tiptoetip-toen.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtɪptəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/

Forms: plural Middle English tiptoon, Middle English typtoon, typton, typtoos, tiptos, 1500s typtoes, tippetoes, Scottish typtays, typtaes, 1500s– tiptoes,1600s– tip-toes; singular Middle English typto, tiptoo, 1500s tipto, typtoe, 1500s– tiptoe, 1600s– tip-toe.

Etymology: < tip n.¹ + toe n., plural in Middle English toon, modern English toes.

A. n.

a. plural. The tips of the toes; almost always in on or upon (one's) tiptoes, denoting a posture (in standing or walking) with the heels raised so that the body is supported upon the tips or balls of the toes. (Now more usually on tiptoe: see A. 2)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (intransitive)] > with anxiety or eagerness

to be at or in weeningc1275

on or upon (one's) tiptoes1642

tiptoe1883

to be unable (etc.) to wait1938

c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 487 He moste wynke..And stonden on his tiptoon [v.rr. typton, typtoon, typtoos, tiptos] ther-with-al, And strecche forth his nekke long and smal.

?c1400 J. Lydgate Æsop's Fab. i. 44 [The cock] On his typton disposyd for to syng.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. xii. 53 Standand on his typtays.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie G 351 To go soft and faire on his tiptoes [1580 tippetoes].

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1009 Vpon his tiptoes nicely he vp went.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. ix. 171 He needs to stand on tiptoes that hopes to touch the moon.

1712 Spectator No. 460. ⁋7 Gallantry strutting upon his Tip-toes.

a1845 T. Hood As it fell upon a Day ii And then upon her tiptoes jumping.

in extended use.1848 Tennyson in Ld. Tennyson Mem. (1897) I. xiii. 281 We arrived at the banks of the loch, and made acquaintance with the extremest tiptoes of the hills.

b. figurative: usually in reference to expectation or eagerness (formerly to pretension or haughtiness).

ΚΠ

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 550/1 Because men stand willingly vppon their tiptoes, and thinke no man worthie to haue preheminence aboue his fellowes.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. ix. 55 All stood on the tiptoes of expectation.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 214 The mindes of men are at a gaze; their affections, and passions are on their tiptoes.

1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin i. 333 Their fligg'ring Souls do now on Tiptoes stand.

a. singular. The tips of the toes collectively; almost always in on or upon tiptoe (cf. A. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adverb] > on tiptoe

on or upon tiptoec1440

a-tiptoe1576

tiptoe1597

tippy-toe1901

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [adverb] > on tiptoe

on or upon tiptoec1440

a-tiptoe1576

tiptoe1597

c1440 [see sense A. 2b].

1573 W. Smith Wydow Edyth (new ed.) sig. Fiii Than Wa[l]ter stode on tipto and gan him self avance.

1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. B2^v But when we stand on Tip-toe, on a Ball, (Though sliding still) we finally must fall.

1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 235 [He] entered my chamber on tiptoe.

1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 164 Standing on tiptoe, [he] looked into one of the windows.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xvi. 295 He followed his cousin on tip-toe.

b. transferred and figurative: cf. A. 1b (Often the tiptoe.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > highest, utmost, or extreme degree

heightOE

perfectiona1398

utterestc1410

uttermosta1425

tiptoec1440

pinnaclec1450

utmost1472

outmostc1535

extremity1543

abyss1548

top1552

furthest, utmost stretch1558

summa summarum1567

superlative1573

strain1576

extreme1595

fine1596

last1602

yondmost1608

super-superlative1623

pitch1624

utmostness1674

pink1720

supreme1817

ultima Thule1828

peak1902

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 46 And right so on the typto [v.r. tiptoo] lete hem [vines] gey.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H^v Your eyes should sparkle ioy, Your bosome rise on tiptoe at this news.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 29 What with putting his fancy to the tiptoe in this description of himselfe.

1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 374 We are on the tip-toe of expectation.

1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) iv. 72 Do not keep his expectation on the tip-toe.

c. a-tiptoe = on tiptoe: see a-tiptoe adv.

