blue-devilv.

Brit.

/ˌbluːˈdɛvl/, U.S.

/ˌbluˈdɛvəl/

Forms: see blue adj. and n. and devil v.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: blue devil n.

Etymology: < blue devil n. Compare slightly earlier blue-devilled adj. at blue devil n. Derivatives.

Now historical.

transitive. To affect with the blue devils (blue devil n. 2a); to cause to be depressed or melancholy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)]

drearya1300

discomfortc1325

batec1380

to cast downa1382

to throw downa1382

dullc1386

faintc1386

discomfita1425

discourage1436

sinkc1440

mischeera1450

discheerc1454

amatea1500

bedowa1522

damp1548

quail1548

dash1550

exanimate1552

afflict1561

dank1565

disanimate1565

sadden1565

languish1566

deject1581

dumpc1585

unheart1593

mope1596

chill1597

sour1600

disgallant1601

disheart1603

dishearten1606

fainten1620

depress1624

sullen1628

tristitiate1628

disliven1631

dampen1633

weigh1640

out-spirit1643

dispirit1647

flat1649

funeralize1654

hearta1658

disencourage1659

attrist1680

flatten1683

dismalizec1735

blue-devil1812

out-heart1845

downweigh1851

to get down1861

frigidize1868

languor1891

downcast1914

neg1987

1812 C. A. Stothard Let. 18 Oct. in Mem. (1823) 72 Blue-deviled by all the horrors of a wet day, spent in silence and alone, my only resource is to write to you.

1836 in Jrnl. Southern Hist. (1935) 1 364 To be hemmed up in a strange place without..anything to interest you,..is enough to Blue Devil one.

1962 G. Heyer Nonesuch xx. 284 To be thrown into a ditch is enough to blue-devil anyone!

1992 S. Johnson Sinful (1993) xxxiii. 290 You're going to blue-devil my life, aren't you?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue-devil
释义	blue-devilv. Brit. /ˌbluːˈdɛvl/, U.S. /ˌbluˈdɛvəl/ Forms: see blue adj. and n. and devil v. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: blue devil n. Etymology: < blue devil n. Compare slightly earlier blue-devilled adj. at blue devil n. Derivatives. Now historical. transitive. To affect with the blue devils (blue devil n. 2a); to cause to be depressed or melancholy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] drearya1300 discomfortc1325 batec1380 to cast downa1382 to throw downa1382 dullc1386 faintc1386 discomfita1425 discourage1436 sinkc1440 mischeera1450 discheerc1454 amatea1500 bedowa1522 damp1548 quail1548 dash1550 exanimate1552 afflict1561 dank1565 disanimate1565 sadden1565 languish1566 deject1581 dumpc1585 unheart1593 mope1596 chill1597 sour1600 disgallant1601 disheart1603 dishearten1606 fainten1620 depress1624 sullen1628 tristitiate1628 disliven1631 dampen1633 weigh1640 out-spirit1643 dispirit1647 flat1649 funeralize1654 hearta1658 disencourage1659 attrist1680 flatten1683 dismalizec1735 blue-devil1812 out-heart1845 downweigh1851 to get down1861 frigidize1868 languor1891 downcast1914 neg1987 1812 C. A. Stothard Let. 18 Oct. in Mem. (1823) 72 Blue-deviled by all the horrors of a wet day, spent in silence and alone, my only resource is to write to you. 1836 in Jrnl. Southern Hist. (1935) 1 364 To be hemmed up in a strange place without..anything to interest you,..is enough to Blue Devil one. 1962 G. Heyer Nonesuch xx. 284 To be thrown into a ditch is enough to blue-devil anyone! 1992 S. Johnson Sinful (1993) xxxiii. 290 You're going to blue-devil my life, aren't you? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1812
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