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单词 smeary
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smearyadj.

Brit. /ˈsmɪəri/, U.S. /ˈsmɪ(ə)ri/
Forms: Also 1500s smery, smearye, 1500s–1600s smeerie, smearie.
Etymology: < smear n. or smear v. Compare North Frisian smēri, smörig, West Frisian smoarrich, smoarch, Middle Dutch smerich (Dutch smerig), Middle Low German smerich (Low German smerig, German dialect schmêrig, German schmierig), Middle Swedish smörug (Swedish smörjig), Middle Danish smørugh, -ig.
1. Marked or characterized by smears; showing smears or dirty marks; bedaubed, begrimed.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > smeared
smearya1529
smutchy1579
smeared1584
slubbered1588
besmeared1592
smudged1624
smudgy1859
beslubbered1863
a1529 J. Skelton Ware the Hauke (1843) 324 Masyd, wytles, smery smyth, Hampar with your hammer vpon thy styth.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 52 You shal be so gaunted in hunger, That youre smeary tabils you wyl most greedelye swallow.
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1769 The said place being all black, smeerie, and foule therewith.
1844 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. 29 710 The Wilkie-like pictures of Mr. Fraser, with their peculiar smeary manner.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. iv. 62 A smeary newspaper long out of date.
1883 D. C. Murray Hearts I. 226 A crying woman whose eyes were actually growing smeary whilst she wept.
2. Tending to smear or soil; of a greasy or unctuous nature.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > fatty or greasy
fatc1000
fattya1398
tallowyc1440
seamya1529
tallowish1552
smeary1582
fattish1589
greasy1592
pinguedinous1599
enseamed1604
pingui-substance1621
pinguid1635
axungious1658
pinguious1705
sevous1726
suety1730
sebaceous1783
pinguitudinous1827
crassy1858
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > smeared > smearing
smeary1582
blotting1828
blurring1851
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis Ded. sig. Aiv That bast theyre papers wyth smearie larde sauoring al too geather of thee frynig pan.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 35 b/1 Her sweat is fattye, axungiouse, and smearye.
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 76 Trane-Oyl..[makes the ink] dull, smeary and unpleasant to the Eye.
1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert iii A smeary foam works o'er my grinding jaws.
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia iii. 1015 The smeary Wax the bright'ning Blaze supplies.
1757 tr. J. F. Henckel Pyritologia 317 If again exposed to the air, it becomes smeary, moist, and fluid.
1816 W. Smith Strata Identified 9 Mouldering when dry; smeary when wet.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 252 A good housekeeper who does not like to set her butter on the table in a smeary state, keeps it in summer on ice.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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