 daftie1872 josser1886 naïf1891 yapc1894 barm-stick1924 knobhead1931 sook1933 nig-nog1953 sawn1953 pronk1959 stiffy1965 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sawny, a Fool. He's a meer Sawney, he is very soft. 1807 W. H. Ireland Stultifera Navis 226 Quite a sawney. 1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xxiv A regular sawney—..weak as water. 3. slang. Bacon. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > pork > [noun] > bacon baconc1330 ruff-peck1567 sawney1819 Old Ned1833 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 203 Sawney, bacon. 1856 H. Mayhew Great World London 46 ‘Sawney-hunters’, who purloin cheese or bacon from cheesemongers' doors. 4. technical. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Sawney, term used to denote the accident when all the threads in a mule are broken at the same time by some faulty action of the mule. 1901 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 8 170/1 If a minder in a cotton mill have four or five hundred ‘ends’ or threads broken through the chance intervention of an obstacle when the carriage is on the outward run, or through the sudden breaking of a band, he is said to ‘have a sawney’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2019). sawneyadj. /ˈsɔːni/ Etymology: apparently < sawney n. 1. Foolish; foolishly sentimental; ? canting, wheedling. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective] weak1423 simple-hearted?c1425 good1480 innocent1548 plain-headeda1586 simple1604 green1605 zany1616 soft1621 ungifted1637 softly1652 half-witted1712 simple-minded1749 simpletonic1780 simpletonian1800 sawney1805 simpletonish1819 simply disposed1848 putty-headed1857 cabbage-looking1898 goonish1921 wally1922 1805 J. Foster Ess. ii. vi. 201 A sawney clown on the road. 1843 J. Abbott Narr. Journey Heraut to Khiva I. i. 21 A tall, sawney, miserly looking fellow. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. i. v. 60 She spoke in her sawney voice of factitious enthusiasm. 1873 R. Broughton Nancy vii The bronze of his face is a little paled by emotion, but there is no sawny sentiment in his tone, none of the lover's whine. 1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 163 A good-hearted, sawny kind of chap. 2. ? transferred. ΚΠ 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. i. i. 5 Curzon Street, after a long straggling sawney course, ceasing to be a thoroughfare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). sawneyv. /ˈsɔːni/ Etymology: < sawney n. (in sense 2). intransitive. a. To wheedle, cant. ΚΠ 1808 [see sawneying adj. at Derivatives]. b. To act the sawney, to fool. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > act in a simple-minded way [verb (intransitive)] sawney1872 1872 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy viii, in Once a Week 27 Jan. 98/1 What's he coming sawneying over here about, I wonder? Derivatives ˈsawneying adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective] whiteda1225 hypocritec1380 papelarda1500 dissimuling?1518 dissembling1526 Pharisaical1527 hypocritish1531 masking1538 hypocritic1540 hypocritely1541 hypocritical1553 mimic1591 transom-eyed1601 tonguey1612 sanctimoniousa1616 Pharisaica1618 crocodilian1632 hypocrital1658 canting1663 double-minded1727 Tartufish1768 dissimulating1794 dissimulative1802 sawneying1808 sham-Abra(ha)m1828 Tartuffian1872 Pecksniffian1874 mawwormish1883 Chadbandian1908 1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 63 It looks like a sneaking sawneying Methodist parson. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1699adj.1805v.1808
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