spewyadj.

/ˈspjuːi/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s spewey.

Etymology: < spew v. + -y suffix¹.

a. Of ground: Tending to excessive wetness; from which water rises or oozes out. Chiefly Agriculture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > wet

weta900

wateryOE

irrigate?a1412

waterish1540

irriguate1632

irriguous1651

springish1663

spewy1669

puddleda1721

swashy1796

puddly1843

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ iii. §3. 22 Where the ground is moist, cold, clay, spewy, rushy or mossie.

1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. (ed. 3) I. 110 The place was cover'd with a scurf of wet spewy Earth about a Foot thick.

1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 83 Hills are made wet and spewy by the Rain-Water which falls thereon, and soaks into them as into other Land.

1822 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 5 Jan. 1623 A nasty spewy black gravel on the top of a sour clay.

1849 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 10 ii. 437 The wet ‘spewy’ pastures of the Cotswold Hills.

1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen xxvii They..splashed through a good deal of spewy ground.

b. transferred. Of literary style: Sloppy, slovenly.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > slovenly

largea1400

scribbled1550

slipshod1814

spewy1829

dashy1844

slip-along1849

dauby1878

sloppy1881

slipshoddy1882

1829 H. D. Best Personal & Lit. Mem. 171 The main cause of the puffy, spungy, spewy, washy style that prevails at the present day.

2. Frothy, effervescent. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth

foamyOE

foaminga1400

spumingc1400

frothy?1531

spurging1566

fretting1567

fuming1598

white-mouthed1598

frory1600

yeastya1616

frothed1616

frothing1628

lathering1630

mantling1633

sudding1633

spumeous1635

spewy1743

spooming1818

despumatious1819

yeastinga1821

creaming1825

spumous1854

frothsome1880

lathery1880

bubblesome1946

1743 W. Ellis Suppl. to London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) 279 Whereby any such spewy, creamy Head or Ferments, is entirely kept off.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	spewy
释义	spewyadj. /ˈspjuːi/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s spewey. Etymology: < spew v. + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Of ground: Tending to excessive wetness; from which water rises or oozes out. Chiefly Agriculture. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > wet weta900 wateryOE irrigate?a1412 waterish1540 irriguate1632 irriguous1651 springish1663 spewy1669 puddleda1721 swashy1796 puddly1843 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ iii. §3. 22 Where the ground is moist, cold, clay, spewy, rushy or mossie. 1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. (ed. 3) I. 110 The place was cover'd with a scurf of wet spewy Earth about a Foot thick. 1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 83 Hills are made wet and spewy by the Rain-Water which falls thereon, and soaks into them as into other Land. 1822 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 5 Jan. 1623 A nasty spewy black gravel on the top of a sour clay. 1849 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 10 ii. 437 The wet ‘spewy’ pastures of the Cotswold Hills. 1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen xxvii They..splashed through a good deal of spewy ground. b. transferred. Of literary style: Sloppy, slovenly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > slovenly largea1400 scribbled1550 slipshod1814 spewy1829 dashy1844 slip-along1849 dauby1878 sloppy1881 slipshoddy1882 1829 H. D. Best Personal & Lit. Mem. 171 The main cause of the puffy, spungy, spewy, washy style that prevails at the present day. 2. Frothy, effervescent. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth foamyOE foaminga1400 spumingc1400 frothy?1531 spurging1566 fretting1567 fuming1598 white-mouthed1598 frory1600 yeastya1616 frothed1616 frothing1628 lathering1630 mantling1633 sudding1633 spumeous1635 spewy1743 spooming1818 despumatious1819 yeastinga1821 creaming1825 spumous1854 frothsome1880 lathery1880 bubblesome1946 1743 W. Ellis Suppl. to London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) 279 Whereby any such spewy, creamy Head or Ferments, is entirely kept off. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1669
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