springyadj.

Brit.

/ˈsprɪŋi/, U.S.

/ˈsprɪŋi/

Forms: see spring n.¹ and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spring n.¹, -y suffix¹; spring v.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < spring n.¹ + -y suffix¹, and partly < spring v.¹ + -y suffix¹.With sense 1 compare earlier wintry adj. and also summery adj.

I. Senses related to the season of spring.

†a. Growing in spring. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) i. metr. vi. 16 Nor seake not thou with gredy hand The springy Palmes [L. vernos palmites] to weld.

b. Characteristic or reminiscent of the season of spring; like that which is prevalent in spring; spring-like. Formerly also: †occurring or existing in spring (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > spring

vernal1619

germinal1622

vertumnal1622

spring-like1623

springy1633

vernant1654

vernon1694

primaveral1823

1633 E. May Epigrams Divine & Morall sig. F2^v Can I stay the falling showres of raine, When springy Exhalations drop againe?

1681 R. Baxter Poet. Fragm. 22 With some the time is long before the Earth Disclose her young one by a springy Birth.

1799 A. Plumptre tr. F. Matthisson Lett. App. 527 No lovers' walk in springy groves serene, With vi'lets, purpled, Attica, as thine.

1836 A. Ure Cotton Manuf. Great Brit. I. ii. ii. 105 The atmosphere feels springy and enlivening, being refreshed by gentle winds.

1860 ‘E. Wetherell’ & ‘A. Lothrop’ Say & Seal II. xviii. 229 It was April now, and a soft springy day.

1910 Boot & Shoe Recorder 30 Mar. 69/1 The week opened with fine, springy weather.

1936 N. Coward To-night at 8.30 III. 85 Quite Springy out, isn't it?

2013 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 22 Dec. The leaves ran a whole rainbow of flavours and sounded a note of every season: springy greenness, autumnal fireside.

II. Senses relating to energetic movement or elasticity.

a. Of an object or material: springing back when compressed, squeezed, or stretched; elastic, resilient; (of hair) having a bouncy, usually curly texture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > springy

springy1633

springing1655

bouncy1926

givey1965

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 750 The floures stand at the top of the springie [1597 spriggie] branches.

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall i. 27 Though the Air were granted to consist of Springy Particles.

1735 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 414 Her Hair was long and springy as that of a living Person.

1786 Med. Communications 2 105 The tumor..was a little springy.

1817 J. Keats Sleep & Poetry 95 A laughing schoolboy..Riding the springy branches of an elm.

1887 H. R. Haggard Allan Quatermain vi. 80 A light but exceedingly tough native wood, something like English ash, only more springy.

1926 Sunday at Home Jan. 220/2 This big, old house with the bouncy sofa and springy chairs.

1977 R. Wright Building Bicycle Wheels 34 A wheel becomes progressively springier (less stiff) as its spokes get longer.

2012 Kenyon Rev. Summer 121 He was tall and potbellied, with black, springy hair and dark-brown eyes.

b. Of a person or animal: lively; energetic; agile. Also of the muscles or limbs: supple and strong.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective]

leathwakec1000

lithebyc1000

starka1275

stiffc1305

standing1340

bainc1440

waldinc1485

resolveda1500

supplea1500

lash1513

limber1582

sagging1599

laxed1623

unslakeda1625

laxated1652

springy1674

gangling1764

lithesome1768

swack1768

unslackened1770

lissoma1800

wandle1803

loose-limbed1823

loose1846

unslacked1848

saggy1853

loose-jointed1859

loose-hung1869

gangly1871

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge v. 131 The man, upon the account of his being stronger and springier does more..towards the bequeathing of that hord of sprightfulness to the little one.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. vi. 85 A monkey..has the hands of a man, joined to the springy limbs of a beast.

1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad x. 454 Their springy shoulders stretching to the blow.

1837 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 367/2 The prompt equerry had led the springy coursers to the gate.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe v. 284 His muscles feel firm and springy.

