spideryadj.

/ˈspʌɪdəri/

Etymology: < spider n. + -y suffix¹.

Cotgrave (1611) has ‘Araignier, spiderie’, but the word otherwise belongs to the 19th century.

a. Like a spider in appearance or form.

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1837 New Monthly Mag. 51 365 That grotesque race, the Sapajous,..are slender,..long in tail, and spidery in general appearance.

1859 Ld. Lytton Wanderer (ed. 2) 21 Spidery Saturn in his webs of fire.

1881 J. W. Ogle Harveian Orat. 93 That hideous spidery crustacean, the crab.

in combination.1882 Garden 25 Mar. 194/3 A bright spidery-looking flower.

b. figurative. Entangling like a spider.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [adjective]

insidious1545

trapping1548

masking1567

snaringa1586

entrapping1588

sirenian1600

catching1603

set1603

snarefula1618

insidiary1625

entanglinga1627

ensnaring1630

implicatory1642

trepanning1670

webby1768

spidery1825

catchy1874

trappy1882

tanglefoot1893

1825 S. T. Coleridge Let. 21 Feb. (1971) V. 414 As we advance in years, the World, that spidery Witch, spins it's threads narrower and narrower, still closing in on us.

1875 M. Collins Sweet & Twenty III. ii. vii. 19 Lest he should be picked up by the wily widow or spidery spinster.

a. Of legs or arms: Resembling those of a spider; long and thin.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > types of

straight1765

spidery1823

1823 T. De Quincey tr. J. A. Apel Fatal Marksman in Pop. Tales & Romances Northern Nations III. 189 The old woman, stretching her withered spidery arms after the flying girl.

1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. i. 6 He is a..fragile young man, slender as any reed, and with legs even more spidery than Jane's.

1896 S. R. Crockett Cleg Kelly vi. 47 Delicate little keys with spidery legs.

b. Suggestive of the appearance of a spider with long and thin legs.

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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > straggling

loose1711

lax1783

sprawly1798

sprawling1826

spidery1862

sprawled1884

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adjective] > like a spider's legs

spidery1862

spidering1973

1862 H. Aïdé Carr of Carrlyon II. 228 The marchesa wrote, with characteristic effusion, in her long spidery characters.

1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 82 A spidery cross on every hill-top.

1894 ‘A. Spinner’ Study in Colour 132 The writing was quite legible, although rather crooked and spidery in places.

c. Like a spider-web in formation; suggestive of a cobweb or cobwebs.Not always clearly separable from 2b.

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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > like a net or network > like cobweb

cobwebby1743

spidery1860

spider-webby1864

1860 Ecclesiologist 21 284 An ornate kind of German Late-Pointed, very spidery in detail.

a1893 Symonds in H. F. Brown Biogr. (1895) I. ii. 53 I hauled some spidery black weed out of a pool.

1909 Bond & Camm Roodlofts 172 The tracery is spidery.

3. Suggestive of that of a spider, in respect of entanglement, cunning, etc.

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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective]

warec888

craftyOE

hinderyeapc1000

yepec1000

foxc1175

slya1200

hinderc1200

quaint?c1225

wrenchfulc1225

wiltfula1250

wilyc1330

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cautelous138.

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ginnousa1425

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gleering?1533

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vafrous1548

wily beguile1550

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fine1559

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practic1585

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captious1590

witryff1598

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shiftfula1618

artificious1624

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lapwing-like1638

pawky?a1640

tricksome1648

callid1656

versutious1660

artful1663

slim1674

dexterous1701

trickish1705

supple1710

slid1719

vulpinary1721

tricksy1766

trickful1775

sneck-drawing1786

tricky1786

louche1819

sneck-drawn1820

slyish1828

vulpine1830

kokum1839

spidery1843

dodgy1861

ladino1863

carney1881

slinky1951

1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. vi. i. 202 I have of late, narrowly and keenly watched that spidery web which ye call a Court.

1875 W. Besant & J. Rice With Harp & Crown xviii He had the spidery look as his flabby face shone through the panes.

4. Of the nature of spiders.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [adjective] > of or belonging to Araneida > of nature of spiders

spider-like1655

araneidiform1826

spidery1871

1871 M. E. Braddon Lovels xi There was a particular race of spiders, the biggest specimens of the spidery species it had ever been her horror to encounter.

5. Full of or infested by spiders.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with spiders

spidered1787

spidery1889

1889 M. Stafford How I Spent my Twentieth Year 260 A gabled cottage..in reality rather uncomfortable—stuffy and spidery.

1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 15 I shall never forget the spidery black-painted galleries and staircases.