B. adv.

Short for on tiptoe at sense A. 2a or a-tiptoe at sense A. 2c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adverb] > on tiptoe

on or upon tiptoec1440

a-tiptoe1576

tiptoe1597

tippy-toe1901

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [adverb] > on tiptoe

on or upon tiptoec1440

a-tiptoe1576

tiptoe1597

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 10 Nights candles are burnt out, and iocond Day Stands tiptoes on the mystie mountaine tops.

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. ii. 57 To go tip toe Before the streete be foule.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 186 Then tiptoe round the maidens bound, All sorrow lags behind.

1854 R. W. Emerson Soc. Aims in Wks. (1906) III. 182 It is not that they wish you to stand tiptoe, and pump your brains.

C. adj.

a. Standing or walking, or characterized by standing or walking, on tiptoe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adjective] > on tiptoe

tiptoe1593

tiptoed1632

tiptoeing1845

1593 [see sense C. b].

1744 H. Brooke Love & Vanity 120 Why, what unfashion'd stuff you tell us Of buckram dames and tiptoe fellows!

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 84 With tip-toe step Vice silently succeeds.

1801 M. Edgeworth Good French Governess in Moral Tales V. 83 Grace..made her tiptoe approaches.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. iii. 26 He, with habitual tip-toe step, approached the poor frail body.

b. transferred and figurative in various senses: e.g. straining upwards, ambitious; eagerly expectant; tripping, dancing; silent, stealthy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > [adjective]

highOE

rankOE

proudOE

quaint?c1225

stoutc1315

proud-heartedc1400

gobbedc1440

pridyc1485

high-minded?1503

superb1561

proud-heart1591

tiptoe1593

sublime1596

high-headed1599

magnificent1603

side1673

vaunty1724

perked-up1754

spicy1768

jelly1828

Latin1914

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective]

privyc1230

thiefly1395

stalkinga1400

slyc1440

insidious1545

clanculary1563

hedge-creeping1579

thievish1587

sneaking1590

tiptoe1593

peaking1595

underworking1605

stealthya1616

subtlea1616

surreptitious?1615

clancular1621

stealthful?1624

insidiary1625

worming1631

subterranean1643

clancularious1656

hugger-mugger1692

slink1792

slinking1841

instealing1844

thief-like1847

furtive1859

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 39 Hath no chyld of Pryde so many Disciples as thys tiptoe Ambition.

1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II i. 386 You..Bade his bold arm invade the lowering sky, And seize the tiptoe lightnings, ere they fly.

1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 42 How tiptoe Night holds back her dark-grey hood.

1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iii^*. 74 The Cavaliers..were filling the principal avenue to the Castle, with tiptoe mirth and revelry.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist xii Man or maid sleeping in the open air provokes your tip-toe curiosity.

Compounds

Combinations of the adverb.

† tiptoe-nice adj. Obsolete so nice or particular as to walk on tiptoe.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective]

chisa700

estfula1000

esquaymous1303

squeamousc1325

overnicec1350

curiousc1380

dangerousc1386

delicatea1393

preciousc1395

nicec1400

skigc1400

over-delicatea1425

daintethc1430

ticklec1456

quaint1483

dauncha1500

pickinga1500

feat?1529

elegant?1533

queasy1545

fine1546

fine-fingered1549

fastidious?1555

fine-mouthed1559

chary1567

weamish1571

saucy1573

dainty1576

superfine1576

niced1577

overcurious1579

nicing1581

fineish1582

prick-me-dainty1583

daint1590

finical1592

tiptoe-nice1593

nice1594

nicking1598

choice1601

squeamish1608

marchpane1609

hypercritical1611

particular1616

finicking1661

overcritical1667

just so1696

penurious1703

fal-lal1747

ogertful1754

nackety1756

quiddling1789

pernickety1808

pershittie1808

taffety1814

hypercritic1820

faddy1824

finicky1825

meticulous1827

daintified1834

squeamy1838

picksome1855

choosey1862

picky1867

hyperaesthetic1879

persnickety1885

précieux1891

perskeet1897

tasty1905

Nice Nelly1922

perfectionist1942

snicketya1960

perfectionistic1968

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 75 So typtoe-nyce in treading on the earth, as though they walkt vpon Snakes.

