sticklingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈstɪklɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈstɪklɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English stekeling, Middle English stekelyng, Middle English steylyng (transmission error), Middle English stikelinge, Middle English styghlyng, Middle English stykelyng, Middle English stykelynge, Middle English styklyng, Middle English styklynge, Middle English stytlyng (transmission error), 1500s sticklyng, 1500s styckelyng, 1600s 1900s stickling.

Origin: Apparently a word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Apparently cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch stekelinc (Dutch stekeling ), Middle Low German stekelinc , stickelinc , Middle High German stichelinc (German Stichling ), probably < the Germanic base of Old English sticel prick, sting (see stickleback n.) + the Germanic base of -ing suffix³, or perhaps < the Germanic base of stick v.¹ + the Germanic base of -ling suffix¹. Compare stickleback n.

Now rare.

Any of various spinous saltwater or freshwater fishes, spec. a stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > member of (stickleback)

sticklinga1400

stitlingc1425

sticklebacka1475

shaftling1558

sharpling1558

stansticklea1637

hackle1655

pricklefish1668

prickling1668

jack sharp?1758

tittlebat1781

Jack Sharpnails1787

thorny-back1811

struttle1821

bandie1825

tinker1833

thornback1859

tiddler1885

a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 12 Aspiatiles [read Aspratiles], anglice, stikelinges.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 475 Stykelynge, Fylthe [read fysche; a1500 BL Add. 22556 fyche], silurus.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 763/29 Hic ganerius, a stekelyng.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 276/1 Styckelyng a maner of fysshe.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Sticklyng or stickle bagge fishe.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Espinoche, a Sharpling, Shaftling, stickling.

1679 G. Miege Dict. Barbarous French sig. C4^v/1 Artiere, a small fish called Sharpling, Stickling, or Stickle-back.

1870 S. A. Myers tr. F. Martin Nat. Hist. 2nd Ser. 34 The stickling is the only one of the finny tribes which is spared by the pike, and this not always.

1890 E. Hamilton River-side Naturalist xii. 203 The stickleback has a variety of provincial names—Prickleback, Tittlebat,..Stickling, Stanstickle, Pow, &c.

1927 K. C. Creasy tr. F. Alverdes Social Life in Animal World v. 75 Among sticklings and other species the males isolate themselves at breeding time, although outside this period they live a gregarious life.

1991 P. S. Maitland & R. N. Campbell Freshwater Fishes Brit. Isles ixx. 251 Three-spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus..Prickleback, Sprickleback, Stickle, Stickling, Tiddlebat.

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

sticklingn.²

Brit.

/ˈstɪkl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈstɪklɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈstɪk(ə)lɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stickle v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < stickle v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier stightling n. at stightle v. Derivatives.

The action or an act of stickle v. (in various senses); esp. (in early use) vigorous striving or participation, (in later use) insistence that something should follow a prescribed form or be done in a prescribed way. Frequently with for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun]

un-i-willa1225

unlustc1230

dangerc1290

loathnessa1300

thronessa1400

grudgingc1420

nilling?a1425

unlustiness?a1425

loathinessc1449

difficulty?c1450

grudge1477

sticking1525

scruple1526

unreadiness1526

sweerness1533

dangerousness1548

untowardnessa1555

envy1557

loathsomeness1560

retractation1563

stickling1589

indisposition1593

loathfulness1596

backwardness1597

unwillingness1597

reluctation1598

offwardness1600

undisposedness1600

hinka1614

reluctancy1621

reluctancea1628

renitence1640

nolencea1651

nolencya1651

indisposedness1651

shyness1651

nolition1653

costiveness1654

sullenness1659

scrupling1665

regret1667

queerness1687

stickiness1689

disinclination1695

uneasinessa1715

tarditude1794

disclination1812

inalacrity1813

grudgingness1820

tarrowing1832

reticence1863

grudgery1889

balkiness1894

safety first1913

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness

businessa1466

busyty?1530

stickling1589

polypragmony1602

polypragmosyne1607

over-officiousnessa1610

officiousness1613

pragmaticalness1626

busybodyness1642

busybodying1824

busybodyism1828

pantopragmatics1860

superserviceableness1869

polypragmatism1890

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > mediation

mediationa1387

stickling1589

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporting or encouraging > taking someone's part

stickling1589

siding1611

1589 E. Bunny Briefe Answer Quarrels R. P. 101 Being an English-man..neuer heard you what great stickling and busines about these matters there was, betwixt William Rufus, and Anselme Archbishop of Canterbury.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Interposition,..an intermedling in, or stickling of, controuersies.

1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 43 A busie stickling and ambitious disputing about truth.

1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 348 Lancaster's stickling for Sir Thomas is a plain Confirmation of it.

1782 D. Turner Remarks on Serm. 7 That Charity, without which all the most zealous Sticklings for Party Notions are nothing.

1845 J. W. Alexander Let. 19 Mar. in J. Hall 40 Years' Familiar Lett. (1860) II. ix. 25 Would that..we could see a Puritanism without sanctimony, without stickling, without fierceness, and without bigotry!

1889 Unitarian Rev. June 540 Nowhere else is there such stickling for the barren honor which words used as titles confer.

