单词 | snaky |
释义 | snakyadj. 1. a. Formed or composed of snakes.Chiefly in allusions to the serpent hair of the Furies. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > having specific type of hair snaky1567 viperous1633 weedy-haireda1821 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 64v All ye that Ladies are of Lymbo Lake With hissing haire, and Snakie bush bedect. 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti lxxxvi, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. F4v The Furies fell Theyr snaky heads doe combe. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. ii. 1735 Megæra with her snakie twine. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island v. lxv. 63 The Furies flung their snakie whips away. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 559 Thicker then the snakie locks That curld Megæra. View more context for this quotation 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 154. ⁋3 The Gorgon with Snakey Hair. 1862 Cox Tales Gods & Heroes 203 Pegasos, the child of Gorgo with the snaky hair. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 290 He drew the head out by the snaky hairs. b. the snaky sisters, the Furies. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > the Furies dire1610 Eumenides1651 the snaky sisters1728 dire sisters1743 1728 A. Ramsay Miser & Minos in Fables & Tales 31 The three-pow'd dog of hell Gowl'd terrible a triple yell; Which rouz'd the snaky Sisters three. 2. Entwined with snakes. Said of the caduceus. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to Hermes or Mercury > wand of snaky1591 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1292 In his hand He tooke Caduceus his snakie wand. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. i. sig. B2 What? vse the vertue of your Snakie Tipstaffe there vpon vs? View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 59 In his Hand, He holds the Virtue of the Snaky Wand. 1735 Dict. Polygraph. II. at Mercury A caduceus, or snaky staff, viz. a slender wand, about which two snakes did annodate. 3. a. Of or pertaining to a snake; frequently in allusive use, venomous, guileful, deceitful, treacherous. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] ficklea1000 hinderyeapc1000 swikelc1000 as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's hornOE fakenOE swikefulc1100 frakelc1175 swikec1175 wrenchfulc1225 wielfulc1275 ginfulc1300 guileful13.. treacherousc1330 guilesomea1382 guilousc1384 enginousa1393 deceivant1393 treacherc1400 serpentinec1422 deceivousa1425 guilyc1430 beguilous1483 slapea1500 fallacious1509 treget1519 gaudya1529 beguileful1530 Spanish1530 juggling?1531 snakish1532 prestigious?1534 knack-hardy1549 pratting1570 fogging1585 snakya1586 abusive1595 faithless1597 faiterous1600 guiled1600 trompant1605 amusing1609 braida1616 dodging1625 Ulyssean1639 tricksome1648 knackish1660 hocus-pocus1668 bubbling1675 rusé1689 tricking1697 trickish1705 lurching1728 tricksy1766 trickful1775 tricky1786 slippy1828 shirky1847 dodgy1861 sidewinding1902 slithery1902 hyping1968 deceiteous- society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [adjective] swikec893 lewec1000 swikelc1000 swikefulc1100 culvert?c1225 fokela1275 colwardc1330 treacherousc1330 traitorousc1380 traitora1400 treacherc1400 traitorfulc1440 proditorious?a1475 fraudfulc1475 proditiousa1500 proditorya1500 perfidiousa1538 snakya1586 traitorlya1586 Punic1590 traitor-wise1598 faiterous1600 Iscarioticala1625 Judaslya1626 fidious1640 traditoriana1734 double-crossing1838 Judasian1855 Iscariotic1879 two-timing1927 two-time1937 quisling1941 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Rr1 O snakie ambition, which can winde thyselfe in so many figures. 1596 P. Colse Penelopes Complaint Pref. verse sig. A2v Knowne trueth ne snaky enuies spite, Nor wrath can touch. 1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois v. sig. K4v Hide, hide thy snakie head, to Cloisters flie. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 120 So to the Coast of Jordan he directs His easie steps; girded with snaky wiles. View more context for this quotation 1729 R. Savage Wanderer iii. 125 Can the dove's bosom snakey venom draw? 1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 66 The oiliness and snaky insinuation of his demeanour. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. v. 157 His thin Punic lips curved into a snaky smile. 1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 215 Have at the snaky tongue! That's the right way with wolves! 1933 J. V. Allen Cowboy Lore iv. 101 If you reckon your mounts are some snakey and raw Just try ridin' herd on a stove that won't draw. 1966 M. E. Murie & O. Murie Wapiti Wilderness iv. 71 Oh, I believe he's a pretty good horse. He may be a little bit snaky. 1980 Blair & Ketchum's Country Jrnl. Oct. 43/1 That last practice started in the mines, where a ‘shavetail’ was a snaky mule, not to be trusted. b. Australian and New Zealand slang. Angry, annoyed. