stymien.¹

Brit.

/ˈstʌɪmi/, U.S.

/ˈstaɪmi/, Scottish English

/ˈstʌimɪ/

Forms: In 1600s plural stymeis.

Etymology: ? < styme vb. at styme n. Derivatives + -ie suffix.

Scottish.

One who does not see well.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > dimness or poor vision > person

blinkard?1518

molea1616

stymie1616

blinker1637

1616 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (Bannatyne Club) III. ii. 588 Gif those howlattis and stymeis [i.e. the courtiers] war schote away.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Styme v. It also denotes the aukward motions of one who does not see well. Hence a person of this description is vulgarly called a blind stymie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

stymien.²

Brit.

/ˈstʌɪmi/, U.S.

/ˈstaɪmi/

Forms: Also steimy, stimy.

Etymology: Of obscure origin: compare stymie n.¹ and styme n., styme vb. at styme n. Derivatives.

Golf.

An opponent's ball which lies on the putting green in a line between the ball of the player and the hole he is playing for, if the distance between the balls is not less than six inches; also, the occurrence of this; often in the phrase to lay a stymie.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > lie of ball

stymie1834

lie1857

cuppy lie1882

1834 Rules of Musselburgh Golf Club in C. B. Clapcott Rules of Golf (1935) 66 With regard to Stimies the ball nearest the hole if within six inches shall be lifted.

1857 H. B. Farnie in Golfiana Misc. (1887) 173 Wooden putters are used to play stimies when the intercepting ball is at some distance from that of the player. A curving-in motion is imparted to the ball, causing it to pass the stimy.

1862 R. Chambers Few Rambling Remarks Golf 17 The iron is..used for lofting what are called steimies. A steimy occurs when your opponent's ball lies so directly in a line between the hole and your own ball that you cannot hole by putting. The only resource..is to take the iron and ‘loft’ your ball over the steimy and into the hole. It is not considered quite fair to play intentionally so as to lay a steimy.

1894 Times 28 Apr. 13/3 Mr. Ball left his opponent a stimie and Mr. Laidlay in trying to hole out sent his opponent's ball in.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 10 Dec. 9/3 His partner laid him a stimie.

attributive.1857 H. B. Farnie in Golfiana Misc. (1887) 172 These clubs are handled for stimy-playing on the same principle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

stymiev.

Etymology: < stymie n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstymie.

1. transitive. Golf. To put (one's opponent or oneself) into the position of having to negotiate a stymie; also intransitive (of a ball) to intervene as a stymie.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (intransitive)] > lie of ball

stymie1857

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > put ball in specific position

stymie1894

cup1896

1857 H. B. Farnie in Golfiana Misc. (1887) 172 The ball stimying may be lifted if within six inches of that of the player, until the stroke is done.

1894 A. Lang in Daily News 5 July 5/2 A man often stimies himself, by a bad putt.

1896 R. B. Mansfield New & Old Chips 320 When he stimied me, I managed to play round him into the hole.

1901 Scotsman 5 Sept. 7/3 Mr. Worthington was stimied and in trying to loft, knocked Mr. Williamson's ball into the hole.

2. figurative. To impede, obstruct, frustrate, thwart (a person, an activity, or a project).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse

checkmatea1400

stalec1470

set1577

stallc1591

embog1602

nonplus1605

stalemate1765

stump1807

pound1827

to stick up1853

snooker1889

stymie1902

biff1915

dead-end1921

1902 G. Ade Girl Proposition 70 In about 8 minutes he had the Regular Fellow stymied and Hazel was leaning against him.

1922 A. Haddon Green Room Gossip vii. 154 I looked like being stymied because I couldn't sing in tune.

1933 P. G. Wodehouse Mulliner Nights v. 183 There came the shrill cry of a Hunting Bishop stymied by a hat-stand.

1938 East Liberty (Pittsburgh) Tribune 26 Aug. 1/5 (heading) New recreation center at Mellon Field ‘stymied’.

1946 J. W. Day Harvest Adventure xvi. 274 Mr John Loverseed..raised this whole question..in spite of repeated attempts by the Ministry of Agriculture to stymie him.

1957 Economist 2 Nov. 389/1 It is hard to visualise Afghans and Albanians, Salvadoreans and Sudanese quickly triumphing over the very real difficulties that have stymied the five-power group.

1966 L. Durrell in Sat. Evening Post 4 June 68/3 Coco was for selling her to a local clinic, but once more we were stymied by this public holiday. The clinic was shut.

1980 Daily Tel. 28 July 24/3 France's participation in the military force had merely been to stymie an intended intervention by troops from Pacific area countries.

Derivatives

ˈstymied adj. (also figurative).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > completely stuck or at an impasse

stalec1470

blank1542

enterprised1560

nonplus1589

bogged1605

nonplussed1606

blanked1611

stymied1862

deadlocked1880

stalemated1903

banjaxed1939

snookered1961

gridlock1983

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [adjective] > lie of ball

teed1737

stymied1862

cuppy1882

hole-high1897

plugged1927

1862 R. Chambers Few Rambling Remarks Golf 17 Steimies..frequently occur, and often cause the hole to be halved which the steimied man felt confident of winning.

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 844/1 Stymied,..awkwardly placed; nonplussed.