1901 F. H. Eckstorm Woodpeckers xiii. 98 The logcock and the ivory-billed woodpecker, with their tremendous beaks, their huge claws, their springy tails.

1963 Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Jrnl.-World 29 Apr. 12/1 A springy young man in a white gym suit.

2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Oct. c1 His body is expressive—all ropy arms and springy legs.

c. Of ground, turf, etc.: bouncy or resilient underfoot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > springy > to the tread

springy1779

1779 H. Downman Lucius Junius Brutus ii. iii. 41 Thou Canst..make the springy grass on which thou tread'st Thy monitor.

1800 S. T. Coleridge This Lime-tree Bower in Ann. Anthol. 2 140 Friends, whom I may never meet again, On springy heath.

1886 Cornhill Mag. July 58 The stage is..very ‘springy’, a condition designed to help acrobatic performances.

1918 E. A. Keith My Escape from Germany (1919) xxiii. 308 We advanced toward it over springy, heather-covered ground.

1979 R. Stow Visitants i. 55 The path we walked on was cropped and green, springy under my feet.

2016 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Jan. The feel of springy turf beneath my feet, the sense of nature near at hand.

a. Of a force, nature, power, etc.: characterized by spring, elasticity, or resilience.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic

softc1330

elastical1660

springy1660

elastic1674

resilient1674

resiliating1709

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Proem 35 The Corpuscles whereof it [sc. Air] consists, though of a springy nature, are yet so very small, as to make up..a fluid Body.

1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. iii. 105 The Air being of an Elastick or Springie Nature.

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 249 It..roborates the Springey Tone of the Lungs.

1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 171 In raising the Trunk, these Cartilages will assist by their springy Force.

1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus I. ii. 14 There was a springy vigour in the atmosphere, as if the wind itself were young.

1888 F. Rutley Rock-forming Minerals 193 Drive a needle, by a sharp, springy tap with a piece of wood, into the mica.

1945 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Jan. 13/1 It has been said that monofilament nylon is difficult to use because of its springy nature.

1989 P. Nabokov & R. Easton Native Amer. Archit. 16 The dome-shaped frame gained enough springy strength from its bent saplings to support bark, mat, or thatch covers.

2005 T. Brookes Guitar 1 Instead of that springy pressure against the palm of the hand, they were rattling and loose.

b. Of a person's step, posture, etc.: buoyant and vigorous; full of energy and confidence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > elastic

supple1599

springing1655

springy1749

buoyant1835

fawn-like1838

elastic1848

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 62 She retorted his thrusts with a just concert of springy heaves.

1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling (ed. 2) 227 [He] walked up into his room with a pace much quicker and more springy than usual.

1820 W. Scott Monastery III. vii. 172 The springy step..reminded Henry Warden of Halbert.

1896 A. Lee Track Athletics in Detail 6 The runner should be raised up on his toes in an easy, springy attitude.

1908 Smart Set Aug. 136/1 Dear Daddy! how in a day years had rolled from him; his walk was springy.

1964 Copeia No. 4. 604 The male darts towards other animals in short springy movements.

2012 Mississippi Rev. 39 131 Masako lifted the old man's body and, with him in her arms, strode off erect, taking springy steps.

c. Of music, writing, etc.: having a jaunty or lively sound or cadence; rhythmic.

ΚΠ

1888 Classical Rev. 2 68/1 The verse is too springy, too suggestive of hurry, to be an exact representative of the ‘unhasting, unresting’ movement of the Virgilian epic.

1926 Brazil (Indiana) Daily Times 15 Feb. 7/4 ‘Roll 'Em Girls’..affords a delightful fox trot, light and springy in rhythm, and played with joyousness.

1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Sept. 585/4 He writes..terse springy prose.

1959 Times 9 Nov. 6/5 The triplet ‘breaks’ were at once springy and graceful.

2004 A. Kobak in Slightly Foxed Summer 24 I realize how much of Čapek himself—his springy syntax, his offbeat joy in small things, his philosophy—is in that book about Masaryk.

