square-toedadj.

Etymology: square adj. Compounds 1.

a. Of shoes: Having broad square toes.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > with specific type of toe

picked1615

square-toe1706

square-toed1785

stub-toed1930

open-toe1938

peep-toe1939

peep-toed1953

chisel1961

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Square toes Square-toed shoes were anciently worn in common, and long retained by old men.

1803 Censor 1 Apr. 47 In a superfine coat with waistcoat, and..hessian boots, or square-toed shoes.

1897 ‘H. S. Merriman’ In Kedar's Tents xi The priest had walked thither, as the dust on his square-toed shoes and black stockings would testify.

b. transferred in U.S. Nautical use. Now historical.

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the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > others

lachrymal1607

tauriform1721

diminished1726

tailed1767

acinose1796

aciniform1798

acinous1809

slab-sided1817

lip-like1836

mound-like1843

high-centred1847

square-toed1851

brush-shaped1880

mushroom1884

bolster-shaped1900

arrowhead1934

narrow-gutted1952

panhandled1960

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xvi. 76 You may have seen many a quaint craft in your day, for aught I know;—square-toed luggers; mountainous Japanese junks.

1886 Forest & Stream 13 May 316/3 Even the regular ‘square-toed’ schooner, supposed to be original to San Francisco, flourishes up the James.

1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 711/1 Square-toed frigate,..local name given in Quincy, Mass., to the scow sloops engaged in the granite trade. (Obsolete.)

2. figurative. Old-fashioned, formal, precise.

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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated

moth-frettenOE

antiquate?a1425

antique?1532

rusty1549

moth-eaten1551

musty1575

worm-eatenc1575

overyear1584

out of date1589

old-fashioned1592

out of date1592

worm-eat1597

old-fashion1599

ancient1601

outdated1616

out-of-fashion1623

over-aged1623

superannuateda1634

thorough-old1639

overdateda1641

trunk-hosea1643

antiquitated1645

antiquated1654

out-of-fashioned1671

unmodern1731

of the old school1749

auld-farrant1750

old-fangled1764

fossila1770

fogram1772

passé1775

unmodernized1775

oxidated1791

moss-covered1792

square-toeda1797

old-fashionable1807

pigtail1817

behind the times1826

slow1827

fossilized1828

rococo1836

antiquish1838

old-timey1850

out of season1850

moss-grown1851

old style1858

antiqued1859

pigtaily1859

prehistoric1859

backdated1862

played1864

fossiled1866

bygone1869

mossy-backed1870

old-worldly1878

past-time1889

outmoded1896

dated1900

brontosaurian1909

antiquey1926

horse-and-buggy1926

vintage1928

Neolithic1934

time-warped1938

demoded1941

steam age1941

hairy1946

old school1946

rinky-dink1946

time warp1954

Palaeolithic1957

retardataire1958

throwback1968

wally1969

antwacky1975

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > seemly or proper > strictly proper

nicec1387

formal?1518

point-devicea1529

ceremonious1553

ceremonial1579

squarec1590

square-toeda1797

wiggy1817

nicey1859

uptight1969

a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 73 We old people must retain some square-toed predilection for the fashions of our youth.

1803 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. 131 Square-toed and old fashioned as it may be, it certainly weeds the sense at once of all equivocation.

1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. (1852) 127 There are two leading classes of London Bankers—the square-toed and the pointed.

1880 Morley in Daily News 26 Mar. 2/6 A system of square-toed humdrum.

Derivatives

square-toedness n.

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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness

