stick-in-the-mudadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈstɪkɪnðəˌmʌd/, U.S.

/ˈstɪkᵻnðəˌməd/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to stick in the mud at stick v.¹ Phrases 4a.

Etymology: < to stick in the mud at stick v.¹ Phrases 4a.Compare the following earlier uses as a nickname, although it is unclear what the connotations were in these cases (compare the semantic range of the underlying verb phrase):1732 Proc. Old Bailey 5 July 172/1 Philip Thomas and James Baker, alias Stick-in-the-mud, were indicted for assaulting Catherine the Wife of Charles Burkett, in the Highway.1733 Gen. Evening Post 15–17 Nov. 2/1 George Fluster, alias Stick in the Mud, has made himself an Evidence, and impeached the above two Persons.1764 London Chron. 23–25 Oct. 398/3 Stephen Junks, known by the name of Stick-in-the-mud, a rubbish-carter, went into a house in Kent-street, and drank near three pints of gin for a wager.

A. adj.

Characteristic of a stick-in-the-mud (see sense B. 1); unadventurous, resistant to change.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] > not adventurous or enterprising

unadventurous1671

unattempting1730

inexperimenting1746

unenterprising1777

unadventuring1824

safe1830

stick-in-the-mud1832

inadventurous1853

inventurous1863

unventurous1865

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [adjective]

retrograde?1518

hidebound1603

tradition-bound1660

tradition-loving1660

tradition-ridden1660

mumpsimus1680

stickfast1803

arriéré1814

stick-in-the-mud1832

reactive1836

reactionary1847

reactionist1848

misoneistic1891

red-necked1896

Blimpian1935

blimpish1938

redneck1938

1832 Metropolitan Jan. 59 Isn't he a priest of the real old stick-in-the-mud religion, that was established in Ireland before Orangemen were heard of?

1880 St. James's Gaz. 23 Oct. 12 He was none of your humdrum, stick-in-the-mud, oldfashioned practitioners.

1929 Manch. Guardian 5 Apr. 6/2 Every argument that I bring against it seems to make me sound reactionary and stick-in-the-mud, and I'm not.

1978 R. Burrows To Believe in Jesus xii. 96 He is asked to take charge of a well-to-do, stick-in-the-mud parish.

2006 Austrian Stud. 14 103 Letters of complaint from the newspaper's business administration about his stick-in-the-mud attitude.

B. n.

1. colloquial (depreciative). A person who is resistant to change; an unprogressive or unadventurous person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > incapable or incompetent person > lacking resource or initiative

stick-in-the-mud1832

lame duck1889

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > to a further or higher stage > lack of > one who

stick-in-the-mud1832

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [noun] > person

mumpsimus1530

inveteratist1715

reactionary1799

statu quo-ite1816

retrograde1825

redneck1830

stationary1831

stick-in-the-mud1832

reactionist1834

retrogradist1836

retrogressionist1848

mountainy man1851

misoneist1891

reactionarist1907

blimp1934

Neanderthal1966

hard hat1970

1832 Satirist 3 June 180 Look at the old stick-in-the-mud!

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. x. 170 This rusty-coloured one is that respectable old stick-in-the-mud, Nicias.

1928 Financial Times 28 Sept. 5/5 Are we developing into a nation of stick-in-the-muds with the old firms to carry us through?

1967 E. N. Gladden Civil Services United Kingdom vi. 111 To defend seniority is to mark oneself down as a stick in the mud.

1988 A. Robinson in M. Atwood Best Amer. Short Stories 1989 (1989) 291 Don't be such a stick-in-the-mud.

2007 Rugby World Mar. 27/1 Doubtless there will be a few old stick-in-the-muds who complain that Croke Park is too modern and too swanky.

