smittingadj.

Brit.

/ˈsmɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsmɪdɪŋ/, Irish English

/ˈsmɪtɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈsmɪtɪŋ/

Forms: see smit v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: smit v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < smit v. + -ing suffix².

Chiefly Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern and Lincolnshire).

Infectious; contagious.In figurative context in quot. 1646.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > infectious

contagiousc1374

infectivea1398

smitting?c1450

infected1480

infectuous1495

infecting1539

infectious1575

smittle1583

catching1594

contaminous1599

taking1608

communicative1741

malignant1822

contaminative1826

zymotic1842

smittling1845

infectant1855

autoinfective1874

catchy1884

toxo-infectious1907

postinfectious1913

?c1450 Burgh Lawis in Anc. Laws & Customs Burghs Scotl. (1868) 28 Of smyttyn leper in burgh.

1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 2, in 2nd Pt. Herball If he be sieke in a smitting or infective disease.

1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Contagio, an infection or smitting sicknes.

1646 J. Clarke Leaven 29 So should we..blesse our selves out of the company of smitting and contagious leaveners, seducers.

1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Smiting, Contagious, Infectious, vox agro Linc. usitatissima.

1705 Ld. J. Hay Let. 9 Jan. in Sc. Hist. Rev. (1917) 14 234 It is ane unfallable cewr for the morty shain farcy or anny smitting distemperr.

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 353 Smitting, infectious; catching, as a disease.

1859 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 3) iv. 90 I am very tired, and have been gantin[= yawning] for this half hour, and even in correspondence gantin may be smittin.

1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 73 She did not think the complaint was smitting.

1922 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 June 970/2 A smitting sickness is an infectious disease.

1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 267/1 Is that a smitting-disease?

2007 S. Blackhall Quarry ii. 12 Smittin oncoms o a sexual natur garred the patient tae hae an electronic tag till weel aince mair.

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

单词	smitting
释义	smittingadj. Brit. /ˈsmɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsmɪdɪŋ/, Irish English /ˈsmɪtɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈsmɪtɪŋ/ Forms: see smit v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: smit v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < smit v. + -ing suffix². Chiefly Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern and Lincolnshire). Infectious; contagious.In figurative context in quot. 1646. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > infectious contagiousc1374 infectivea1398 smitting?c1450 infected1480 infectuous1495 infecting1539 infectious1575 smittle1583 catching1594 contaminous1599 taking1608 communicative1741 malignant1822 contaminative1826 zymotic1842 smittling1845 infectant1855 autoinfective1874 catchy1884 toxo-infectious1907 postinfectious1913 ?c1450 Burgh Lawis in Anc. Laws & Customs Burghs Scotl. (1868) 28 Of smyttyn leper in burgh. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 2, in 2nd Pt. Herball If he be sieke in a smitting or infective disease. 1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Contagio, an infection or smitting sicknes. 1646 J. Clarke Leaven 29 So should we..blesse our selves out of the company of smitting and contagious leaveners, seducers. 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Smiting, Contagious, Infectious, vox agro Linc. usitatissima. 1705 Ld. J. Hay Let. 9 Jan. in Sc. Hist. Rev. (1917) 14 234 It is ane unfallable cewr for the morty shain farcy or anny smitting distemperr. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 353 Smitting, infectious; catching, as a disease. 1859 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 3) iv. 90 I am very tired, and have been gantin[= yawning] for this half hour, and even in correspondence gantin may be smittin. 1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 73 She did not think the complaint was smitting. 1922 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 June 970/2 A smitting sickness is an infectious disease. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 267/1 Is that a smitting-disease? 2007 S. Blackhall Quarry ii. 12 Smittin oncoms o a sexual natur garred the patient tae hae an electronic tag till weel aince mair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?c1450
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