† tiptoe-strouting adj. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic

fleshyc1369

windya1382

unmeasureda1425

puffing1566

embossed1578

puffed1587

bombasted1589

fustian1592

puffya1594

full-mouthed1594

orificial1594

gouty1595

swelling1597

mouth-filling1598

taffeta1598

bombast1601

tiptoe-strouting1602

turgidous1602

swollen1605

dropsieda1616

exsufflicatea1616

turgent1621

ampullous1622

tympanous1625

high-flown1632

tumorousa1637

blustered1638

tumid1648

bombastical1649

ranting1650

inflated1652

tuftaffetya1658

pompiona1670

bombastic1704

dropsical1721

thundering1725

turgid1725

exsuffolate1744

Lexiphanic1767

hi cockalorum1783

Ossianic1788

mouthing1814

mouthy1827

sophomoric1837

highfalutin1839

sophomorical1847

spread eagle1853

tumescent1882

Herodian1886

Ossianesque1889

Barnumesque1890

1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iii. iv. 1386 To honour me: For my high tiptoe strouting poesye.

tiptoe-tripping adj.

ΚΠ

1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. F1 Their tipto-tripping pace bred double mazing.

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tiptoev.

Etymology: < tiptoe n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtiptoe.

1. intransitive. To raise oneself or stand on tiptoe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise or be standing [verb (intransitive)] > be standing > on tiptoe

to stand upon one's toesa1400

tiptoea1661

a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) vi. 101 Then a girle-pygmie shee's more dwarf..and tiptoes for a kisse and flout.

1851 J. H. Newman Lect. Present Position Catholics Eng. 243 They crowd up together,..tiptoeing and staring, and making strange faces.

1888 Cent. Mag. Nov. 90/1 The..girls..left their seats to tiptoe and look over each other's shoulders.

2. To go or walk on tiptoe; to step or trip lightly. Also to tiptoe it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > walk on tiptoe

tiptoe1748

tippy-toe1901

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] > on tiptoe

tiptoe1748

tippet1916

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (intransitive)] > with anxiety or eagerness

to be at or in weeningc1275

on or upon (one's) tiptoes1642

tiptoe1883

to be unable (etc.) to wait1938

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. lxii. 373 Mabell tiptoed it to her door.

1883 E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones (new ed.) 62 I tiptoe across the fragile floor and look out.

1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 68 Ladies..lifting their skirts and tiptoeing through the dew.

Derivatives

ˈtiptoed adj. (a) raised on tiptoe; also figurative, rising aloft; (b) performed on tiptoe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > great or considerable

higheOE

steepOE

heaven-highOE

highlyOE

brentc1400

hightc1480

hichty1513

procere1542

tall1548

spiringa1552

towereda1552

tower-like1552

upstretched1563

airy1565

excelse1569

haughty1570

topless1589

lofty1590

procerous1599

kiss-sky1603

skyish1604

topful?1611

aspiringc1620

sky-high1622

hiddy1632

tiptoed1632

sublime1635

towering1638

soaring1687

mountain high1693

clamberinga1717

skied1730

towery1731

pyramidic1740

skyey1750

skyward1792

skyscraping1797

exulting1798

high-reaching1827

steepling1892

high-rise1964

hi1972

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adjective] > on tiptoe

tiptoe1593

tiptoed1632

tiptoeing1845

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > eagerly

upon the gape1712

breathless1768

tiptoed1819

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 499 Meandring Forth from tip~toed Snadoun, the prospicuous mirrour for matchlesse Maiesty.

1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 92 To please the tip~toed Girl of Ten.

1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 164 Eagle-eyed curiosity staring you in the face, tip-toed anxiety standing on either hand.

ˈtiptoeing adj. standing or going on tiptoe.

