tawpien.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtɔːpi/, U.S.

/ˈtɔpi/,

/ˈtɑpi/, Scottish English

/ˈtɔpɪ/

Forms: Also 1800s taupy, taupie, tawpee; also tawpy.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: Probably < Norse: compare Norwegian taap ‘half-witted person, chiefly of women’ (Ross), Danish taabe fool, simpleton, Swedish tåp simpleton, tåpig foolish, weak-minded.

Scottish.

A. n.

A foolish, senseless, or thoughtless girl or woman; idle tawpie, a slattern.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > female

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bimbo1920

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1728 A. Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 135 ‘Pottage’, quoth Hab, ‘ye senseless tawpie!’

1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 334 Gawkies, tawpies, gowks and fools, Frae colleges and boarding schools.

1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. viii. 80 That light~headed tawpee [sc. a servant] is off to a sick mother.

1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 610/2 Many of his female friends were very accomplished, whom he thought useless tawpies for all that.

1902 Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 5 June 2 The word taupie meaning a foolish petted person.

B. adj.

Foolish, senseless, empty-headed. (Said in reference to a girl or woman.) Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] > of woman

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sillypop1894

1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. 46 (Jam.) Comin' to his table wi' my tawpy dochter in her auld gown.

1823 J. Galt Entail I. xvi. 124 The tawpy taunts of her pridefu' customers.

1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 755 Great lang-legged, tawdry, and tawpy limmers standin' at closes.

a1836 J. Affleck Poet. Wks. 80 (E.D.D.) Taupie Meg is just as bad, A common limmer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tawpie
释义	tawpien.adj. Brit. /ˈtɔːpi/, U.S. /ˈtɔpi/, /ˈtɑpi/, Scottish English /ˈtɔpɪ/ Forms: Also 1800s taupy, taupie, tawpee; also tawpy. Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: Probably < Norse: compare Norwegian taap ‘half-witted person, chiefly of women’ (Ross), Danish taabe fool, simpleton, Swedish tåp simpleton, tåpig foolish, weak-minded. Scottish. A. n. A foolish, senseless, or thoughtless girl or woman; idle tawpie, a slattern. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > female unchaghe1534 foppet1605 fop1714 tawpie1728 fooless1848 sillypop1894 bimbo1920 moo1967 bimbette1978 bimboid1990 Essex girl1991 1728 A. Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 135 ‘Pottage’, quoth Hab, ‘ye senseless tawpie!’ 1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 334 Gawkies, tawpies, gowks and fools, Frae colleges and boarding schools. 1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. viii. 80 That light~headed tawpee [sc. a servant] is off to a sick mother. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 610/2 Many of his female friends were very accomplished, whom he thought useless tawpies for all that. 1902 Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 5 June 2 The word taupie meaning a foolish petted person. B. adj. Foolish, senseless, empty-headed. (Said in reference to a girl or woman.) Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] > of woman tawpie1814 sillypop1894 1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. 46 (Jam.) Comin' to his table wi' my tawpy dochter in her auld gown. 1823 J. Galt Entail I. xvi. 124 The tawpy taunts of her pridefu' customers. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 755 Great lang-legged, tawdry, and tawpy limmers standin' at closes. a1836 J. Affleck Poet. Wks. 80 (E.D.D.) Taupie Meg is just as bad, A common limmer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1728
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