1974 P. De Vries Glory of Hummingbird vii. 97 I was worried about a stymied affair with a girl with whose parents I was getting on swimmingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

n.¹1616

n.²1834

v.1857

单词	stymie
释义	stymien.¹ Brit. /ˈstʌɪmi/, U.S. /ˈstaɪmi/, Scottish English /ˈstʌimɪ/ Forms: In 1600s plural stymeis. Etymology: ? < styme vb. at styme n. Derivatives + -ie suffix. Scottish. One who does not see well. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > dimness or poor vision > person blinkard?1518 molea1616 stymie1616 blinker1637 1616 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (Bannatyne Club) III. ii. 588 Gif those howlattis and stymeis [i.e. the courtiers] war schote away. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Styme v. It also denotes the aukward motions of one who does not see well. Hence a person of this description is vulgarly called a blind stymie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stymien.² Brit. /ˈstʌɪmi/, U.S. /ˈstaɪmi/ Forms: Also steimy, stimy. Etymology: Of obscure origin: compare stymie n.¹ and styme n., styme vb. at styme n. Derivatives. Golf. An opponent's ball which lies on the putting green in a line between the ball of the player and the hole he is playing for, if the distance between the balls is not less than six inches; also, the occurrence of this; often in the phrase to lay a stymie. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > lie of ball stymie1834 lie1857 cuppy lie1882 1834 Rules of Musselburgh Golf Club in C. B. Clapcott Rules of Golf (1935) 66 With regard to Stimies the ball nearest the hole if within six inches shall be lifted. 1857 H. B. Farnie in Golfiana Misc. (1887) 173 Wooden putters are used to play stimies when the intercepting ball is at some distance from that of the player. A curving-in motion is imparted to the ball, causing it to pass the stimy. 1862 R. Chambers Few Rambling Remarks Golf 17 The iron is..used for lofting what are called steimies. A steimy occurs when your opponent's ball lies so directly in a line between the hole and your own ball that you cannot hole by putting. The only resource..is to take the iron and ‘loft’ your ball over the steimy and into the hole. It is not considered quite fair to play intentionally so as to lay a steimy. 1894 Times 28 Apr. 13/3 Mr. Ball left his opponent a stimie and Mr. Laidlay in trying to hole out sent his opponent's ball in. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 10 Dec. 9/3 His partner laid him a stimie. attributive.1857 H. B. Farnie in Golfiana Misc. (1887) 172 These clubs are handled for stimy-playing on the same principle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stymiev. Etymology: < stymie n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstymie. 1. transitive. Golf. To put (one's opponent or oneself) into the position of having to negotiate a stymie; also intransitive (of a ball) to intervene as a stymie. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (intransitive)] > lie of ball stymie1857 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > put ball in specific position stymie1894 cup1896 1857 H. B. Farnie in Golfiana Misc. (1887) 172 The ball stimying may be lifted if within six inches of that of the player, until the stroke is done. 1894 A. Lang in Daily News 5 July 5/2 A man often stimies himself, by a bad putt. 1896 R. B. Mansfield New & Old Chips 320 When he stimied me, I managed to play round him into the hole. 1901 Scotsman 5 Sept. 7/3 Mr. Worthington was stimied and in trying to loft, knocked Mr. Williamson's ball into the hole. 2. figurative. To impede, obstruct, frustrate, thwart (a person, an activity, or a project). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse checkmatea1400 stalec1470 set1577 stallc1591 embog1602 nonplus1605 stalemate1765 stump1807 pound1827 to stick up1853 snooker1889 stymie1902 biff1915 dead-end1921 1902 G. Ade Girl Proposition 70 In about 8 minutes he had the Regular Fellow stymied and Hazel was leaning against him. 1922 A. Haddon Green Room Gossip vii. 154 I looked like being stymied because I couldn't sing in tune. 1933 P. G. Wodehouse Mulliner Nights v. 183 There came the shrill cry of a Hunting Bishop stymied by a hat-stand. 1938 East Liberty (Pittsburgh) Tribune 26 Aug. 1/5 (heading) New recreation center at Mellon Field ‘stymied’. 1946 J. W. Day Harvest Adventure xvi. 274 Mr John Loverseed..raised this whole question..in spite of repeated attempts by the Ministry of Agriculture to stymie him. 1957 Economist 2 Nov. 389/1 It is hard to visualise Afghans and Albanians, Salvadoreans and Sudanese quickly triumphing over the very real difficulties that have stymied the five-power group. 1966 L. Durrell in Sat. Evening Post 4 June 68/3 Coco was for selling her to a local clinic, but once more we were stymied by this public holiday. The clinic was shut. 1980 Daily Tel. 28 July 24/3 France's participation in the military force had merely been to stymie an intended intervention by troops from Pacific area countries. Derivatives ˈstymied adj. (also figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > completely stuck or at an impasse stalec1470 blank1542 enterprised1560 nonplus1589 bogged1605 nonplussed1606 blanked1611 stymied1862 deadlocked1880 stalemated1903 banjaxed1939 snookered1961 gridlock1983 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [adjective] > lie of ball teed1737 stymied1862 cuppy1882 hole-high1897 plugged1927 1862 R. Chambers Few Rambling Remarks Golf 17 Steimies..frequently occur, and often cause the hole to be halved which the steimied man felt confident of winning. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 844/1 Stymied,..awkwardly placed; nonplussed. 1974 P. De Vries Glory of Hummingbird vii. 97 I was worried about a stymied affair with a girl with whose parents I was getting on swimmingly. 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