smidgenn.

Brit.

/ˈsmɪdʒɪn/, U.S.

/ˈsmɪdʒᵻn/

Forms:

α. 1800s smitchin, 1800s– smitchen, 1900s– smechin.

β. 1800s smidgin', 1800s– smidgen, 1800s– smidgeon, 1900s– smidgin, 1900s– smidging, 1900s– smidgion.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: smitch n.²

Etymology: Apparently originally (in α. forms) < an extended form of smitch n.² (see note). With the α. forms compare slightly later smitchel n. With the β. forms compare smidge n.The identity of the extending element is unclear, and may be arbitrary; perhaps compare -in , variant of -ing suffix¹, or perhaps compare luncheon n., the second element of which is also of uncertain identity and origin. Compare also in the same sense U.S. regional smidget (compare -et suffix¹), recorded by Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2012) V. from 1896.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

1. Chiefly with a and followed by of. A tiny amount of something; a little bit; a trace.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount

shredc1000

farthingsworthc1325

pennyworthc1330

incha1350

sliverc1374

chipa1393

gnastc1440

Jack1530

spoonful1531

crumba1535

spark1548

slight1549

pin's worth1562

scruple1574

thought1581

pinch1583

scrap1583

splinter1609

ticket1634

notchet1637

indivisible1644

tinyc1650

twopence1691

turn of the scale(s)1706

enough to swear by1756

touch1786

scrimptiona1825

infinitesimal1840

smidgen1841

snuff1842

fluxion1846

smitchel1856

eyelash1860

smidge1866

tenpenceworth1896

whisker1913

tidge1986

1841 C. M. Kirkland in Gift for 1842 53 They wouldn't have left a smitchin o' honey.

1886 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 17 43 Smidgen, ‘a small bit, a grain’, as ‘a smidgen of meal’, is common in East Tennessee.

1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing iv. 45 ‘No will of her own?’ ‘Not a smidgeon.’

1982 R. Conquest in Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Dec. 1385/4 Any writer allowing the merest smidgin of Soviet reality into his work was headed straight for Magadan.

2015 A. Mulligan Liquidator 104 Snowy looked at me, and I saw the fear and worry turn into concentration, and a little, teeny-tiny smidgen of hope.

2. A very small person or thing. Chiefly in a smidgen of a —— and variants: a very small (insignificant) example of a person or thing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person

dwarfeOE

congeonc1230

go-by-ground?a1300

smalla1300

shrimpc1386

griga1400

gruba1400

murche1440

nirvil1440

mitinga1450

witherling1528

wretchocka1529

elf1530

hop-o'-my-thumb1530

pygmy1533

little person1538

manikin1540

mankin1552

dandiprat1556

yrle1568

grundy1570

Jack Sprat1570

squall1570

manling1573

Tom Thumb1579

pinka1585

squib1586

screaling1594

giant-dwarf1598

twattle1598

agate1600

minimus1600

cock sparrow1602

dapperling1611

modicum1611

scrub1611

sesquipedalian1615

dwarflinga1618

wretchcock1641

homuncio1643

whip-handle1653

homuncule1656

whippersnapper1674

chitterling1675

sprite1684

carliea1689

urling1691

wirling1691

dwarf man1699

poppet1699

durgan1706

short-arse1706

tomtit1706

Lilliputian1726

wallydraigle1736

midge1757

minikin1761

squeeze-crab1785

minimum1796

niff-naff1808

titman1818

teetotum1822

squita1825

cradden1825

nyaff1825

weed1825

pinkeen1850

fingerling1864

Lilliput1867

thumbling1867

midget1869

inch1884

shorty1888

titch1888

skimpling1890

stub1890

scrap1898

pygmoid1922

lofty1933

peewee1935

smidgen1952

pint-size1954

pint-sized1973

munchkin1974

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > thing small of its kind

decimo-sexto1594

diminutive1609

toy1665

a shrimp of aa1774

bantam1787

pygmy1838

yarkera1842

baby1847

smidgen1952

1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden xxiii. 289 You little, silly, half-pint, smidgin of a wife.

1962 J. Steinbeck Trav. with Charley ii. 106 Lucille wore one of those little smidgins of hats held on by inturned combs.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 37 (advt.) Whether you're nine months or ninety years old, plump or twiggy, tall as a tree or small as a smidgeon.