staleness1552

surannation1656

superannuation1658

antiquation1659

fustinessa1661

antiquateness1664

antiquatedness1730

superannuity1781

innovelty1783

old-fashionedness1817

square-toedness1846

fossilism1861

obsolescence1887

old-timiness1887

frumpishness1889

old-fangledness1895

out-of-dateness1915

datedness1933

outdatedness1953

time warp1965

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum

formc1405

galancie1581

ceremoniousness1583

punctilio1596

formality1599

ceremony1603

punctuality1618

punctillea1648

complementalness1657

formalness1684

punctiliousness1685

nicety1693

ceremonial1749

square-toedness1846

punctiliosity1859

uptightness1969

1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. (1852) 127 As regards this important distinction, however, neither square-toedness nor pointed-toedness is to be relied on.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	square-toed
释义	square-toedadj. Etymology: square adj. Compounds 1. 1. a. Of shoes: Having broad square toes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > with specific type of toe picked1615 square-toe1706 square-toed1785 stub-toed1930 open-toe1938 peep-toe1939 peep-toed1953 chisel1961 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Square toes Square-toed shoes were anciently worn in common, and long retained by old men. 1803 Censor 1 Apr. 47 In a superfine coat with waistcoat, and..hessian boots, or square-toed shoes. 1897 ‘H. S. Merriman’ In Kedar's Tents xi The priest had walked thither, as the dust on his square-toed shoes and black stockings would testify. b. transferred in U.S. Nautical use. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > others lachrymal1607 tauriform1721 diminished1726 tailed1767 acinose1796 aciniform1798 acinous1809 slab-sided1817 lip-like1836 mound-like1843 high-centred1847 square-toed1851 brush-shaped1880 mushroom1884 bolster-shaped1900 arrowhead1934 narrow-gutted1952 panhandled1960 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xvi. 76 You may have seen many a quaint craft in your day, for aught I know;—square-toed luggers; mountainous Japanese junks. 1886 Forest & Stream 13 May 316/3 Even the regular ‘square-toed’ schooner, supposed to be original to San Francisco, flourishes up the James. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 711/1 Square-toed frigate,..local name given in Quincy, Mass., to the scow sloops engaged in the granite trade. (Obsolete.) 2. figurative. Old-fashioned, formal, precise. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated moth-frettenOE antiquate?a1425 antique?1532 rusty1549 moth-eaten1551 musty1575 worm-eatenc1575 overyear1584 out of date1589 old-fashioned1592 out of date1592 worm-eat1597 old-fashion1599 ancient1601 outdated1616 out-of-fashion1623 over-aged1623 superannuateda1634 thorough-old1639 overdateda1641 trunk-hosea1643 antiquitated1645 antiquated1654 out-of-fashioned1671 unmodern1731 of the old school1749 auld-farrant1750 old-fangled1764 fossila1770 fogram1772 passé1775 unmodernized1775 oxidated1791 moss-covered1792 square-toeda1797 old-fashionable1807 pigtail1817 behind the times1826 slow1827 fossilized1828 rococo1836 antiquish1838 old-timey1850 out of season1850 moss-grown1851 old style1858 antiqued1859 pigtaily1859 prehistoric1859 backdated1862 played1864 fossiled1866 bygone1869 mossy-backed1870 old-worldly1878 past-time1889 outmoded1896 dated1900 brontosaurian1909 antiquey1926 horse-and-buggy1926 vintage1928 Neolithic1934 time-warped1938 demoded1941 steam age1941 hairy1946 old school1946 rinky-dink1946 time warp1954 Palaeolithic1957 retardataire1958 throwback1968 wally1969 antwacky1975 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > seemly or proper > strictly proper nicec1387 formal?1518 point-devicea1529 ceremonious1553 ceremonial1579 squarec1590 square-toeda1797 wiggy1817 nicey1859 uptight1969 a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 73 We old people must retain some square-toed predilection for the fashions of our youth. 1803 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. 131 Square-toed and old fashioned as it may be, it certainly weeds the sense at once of all equivocation. 1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. (1852) 127 There are two leading classes of London Bankers—the square-toed and the pointed. 1880 Morley in Daily News 26 Mar. 2/6 A system of square-toed humdrum. Derivatives square-toedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness staleness1552 surannation1656 superannuation1658 antiquation1659 fustinessa1661 antiquateness1664 antiquatedness1730 superannuity1781 innovelty1783 old-fashionedness1817 square-toedness1846 fossilism1861 obsolescence1887 old-timiness1887 frumpishness1889 old-fangledness1895 out-of-dateness1915 datedness1933 outdatedness1953 time warp1965 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum formc1405 galancie1581 ceremoniousness1583 punctilio1596 formality1599 ceremony1603 punctuality1618 punctillea1648 complementalness1657 formalness1684 punctiliousness1685 nicety1693 ceremonial1749 square-toedness1846 punctiliosity1859 uptightness1969 1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. (1852) 127 As regards this important distinction, however, neither square-toedness nor pointed-toedness is to be relied on. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1785
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