spurgien.

Brit.

/ˈspəːɡi/, U.S.

/ˈspərɡi/, Scottish English

/ˈspʌrɡɪ/

Forms: 1800s– spurgie, 1900s– spurkie (Orkney).

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spurg n., -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: Probably < spurg n. (although this is first attested later) + -y suffix⁶. Compare later spuggy n.

Scottish (chiefly north-eastern).

The house sparrow. Cf. spuggy n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Passer > passer domesticus (sparrow)

sparrowc725

phipc1400

Philipa1500

house sparrow1653

spug1808

sprug1815

spruggie1845

spurgie1849

spadger1862

spur1866

spuggy1874

spurg1882

gutter-bird1896

sparrer1935

1849 ‘J. Raw’ Cause & Cure of Human Misery 17 How to slaughter Spurgies by the score.

a1866 W. Anderson Rhymes (1867) 189 To snare The spurgies wi' a trap o' bricks, an' water-wags wi' hair.

1901 G. Sim in A. I. McConnochie Bk. of Ellon 46 House-Sparrow... Who does not know the ‘Spurgie’?

1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick xxvii. 251 Nooadays..it's [sc. hair] a' sklaikit ower wi grey an' marlt wi fite like a spurgie.

1996 S. Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 26 Fusslin an chirpin tae ane anither like mirky spurgies.

2015 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 15 Aug. 48 A fair flock o their feather't freens includin the usual spurgies.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spurgie
释义	spurgien. Brit. /ˈspəːɡi/, U.S. /ˈspərɡi/, Scottish English /ˈspʌrɡɪ/ Forms: 1800s– spurgie, 1900s– spurkie (Orkney). Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spurg n., -y suffix⁶. Etymology: Probably < spurg n. (although this is first attested later) + -y suffix⁶. Compare later spuggy n. Scottish (chiefly north-eastern). The house sparrow. Cf. spuggy n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Passer > passer domesticus (sparrow) sparrowc725 phipc1400 Philipa1500 house sparrow1653 spug1808 sprug1815 spruggie1845 spurgie1849 spadger1862 spur1866 spuggy1874 spurg1882 gutter-bird1896 sparrer1935 1849 ‘J. Raw’ Cause & Cure of Human Misery 17 How to slaughter Spurgies by the score. a1866 W. Anderson Rhymes (1867) 189 To snare The spurgies wi' a trap o' bricks, an' water-wags wi' hair. 1901 G. Sim in A. I. McConnochie Bk. of Ellon 46 House-Sparrow... Who does not know the ‘Spurgie’? 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick xxvii. 251 Nooadays..it's [sc. hair] a' sklaikit ower wi grey an' marlt wi fite like a spurgie. 1996 S. Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 26 Fusslin an chirpin tae ane anither like mirky spurgies. 2015 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 15 Aug. 48 A fair flock o their feather't freens includin the usual spurgies. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849
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