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective] irrec825 gramec893 wemodc897 wrothc950 bolghenc1000 gramelyc1000 hotOE on fireOE brathc1175 moodyc1175 to-bollenc1175 wrethfulc1175 wraw?c1225 agrameda1300 wrathfula1300 agremedc1300 hastivec1300 irousa1340 wretheda1340 aniredc1350 felonc1374 angryc1380 upreareda1382 jealous1382 crousea1400 grieveda1400 irefula1400 mada1400 teena1400 wraweda1400 wretthy14.. angryc1405 errevousa1420 wrothy1422 angereda1425 passionatec1425 fumous1430 tangylc1440 heavy1452 fire angry1490 wrothsomea1529 angerful?1533 wrothful?1534 wrath1535 provoked1538 warm1547 vibrant1575 chauffe1582 fuming1582 enfeloned1596 incensed1597 choleric1598 inflameda1600 raiseda1600 exasperate1601 angried1609 exasperated1611 dispassionate1635 bristlinga1639 peltish1648 sultry1671 on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672 nangry1681 ugly1687 sorea1694 glimflashy1699 enraged1732 spunky1809 cholerous1822 kwaai1827 wrathy1828 angersome1834 outraged1836 irate1838 vex1843 raring1845 waxy1853 stiff1856 scotty1867 bristly1872 hot under the collar1879 black angry1894 spitfire1894 passionful1901 ignorant1913 hairy1914 snaky1919 steamed1923 uptight1934 broigus1937 lemony1941 ripped1941 pissed1943 crooked1945 teed off1955 ticked off1959 ripe1966 torqued1967 bummed1970 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 46 Snaky,..(1) angry (e.g., to turn snaky); (2) irritable. 1941 K. Tennant Battlers 86 Now lay off, sport... Don't go snaky on the kid. 1943 Amer. Speech 18 90 [In New Zealand] To go crook is to show anger or annoyance... The verbs to go snaky, to go maggoty..have the same implications. 1945 N. Marsh Died in Wool vii. 155 There was a hold up... Everyone was snakey. Young Doug says the sheep are dry and I say they're not. 1974 D. Williamson Three Plays 34 What are you snaky about this time? 1981 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 28 Nov. 23/1 They remain very snaky indeed about allegedly non~impartial treatment from players and umpires in Perth. 4. Resembling the form of a snake; long and winding or twisting; sinuous, tortuous. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves tortivous14.. anfractuous?a1425 tortuous1426 tortuea1500 snakish1532 winding1538 wormy1545 boughty1570 wriggled1572 sinuous1578 serpent-likea1586 crankled1594 serpent1597 snaky1600 flexuous1605 snaking1605 cringle-crangle1606 voluminous1611 serpenting?1614 serpentine1615 curvy1623 serpentizing1628 worming1631 lacinious1648 anguineous1656 anguine1657 anfractuose1680 twisting1683 vermicular1712 worm-like1721 flexuose1727 meandering1748 crinkum-crankum1766 serpentiform1777 serpentining1799 anguiform1800 ophite1828 tortuose1829 cranky1836 sinuose1836 serpentile1857 twisty1857 sinuated1859 vermiculatea1864 twinyc1868 tortive1880 crinkle-crankle1881 serpentinous1882 quirky1890 twistical1890 waggly1894 wriggly1901 squiggly1902 wiggly1903 contortionate1911 wig-waggy1914 curvaceous1965 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 92 Those crisped snaky golden locks which maketh such wanton gambols with the wind. View more context for this quotation ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. 769 The crooked armes Meander bow'd with his so snakie flood. 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur ii. 39 Their watry Train in Snaky Windings slides. 1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 185 No story proceeds without..voluminous tagrags rolling after it in many a snaky twine. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius iv. 126 The black sand lay thick between the snaky ridges of lava. 1887 W. G. Palgrave Ulysses 4 Huge woolly camels..thrust out their shaggy snaky necks. 5. snaky letter n. a sibilant.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1599 R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. 8 One of the Culebrínas létras, the snakie or hissing letters. 6. Of places: Infested with snakes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > infested with (abounding in snakes) serpentful1558 snaky1856 serpentiferous1905 1856 Lady Canning in Hare Two Noble Lives (1893) II. 121 A charming ride round jungly lanes, with..tangles—very snaky, I should fear. 1883 E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones (new ed.) 185 The place was said to be snaky. 7. Relating to snakes. (Cf. snake story n. at snake n. Compounds 4a.) ΚΠ 1882 Daily News 18 Jan. 5/5 ‘Snaky’ stories are only fit for that presently-to-vanish corps, the Marines. Compounds snaky-footed, snaky-haired, snaky-headed, etc., snaky-sparkling adjs.; snaky-like adv. ΚΠ 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints 178 Nor swelling streames of that God [Tiber] snakie-paced. 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. G2v The snaky-hayred Furies loathsome cell. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vi. xviii, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Hh5 He on her shoulder laid His snaky-wreathed Mace. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 60 The snaky-headed Furies tearing..and thrusting a hand-full of hissing serpents. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) Snaky handed, or snouted (as an elephant), anguimanus. Snaky footed (as the fabulous giants), anguipedes. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. iv. 35 May not Murder come; and, with her snaky-sparkling head, illuminate this murk. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 181 He persuaded that snaky-tailed monster to accompany him. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 166 Her smooth braids, snaky-like, intwine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1567 |
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