bossyn.

Brit.

/ˈbɒsi/, U.S.

/ˈbɔsi/,

/ˈbɑsi/

Etymology: English dialect (south-western), diminutive of boss, boss n.⁷

U.S.

= boss n.⁷; a calf or cow. Also bossy-calf, bossy-cow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun]

cowa800

nowtc1450

mower1673

colly1707

Scot1787

horny1808

moo-cow1810

sookie1838

bossy1844

sook1850

cow-creature1873

moo1930

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [noun]

calfa800

follower1424

bostrell1559

calfling1598

moggiec1825

bossy1844

deacon1873

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 181 She only bust out in a new spot; and, like a great bossy calf, I had to jine in again.

1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Bossy, a familiar name applied to a calf.

1863 ‘G. Hamilton’ Gala-days 95 Bossy starts from the post, tail up in a hand gallop.

1907 N.Y. Evening Post 25 Feb. 3 He..will go out to interview a bossy [cow] who has eaten her last wisp of hay.

1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights xii. 314 A notion o' what it means to incorporate the fruit of the nest [sc. eggs] with the bossy.

1912 C. E. Mulford & J. W. Clay Buck Peters, Ranchman xiv. 196 Domesticated ‘bossies’ in pasture.

1927 H. Crane Let. 19 Mar. (1965) 291 I had just landed in town after three months with the bossy cows.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bossyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈbɒsi/, U.S.

/ˈbɔsi/,

/ˈbɑsi/

Etymology: < boss n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

1. Swelling in, or like, a boss; projecting in rounded form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective]

fullOE

balghc1340

struttinga1398

bouchy1398

bunching1398

bunchy1398

lumpedc1425

bunched1426

bulged1436

knule?a1513

bolling1519

bossed?1541

bossy1543

swelling1544

poked1577

embossed1578

extuberant1578

protuberant1578

protuberated1578

protuberating1578

protubered1578

bunting1584

bellieda1593

gouty1595

bottled1597

buddy1611

hulch1611

hulched1611

jetty?1611

bottle-like1629

bungy1634

extuberating1634

bosomed1646

puffing1661

protuberous1666

tuberant1668

extuberic1680

swollen1688

bellying1700

swelled1704

humped1713

extuberated1727

bottle-shaped1731

ampullaceous1776

hummocky1791

bulging1812

bulgy1847

ampulliform1870

fullish1871

pouchy1884

bumfled1913

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. i. f. 3/2 The fourme of the heed..is also bossie, and bouncheth out in the fore and in the hynder partes.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 716 Nor did there want Cornice or Freeze, with bossy Sculptures grav'n.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xiv. 33 The tuberant or bossie part of the Liver.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. i. 23 This bossy projection..occupied the loftiest ground of the loneliest height that the heath contained.

2. Having bosses or prominences.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s)

boukedc1300

knuckledc1400

cloggy1597

mammillated1744

bossy1812

bunchy1824

knucklesome1919

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 44 Survey this shield all bossy bright.

1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 156 Bossy beaten work of mountain chains.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xviii. 359 Mab had..a bossy irregular brow and other quaintnesses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bossyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈbɒsi/, U.S.

/ˈbɔsi/,

/ˈbɑsi/

Etymology: < boss n.⁶

Given to acting as ‘boss’ or leader. colloquial (originally U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > domineering or overbearing

masterfulc1390

pontificalc1440

overmasterfula1450

headya1513

imperious1529

supercilious1536

masterlya1544

termagant1546

law-like1556

masterlike1580

dictator-like1582

peremptory1590

domineering1598

burly1605

high-handed1606

pontificial1613

lording1629

overlordingc1629

pontifician1629

peremptor1630

dictatory1639

predominant1642

dictatorial1692

pontific1716

overbearing1718

dictativea1774

knock-me-down1848

imponenta1882

bossy1882

heavy-handed1883

seigneurial1970

1882 Harper's Mag. Dec. 108/1 There was a lady manager who was dreadfully bossy.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 3/1 They cannot forget his often irritating ways and his decided tendency to be ‘bossy’.

1933 N. Coward Design for Living i. i. 7 Personally, I never cared for her very much. A bossy woman.

Draft additions 1993

bossy-boots n. a domineering person (see boots n.¹ 3).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > domineering or overbearing > domineering person

termagant1508

overdog1908

whale1914

bossy-boots1983

1983 Observer 24 July 7/3 Politics..has caused these two amiable and bookish characters—neither of them a natural bossyboots—to fall out with each other.