ΚΠ

1845 E. Cook Poems 2nd Ser. 50 His tip-toeing feet seemed inclined for a jig.

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单词	tiptoe
释义	tiptoetip-toen.adv.adj. Brit. /ˈtɪptəʊ/, U.S. /ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/ Forms: plural Middle English tiptoon, Middle English typtoon, typton, typtoos, tiptos, 1500s typtoes, tippetoes, Scottish typtays, typtaes, 1500s– tiptoes,1600s– tip-toes; singular Middle English typto, tiptoo, 1500s tipto, typtoe, 1500s– tiptoe, 1600s– tip-toe. Etymology: < tip n.¹ + toe n., plural in Middle English toon, modern English toes. A. n. 1. a. plural. The tips of the toes; almost always in on or upon (one's) tiptoes, denoting a posture (in standing or walking) with the heels raised so that the body is supported upon the tips or balls of the toes. (Now more usually on tiptoe: see A. 2) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (intransitive)] > with anxiety or eagerness to be at or in weeningc1275 on or upon (one's) tiptoes1642 tiptoe1883 to be unable (etc.) to wait1938 c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 487 He moste wynke..And stonden on his tiptoon [v.rr. typton, typtoon, typtoos, tiptos] ther-with-al, And strecche forth his nekke long and smal. ?c1400 J. Lydgate Æsop's Fab. i. 44 [The cock] On his typton disposyd for to syng. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. xii. 53 Standand on his typtays. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie G 351 To go soft and faire on his tiptoes [1580 tippetoes]. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1009 Vpon his tiptoes nicely he vp went. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. ix. 171 He needs to stand on tiptoes that hopes to touch the moon. 1712 Spectator No. 460. ⁋7 Gallantry strutting upon his Tip-toes. a1845 T. Hood As it fell upon a Day ii And then upon her tiptoes jumping. in extended use.1848 Tennyson in Ld. Tennyson Mem. (1897) I. xiii. 281 We arrived at the banks of the loch, and made acquaintance with the extremest tiptoes of the hills. b. figurative: usually in reference to expectation or eagerness (formerly to pretension or haughtiness). ΚΠ 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 550/1 Because men stand willingly vppon their tiptoes, and thinke no man worthie to haue preheminence aboue his fellowes. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. ix. 55 All stood on the tiptoes of expectation. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 214 The mindes of men are at a gaze; their affections, and passions are on their tiptoes. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin i. 333 Their fligg'ring Souls do now on Tiptoes stand. 2. a. singular. The tips of the toes collectively; almost always in on or upon tiptoe (cf. A. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adverb] > on tiptoe on or upon tiptoec1440 a-tiptoe1576 tiptoe1597 tippy-toe1901 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [adverb] > on tiptoe on or upon tiptoec1440 a-tiptoe1576 tiptoe1597 c1440 [see sense A. 2b]. 1573 W. Smith Wydow Edyth (new ed.) sig. Fiii Than Wa[l]ter stode on tipto and gan him self avance. 1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. B2^v But when we stand on Tip-toe, on a Ball, (Though sliding still) we finally must fall. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 235 [He] entered my chamber on tiptoe. 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 164 Standing on tiptoe, [he] looked into one of the windows. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xvi. 295 He followed his cousin on tip-toe. b. transferred and figurative: cf. A. 1b (Often the tiptoe.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > highest, utmost, or extreme degree heightOE perfectiona1398 utterestc1410 uttermosta1425 tiptoec1440 pinnaclec1450 utmost1472 outmostc1535 extremity1543 abyss1548 top1552 furthest, utmost stretch1558 summa summarum1567 superlative1573 strain1576 extreme1595 fine1596 last1602 yondmost1608 super-superlative1623 pitch1624 utmostness1674 pink1720 supreme1817 ultima Thule1828 peak1902 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 46 And right so on the typto [v.r. tiptoo] lete hem [vines] gey. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H^v Your eyes should sparkle ioy, Your bosome rise on tiptoe at this news. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 29 What with putting his fancy to the tiptoe in this description of himselfe. 1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 374 We are on the tip-toe of expectation. 1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) iv. 72 Do not keep his expectation on the tip-toe. c. a-tiptoe = on tiptoe: see a-tiptoe adv. B. adv. Short for on tiptoe at sense A. 2a or a-tiptoe at sense A. 