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单词 stir-up
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stir-upn.adj.

Etymology: < the verbal phrase stir up: see stir v. Phrasal verbs.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstir-up.
A. n.
The action of stirring up, or condition of being stirred up; agitation, commotion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun]
winOE
disturbance1297
perturbingc1395
motiona1398
stirrage1513
turmoil1526
disquietness1535
buskling1546
jumbling1562
agitation1569
working1575
tumult1580
commotion1592
emotion1594
turbulence1598
bransle1603
pother1603
tumultuousnessa1617
unevennessa1637
unquietudea1639
disquietal1642
tumbling1660
disquietude1709
rouse1764
maelstrom1834
peacelessness1852
stir-up1900
1838 New Monthly Mag. 54 435 The stir-up of the ashes.
1845 R. Browning Flight of Duchess xvi, in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 18/2 How it gives the heart and soul a stir-up As if [etc.].
1900 Daily News 17 Oct. 6/7 The stir up at Oxford afforded a lesson for the whole country.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 16 Dec. 14/3 The ‘stir-up’ is welcomed, however, as it will disturb the food on the rocky ground and sand-banks.
B. adj. or attributive.
1. Having the quality of stirring up; rousing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adjective]
stirring1421
excitative1490
rousing1576
animating1595
excitant1608
exciteful?1615
spirit-stirringa1616
spiritous1624
excitatinga1643
exagitating1646
fermentive1656
awakening1694
electrifying1746
upstirring1751
electrical1760
thrilling1768
excitive1774
proceleusmatic1775
electric1789
inspiriting1796
fermentitious1807
exciting1811
red-hot1835
hair-raising1838
suscitating1840
arousing1841
sizzling1845
zesty1853
excitory1861
throbbing1864
buzzing1882
ding-dong1887
thrillful1887
stir-up1890
large1895
thrilly1896
high voltage1909
voltaic1920
sizzly1936
Boy's Own1967
hot shit1967
crunk1995
1890 My Curates (ed. 8) ii. 12 I was aware of my own..want of power to fulfil the office of a ‘stir-up’ preacher.
2. Stir-up Sunday (colloquial): the Sunday next before Advent: so called from the opening words of the Collect for the day.The name is jocularly associated with the stirring of the Christmas mincemeat, which it was customary to begin making in that week.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Advent > [noun] > Sunday before Advent
Stir-up Sundaya1825
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Stir-up-Sunday, the last Sunday after Trinity.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 297 Stir-up Sunday, the twenty-fifth or last Sunday after Trinity; on which day the Collect in the Book of Common Prayer commences with the words ‘Stir up’, from which this name has arisen.
1867 Hurst Johnian Mag. Dec. 308 Stir-up Sunday. The sermon on this day was preached by the Ven. the Archdeacon of Chichester.
1904 Daily Chron. 30 Nov. 8/4 I believe those who love Christmas most ardently are the boarding school boys and girls, who have just noted with a thrill of joy ‘Stir-up Sunday!’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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