stagystageyadj.

Brit.

/ˈsteɪdʒi/, U.S.

/ˈsteɪdʒi/

Etymology: < stage n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Of or pertaining to the stage; theatrical in appearance, manner, style, etc. (Chiefly in a depreciatory sense.)

a. Resembling that used on the stage; dramatically artificial or exaggerated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > theatrical or exaggerated (of person) > of actions or things

histrionicalc1553

scenical1564

mimic1591

histrionic1627

scenic1638

theatric1656

theatrical1709

agonistic1833

stagy1860

actressy1893

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] > resembling stage production

stage-like1561

scenical1564

scenic1638

stagely1656

stagy1860

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extreme > done to extremes

overdoneOE

overacted1628

stagy1860

sensationalized1879

1860 All Year Round 1 Sept. 496 The foot-light air and stagey look which clings to the person of even the first tenor.

1862 F. W. Robinson Owen I. iii. 74 The woman..came hastily forth, and flung up both arms in rather a stagy manner.

1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming xxii He fooled and frowned like a stage hero in stagey heroics.

1882 J. C. Morison Macaulay iv. 118 The stagey declamation which Macaulay has put into the mouth of Virginius.

b. Of a person: Given to the use or affectation of theatrical mannerisms in everyday affairs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > theatrical or exaggerated (of person)

scenic1640

stagy1864

theatric1879

posey1933

1864 F. W. Robinson Mattie III. 230 The Italian doctor was a man with a love of effect, one of those stagey beings whom we meet..more often on the Continent.

1870 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) III. 144 Lunched with Fields, to meet Fechter, the tragedian,—an agreeable man, and not at all stagey.

c. Of or pertaining to the stage. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective]

scenical?a1475

theatrical1558

theatral1594

histrionical1599

scenic1623

histrionic1656

thymelical1656

theatric1706

scenary1730

footlight1824

thymelic1849

showish1874

du théâtre1895

stagy1895

1895 ‘M. Corelli’ Sorrows Satan xxx Your place was the stage, Madam!.. You would have..had as many lovers, stagey and private as you pleased.

2. Of a seal or its skin: Out of condition from undergoing the change of coat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [adjective] > of or relating to Phocidae or seal > out of condition

stagy1885

1885 Times 22 May 3/3, 183 Japanese ‘stagey’ or immature seal skins.

1898 D. S. Jordan Fur Seals i. 65 The stagy season. Between the middle of August and the middle of October the adult animals shed their hair and get a new coat. During this season the skins of seals are said to be stagy, and they are not taken on land... It has been held by those interested that no stagy seals were found at sea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	stagy
释义	stagystageyadj. Brit. /ˈsteɪdʒi/, U.S. /ˈsteɪdʒi/ Etymology: < stage n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Of or pertaining to the stage; theatrical in appearance, manner, style, etc. (Chiefly in a depreciatory sense.) a. Resembling that used on the stage; dramatically artificial or exaggerated. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > theatrical or exaggerated (of person) > of actions or things histrionicalc1553 scenical1564 mimic1591 histrionic1627 scenic1638 theatric1656 theatrical1709 agonistic1833 stagy1860 actressy1893 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] > resembling stage production stage-like1561 scenical1564 scenic1638 stagely1656 stagy1860 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extreme > done to extremes overdoneOE overacted1628 stagy1860 sensationalized1879 1860 All Year Round 1 Sept. 496 The foot-light air and stagey look which clings to the person of even the first tenor. 1862 F. W. Robinson Owen I. iii. 74 The woman..came hastily forth, and flung up both arms in rather a stagy manner. 1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming xxii He fooled and frowned like a stage hero in stagey heroics. 1882 J. C. Morison Macaulay iv. 118 The stagey declamation which Macaulay has put into the mouth of Virginius. b. Of a person: Given to the use or affectation of theatrical mannerisms in everyday affairs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > theatrical or exaggerated (of person) scenic1640 stagy1864 theatric1879 posey1933 1864 F. W. Robinson Mattie III. 230 The Italian doctor was a man with a love of effect, one of those stagey beings whom we meet..more often on the Continent. 1870 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) III. 144 Lunched with Fields, to meet Fechter, the tragedian,—an agreeable man, and not at all stagey. c. Of or pertaining to the stage. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] scenical?a1475 theatrical1558 theatral1594 histrionical1599 scenic1623 histrionic1656 thymelical1656 theatric1706 scenary1730 footlight1824 thymelic1849 showish1874 du théâtre1895 stagy1895 1895 ‘M. Corelli’ Sorrows Satan xxx Your place was the stage, Madam!.. You would have..had as many lovers, stagey and private as you pleased. 2. Of a seal or its skin: Out of condition from undergoing the change of coat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [adjective] > of or relating to Phocidae or seal > out of condition stagy1885 1885 Times 22 May 3/3, 183 Japanese ‘stagey’ or immature seal skins. 1898 D. S. Jordan Fur Seals i. 65 The stagy season. Between the middle of August and the middle of October the adult animals shed their hair and get a new coat. During this season the skins of seals are said to be stagy, and they are not taken on land... It has been held by those interested that no stagy seals were found at sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1860
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