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单词 squashy
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squashyn.

Etymology: Compare squash n.1 1.
Obsolete. rare.
(See quot. 1828.)
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1828 Marly: Planter's Life in Jamaica 211 A very small pea denominated by the negroes, okra, a kind of what is called squashies.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

squashyadj.

Brit. /ˈskwɒʃi/, U.S. /ˈskwɔʃi/, /ˈskwɑʃi/
Etymology: < squash v.1 or squash n.1
1. Of fruit, etc.: Having a soft or pulpy consistency; lacking in firmness.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [adjective] > qualities of fruit
mellow1440
mellowy?1440
chokely1578
gross1578
choky1597
racy1651
mealy1673
squashy1698
rusty-coat1782
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > squashy
squashy1698
squdgy1892
squashable1902
squeezy1971
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 130 Having gone near Fifty Miles without eating more than a few squashy Figs.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 182 The Fruit..squashy, of a better Relish than Smell.
1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 478 The Ear [of wheat] was seemingly full and good; but it prov'd to be squashy, and had no Kernel.
1837 T. Hook Jack Brag III. v. 185 A squashy French pie, made by a Cowes confectioner.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Squashy, soft, pulpy, watery. Warw[ick].
1883 E. J. Worboise Sissie (ed. 2) xix Squashy roly-poly pudding, with all the jam boiled out, and the water boiled in.
figurative.1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. xv. 290 Them young gells are like th' unripe grain; they'll make good meal by-and-by, but they're squashy as yet.
2. Of ground, etc.: Soft with, full of, water; soaking, marshy.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective]
fen-lichc1000
fennyc1000
mooryOE
marshya1382
marshlyc1410
moorisha1492
queachy?a1500
marish1549
plashya1552
foggy?1555
fen-like1561
undrained1573
fennish1577
boggy1587
paludious1595
wealy1601
marishy1607
snapy1607
uliginous1610
quagmiry1623
paludiate1632
boggish1633
pooly1652
swampy1661
spouty1677
gouty1686
pondy1687
morassy1699
sloppy1699
lairy17..
soggya1722
swampish1725
splashy1727
squashy1751
haggy1765
gaulty1784
slumpy1823
sumpy1824
paludine1852
paludic1854
paludinal1856
paludian1860
paludinous1866
paludal1871
paludial1875
morassic1893
muskeggy1894
swamped1899
1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Daventry The banks in it resemble those of ponds and canals, with a watry squashy ground betw. them.
1818 J. Keats Lett. in Wks. (1889) III. 163 I was damped by slipping one leg into a squashy hole.
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 335 A squashy knowe in an undrained quagmire.
1889 Longman's Mag. Aug. 379 Away we go again, floundering heavily through the squashy ground.
in extended use.1872 W. S. Gilbert in Tom Hood's Comic Ann. 84/2 We had a squashy walk over a pathless and furzy common.
3. Of the nature of a squash or squashing.
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1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 284 That child..comes down..in a squashy concussion with its forehead against the floor.
1873 Spectator 23 Aug. 1069 Alongside of you comes up an oozy, squashy sound of the advancing tide.
4. Having a squashed or flattened look.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > made broad and flat > by pressure > having appearance of
compressed1668
squashy1895
1895 I. Zangwill Master ii. iv Matt pointed out that the eyes were wrong, that pupils should be round, not squashy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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