单词 | scummy |
释义 | scummyadj. 1. Having the nature or appearance of scum. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > covered with scum > of the nature of scum scummy1577 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [adjective] > with a thin coating > like scum scummy1577 mantleda1616 mantling1637 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. iii. sig. Dd/1 The scummy froath is not mixed with the oyle. a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 948 He makes the deep Sea like a Pot to boyl, A Pot of Oyntment (casting scummy Soyl). 1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 121 To breathe away as 'twere all scummy slime From off a crystal pool. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 46 This fair earth..'Tis but the particoloured, scummy, dross Of the original element wherefrom The fiery worlds were framed. 1936 A. Ransome Pigeon Post xxix. 312 ‘What'll it look like when we see it again?’.. ‘All scummy on the top... The pure gold'll be underneath.’ 1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset xiv. 215 Under-exposure produces a weak, soft stencil, so that the image thickens-up in development and results in stencil breakdown and a scummy plate. 1979 K. M. Peyton Marion's Angels ii. 29 At high-water springs the river came right up over the saltings..and sent scummy fingers up the garden path. 2. Abounding in scum. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > covered with scum scummy1593 scummed1909 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 83 London, thou art..the Sea that sucks in all the scummy chanels of the Realme. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Scummy, frothy, dreggy, &c. as a boiling Pot. 3. transferred and figurative. Filthy, dirty; despicable, disreputable. Also in combinations. Originally and chiefly U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > [adjective] blackOE rotea1382 lousyc1386 unwashed?a1390 fulsomec1390 filthy?c1400 rankc1400 leprousa1425 sicka1425 miry1532 shitten?1545 murrain1575 obscene1597 vicious1597 ketty1607 putrid1628 putredinous1641 foede1657 fulsamic1694 carrion1826 foul1842 shitty1879 scabrous1880 scummy1932 pukey1933 shitting1950 gungy1962 grungy1965 shithouse1966 grot1967 bogging1973 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean ungoderlyc1400 sluttish?1529 squalid1596 scrubbing1603 sordid1611 snotty1681 frowzy1710 grub1719 seedy1725 unkempt1838 grubby1844 crumby1859 ratty1867 scruffy1871 scrutty1914 scummy1932 ribby1936 raunchy1937 sleazy1941 scroungy1948 manky1958 skanky1963 grungy1965 scungy1966 scuzzy1969 scrungy1974 skeevy1976 1932 J. T. Farrell in Story Mar.–Apr. 47 Jack told of an anecdote about a pig he had picked up once. She was too lousy and scummy to take a chance on. 1952 B. Malamud Natural 67 I don't like the scummy tricks you play on people. 1973 E. Bullins Theme is Blackness 78 Hey, you white scummy-lookin' bourgeois bitch, take me to dinner? 1977 R. E. Harrington Quintain xvii. 202 Meeting scummy little men at..squalid Parisian restaurants. 1979 Maledicta 3 133 The scummy millionaire Marxist profs I know don't spend one red penny of their own: Let the workers & peasants pay! Draft additions September 2013Derivatives ˈscumminess n. ΚΠ 1871 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 22 Dec. 109/2 The surface of the plate finally wiped with a clean damp cloth, to remove all traces of scumminess. 1982 Washington Post 26 Feb. d3/5 Opening today at area theaters, ‘The Seduction’ merely underbids the competition, sinking into deeper ruts of hypocritical and nonsensical scumminess. 2007 K. Bush Everything Dogs expect you to Know 85 Water bowls should be washed out daily to prevent scumminess from building up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1577 |
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