skeevyadj.

Brit.

/ˈskiːvi/, U.S.

/ˈskivi/

Forms: 1900s– skeevie, 1900s– skeevy.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian, combined with an English element. Etymons: Italian schifo , -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < Italian regional (Tuscany) schifo, adjective ( < Italian schifo (noun) sense of repugnance, nausea, disgust (1353 in Boccaccio) < Old French eschif hostile, fierce: see eschew adj.) + -y suffix¹. Compare later skeeve v., skeeve n.

U.S. slang.

Disgusting, distasteful, or dirty; discomforting; sleazy.

ΘΚΠ

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

the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [adjective] > disgusting or repulsive

fulsomec1510

distasteful1607

stinkardly1616

reluctant1663

disgustful1678

fulsamic1694

disgusteda1716

disgustive1740

revolting1773

disgustable1787

repulsive1791

disgusting1839

foul1842

vomitorial1868

untouchable1873

icky1938

gross1959

grody1965

yechy1969

yucky1970

yuck1971

yuck-making1972

gross-out1973

skeevy1976

sleazoid1976

skanky1982

festy1995

mug2009

1976 J. D'Alessandro in Philadelphia Mag. Mar. 125/1 The word ‘skeevie’ used by South Philadelphians to indicate something disgusting is from Italian ‘schifare’, to loathe.

1991 Newsday (Nexis) 3 Nov. Zevon has built a career on well-crafted pop songs that tend to be either smartass and sensitive or smartass and skeevy.

1994 Rolling Stone 22 Sept. He's trying to get her to give him one [sc. a massage], and I think with another guy it would have come across kind of skeevy. But Jerry's got this quality that..made it..innocent and boyish.

2001 K. Walker & M. Schone Son of Grifter xvii. 155 I suffered through a few months of late hours as the front-desk clerk at a skeevy Vegas motel.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skeevy
释义	skeevyadj. Brit. /ˈskiːvi/, U.S. /ˈskivi/ Forms: 1900s– skeevie, 1900s– skeevy. Origin: A borrowing from Italian, combined with an English element. Etymons: Italian schifo , -y suffix¹. Etymology: < Italian regional (Tuscany) schifo, adjective ( < Italian schifo (noun) sense of repugnance, nausea, disgust (1353 in Boccaccio) < Old French eschif hostile, fierce: see eschew adj.) + -y suffix¹. Compare later skeeve v., skeeve n. U.S. slang. Disgusting, distasteful, or dirty; discomforting; sleazy. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [adjective] > disgusting or repulsive fulsomec1510 distasteful1607 stinkardly1616 reluctant1663 disgustful1678 fulsamic1694 disgusteda1716 disgustive1740 revolting1773 disgustable1787 repulsive1791 disgusting1839 foul1842 vomitorial1868 untouchable1873 icky1938 gross1959 grody1965 yechy1969 yucky1970 yuck1971 yuck-making1972 gross-out1973 skeevy1976 sleazoid1976 skanky1982 festy1995 mug2009 1976 J. D'Alessandro in Philadelphia Mag. Mar. 125/1 The word ‘skeevie’ used by South Philadelphians to indicate something disgusting is from Italian ‘schifare’, to loathe. 1991 Newsday (Nexis) 3 Nov. Zevon has built a career on well-crafted pop songs that tend to be either smartass and sensitive or smartass and skeevy. 1994 Rolling Stone 22 Sept. He's trying to get her to give him one [sc. a massage], and I think with another guy it would have come across kind of skeevy. But Jerry's got this quality that..made it..innocent and boyish. 2001 K. Walker & M. Schone Son of Grifter xvii. 155 I suffered through a few months of late hours as the front-desk clerk at a skeevy Vegas motel. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1976
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