blockyadj.

Brit.

/ˈblɒki/, U.S.

/ˈblɑki/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: block n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < block n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Of the nature of, or consisting of, a block or blocks; resembling a block in shape or outline; lacking curves or gradual transitions.

ΘΠ

the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > cube > like a block

block-like1561

blockish1565

1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus Common Places Christian Relig. f. 46^v As though we did contrarie to the precept of God..worship and serue the blocky and stony images.

1750 D. Jeffries Treat. Diamonds & Pearls 25 Its [sc. a diamond's] table and collet will be larger, and that will render it blocky, by the sides being too upright.

1839 N.-Y. Spectator 6 June The upper part of the portrait is good in expression and execution... The lower part of the figure is blocky and unfinished in effect.

1868 M. C. Lea Man. Photogr. i. ii. 33 The picture will probably be too full of contrast, wanting in detail, and hard and blocky.

1892 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 23 Apr. 451/1 Most of the gold-bearing pyrite does not occur in large blocky crystals.

1970 N. Pevsner Cambridgeshire (Buildings of Eng. Ser.) (ed. 2) Introd. 45 A small but paradigmatic extension, raw brick and raw concrete, heavy, blocky, and nothing concealed.

2002 Pop. Sci. Oct. 30/1 This extra programming is great, but at least once a week the picture becomes blocky and the sound drops out.

2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Oct. (WSJ Mag.) 34/1 One particularly iconic image shows her..dressed in..a daring knee-length fit-and-flare skirt and blocky kitten heels.

b. Designating shellac consisting of flakes adhering together in blocks.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [adjective] > shellac > type of

blocky1895

1836 London Mercury 2 Oct. 24/3 Shellac, fine mixed orange, 6l. 5s. to 6l. 6s.; blocky, shivered dark, 4l. 17s. to 5l. 1s.

1895 Daily News 4 Sept. 7/5 Shellac... Ordinary to good second orange cakey and blocky 115s. to 119s.

1961 E. Hicks Shellac v. 49 ‘Blocky’ or ‘Matted’ Shellac or Seed-Lac.

a. Of an animal or (less commonly) person: of solid build, stocky.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad

short shoulderedc1405

bunting1584

squaddy1593

chubby1611

truncheon1611

squat1630

squabbish1666

truss1674

squab1675

squad1675

stocky1676

punch1679

trunch1683

squat1688

stub1711

fodgel1724

thick-set1724

puddy1747

chunky1749

dumpy1750

squabby1754

knurly1758

clunch1776

trunchy1778

fubsy1780

punchy1780

humpty-dumpty1785

trunched1787

pudgy1788

fubby1790

runty1807

squattish1809

roly-poly1818

stumpy1822

hoddy-doddy1824

spuddya1825

hodmandod1825

stubby1831

podgy1832

fubsical1834

dumpty1847

fatling1847

stuggy1847

nuggety1856

cloddy1876

blocky1879

chumpy188.

cobby1883

squidgy1891

stockish1913

pyknic1925

humpisha1935

1873 National Live-stock Jrnl. (Chicago) June 209/2 A blocky red two-year-old [heifer].

1875 Hub (N.Y.) July 125/1 In short, a ‘blocky’ horse, but not clumsy.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Blocky.., short and stout.

1939 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 23 Sept. 71/1 The range is stocked with low hung, blocky, well-bred Herefords now, instead of wild Mexican cattle.

1992 J. Peters & J. Nichol Tornado Down (1993) xix. 184 An Army Major was there, a blocky pit bull terrier of a man.

1998 High Country News 27 Apr. 20/3 All you have to do is go to a bull sale and see those blocky black Angus that can hardly walk.

b. Of the head of an animal or bird or (less commonly) a person: broad and square in shape (esp. in some breeds of dog, regarded either as a favourable characteristic or as a fault).

1889 Holstein-Friesian Adv. Reg. 1887–9 2 29 Head blocky, handsome; neck medium length, thin.

1891 Fanciers' Jrnl. 25 Apr. 260/1 Bull terriers are going off in head, nearly every aspirant in the heavy-weight classes having short, thick, blocky heads, which some few years ago would have been considered a sufficient blemish to debar them from the money.

1968 H. Harmar Chihuahua Guide 232 Blocky,..used to describe a head which is cube-shaped, as in the Boston Terrier.

1988 Yoga Jrnl. Sept.Oct. 36/2 He looks like an old-time prospector: wavy white hair, full beard, blocky head, barrel-shaped body.

2016 G. L. Armistead & B. L. Sullivan Better Birding 31 (caption) The Common Loon..is larger and more heavily built, with a blocky head and large, stout bill held parallel with the water.

Derivatives

ˈblockiness n. the quality or state of being blocky (in various senses).

1851 Athenæum 24 May 560/3 There is in it [sc. a drawing] a tendency to blockiness and want of detail in the foreground trees.

1871 M. C. Lea Man. Photogr. (ed. 2) 179 Retouching is especially useful in removing the blockiness and want of moulding that results from one part of the face printing too light or too dark in proportion to the rest.

1910 Iowa Homestead (Des Moines) 3 Nov. 29/2 Good mutton sheep must tend toward a type giving length and blockiness with broad backs, well-meated loins, full rumps and heavy-meated legs.

