spick and spanadj.n.adv.

Forms: Also spick-and-span (occasionally spic and span).

Etymology: Shortening of spick and span new adj. See also speck and span adj.

A. adj.

1. = spick and span new adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > brand new

span-newc1300

spon-new13..

brand-newc1570

spick and span new1579

new-new1592

fire-new1597

fiery-new1644

spick and span1665

split-new1695

spander-new1707

spank span-new1775

spick-span1815

spleet-new1818

brand-span-new1828

spick-span new1880

firebrand new1882

spanking new1886

spandy new1903

pin-new1967

box-fresh1990

1665 S. Pepys Diary 15 Nov. (1972) VI. 299 My Lady Batten walking through the dirty lane with new spick-and-span white shoes.

1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 13 His way of Writing now is past:..I keep no antiquated Stuff, But Spick and Span I have enough.

1793 W. Cowper Let. 7 July (1984) IV. 365 I have built one summer house already with the boards of my old study, and am building another, spic and span as they say.

1809 European Mag. 55 21 The great number of spick and span articles that have been received into our catalogue.

1849 H. Mayo On Truths Pop. Superstit. (1851) 51 Fresh from the mint, and spic and span.

1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 442 Their shifting gospel changes about every ten years, and comes out spick and span as a new theology.

2. Particularly neat, trim, or smart; suggestive of something quite new or unaffected by wear:

a. Of persons in respect of dress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > clean and tidy

smug1598

polite1602

tidy1706

tosh1776

tidy-looking1825

speck and span1840

spick and span1846

toshy1856

spick1882

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim

netc1330

pertc1330

cleanc1386

nicec1400

picked?c1425

dapperc1440

feata1471

gim1513

trig1513

well-trimmedc1513

trick1533

smirk1534

tricksy1552

neat1559

netty1573

deft1579

primpc1590

briska1593

smug1598

spruce1598

sprink1602

terse1602

compt1632

nitle1673

sprig1675

snod1691

tight1697

smugged1706

snug1714

pensy1718

fitty1746

jemmy1751

sprucy1774

smartc1778

natty1785

spry1806

perjink1808

soigné1821

nutty1823

toiletted1823

taut1829

spick and span1846

spicy1846

groomed1853

spiffy1853

well-groomed1865

bandboxy1870

perjinkity1880

spick-span1888

bandbox1916

tiddly1925

whip-smart1937

spit and polish1950

spit-and-polished1977

1846 W. M. Thackeray Crit. Rev. in Wks. (1886) XXIII. 159 Benvenuto, spick and span in his very best clothes.

1863 W. W. Story Roba di Roma I. iv. 64 The shopkeepers..looking spick-and-span, as if they had just come out of a bandbox.

1886 ‘M. Gray’ Silence of Dean Maitland I. i. 9 A dog-cart,..driven by a spick-and-span groom.

b. Of things.

ΚΠ

1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 2) 87 You must not suppose..that the..land-slip of Thingvalla took place quite in the spick and span manner the section might lead you to imagine.

1882 C. E. L. Riddell Daisies & Buttercups I. 121 This spick and span old house.

1888 W. E. Norris Rogue xxxi A spick-and-span victoria, with a lady seated in it.

B. n.

That which is quite new or particularly trim and smart.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness

dapperness1530

featishness1530

trimness1552

neatness1555

featness1576

pickedness1578

spruceness1594

comptness1611

deftness1612

smugness1632

jemminess1756

spick and span1758

smartness1768

sprucery1813

dapperism1830

nattiness1846

sleekness1866

spit and polish1895

spick-and-spanness1911

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > that which is new

neweOE

newness1690

N1732

spick and span1758

1758 H. Walpole Let. 21 July in Corr. (1974) XXXVII. 549 I repeat what has been printed in every newspaper of the week, and then finish with one paragraph of spick and span.

1888 B. W. Richardson Son of Star III. iii. 41 A Jewish legion of the spick and span of Jewish youth.

C. adv.

In a spick and span manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adverb] > cleanly and tidily

neatly1581

toshly1788

tosh1808

spick and span1815

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] > neatly or trimly

feata1525

pickedlya1528

trimly1534

trim1544

netly1564

neata1578

neatly1577

smugly?1578

deftly1579

neatly1581

trickly1581

trick1594

sprucely1598

spruce?1605

comptly1611

snogly1615

spruntly1631

queemly1703

snodly1721

trigly1728

tidilya1756

natty1810

spick and span1815

tightly1825

featly1834

jemmily1837

nattily1849

dapperly1858

snappily1936

1815 C. Lamb Let. 26 Dec. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 207 Mary reserves a portion of your Silk..to make up spick & span into a new-bran gown.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 134 Caparison'd all spick and span.

Derivatives

spick-and-spanness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [noun] > cleanness and tidiness

nitidity1656

neatness1740

spick-and-spanness1911

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness

dapperness1530

featishness1530

trimness1552

neatness1555

featness1576

pickedness1578

spruceness1594

comptness1611

deftness1612

smugness1632

jemminess1756

spick and span1758

smartness1768

sprucery1813

dapperism1830

nattiness1846

sleekness1866

spit and polish1895

spick-and-spanness1911

1911 Mrs. H. Ward Case of Richard Meynell ii. viii. 174 [He] was himself a model of spick-and-span-ness.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 407/1 The ancient houses..had a touch of mysterious romance that the bright spick-and-spanness of the new architecture misses.

1975 New Yorker 28 Apr. 52/2 A life that, in spite of its inferior neatness and spick-and-spanness, was essentially more serious and finer than our own.

