thicketn.

Brit.

/ˈθɪkɪt/, U.S.

/ˈθɪkᵻt/

Forms: Also Old English þiccet, 1500s thykette, 1600s thickett.

Etymology: Old English þiccet, neuter, < þicce thick + -et, denominative suffix (as in emn-et plain, rýmet space).

a. A dense growth of shrubs, underwood, and small trees; a place where low trees or bushes grow thickly together; a brake. Cf. thick n. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > thicket, brake, or brush

shaw755

thicketa1000

thyvela1000

greavec1050

wood-shawc1275

boscagec1400

greenwood shawc1405

thickc1430

brakec1440

shaw of wood1462

queach1486

bush1523

tuft1555

bushment1587

bocage1644

cripple1675

virgult1736

bluffc1752

thick-set1766

sylvagea1774

thicket-maze1813

bosk1815

woodlet1821

rush1822

puckerbrush1867

a1000 Ps. (Spelm.) xxviii[i]. 9 Stefn drihtnes awrihþ þiccettu [Lamb. þiccetu].

1530 Bible (Tyndale) Gen. xxii. f. xxviij^v A ram caught by the hornes in a thykette.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 280/1 Thicket or a forest, boscaige.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 57 They founde a greate thicket of reedes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vi. 3 Leaue off to wonder why I drew you hither, Into this cheefest Thicket of the Parke.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 681 How often from the steep Of echoing Hill or Thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air..Singing.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 56. ¶3 This huge Thicket of Thorns and Brakes was designed as a kind of Fence.

1855 C. Kingsley Heroes (1868) iii. 32 They sang like nightingales among the thickets.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > cluster > dense

thicket1582

swad1828

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 31 I run forward too rush throgh thicket of armoure.

1612 J. Webster White Divel ii. i. 79 I'le meete thee Even in a thicket of thy ablest men.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects xvii. 111 They are quickly be-wildred in a thicket of errors.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 45 A Thicket of twenty Sail of our Enemies were discovered.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. i. 3 His wild and overgrown thicket of beard was now restrained to two small moustachios.

1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 52 We entangle ourselves in a thicket of ever-growing problems.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as thicket-maze, thicket-haunting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > thicket, brake, or brush

shaw755

thicketa1000

thyvela1000

greavec1050

wood-shawc1275

boscagec1400

greenwood shawc1405

thickc1430

brakec1440

shaw of wood1462

queach1486

bush1523

tuft1555

bushment1587

bocage1644

cripple1675

virgult1736

bluffc1752

thick-set1766

sylvagea1774

thicket-maze1813

bosk1815

woodlet1821

rush1822

puckerbrush1867

1813 W. Scott Rokeby iv. 155 Where the thicket-groupes recede.

1837 Stanley Gipsies 136 Or track old Jordan through his thicket maze.

1850 W. Allingham Poems 66 The thicket-tangling, tenderest briar-rose.

1892 Guardian 11 May 706/2 Along the courtly mere of thicket isles.

Derivatives

ˈthicketed adj. occupied or covered by thickets.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > relating to copse, thicket, or undergrowth

busky1570

thicketed?1624

thickety1640

copsy1757

copsed1782

underwooded1811

coppiced1832

shawy1848

copsewooded1862

?1624 G. Chapman tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 140 In ivies and in baies All over thicketed.

1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xxxiii The same kind of rough, hilly, thicketed country.

ˈthicketful n. as many or as much as fills a thicket.

ΚΠ

1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid 270 Sweet sounds..From out the thicketful of singing throats.

ˈthickety adj. abounding in thickets.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > relating to copse, thicket, or undergrowth

busky1570

thicketed?1624

thickety1640

copsy1757

copsed1782

underwooded1811

coppiced1832

shawy1848

copsewooded1862

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of or forming thicket

queachy1565

bracky1628

thickety1846

1640 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1910) 5 374 The Neck of land..lyeing between thicketty Creek on the North, hog pen Creek on the South.

1740 J. E. Oglethorpe Jrnl. 14 May in S. Carolina Hist. Soc. Coll. (1887) IV. 152 They got into such thickety ground that they could not overtake them.

