tearyadj.

Brit.

/ˈtɪəri/, U.S.

/ˈtɪ(ə)ri/

Etymology: < tear n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

1. Full of or suffused with tears; tearful. Now colloquial. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] > suffused or wet with tears

wet?c1225

beweptc1320

tearyc1374

moistc1390

watery1447

watered1571

blubberedc1575

vaporous1583

swelling1769

moist-eyed1797

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 793 (821) She gan for sorwe anon Hire tery face atwixe hire armes hyde.

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) xxiv. 12 With tery yen swolne and vnstable.

1858 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers (rev. ed.) in Poet. Wks. II. 105 All kind o' smily round the lips An' teary round the lashes.

1863 W. Millar in Whistle-Binkie (1890) I. 473 My e'e grew dim and tearie.

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Dec. 2/1 As we drop down the grey Thames we are a teary and a melancholy company.

1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iii. 45 Full of teary nostalgia for the glories of his youth.

1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Aug. 1010/2 Paul delivers a long, teary monologue about his homosexuality.

in combination.1949 N. R. Nash Young & Fair i. i. 10 But Patty is unashamedly teary-eyed.1960 R. St. John Foreign Correspondent iv. 64 We grew teary-eyed trying to fry a fish or a piece of meat over the brazier.

2. Of the nature of or consisting of tears. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > excretions from eye > [adjective]

tearyc1420

lachrymary1693

stanchless1821

c1420 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes iii, in Chaucer's Wks. (1560) 372/2 Whan the stormes, and the teary shoure Of her weping, was somwhat ouergon.

?1594 H. Constable Diana (new ed.) v. viii. sig. D8^v And on the shoare of that salt tearie sea.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxvii. 4 A tearie fluid does blind thir ees of myne.

1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 503 Did the God of Hell..weep..the iron sleet of teary shower?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	teary
释义	tearyadj. Brit. /ˈtɪəri/, U.S. /ˈtɪ(ə)ri/ Etymology: < tear n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. Full of or suffused with tears; tearful. Now colloquial. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] > suffused or wet with tears wet?c1225 beweptc1320 tearyc1374 moistc1390 watery1447 watered1571 blubberedc1575 vaporous1583 swelling1769 moist-eyed1797 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 793 (821) She gan for sorwe anon Hire tery face atwixe hire armes hyde. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) xxiv. 12 With tery yen swolne and vnstable. 1858 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers (rev. ed.) in Poet. Wks. II. 105 All kind o' smily round the lips An' teary round the lashes. 1863 W. Millar in Whistle-Binkie (1890) I. 473 My e'e grew dim and tearie. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Dec. 2/1 As we drop down the grey Thames we are a teary and a melancholy company. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iii. 45 Full of teary nostalgia for the glories of his youth. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Aug. 1010/2 Paul delivers a long, teary monologue about his homosexuality. in combination.1949 N. R. Nash Young & Fair i. i. 10 But Patty is unashamedly teary-eyed.1960 R. St. John Foreign Correspondent iv. 64 We grew teary-eyed trying to fry a fish or a piece of meat over the brazier. 2. Of the nature of or consisting of tears. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > excretions from eye > [adjective] tearyc1420 lachrymary1693 stanchless1821 c1420 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes iii, in Chaucer's Wks. (1560) 372/2 Whan the stormes, and the teary shoure Of her weping, was somwhat ouergon. ?1594 H. Constable Diana (new ed.) v. viii. sig. D8^v And on the shoare of that salt tearie sea. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxvii. 4 A tearie fluid does blind thir ees of myne. 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 503 Did the God of Hell..weep..the iron sleet of teary shower? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1374
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