1990 R. Goldberg & G. J. Goldberg Anchors iii. 39 They headed west to Igloo, South Dakota—a smidgen of a town.

Phrases

a smidgen: (used adverbially) a bit, a touch; slightly, somewhat.

ΚΠ

1848 Indiana Tel. 7 Dec. 1/6 If you waited a smidgeon longer I'd have saved you a load.

1899 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Apr. 553 He hain't altered a smidgin'... It may be partly due to the fact that he has on the identical' same clothes.

1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie xvii. 568 Robert..wasn't a smidgin behind, for every clip he had the answer ready.

1999 P. Quarrington Spirit Cabinet xxiii. 275 People have become addicted to anything that limits their choices and makes life a smidgen easier.

2004 Times 28 Aug. 57/1 The FTSE 100 index..sits at the smallest smidgin above the 4,476 level.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	smidgen
释义	smidgenn. Brit. /ˈsmɪdʒɪn/, U.S. /ˈsmɪdʒᵻn/ Forms: α. 1800s smitchin, 1800s– smitchen, 1900s– smechin. β. 1800s smidgin', 1800s– smidgen, 1800s– smidgeon, 1900s– smidgin, 1900s– smidging, 1900s– smidgion. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: smitch n.² Etymology: Apparently originally (in α. forms) < an extended form of smitch n.² (see note). With the α. forms compare slightly later smitchel n. With the β. forms compare smidge n.The identity of the extending element is unclear, and may be arbitrary; perhaps compare -in , variant of -ing suffix¹, or perhaps compare luncheon n., the second element of which is also of uncertain identity and origin. Compare also in the same sense U.S. regional smidget (compare -et suffix¹), recorded by Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2012) V. from 1896. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. Chiefly with a and followed by of. A tiny amount of something; a little bit; a trace. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount shredc1000 farthingsworthc1325 pennyworthc1330 incha1350 sliverc1374 chipa1393 gnastc1440 Jack1530 spoonful1531 crumba1535 spark1548 slight1549 pin's worth1562 scruple1574 thought1581 pinch1583 scrap1583 splinter1609 ticket1634 notchet1637 indivisible1644 tinyc1650 twopence1691 turn of the scale(s)1706 enough to swear by1756 touch1786 scrimptiona1825 infinitesimal1840 smidgen1841 snuff1842 fluxion1846 smitchel1856 eyelash1860 smidge1866 tenpenceworth1896 whisker1913 tidge1986 1841 C. M. Kirkland in Gift for 1842 53 They wouldn't have left a smitchin o' honey. 1886 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 17 43 Smidgen, ‘a small bit, a grain’, as ‘a smidgen of meal’, is common in East Tennessee. 1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing iv. 45 ‘No will of her own?’ ‘Not a smidgeon.’ 1982 R. Conquest in Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Dec. 1385/4 Any writer allowing the merest smidgin of Soviet reality into his work was headed straight for Magadan. 2015 A. Mulligan Liquidator 104 Snowy looked at me, and I saw the fear and worry turn into concentration, and a little, teeny-tiny smidgen of hope. 2. A very small person or thing. Chiefly in a smidgen of a —— and variants: a very small (insignificant) example of a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > thing small of its kind decimo-sexto1594 diminutive1609 toy1665 a shrimp of aa1774 bantam1787 pygmy1838 yarkera1842 baby1847 smidgen1952 1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden xxiii. 289 You little, silly, half-pint, smidgin of a wife. 1962 J. Steinbeck Trav. with Charley ii. 106 Lucille wore one of those little smidgins of hats held on by inturned combs. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 37 (advt.) Whether you're nine months or ninety years old, plump or twiggy, tall as a tree or small as a smidgeon. 1990 R. Goldberg & G. J. Goldberg Anchors iii. 39 They headed west to Igloo, South Dakota—a smidgen of a town. Phrases a smidgen: (used adverbially) a bit, a touch; slightly, somewhat. ΚΠ 1848 Indiana Tel. 7 Dec. 1/6 If you waited a smidgeon longer I'd have saved you a load. 1899 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Apr. 553 He hain't altered a smidgin'... It may be partly due to the fact that he has on the identical' same clothes. 1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie xvii. 568 Robert..wasn't a smidgin behind, for every clip he had the answer ready. 1999 P. Quarrington Spirit Cabinet xxiii. 275 People have become addicted to anything that limits their choices and makes life a smidgen easier. 2004 Times 28 Aug. 57/1 The FTSE 100 index..sits at the smallest smidgin above the 4,476 level. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841
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