1986 Times 31 May 8/6 She had not done so, she said, because everyone would have accused her of being a ‘bossy-boots’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.1844

adj.¹1543

adj.²1882

单词	bossy
释义	bossyn. Brit. /ˈbɒsi/, U.S. /ˈbɔsi/, /ˈbɑsi/ Etymology: English dialect (south-western), diminutive of boss, boss n.⁷ U.S. = boss n.⁷; a calf or cow. Also bossy-calf, bossy-cow. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] cowa800 nowtc1450 mower1673 colly1707 Scot1787 horny1808 moo-cow1810 sookie1838 bossy1844 sook1850 cow-creature1873 moo1930 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [noun] calfa800 follower1424 bostrell1559 calfling1598 moggiec1825 bossy1844 deacon1873 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 181 She only bust out in a new spot; and, like a great bossy calf, I had to jine in again. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Bossy, a familiar name applied to a calf. 1863 ‘G. Hamilton’ Gala-days 95 Bossy starts from the post, tail up in a hand gallop. 1907 N.Y. Evening Post 25 Feb. 3 He..will go out to interview a bossy [cow] who has eaten her last wisp of hay. 1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights xii. 314 A notion o' what it means to incorporate the fruit of the nest [sc. eggs] with the bossy. 1912 C. E. Mulford & J. W. Clay Buck Peters, Ranchman xiv. 196 Domesticated ‘bossies’ in pasture. 1927 H. Crane Let. 19 Mar. (1965) 291 I had just landed in town after three months with the bossy cows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bossyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈbɒsi/, U.S. /ˈbɔsi/, /ˈbɑsi/ Etymology: < boss n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. Swelling in, or like, a boss; projecting in rounded form. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] fullOE balghc1340 struttinga1398 bouchy1398 bunching1398 bunchy1398 lumpedc1425 bunched1426 bulged1436 knule?a1513 bolling1519 bossed?1541 bossy1543 swelling1544 poked1577 embossed1578 extuberant1578 protuberant1578 protuberated1578 protuberating1578 protubered1578 bunting1584 bellieda1593 gouty1595 bottled1597 buddy1611 hulch1611 hulched1611 jetty?1611 bottle-like1629 bungy1634 extuberating1634 bosomed1646 puffing1661 protuberous1666 tuberant1668 extuberic1680 swollen1688 bellying1700 swelled1704 humped1713 extuberated1727 bottle-shaped1731 ampullaceous1776 hummocky1791 bulging1812 bulgy1847 ampulliform1870 fullish1871 pouchy1884 bumfled1913 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. i. f. 3/2 The fourme of the heed..is also bossie, and bouncheth out in the fore and in the hynder partes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 716 Nor did there want Cornice or Freeze, with bossy Sculptures grav'n. View more context for this quotation 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xiv. 33 The tuberant or bossie part of the Liver. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. i. 23 This bossy projection..occupied the loftiest ground of the loneliest height that the heath contained. 2. Having bosses or prominences. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) boukedc1300 knuckledc1400 cloggy1597 mammillated1744 bossy1812 bunchy1824 knucklesome1919 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 44 Survey this shield all bossy bright. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 156 Bossy beaten work of mountain chains. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xviii. 359 Mab had..a bossy irregular brow and other quaintnesses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bossyadj.² Brit. /ˈbɒsi/, U.S. /ˈbɔsi/, /ˈbɑsi/ Etymology: < boss n.⁶ Given to acting as ‘boss’ or leader. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > domineering or overbearing masterfulc1390 pontificalc1440 overmasterfula1450 headya1513 imperious1529 supercilious1536 masterlya1544 termagant1546 law-like1556 masterlike1580 dictator-like1582 peremptory1590 domineering1598 burly1605 high-handed1606 pontificial1613 lording1629 overlordingc1629 pontifician1629 peremptor1630 dictatory1639 predominant1642 dictatorial1692 pontific1716 overbearing1718 dictativea1774 knock-me-down1848 imponenta1882 bossy1882 heavy-handed1883 seigneurial1970 1882 Harper's Mag. Dec. 108/1 There was a lady manager who was dreadfully bossy. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 3/1 They cannot forget his often irritating ways and his decided tendency to be ‘bossy’. 1933 N. Coward Design for Living i. i. 7 Personally, I never cared for her very much. A bossy woman. Draft additions 1993 bossy-boots n. a domineering person (see boots n.¹ 3). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > domineering or overbearing > domineering person termagant1508 overdog1908 whale1914 bossy-boots1983 1983 Observer 24 July 7/3 Politics..has caused these two amiable and bookish characters—neither of them a natural bossyboots—to fall out with each other. 1986 Times 31 May 8/6 She had not done so, she said, because everyone would have accused her of being a ‘bossy-boots’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1844adj.¹1543adj.²1882
随便看	to teach to to teach to the test to teach your grandmother to suck eggs to team up to tear a cat to tear a strip off to tear a the cat to tear apart to tear ass to tear at to tear down to tear god to tear in pieces, etc) to tear into to tear it to tear live asunder to tear off a bit to tear off a piece to tear off a strip to tear one's hair to tear or pull limb from limb to tear or pull one limb from limb to tear out the hair to tear rend one's hair to tear someone off a strip

bossyn.

bossyadj.1

bossyadj.2

Draft additions 1993

bossyadj.¹

bossyadj.²