brainyadj.

Brit.

/ˈbreɪni/, U.S.

/ˈbreɪni/

Forms: see brain n. and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brain n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < brain n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Of the nature of brain tissue; characteristic of brain tissue. Now rare.

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?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 8^v (MED) Þe brayne is colde and moiste..it is of brayny humydite of þe sperme [L. cerebellaris a spermate].

1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. E.ij^v There springeth of the brayny substaunce of his formost Uentrikles.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxii. 279 There is a hammer and an anuile [within the ear]: whereof the hammer, stricking vpon the anuile, must of necessity beate off such litle partes of the brainy steames [1669 (rev. ed.) streams], as flying about do light and sticke vpon the toppe of the anuile.

1727 R. Greene Princ. Philos. Expansive & Contractive Forces viii. 398 The Nervous or Brainy Substance.

1800 C. C. Sturm Reflections 246 The two white threads, which, in reuniting, have still left some space between them, inclose five little bags, which are the brainy substance, and the spinal marrow.

1882 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 27 ii. 1092 Another..[perforation] was made higher up, and from it a little brainy substance was brought out on the perforator.

1922 Forest & Stream 22 Dec. 539 If the fish is a large one..you must break open the skull from the inside to dig out the white brainy substance, filling the cavity with cotton wadding well mixed with salt-petre.

2003 W. Mingin in L. Carter Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 3 56 Could a fellow with such a bulge of brainy matter really fail to understand even one of these three simple terms?

2. Clever, intelligent, acute; having or showing plenty of brains.

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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective]

keena1000

nimbleOE

wittya1100

smeighc1200

understandingc1200

aperta1330

skillwisea1340

witted1377

intelligiblea1382

well-feelinga1382

knowinga1398

finec1400

large?a1425

well-knowingc1425

of understanding1428

capax1432

sententiousc1440

well-wittedc1450

intellectual?a1475

clean1485

industriousc1487

intellective1509

cleanlyc1540

ingenious?a1560

fine-headed1574

conceited1579

conceitful1594

intelligenced1596

dexter1597

ingenuous1598

intelligent1598

senseful1598

parted1600

thinking1605

dexterical1607

solert1612

apprehensivea1616

dexterous1622

solertic1623

intelligential1646

callent1656

cunning1671

thoughtful1674

perceptive1696

clever1716

uptaking1756

spiritual1807

bright1815

gnostic1819

knowledgeable1825

brainy1845

opulent1851

opening1872

super-cerebral1916

brainiac1976

1845 L. Hunt Let. 19 July (1862) II. 104 That was a good, hearty, brainy, valuable bit of existence you gave us the other night.

1874 Sex & Educat. 25 Men here are for the most part wiry, sinewy, nervous, and brainy.

1883 D. H. Wheeler By-ways of Lit. iii. 42 The culture [in monasteries] was of a more brainy sort.

1925 A. Loos Gentlemen prefer Blondes i. 18 So I invited all of the brainy gentlemen I could think up.

1951 J. Cannan And All I Learned x. 174 All of them had passed except poor old Timothy and she had to confess that he wasn't at all brainy.

1978 P. Porter Cost of Seriousness 46 All those brainy girls Editing Meredith.

2005 L. E. Pedersen Soul grows in Darkness xii. 100 My dad got a brainy idea and moved to Iowa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brainy
释义	brainyadj. Brit. /ˈbreɪni/, U.S. /ˈbreɪni/ Forms: see brain n. and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brain n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < brain n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Of the nature of brain tissue; characteristic of brain tissue. Now rare. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 8^v (MED) Þe brayne is colde and moiste..it is of brayny humydite of þe sperme [L. cerebellaris a spermate]. 1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. E.ij^v There springeth of the brayny substaunce of his formost Uentrikles. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxii. 279 There is a hammer and an anuile [within the ear]: whereof the hammer, stricking vpon the anuile, must of necessity beate off such litle partes of the brainy steames [1669 (rev. ed.) streams], as flying about do light and sticke vpon the toppe of the anuile. 1727 R. Greene Princ. Philos. Expansive & Contractive Forces viii. 398 The Nervous or Brainy Substance. 1800 C. C. Sturm Reflections 246 The two white threads, which, in reuniting, have still left some space between them, inclose five little bags, which are the brainy substance, and the spinal marrow. 1882 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 27 ii. 1092 Another..[perforation] was made higher up, and from it a little brainy substance was brought out on the perforator. 1922 Forest & Stream 22 Dec. 539 If the fish is a large one..you must break open the skull from the inside to dig out the white brainy substance, filling the cavity with cotton wadding well mixed with salt-petre. 2003 W. Mingin in L. Carter Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 3 56 Could a fellow with such a bulge of brainy matter really fail to understand even one of these three simple terms? 2. Clever, intelligent, acute; having or showing plenty of brains. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective] keena1000 nimbleOE wittya1100 smeighc1200 understandingc1200 aperta1330 skillwisea1340 witted1377 intelligiblea1382 well-feelinga1382 knowinga1398 finec1400 large?a1425 well-knowingc1425 of understanding1428 capax1432 sententiousc1440 well-wittedc1450 intellectual?a1475 clean1485 industriousc1487 intellective1509 cleanlyc1540 ingenious?a1560 fine-headed1574 conceited1579 conceitful1594 intelligenced1596 dexter1597 ingenuous1598 intelligent1598 senseful1598 parted1600 thinking1605 dexterical1607 solert1612 apprehensivea1616 dexterous1622 solertic1623 intelligential1646 callent1656 cunning1671 thoughtful1674 perceptive1696 clever1716 uptaking1756 spiritual1807 bright1815 gnostic1819 knowledgeable1825 brainy1845 opulent1851 opening1872 super-cerebral1916 brainiac1976 1845 L. Hunt Let. 19 July (1862) II. 104 That was a good, hearty, brainy, valuable bit of existence you gave us the other night. 1874 Sex & Educat. 25 Men here are for the most part wiry, sinewy, nervous, and brainy. 1883 D. H. Wheeler By-ways of Lit. iii. 42 The culture [in monasteries] was of a more brainy sort. 1925 A. Loos Gentlemen prefer Blondes i. 18 So I invited all of the brainy gentlemen I could think up. 1951 J. Cannan And All I Learned x. 174 All of them had passed except poor old Timothy and she had to confess that he wasn't at all brainy. 1978 P. Porter Cost of Seriousness 46 All those brainy girls Editing Meredith. 2005 L. E. Pedersen Soul grows in Darkness xii. 100 My dad got a brainy idea and moved to Iowa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?a1425
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