sweepyn.

/ˈswiːpi/

Forms: Also 1700s south-western dialect zweepy.

Etymology: ? < sweep-chimney n. at sweep- comb. form 2 + -y suffix⁶. (Slightly earlier than sweep n. 33; compare sweetie n.)

dialect.

A chimney-sweep or his boy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > one who

chimney-sweeper?1518

sweep-chimney1657

lily-white1699

chimney-sweep1709

sooterkin1795

sweepy1798

sweep1812

ramoneura1859

chummy1860

chimney-cleanser1905

chimney-cleaner1906

fluonomist1946

1798 T. Morton Speed the Plough (1800) i. ii. 10 Little zweepy do tell I he can zee a bit out from the top of the chimbley.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Sweep, a chimney sweeper, S.; also Sweepie, Aberd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

sweepyadj.

/ˈswiːpi/

Etymology: < sweep n. or sweep v. + -y suffix¹.

Chiefly poetic.

Characterized by sweeping movement or form; sweeping.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > continuously > and rapidly or forcibly

sweeping1610

sweepy1693

1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Fable Acis, Polyphemus & Galatea in Examen Poeticum 92 The sweepy weight Of Ews that sink beneath the Milky fraight.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 68 The King of Floods..rolling onward, with a sweepy Sway, Bore Houses, Herds, and lab'ring Hinds away.

1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace 116 Bars, Bolts, and brazen Hinges..tumbl'd down before the sweepy Stroke.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 644 The Nile, who from the secret source Of Jove's high seat descends with sweepy force.

1790 A. Wilson Poems 69 Hail furious flew, and sweepy light'ning shone.

1821 J. Baillie Columbus in Metrical Legends xvi Groves, where each dome of sweepy leaves In air of morning gently heaves.

1821 T. G. Wainewright Ess. & Crit. (1880) 184 His lines are flowing and sweepy.

1850 R. Browning Christmas-eve viii. 26 I saw the back of Him, no more... No face: only the sight Of a sweepy Garment, vast and white.

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

单词	sweepy
释义	sweepyn. /ˈswiːpi/ Forms: Also 1700s south-western dialect zweepy. Etymology: ? < sweep-chimney n. at sweep- comb. form 2 + -y suffix⁶. (Slightly earlier than sweep n. 33; compare sweetie n.) dialect. A chimney-sweep or his boy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > one who chimney-sweeper?1518 sweep-chimney1657 lily-white1699 chimney-sweep1709 sooterkin1795 sweepy1798 sweep1812 ramoneura1859 chummy1860 chimney-cleanser1905 chimney-cleaner1906 fluonomist1946 1798 T. Morton Speed the Plough (1800) i. ii. 10 Little zweepy do tell I he can zee a bit out from the top of the chimbley. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Sweep, a chimney sweeper, S.; also Sweepie, Aberd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020). sweepyadj. /ˈswiːpi/ Etymology: < sweep n. or sweep v. + -y suffix¹. Chiefly poetic. Characterized by sweeping movement or form; sweeping. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > continuously > and rapidly or forcibly sweeping1610 sweepy1693 1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Fable Acis, Polyphemus & Galatea in Examen Poeticum 92 The sweepy weight Of Ews that sink beneath the Milky fraight. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 68 The King of Floods..rolling onward, with a sweepy Sway, Bore Houses, Herds, and lab'ring Hinds away. View more context for this quotation 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace 116 Bars, Bolts, and brazen Hinges..tumbl'd down before the sweepy Stroke. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 644 The Nile, who from the secret source Of Jove's high seat descends with sweepy force. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 69 Hail furious flew, and sweepy light'ning shone. 1821 J. Baillie Columbus in Metrical Legends xvi Groves, where each dome of sweepy leaves In air of morning gently heaves. 1821 T. G. Wainewright Ess. & Crit. (1880) 184 His lines are flowing and sweepy. 1850 R. Browning Christmas-eve viii. 26 I saw the back of Him, no more... No face: only the sight Of a sweepy Garment, vast and white. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1798adj.1693
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