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

单词	spidery
释义	spideryadj. /ˈspʌɪdəri/ Etymology: < spider n. + -y suffix¹. Cotgrave (1611) has ‘Araignier, spiderie’, but the word otherwise belongs to the 19th century. 1. a. Like a spider in appearance or form. ΚΠ 1837 New Monthly Mag. 51 365 That grotesque race, the Sapajous,..are slender,..long in tail, and spidery in general appearance. 1859 Ld. Lytton Wanderer (ed. 2) 21 Spidery Saturn in his webs of fire. 1881 J. W. Ogle Harveian Orat. 93 That hideous spidery crustacean, the crab. in combination.1882 Garden 25 Mar. 194/3 A bright spidery-looking flower. b. figurative. Entangling like a spider. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [adjective] insidious1545 trapping1548 masking1567 snaringa1586 entrapping1588 sirenian1600 catching1603 set1603 snarefula1618 insidiary1625 entanglinga1627 ensnaring1630 implicatory1642 trepanning1670 webby1768 spidery1825 catchy1874 trappy1882 tanglefoot1893 1825 S. T. Coleridge Let. 21 Feb. (1971) V. 414 As we advance in years, the World, that spidery Witch, spins it's threads narrower and narrower, still closing in on us. 1875 M. Collins Sweet & Twenty III. ii. vii. 19 Lest he should be picked up by the wily widow or spidery spinster. 2. a. Of legs or arms: Resembling those of a spider; long and thin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > types of straight1765 spidery1823 1823 T. De Quincey tr. J. A. Apel Fatal Marksman in Pop. Tales & Romances Northern Nations III. 189 The old woman, stretching her withered spidery arms after the flying girl. 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. i. 6 He is a..fragile young man, slender as any reed, and with legs even more spidery than Jane's. 1896 S. R. Crockett Cleg Kelly vi. 47 Delicate little keys with spidery legs. b. Suggestive of the appearance of a spider with long and thin legs. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > straggling loose1711 lax1783 sprawly1798 sprawling1826 spidery1862 sprawled1884 the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adjective] > like a spider's legs spidery1862 spidering1973 1862 H. Aïdé Carr of Carrlyon II. 228 The marchesa wrote, with characteristic effusion, in her long spidery characters. 1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 82 A spidery cross on every hill-top. 1894 ‘A. Spinner’ Study in Colour 132 The writing was quite legible, although rather crooked and spidery in places. c. Like a spider-web in formation; suggestive of a cobweb or cobwebs.Not always clearly separable from 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > like a net or network > like cobweb cobwebby1743 spidery1860 spider-webby1864 1860 Ecclesiologist 21 284 An ornate kind of German Late-Pointed, very spidery in detail. a1893 Symonds in H. F. Brown Biogr. (1895) I. ii. 53 I hauled some spidery black weed out of a pool. 1909 Bond & Camm Roodlofts 172 The tracery is spidery. 3. Suggestive of that of a spider, in respect of entanglement, cunning, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] warec888 craftyOE hinderyeapc1000 yepec1000 foxc1175 slya1200 hinderc1200 quaint?c1225 wrenchfulc1225 wiltfula1250 wilyc1330 subtle1340 cautelous138. sleightful1380 subtile1387 enginousa1393 wilfula1400 wilyc1407 sleighty1412 serpentinec1422 ginnousa1425 wittya1425 semyc1440 artificial?a1475 sleight1495 slapea1500 shrewdc1525 craftly1526 foxy1528 gleering?1533 foxish1535 insidious1545 vafrous1548 wily beguile1550 wilely1556 fine1559 todly1571 practic1585 subdolous1588 captious1590 witryff1598 cautel1606 cunninga1616 versute1616 shiftfula1618 artificious1624 insidiary1625 canny1628 lapwing-like1638 pawky?a1640 tricksome1648 callid1656 versutious1660 artful1663 slim1674 dexterous1701 trickish1705 supple1710 slid1719 vulpinary1721 tricksy1766 trickful1775 sneck-drawing1786 tricky1786 louche1819 sneck-drawn1820 slyish1828 vulpine1830 kokum1839 spidery1843 dodgy1861 ladino1863 carney1881 slinky1951 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. vi. i. 202 I have of late, narrowly and keenly watched that spidery web which ye call a Court. 1875 W. Besant & J. Rice With Harp & Crown xviii He had the spidery look as his flabby face shone through the panes. 4. Of the nature of spiders. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [adjective] > of or belonging to Araneida > of nature of spiders spider-like1655 araneidiform1826 spidery1871 1871 M. E. Braddon Lovels xi There was a particular race of spiders, the biggest specimens of the spidery species it had ever been her horror to encounter. 5. Full of or infested by spiders. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with spiders spidered1787 spidery1889 1889 M. Stafford How I Spent my Twentieth Year 260 A gabled cottage..in reality rather uncomfortable—stuffy and spidery. 1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 15 I shall never forget the spidery black-painted galleries and staircases. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1823
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