III. Senses related to natural springs (of water).

a. Of ground, fields, etc.: having natural springs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > spring > [adjective] > full of springs

fountful?1611

springful1612

springya1642

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 6 Lowe, moist, and springy grownds are the best to increase milke in an ewe.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 142 In this journey we also found Muscus denticulatus major..and in watery and springy places Alsine muscosa.

1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming xxxvi. 262 It will greatly improve springy, or over-wet Grounds, if we first drain them.

1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln xii. 245 Many similar springy sides of hills are to be met with all the way to Ranby.

1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 i. 36 Occasional parts of the field were found springy and full of water.

1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxvi. 250 A huge, dry slippery log that lay over a springy spot.

1939 Amer. Midland Naturalist 22 290 Boggy and springy places.

2004–5 Concord Saunterer 12–13 144 I climbed back up to the headspring, noticing much seepage all along the springy ground.

b. Of water: coming from a natural spring; (of a pool or brook) fed by a spring or springs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > spring > [adjective]

springing1478

springy1649

sallying1727

1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver iii. 22 That thou mayst goe under that..springie moysture, that breeds, and feeds the Rush.

1714 R. North Disc. Fish & Fish-ponds (new ed.) xiii. 47 It is a Sort of Fish, as I noted, that belongs to a springy Water.

1783 T. Poole Treat. Strong Beer ii. 23 If..the water you brew with be from a springy pond, and that breed a green congealed scum..such water will produce scum when boiling.

1841 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. July 363 Another little wood, thicker and wetter than the first, with several springy pools.

1920 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. Feb. 15 Crestbrook Farm..is noted for the springy brooks filled with watercress and open the year round.