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

单词	spick and span
释义	spick and spanadj.n.adv. Forms: Also spick-and-span (occasionally spic and span). Etymology: Shortening of spick and span new adj. See also speck and span adj. A. adj. 1. = spick and span new adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > brand new span-newc1300 spon-new13.. brand-newc1570 spick and span new1579 new-new1592 fire-new1597 fiery-new1644 spick and span1665 split-new1695 spander-new1707 spank span-new1775 spick-span1815 spleet-new1818 brand-span-new1828 spick-span new1880 firebrand new1882 spanking new1886 spandy new1903 pin-new1967 box-fresh1990 1665 S. Pepys Diary 15 Nov. (1972) VI. 299 My Lady Batten walking through the dirty lane with new spick-and-span white shoes. 1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 13 His way of Writing now is past:..I keep no antiquated Stuff, But Spick and Span I have enough. 1793 W. Cowper Let. 7 July (1984) IV. 365 I have built one summer house already with the boards of my old study, and am building another, spic and span as they say. 1809 European Mag. 55 21 The great number of spick and span articles that have been received into our catalogue. 1849 H. Mayo On Truths Pop. Superstit. (1851) 51 Fresh from the mint, and spic and span. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 442 Their shifting gospel changes about every ten years, and comes out spick and span as a new theology. 2. Particularly neat, trim, or smart; suggestive of something quite new or unaffected by wear: a. Of persons in respect of dress. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > clean and tidy smug1598 polite1602 tidy1706 tosh1776 tidy-looking1825 speck and span1840 spick and span1846 toshy1856 spick1882 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim netc1330 pertc1330 cleanc1386 nicec1400 picked?c1425 dapperc1440 feata1471 gim1513 trig1513 well-trimmedc1513 trick1533 smirk1534 tricksy1552 neat1559 netty1573 deft1579 primpc1590 briska1593 smug1598 spruce1598 sprink1602 terse1602 compt1632 nitle1673 sprig1675 snod1691 tight1697 smugged1706 snug1714 pensy1718 fitty1746 jemmy1751 sprucy1774 smartc1778 natty1785 spry1806 perjink1808 soigné1821 nutty1823 toiletted1823 taut1829 spick and span1846 spicy1846 groomed1853 spiffy1853 well-groomed1865 bandboxy1870 perjinkity1880 spick-span1888 bandbox1916 tiddly1925 whip-smart1937 spit and polish1950 spit-and-polished1977 1846 W. M. Thackeray Crit. Rev. in Wks. (1886) XXIII. 159 Benvenuto, spick and span in his very best clothes. 1863 W. W. Story Roba di Roma I. iv. 64 The shopkeepers..looking spick-and-span, as if they had just come out of a bandbox. 1886 ‘M. Gray’ Silence of Dean Maitland I. i. 9 A dog-cart,..driven by a spick-and-span groom. b. Of things. ΚΠ 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 2) 87 You must not suppose..that the..land-slip of Thingvalla took place quite in the spick and span manner the section might lead you to imagine. 1882 C. E. L. Riddell Daisies & Buttercups I. 121 This spick and span old house. 1888 W. E. Norris Rogue xxxi A spick-and-span victoria, with a lady seated in it. B. n. That which is quite new or particularly trim and smart. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness dapperness1530 featishness1530 trimness1552 neatness1555 featness1576 pickedness1578 spruceness1594 comptness1611 deftness1612 smugness1632 jemminess1756 spick and span1758 smartness1768 sprucery1813 dapperism1830 nattiness1846 sleekness1866 spit and polish1895 spick-and-spanness1911 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > that which is new neweOE newness1690 N1732 spick and span1758 1758 H. Walpole Let. 21 July in Corr. (1974) XXXVII. 549 I repeat what has been printed in every newspaper of the week, and then finish with one paragraph of spick and span. 1888 B. W. Richardson Son of Star III. iii. 41 A Jewish legion of the spick and span of Jewish youth. C. adv. In a spick and span manner. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adverb] > cleanly and tidily neatly1581 toshly1788 tosh1808 spick and span1815 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] > neatly or trimly feata1525 pickedlya1528 trimly1534 trim1544 netly1564 neata1578 neatly1577 smugly?1578 deftly1579 neatly1581 trickly1581 trick1594 sprucely1598 spruce?1605 comptly1611 snogly1615 spruntly1631 queemly1703 snodly1721 trigly1728 tidilya1756 natty1810 spick and span1815 tightly1825 featly1834 jemmily1837 nattily1849 dapperly1858 snappily1936 1815 C. Lamb Let. 26 Dec. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 207 Mary reserves a portion of your Silk..to make up spick & span into a new-bran gown. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 134 Caparison'd all spick and span. Derivatives spick-and-spanness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [noun] > cleanness and tidiness nitidity1656 neatness1740 spick-and-spanness1911 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness dapperness1530 featishness1530 trimness1552 neatness1555 featness1576 pickedness1578 spruceness1594 comptness1611 deftness1612 smugness1632 jemminess1756 spick and span1758 smartness1768 sprucery1813 dapperism1830 nattiness1846 sleekness1866 spit and polish1895 spick-and-spanness1911 1911 Mrs. H. Ward Case of Richard Meynell ii. viii. 174 [He] was himself a model of spick-and-span-ness. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 407/1 The ancient houses..had a touch of mysterious romance that the bright spick-and-spanness of the new architecture misses. 1975 New Yorker 28 Apr. 52/2 A life that, in spite of its inferior neatness and spick-and-spanness, was essentially more serious and finer than our own. 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