2004 Digital Photographer No. 24. 118/2 Increased JPEG compression does lower definition and introduces some blockiness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	blocky
释义	blockyadj. Brit. /ˈblɒki/, U.S. /ˈblɑki/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: block n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < block n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Of the nature of, or consisting of, a block or blocks; resembling a block in shape or outline; lacking curves or gradual transitions. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > cube > like a block block-like1561 blockish1565 1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus Common Places Christian Relig. f. 46^v As though we did contrarie to the precept of God..worship and serue the blocky and stony images. 1750 D. Jeffries Treat. Diamonds & Pearls 25 Its [sc. a diamond's] table and collet will be larger, and that will render it blocky, by the sides being too upright. 1839 N.-Y. Spectator 6 June The upper part of the portrait is good in expression and execution... The lower part of the figure is blocky and unfinished in effect. 1868 M. C. Lea Man. Photogr. i. ii. 33 The picture will probably be too full of contrast, wanting in detail, and hard and blocky. 1892 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 23 Apr. 451/1 Most of the gold-bearing pyrite does not occur in large blocky crystals. 1970 N. Pevsner Cambridgeshire (Buildings of Eng. Ser.) (ed. 2) Introd. 45 A small but paradigmatic extension, raw brick and raw concrete, heavy, blocky, and nothing concealed. 2002 Pop. Sci. Oct. 30/1 This extra programming is great, but at least once a week the picture becomes blocky and the sound drops out. 2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Oct. (WSJ Mag.) 34/1 One particularly iconic image shows her..dressed in..a daring knee-length fit-and-flare skirt and blocky kitten heels. b. Designating shellac consisting of flakes adhering together in blocks. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [adjective] > shellac > type of blocky1895 1836 London Mercury 2 Oct. 24/3 Shellac, fine mixed orange, 6l. 5s. to 6l. 6s.; blocky, shivered dark, 4l. 17s. to 5l. 1s. 1895 Daily News 4 Sept. 7/5 Shellac... Ordinary to good second orange cakey and blocky 115s. to 119s. 1961 E. Hicks Shellac v. 49 ‘Blocky’ or ‘Matted’ Shellac or Seed-Lac. 2. a. Of an animal or (less commonly) person: of solid build, stocky. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad short shoulderedc1405 bunting1584 squaddy1593 chubby1611 truncheon1611 squat1630 squabbish1666 truss1674 squab1675 squad1675 stocky1676 punch1679 trunch1683 squat1688 stub1711 fodgel1724 thick-set1724 puddy1747 chunky1749 dumpy1750 squabby1754 knurly1758 clunch1776 trunchy1778 fubsy1780 punchy1780 humpty-dumpty1785 trunched1787 pudgy1788 fubby1790 runty1807 squattish1809 roly-poly1818 stumpy1822 hoddy-doddy1824 spuddya1825 hodmandod1825 stubby1831 podgy1832 fubsical1834 dumpty1847 fatling1847 stuggy1847 nuggety1856 cloddy1876 blocky1879 chumpy188. cobby1883 squidgy1891 stockish1913 pyknic1925 humpisha1935 1873 National Live-stock Jrnl. (Chicago) June 209/2 A blocky red two-year-old [heifer]. 1875 Hub (N.Y.) July 125/1 In short, a ‘blocky’ horse, but not clumsy. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Blocky.., short and stout. 1939 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 23 Sept. 71/1 The range is stocked with low hung, blocky, well-bred Herefords now, instead of wild Mexican cattle. 1992 J. Peters & J. Nichol Tornado Down (1993) xix. 184 An Army Major was there, a blocky pit bull terrier of a man. 1998 High Country News 27 Apr. 20/3 All you have to do is go to a bull sale and see those blocky black Angus that can hardly walk. b. Of the head of an animal or bird or (less commonly) a person: broad and square in shape (esp. in some breeds of dog, regarded either as a favourable characteristic or as a fault). Π 1889 Holstein-Friesian Adv. Reg. 1887–9 2 29 Head blocky, handsome; neck medium length, thin. 1891 Fanciers' Jrnl. 25 Apr. 260/1 Bull terriers are going off in head, nearly every aspirant in the heavy-weight classes having short, thick, blocky heads, which some few years ago would have been considered a sufficient blemish to debar them from the money. 1968 H. Harmar Chihuahua Guide 232 Blocky,..used to describe a head which is cube-shaped, as in the Boston Terrier. 1988 Yoga Jrnl. Sept.Oct. 36/2 He looks like an old-time prospector: wavy white hair, full beard, blocky head, barrel-shaped body. 2016 G. L. Armistead & B. L. Sullivan Better Birding 31 (caption) The Common Loon..is larger and more heavily built, with a blocky head and large, stout bill held parallel with the water. Derivatives ˈblockiness n. the quality or state of being blocky (in various senses). Π 1851 Athenæum 24 May 560/3 There is in it [sc. a drawing] a tendency to blockiness and want of detail in the foreground trees. 1871 M. C. Lea Man. Photogr. (ed. 2) 179 Retouching is especially useful in removing the blockiness and want of moulding that results from one part of the face printing too light or too dark in proportion to the rest. 1910 Iowa Homestead (Des Moines) 3 Nov. 29/2 Good mutton sheep must tend toward a type giving length and blockiness with broad backs, well-meated loins, full rumps and heavy-meated legs. 2004 Digital Photographer No. 24. 118/2 Increased JPEG compression does lower definition and introduces some blockiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < adj.1563
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