2. A children’s chasing game in which a player who is caught has to stand still with arms and legs outstretched (as though stuck in mud) until released by another; = stuck-in-the-mud n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > other chasing games

course-a-park1613

hunt the squirrel1742

Tom Tiddler's ground1816

one catch all1854

Relievo1877

pig in the middle1887

Red Rover1891

ring-a-levio1891

stuck-in-the-mud1944

British Bulldog1949

kiss chase1957

stick-in-the-mud1968

1968 W. Martin & G. Vallins Explor. Drama Teacher's Bk. 10 Scarecrow (or Stick in the Mud)..Two people are chosen to chase and capture the remainder of the group.

1981 A. Sluckin Growing up in Playground 19 In ‘scarecrow tig’ (stick-in-the-mud) a player who has been caught had to stand still with outstretched arms awaiting the freeing hand of a child who had not likewise been transfixed.

1993 I. Opie People in Playground Introd. 6 Chasing games like Ball He or Stick in the Mud are the most accommodating: ‘any number can play’.

2004 T. Guest My Life in Orange (2005) vi. 98 Because the school hours at Medina were never strictly observed, sometimes our tuition consisted of playing stick-in-the-mud on the front lawn.

Derivatives

ˈstick-in-the-ˌmuddish adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > stubborn in opinion

opinatea1492

opinative1517

self-minded1531

opinionativea1549

opiniative?1575

opinionate1575

wedded1578

opiniatre1591

opiniastre1596

opiniated1597

opinionated1630

self-opiniating1632

opiniatred1641

opiniastrous1645

opinioned1649

self-opiniateda1650

opiniatory1659

standfast1683

philodoxical1852

stick-in-the-muddish1932

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adjective] > to a further or higher stage > not

unadvanced1856

stick-in-the-muddish1932

1932 Monroe (Louisiana) News-Star 7 July 4/2 The absent-minded, impecunious; hard-headed, stick-in-the-mudish old professor.

1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xxviii. 481 It wasn't hidebound and stick-in-the-muddish like the older towns and it had a brash exuberance that matched her own.