1915 F. E. Chadwick Amer. Navy xvii. 204 Our British kindred have never recked of such small matters as neutrality unless such stickling served their purpose.

2004 S. Deringil in A. Miller & A. J. Rieber Imperial Rule 112 This stickling for procedure.

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

sticklingadj.

Brit.

/ˈstɪkl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈstɪklɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈstɪk(ə)lɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stickle v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < stickle v. + -ing suffix².

Now rare.

Originally: that strives or contends; busy, energetic; meddling. Later: that is a stickler for something; characteristic of a stickler.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome

sakfulc1000

strifefula1382

litigiousc1384

barratous1430

tuilyier-like1444

mellyvousc1450

toilousc1450

debatous1483

debatefula1492

sturtinga1500

squaringc1530

striving1530

contentious1533

factious1533

quarrellous?1567

quarrelsome1576

bateful1582

mutinous1589

discordful1596

tuilyiesomec1598

brabbling1603

bangling1615

brangling1621

rixosous1623

pugnacious1642

stickling1642

pugnatory1656

litigiose1677

vitilitigious1683

fire-eating1811

wranglesome1817

vitilitigating1819

combativea1834

brawlsome1845

battlesome1877

fighty1888

scrappy1895

tasty1974

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > officious

busy1340

pragmatical1593

officious1596

polypragmatical1597

superfluous1598

pragmaticc1612

superserviceablea1616

polypragmatic1616

stickling1642

over-officious1647

polypragmonetic1693

managinga1715

busybodied1798

busybodyish1851

pantopragmatic1860

polypragmonic1866

polypragmosynic1886

1642 B. Spencer Christophilos 23 The stickling malignant spirits, who thinke themselves wiser than King, Parliament, or the whole State beside.

1679 Established Test 25 Several stickling Itinerant Teachers.

1682 H. More Annot. Lux Orientalis 153 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. Some stickling imbitter'd Grandees of the Church.

1799 R. Heron New Gen. Hist. Scotl. V. vi. i. iv. 638 These were..greatly aided by..that freedom from the stickling scruples of principle, by which he was so conspicuously distinguished.

1875 F. Jacox Shakspeare Diversions 328 The stickling French painter may be said in part—the stickling part—to resemble our Turner.

1913 Good Housek. Mag. May 623/2 I clatter around with knife and fork, and fling to the winds the stickling conventions of propriety.