1846 A. Marsh Emilia Wyndham (1848) 349 Very fine timber and thicketty woods.

1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 238 Broken and thickety ground in front.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thicket
释义	thicketn. Brit. /ˈθɪkɪt/, U.S. /ˈθɪkᵻt/ Forms: Also Old English þiccet, 1500s thykette, 1600s thickett. Etymology: Old English þiccet, neuter, < þicce thick + -et, denominative suffix (as in emn-et plain, rýmet space). a. A dense growth of shrubs, underwood, and small trees; a place where low trees or bushes grow thickly together; a brake. Cf. thick n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > thicket, brake, or brush shaw755 thicketa1000 thyvela1000 greavec1050 wood-shawc1275 boscagec1400 greenwood shawc1405 thickc1430 brakec1440 shaw of wood1462 queach1486 bush1523 tuft1555 bushment1587 bocage1644 cripple1675 virgult1736 bluffc1752 thick-set1766 sylvagea1774 thicket-maze1813 bosk1815 woodlet1821 rush1822 puckerbrush1867 a1000 Ps. (Spelm.) xxviii[i]. 9 Stefn drihtnes awrihþ þiccettu [Lamb. þiccetu]. 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Gen. xxii. f. xxviij^v A ram caught by the hornes in a thykette. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 280/1 Thicket or a forest, boscaige. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 57 They founde a greate thicket of reedes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vi. 3 Leaue off to wonder why I drew you hither, Into this cheefest Thicket of the Parke. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 681 How often from the steep Of echoing Hill or Thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air..Singing. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 56. ¶3 This huge Thicket of Thorns and Brakes was designed as a kind of Fence. 1855 C. Kingsley Heroes (1868) iii. 32 They sang like nightingales among the thickets. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > cluster > dense thicket1582 swad1828 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 31 I run forward too rush throgh thicket of armoure. 1612 J. Webster White Divel ii. i. 79 I'le meete thee Even in a thicket of thy ablest men. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects xvii. 111 They are quickly be-wildred in a thicket of errors. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 45 A Thicket of twenty Sail of our Enemies were discovered. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. i. 3 His wild and overgrown thicket of beard was now restrained to two small moustachios. 1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 52 We entangle ourselves in a thicket of ever-growing problems. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as thicket-maze, thicket-haunting. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > thicket, brake, or brush shaw755 thicketa1000 thyvela1000 greavec1050 wood-shawc1275 boscagec1400 greenwood shawc1405 thickc1430 brakec1440 shaw of wood1462 queach1486 bush1523 tuft1555 bushment1587 bocage1644 cripple1675 virgult1736 bluffc1752 thick-set1766 sylvagea1774 thicket-maze1813 bosk1815 woodlet1821 rush1822 puckerbrush1867 1813 W. Scott Rokeby iv. 155 Where the thicket-groupes recede. 1837 Stanley Gipsies 136 Or track old Jordan through his thicket maze. 1850 W. Allingham Poems 66 The thicket-tangling, tenderest briar-rose. 1892 Guardian 11 May 706/2 Along the courtly mere of thicket isles. Derivatives ˈthicketed adj. occupied or covered by thickets. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > relating to copse, thicket, or undergrowth busky1570 thicketed?1624 thickety1640 copsy1757 copsed1782 underwooded1811 coppiced1832 shawy1848 copsewooded1862 ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 140 In ivies and in baies All over thicketed. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xxxiii The same kind of rough, hilly, thicketed country. ˈthicketful n. as many or as much as fills a thicket. ΚΠ 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid 270 Sweet sounds..From out the thicketful of singing throats. ˈthickety adj. abounding in thickets. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > relating to copse, thicket, or undergrowth busky1570 thicketed?1624 thickety1640 copsy1757 copsed1782 underwooded1811 coppiced1832 shawy1848 copsewooded1862 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of or forming thicket queachy1565 bracky1628 thickety1846 1640 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1910) 5 374 The Neck of land..lyeing between thicketty Creek on the North, hog pen Creek on the South. 1740 J. E. Oglethorpe Jrnl. 14 May in S. Carolina Hist. Soc. Coll. (1887) IV. 152 They got into such thickety ground that they could not overtake them. 1846 A. Marsh Emilia Wyndham (1848) 349 Very fine timber and thicketty woods. 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 238 Broken and thickety ground in front. 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