2003 H. Lahring Water & Wetland Plants of Prairie Provinces 208 Chrysosplenium americanum..inhabits shallow, cool, often shady, springy waters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	springy
释义	springyadj. Brit. /ˈsprɪŋi/, U.S. /ˈsprɪŋi/ Forms: see spring n.¹ and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spring n.¹, -y suffix¹; spring v.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < spring n.¹ + -y suffix¹, and partly < spring v.¹ + -y suffix¹.With sense 1 compare earlier wintry adj. and also summery adj. I. Senses related to the season of spring. 1. †a. Growing in spring. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) i. metr. vi. 16 Nor seake not thou with gredy hand The springy Palmes [L. vernos palmites] to weld. b. Characteristic or reminiscent of the season of spring; like that which is prevalent in spring; spring-like. Formerly also: †occurring or existing in spring (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > spring vernal1619 germinal1622 vertumnal1622 spring-like1623 springy1633 vernant1654 vernon1694 primaveral1823 1633 E. May Epigrams Divine & Morall sig. F2^v Can I stay the falling showres of raine, When springy Exhalations drop againe? 1681 R. Baxter Poet. Fragm. 22 With some the time is long before the Earth Disclose her young one by a springy Birth. 1799 A. Plumptre tr. F. Matthisson Lett. App. 527 No lovers' walk in springy groves serene, With vi'lets, purpled, Attica, as thine. 1836 A. Ure Cotton Manuf. Great Brit. I. ii. ii. 105 The atmosphere feels springy and enlivening, being refreshed by gentle winds. 1860 ‘E. Wetherell’ & ‘A. Lothrop’ Say & Seal II. xviii. 229 It was April now, and a soft springy day. 1910 Boot & Shoe Recorder 30 Mar. 69/1 The week opened with fine, springy weather. 1936 N. Coward To-night at 8.30 III. 85 Quite Springy out, isn't it? 2013 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 22 Dec. The leaves ran a whole rainbow of flavours and sounded a note of every season: springy greenness, autumnal fireside. II. Senses relating to energetic movement or elasticity. 2. a. Of an object or material: springing back when compressed, squeezed, or stretched; elastic, resilient; (of hair) having a bouncy, usually curly texture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > springy springy1633 springing1655 bouncy1926 givey1965 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 750 The floures stand at the top of the springie [1597 spriggie] branches. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall i. 27 Though the Air were granted to consist of Springy Particles. 1735 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 414 Her Hair was long and springy as that of a living Person. 1786 Med. Communications 2 105 The tumor..was a little springy. 1817 J. Keats Sleep & Poetry 95 A laughing schoolboy..Riding the springy branches of an elm. 1887 H. R. Haggard Allan Quatermain vi. 80 A light but exceedingly tough native wood, something like English ash, only more springy. 1926 Sunday at Home Jan. 220/2 This big, old house with the bouncy sofa and springy chairs. 1977 R. Wright Building Bicycle Wheels 34 A wheel becomes progressively springier (less stiff) as its spokes get longer. 2012 Kenyon Rev. Summer 121 He was tall and potbellied, with black, springy hair and dark-brown eyes. b. Of a person or animal: lively; energetic; agile. Also of the muscles or limbs: supple and strong. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective] leathwakec1000 lithebyc1000 starka1275 stiffc1305 standing1340 bainc1440 waldinc1485 resolveda1500 supplea1500 lash1513 limber1582 sagging1599 laxed1623 unslakeda1625 laxated1652 springy1674 gangling1764 lithesome1768 swack1768 unslackened1770 lissoma1800 wandle1803 loose-limbed1823 loose1846 unslacked1848 saggy1853 loose-jointed1859 loose-hung1869 gangly1871 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge v. 131 The man, upon the account of his being stronger and springier does more..towards the bequeathing of that hord of sprightfulness to the little one. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. vi. 85 A monkey..has the hands of a man, joined to the springy limbs of a beast. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad x. 454 Their springy shoulders stretching to the blow. 1837 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 367/2 The prompt equerry had led the springy coursers to the gate. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe v. 284 His muscles feel firm and springy. 1901 F. H. Eckstorm Woodpeckers xiii. 98 The logcock and the ivory-billed woodpecker, with their tremendous beaks, their huge claws, their springy tails. 1963 Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Jrnl.-World 29 Apr. 12/1 A springy young man in a white gym suit. 2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Oct. c1 His body is expressive—all ropy arms and springy legs. c. Of ground, turf, etc.: bouncy or resilient underfoot. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > springy > to the tread springy1779 1779 H. Downman Lucius Junius Brutus ii. iii. 41 Thou Canst..make the springy grass on which thou tread'st Thy monitor. 1800 S. T. Coleridge This Lime-tree Bower in Ann. Anthol. 2 140 Friends, whom I may never meet again, On springy heath. 1886 Cornhill Mag. July 58 The stage is..very ‘springy’, a condition designed to help acrobatic performances. 1918 E. A. Keith My Escape from Germany (1919) xxiii. 308 We advanced toward it over springy, heather-covered ground. 1979 R. Stow Visitants i. 55 The path we walked on was cropped and green, springy under my feet. 2016 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Jan. The feel of springy turf beneath my feet, the sense of nature near at hand. 3. a. Of a force, nature, power, etc.: characterized by spring, elasticity, or resilience. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic softc1330 elastical1660 springy1660 elastic1674 resilient1674 resiliating1709 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Proem 35 The Corpuscles whereof it [sc. Air] consists, though of a springy nature, are yet so very small, as to make up..a fluid Body. 1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. iii. 105 The Air being of an Elastick or Springie Nature. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 249 It..roborates the Springey Tone of the Lungs. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 171 In raising the Trunk, these Cartilages will assist by their springy Force. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus I. ii. 14 There was a springy vigour in the atmosphere, as if the wind itself were young. 1888 F. Rutley Rock-forming Minerals 193 Drive a needle, by a sharp, springy tap with a piece of wood, into the mica. 1945 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Jan. 13/1 It has been said that monofilament nylon is difficult to use because of its springy nature. 1989 P. Nabokov & R. Easton Native Amer. Archit. 16 The dome-shaped frame gained enough springy strength from its bent saplings to support bark, mat, or thatch covers. 2005 T. Brookes Guitar 1 Instead of that springy pressure against the palm of the hand, they were rattling and loose. b. Of a person's step, posture, etc.: buoyant and vigorous; full of energy and confidence. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > elastic supple1599 springing1655 springy1749 buoyant1835 fawn-like1838 elastic1848 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 62 She retorted his thrusts with a just concert of springy heaves. 1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling (ed. 2) 227 [He] walked up into his room with a pace much quicker and more springy than usual. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. vii. 172 The springy step..reminded Henry Warden of Halbert. 1896 A. Lee Track Athletics in Detail 6 The runner should be raised up on his toes in an easy, springy attitude. 1908 Smart Set Aug. 136/1 Dear Daddy! how in a day years had rolled from him; his walk was springy. 1964 Copeia No. 4. 604 The male darts towards other animals in short springy movements. 2012 Mississippi Rev. 39 131 Masako lifted the old man's body and, with him in her arms, strode off erect, taking springy steps. c. Of music, writing, etc.: having a jaunty or lively sound or cadence; rhythmic. ΚΠ 1888 Classical Rev. 2 68/1 The verse is too springy, too suggestive of hurry, to be an exact representative of the ‘unhasting, unresting’ movement of the Virgilian epic. 1926 Brazil (Indiana) Daily Times 15 Feb. 7/4 ‘Roll 'Em Girls’..affords a delightful fox trot, light and springy in rhythm, and played with joyousness. 1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Sept. 585/4 He writes..terse springy prose. 1959 Times 9 Nov. 6/5 The triplet ‘breaks’ were at once springy and graceful. 2004 A. Kobak in Slightly Foxed Summer 24 I realize how much of Čapek himself—his springy syntax, his offbeat joy in small things, his philosophy—is in that book about Masaryk. III. Senses related to natural springs (of water). 4. a. Of ground, fields, etc.: having natural springs. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > spring > [adjective] > full of springs fountful?1611 springful1612 springya1642 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 6 Lowe, moist, and springy grownds are the best to increase milke in an ewe. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 142 In this journey we also found Muscus denticulatus major..and in watery and springy places Alsine muscosa. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming xxxvi. 262 It will greatly improve springy, or over-wet Grounds, if we first drain them. 1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln xii. 245 Many similar springy sides of hills are to be met with all the way to Ranby. 1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 i. 36 Occasional parts of the field were found springy and full of water. 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxvi. 250 A huge, dry slippery log that lay over a springy spot. 1939 Amer. Midland Naturalist 22 290 Boggy and springy places. 2004–5 Concord Saunterer 12–13 144 I climbed back up to the headspring, noticing much seepage all along the springy ground. b. Of water: coming from a natural spring; (of a pool or brook) fed by a spring or springs. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > spring > [adjective] springing1478 springy1649 sallying1727 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver iii. 22 That thou mayst goe under that..springie moysture, that breeds, and feeds the Rush. 1714 R. North Disc. Fish & Fish-ponds (new ed.) xiii. 47 It is a Sort of Fish, as I noted, that belongs to a springy Water. 1783 T. Poole Treat. Strong Beer ii. 23 If..the water you brew with be from a springy pond, and that breed a green congealed scum..such water will produce scum when boiling. 1841 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. July 363 Another little wood, thicker and wetter than the first, with several springy pools. 1920 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. Feb. 15 Crestbrook Farm..is noted for the springy brooks filled with watercress and open the year round. 2003 H. Lahring Water & Wetland Plants of Prairie Provinces 208 Chrysosplenium americanum..inhabits shallow, cool, often shady, springy waters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1593
随便看	fellow worker fellow workman fellow, man, etc, of spunk fellow-bordering fellow-communionist fellow-countrywoman fellow-craft fellow-feel fellow-feeler fellow-feeling fellow-heir fellow-heirship fellow-inspired fellow-knower fellow-knowing fellow-my-lad fellow-travel fellow-traveling fellow-travelling fellow-yoked fellowable fellowbordering fellowcommunionist fellowcountrywoman fellowcraft