1942 Life 7 Sept. 80/2 They fit easily into Army ways, taking equally well to stickling Army routine.

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

n.¹a1400

n.²1589

adj.1642

单词	stickling
释义	sticklingn.¹ Brit. /ˈstɪklɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈstɪklɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English stekeling, Middle English stekelyng, Middle English steylyng (transmission error), Middle English stikelinge, Middle English styghlyng, Middle English stykelyng, Middle English stykelynge, Middle English styklyng, Middle English styklynge, Middle English stytlyng (transmission error), 1500s sticklyng, 1500s styckelyng, 1600s 1900s stickling. Origin: Apparently a word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Apparently cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch stekelinc (Dutch stekeling ), Middle Low German stekelinc , stickelinc , Middle High German stichelinc (German Stichling ), probably < the Germanic base of Old English sticel prick, sting (see stickleback n.) + the Germanic base of -ing suffix³, or perhaps < the Germanic base of stick v.¹ + the Germanic base of -ling suffix¹. Compare stickleback n. Now rare. Any of various spinous saltwater or freshwater fishes, spec. a stickleback (family Gasterosteidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > member of (stickleback) sticklinga1400 stitlingc1425 sticklebacka1475 shaftling1558 sharpling1558 stansticklea1637 hackle1655 pricklefish1668 prickling1668 jack sharp?1758 tittlebat1781 Jack Sharpnails1787 thorny-back1811 struttle1821 bandie1825 tinker1833 thornback1859 tiddler1885 a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 12 Aspiatiles [read Aspratiles], anglice, stikelinges. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 475 Stykelynge, Fylthe [read fysche; a1500 BL Add. 22556 fyche], silurus. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 763/29 Hic ganerius, a stekelyng. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 276/1 Styckelyng a maner of fysshe. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Sticklyng or stickle bagge fishe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Espinoche, a Sharpling, Shaftling, stickling. 1679 G. Miege Dict. Barbarous French sig. C4^v/1 Artiere, a small fish called Sharpling, Stickling, or Stickle-back. 1870 S. A. Myers tr. F. Martin Nat. Hist. 2nd Ser. 34 The stickling is the only one of the finny tribes which is spared by the pike, and this not always. 1890 E. Hamilton River-side Naturalist xii. 203 The stickleback has a variety of provincial names—Prickleback, Tittlebat,..Stickling, Stanstickle, Pow, &c. 1927 K. C. Creasy tr. F. Alverdes Social Life in Animal World v. 75 Among sticklings and other species the males isolate themselves at breeding time, although outside this period they live a gregarious life. 1991 P. S. Maitland & R. N. Campbell Freshwater Fishes Brit. Isles ixx. 251 Three-spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus..Prickleback, Sprickleback, Stickle, Stickling, Tiddlebat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sticklingn.² Brit. /ˈstɪkl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈstɪklɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈstɪk(ə)lɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stickle v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < stickle v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier stightling n. at stightle v. Derivatives. The action or an act of stickle v. (in various senses); esp. (in early use) vigorous striving or participation, (in later use) insistence that something should follow a prescribed form or be done in a prescribed way. Frequently with for. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun] un-i-willa1225 unlustc1230 dangerc1290 loathnessa1300 thronessa1400 grudgingc1420 nilling?a1425 unlustiness?a1425 loathinessc1449 difficulty?c1450 grudge1477 sticking1525 scruple1526 unreadiness1526 sweerness1533 dangerousness1548 untowardnessa1555 envy1557 loathsomeness1560 retractation1563 stickling1589 indisposition1593 loathfulness1596 backwardness1597 unwillingness1597 reluctation1598 offwardness1600 undisposedness1600 hinka1614 reluctancy1621 reluctancea1628 renitence1640 nolencea1651 nolencya1651 indisposedness1651 shyness1651 nolition1653 costiveness1654 sullenness1659 scrupling1665 regret1667 queerness1687 stickiness1689 disinclination1695 uneasinessa1715 tarditude1794 disclination1812 inalacrity1813 grudgingness1820 tarrowing1832 reticence1863 grudgery1889 balkiness1894 safety first1913 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness businessa1466 busyty?1530 stickling1589 polypragmony1602 polypragmosyne1607 over-officiousnessa1610 officiousness1613 pragmaticalness1626 busybodyness1642 busybodying1824 busybodyism1828 pantopragmatics1860 superserviceableness1869 polypragmatism1890 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > mediation mediationa1387 stickling1589 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporting or encouraging > taking someone's part stickling1589 siding1611 1589 E. Bunny Briefe Answer Quarrels R. P. 101 Being an English-man..neuer heard you what great stickling and busines about these matters there was, betwixt William Rufus, and Anselme Archbishop of Canterbury. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Interposition,..an intermedling in, or stickling of, controuersies. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 43 A busie stickling and ambitious disputing about truth. 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 348 Lancaster's stickling for Sir Thomas is a plain Confirmation of it. 1782 D. Turner Remarks on Serm. 7 That Charity, without which all the most zealous Sticklings for Party Notions are nothing. 1845 J. W. Alexander Let. 19 Mar. in J. Hall 40 Years' Familiar Lett. (1860) II. ix. 25 Would that..we could see a Puritanism without sanctimony, without stickling, without fierceness, and without bigotry! 1889 Unitarian Rev. June 540 Nowhere else is there such stickling for the barren honor which words used as titles confer. 1915 F. E. Chadwick Amer. Navy xvii. 204 Our British kindred have never recked of such small matters as neutrality unless such stickling served their purpose. 2004 S. Deringil in A. Miller & A. J. Rieber Imperial Rule 112 This stickling for procedure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sticklingadj. Brit. /ˈstɪkl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈstɪklɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈstɪk(ə)lɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stickle v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < stickle v. + -ing suffix². Now rare. Originally: that strives or contends; busy, energetic; meddling. Later: that is a stickler for something; characteristic of a stickler. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome sakfulc1000 strifefula1382 litigiousc1384 barratous1430 tuilyier-like1444 mellyvousc1450 toilousc1450 debatous1483 debatefula1492 sturtinga1500 squaringc1530 striving1530 contentious1533 factious1533 quarrellous?1567 quarrelsome1576 bateful1582 mutinous1589 discordful1596 tuilyiesomec1598 brabbling1603 bangling1615 brangling1621 rixosous1623 pugnacious1642 stickling1642 pugnatory1656 litigiose1677 vitilitigious1683 fire-eating1811 wranglesome1817 vitilitigating1819 combativea1834 brawlsome1845 battlesome1877 fighty1888 scrappy1895 tasty1974 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > officious busy1340 pragmatical1593 officious1596 polypragmatical1597 superfluous1598 pragmaticc1612 superserviceablea1616 polypragmatic1616 stickling1642 over-officious1647 polypragmonetic1693 managinga1715 busybodied1798 busybodyish1851 pantopragmatic1860 polypragmonic1866 polypragmosynic1886 1642 B. Spencer Christophilos 23 The stickling malignant spirits, who thinke themselves wiser than King, Parliament, or the whole State beside. 1679 Established Test 25 Several stickling Itinerant Teachers. 1682 H. More Annot. Lux Orientalis 153 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. Some stickling imbitter'd Grandees of the Church. 1799 R. Heron New Gen. Hist. Scotl. V. vi. i. iv. 638 These were..greatly aided by..that freedom from the stickling scruples of principle, by which he was so conspicuously distinguished. 1875 F. Jacox Shakspeare Diversions 328 The stickling French painter may be said in part—the stickling part—to resemble our Turner. 1913 Good Housek. Mag. May 623/2 I clatter around with knife and fork, and fling to the winds the stickling conventions of propriety. 1942 Life 7 Sept. 80/2 They fit easily into Army ways, taking equally well to stickling Army routine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1400n.²1589adj.1642
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