单词 | throddy |
释义 | throddyadj. English regional (northern) and U.S. regional (eastern). Of a person (or occasionally an animal): broad, sturdy, well-built; fat, plump. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] stalworthc1175 thicka1250 stubblea1300 quarryc1300 stalworthyc1300 stoura1350 sturdyc1386 buirdlya1400 squarec1430 couragec1440 craskc1440 substantialc1460 ample1485 stalwart1508 puddinga1540 full-bodied1588 robust1666 two-handed1687 swankinga1704 strapping1707 broad-set1708 thick-set1724 throddy?1748 thick-bodied1752 broad-built1771 junky1825 swankie1838 stodgy1854 wide-bodied1854 beefish1882 hunky1911 buff1982 buffed1986 ?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) 22 A fine, fattish, throddy Gentlemon. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Throddy, fat, broad, bulky. 1888 E. S. Holt Out in Forty-five xiii. 322 I sent off two throddy, rosy-cheeked maids to London, that did a bit of credit to Cumberland air and country milk. 1916 A. Wrigley Wind among Heather 309 Joe o' Tink's wur a throddy (low and thick set) little chap. 1939 Soda Springs (Idaho) Sun 3 Aug. 3/5 [On Hatteras Island]..a plump, good-looking girl is a ‘throddy may’. 1984 R. Wilder You All spoken Here 54 Throddy, well rounded; plump; chuffy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1748 |
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