2009 Cincinnati Mag. Aug. 87/1 Their tendency to shake things up softens our stick-in-the-mud-ish reputation.

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

单词	stick-in-the-mud
释义	stick-in-the-mudadj.n. Brit. /ˈstɪkɪnðəˌmʌd/, U.S. /ˈstɪkᵻnðəˌməd/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to stick in the mud at stick v.¹ Phrases 4a. Etymology: < to stick in the mud at stick v.¹ Phrases 4a.Compare the following earlier uses as a nickname, although it is unclear what the connotations were in these cases (compare the semantic range of the underlying verb phrase):1732 Proc. Old Bailey 5 July 172/1 Philip Thomas and James Baker, alias Stick-in-the-mud, were indicted for assaulting Catherine the Wife of Charles Burkett, in the Highway.1733 Gen. Evening Post 15–17 Nov. 2/1 George Fluster, alias Stick in the Mud, has made himself an Evidence, and impeached the above two Persons.1764 London Chron. 23–25 Oct. 398/3 Stephen Junks, known by the name of Stick-in-the-mud, a rubbish-carter, went into a house in Kent-street, and drank near three pints of gin for a wager. A. adj. Characteristic of a stick-in-the-mud (see sense B. 1); unadventurous, resistant to change. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] > not adventurous or enterprising unadventurous1671 unattempting1730 inexperimenting1746 unenterprising1777 unadventuring1824 safe1830 stick-in-the-mud1832 inadventurous1853 inventurous1863 unventurous1865 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [adjective] retrograde?1518 hidebound1603 tradition-bound1660 tradition-loving1660 tradition-ridden1660 mumpsimus1680 stickfast1803 arriéré1814 stick-in-the-mud1832 reactive1836 reactionary1847 reactionist1848 misoneistic1891 red-necked1896 Blimpian1935 blimpish1938 redneck1938 1832 Metropolitan Jan. 59 Isn't he a priest of the real old stick-in-the-mud religion, that was established in Ireland before Orangemen were heard of? 1880 St. James's Gaz. 23 Oct. 12 He was none of your humdrum, stick-in-the-mud, oldfashioned practitioners. 1929 Manch. Guardian 5 Apr. 6/2 Every argument that I bring against it seems to make me sound reactionary and stick-in-the-mud, and I'm not. 1978 R. Burrows To Believe in Jesus xii. 96 He is asked to take charge of a well-to-do, stick-in-the-mud parish. 2006 Austrian Stud. 14 103 Letters of complaint from the newspaper's business administration about his stick-in-the-mud attitude. B. n. 1. colloquial (depreciative). A person who is resistant to change; an unprogressive or unadventurous person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > incapable or incompetent person > lacking resource or initiative stick-in-the-mud1832 lame duck1889 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > to a further or higher stage > lack of > one who stick-in-the-mud1832 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [noun] > person mumpsimus1530 inveteratist1715 reactionary1799 statu quo-ite1816 retrograde1825 redneck1830 stationary1831 stick-in-the-mud1832 reactionist1834 retrogradist1836 retrogressionist1848 mountainy man1851 misoneist1891 reactionarist1907 blimp1934 Neanderthal1966 hard hat1970 1832 Satirist 3 June 180 Look at the old stick-in-the-mud! 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. x. 170 This rusty-coloured one is that respectable old stick-in-the-mud, Nicias. 1928 Financial Times 28 Sept. 5/5 Are we developing into a nation of stick-in-the-muds with the old firms to carry us through? 1967 E. N. Gladden Civil Services United Kingdom vi. 111 To defend seniority is to mark oneself down as a stick in the mud. 1988 A. Robinson in M. Atwood Best Amer. Short Stories 1989 (1989) 291 Don't be such a stick-in-the-mud. 2007 Rugby World Mar. 27/1 Doubtless there will be a few old stick-in-the-muds who complain that Croke Park is too modern and too swanky. 2. A children’s chasing game in which a player who is caught has to stand still with arms and legs outstretched (as though stuck in mud) until released by another; = stuck-in-the-mud n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > other chasing games course-a-park1613 hunt the squirrel1742 Tom Tiddler's ground1816 one catch all1854 Relievo1877 pig in the middle1887 Red Rover1891 ring-a-levio1891 stuck-in-the-mud1944 British Bulldog1949 kiss chase1957 stick-in-the-mud1968 1968 W. Martin & G. Vallins Explor. Drama Teacher's Bk. 10 Scarecrow (or Stick in the Mud)..Two people are chosen to chase and capture the remainder of the group. 1981 A. Sluckin Growing up in Playground 19 In ‘scarecrow tig’ (stick-in-the-mud) a player who has been caught had to stand still with outstretched arms awaiting the freeing hand of a child who had not likewise been transfixed. 1993 I. Opie People in Playground Introd. 6 Chasing games like Ball He or Stick in the Mud are the most accommodating: ‘any number can play’. 2004 T. Guest My Life in Orange (2005) vi. 98 Because the school hours at Medina were never strictly observed, sometimes our tuition consisted of playing stick-in-the-mud on the front lawn. Derivatives ˈstick-in-the-ˌmuddish adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > stubborn in opinion opinatea1492 opinative1517 self-minded1531 opinionativea1549 opiniative?1575 opinionate1575 wedded1578 opiniatre1591 opiniastre1596 opiniated1597 opinionated1630 self-opiniating1632 opiniatred1641 opiniastrous1645 opinioned1649 self-opiniateda1650 opiniatory1659 standfast1683 philodoxical1852 stick-in-the-muddish1932 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adjective] > to a further or higher stage > not unadvanced1856 stick-in-the-muddish1932 1932 Monroe (Louisiana) News-Star 7 July 4/2 The absent-minded, impecunious; hard-headed, stick-in-the-mudish old professor. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xxviii. 481 It wasn't hidebound and stick-in-the-muddish like the older towns and it had a brash exuberance that matched her own. 2009 Cincinnati Mag. Aug. 87/1 Their tendency to shake things up softens our stick-in-the-mud-ish reputation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1832
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