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adverb] > on tiptoe on or upon tiptoec1440 a-tiptoe1576 tiptoe1597 tippy-toe1901 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [adverb] > on tiptoe on or upon tiptoec1440 a-tiptoe1576 tiptoe1597 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 10 Nights candles are burnt out, and iocond Day Stands tiptoes on the mystie mountaine tops. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. ii. 57 To go tip toe Before the streete be foule. View more context for this quotation 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 186 Then tiptoe round the maidens bound, All sorrow lags behind. 1854 R. W. Emerson Soc. Aims in Wks. (1906) III. 182 It is not that they wish you to stand tiptoe, and pump your brains. C. adj. a. Standing or walking, or characterized by standing or walking, on tiptoe. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adjective] > on tiptoe tiptoe1593 tiptoed1632 tiptoeing1845 1593 [see sense C. b]. 1744 H. Brooke Love & Vanity 120 Why, what unfashion'd stuff you tell us Of buckram dames and tiptoe fellows! 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 84 With tip-toe step Vice silently succeeds. 1801 M. Edgeworth Good French Governess in Moral Tales V. 83 Grace..made her tiptoe approaches. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. iii. 26 He, with habitual tip-toe step, approached the poor frail body. b. transferred and figurative in various senses: e.g. straining upwards, ambitious; eagerly expectant; tripping, dancing; silent, stealthy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [adjective] highOE rankOE proudOE quaint?c1225 stoutc1315 proud-heartedc1400 gobbedc1440 pridyc1485 high-minded?1503 superb1561 proud-heart1591 tiptoe1593 sublime1596 high-headed1599 magnificent1603 side1673 vaunty1724 perked-up1754 spicy1768 jelly1828 Latin1914 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] privyc1230 thiefly1395 stalkinga1400 slyc1440 insidious1545 clanculary1563 hedge-creeping1579 thievish1587 sneaking1590 tiptoe1593 peaking1595 underworking1605 stealthya1616 subtlea1616 surreptitious?1615 clancular1621 stealthful?1624 insidiary1625 worming1631 subterranean1643 clancularious1656 hugger-mugger1692 slink1792 slinking1841 instealing1844 thief-like1847 furtive1859 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 39 Hath no chyld of Pryde so many Disciples as thys tiptoe Ambition. 1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II i. 386 You..Bade his bold arm invade the lowering sky, And seize the tiptoe lightnings, ere they fly. 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 42 How tiptoe Night holds back her dark-grey hood. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iii^. 74 The Cavaliers..were filling the principal avenue to the Castle, with tiptoe mirth and revelry. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist* xii Man or maid sleeping in the open air provokes your tip-toe curiosity. Compounds Combinations of the adverb. † tiptoe-nice adj. Obsolete so nice or particular as to walk on tiptoe. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective] chisa700 estfula1000 esquaymous1303 squeamousc1325 overnicec1350 curiousc1380 dangerousc1386 delicatea1393 preciousc1395 nicec1400 skigc1400 over-delicatea1425 daintethc1430 ticklec1456 quaint1483 dauncha1500 pickinga1500 feat?1529 elegant?1533 queasy1545 fine1546 fine-fingered1549 fastidious?1555 fine-mouthed1559 chary1567 weamish1571 saucy1573 dainty1576 superfine1576 niced1577 overcurious1579 nicing1581 fineish1582 prick-me-dainty1583 daint1590 finical1592 tiptoe-nice1593 nice1594 nicking1598 choice1601 squeamish1608 marchpane1609 hypercritical1611 particular1616 finicking1661 overcritical1667 just so1696 penurious1703 fal-lal1747 ogertful1754 nackety1756 quiddling1789 pernickety1808 pershittie1808 taffety1814 hypercritic1820 faddy1824 finicky1825 meticulous1827 daintified1834 squeamy1838 picksome1855 choosey1862 picky1867 hyperaesthetic1879 persnickety1885 précieux1891 perskeet1897 tasty1905 Nice Nelly1922 perfectionist1942 snicketya1960 perfectionistic1968 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 75 So typtoe-nyce in treading on the earth, as though they walkt vpon Snakes. † tiptoe-strouting adj. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic fleshyc1369 windya1382 unmeasureda1425 puffing1566 embossed1578 puffed1587 bombasted1589 fustian1592 puffya1594 full-mouthed1594 orificial1594 gouty1595 swelling1597 mouth-filling1598 taffeta1598 bombast1601 tiptoe-strouting1602 turgidous1602 swollen1605 dropsieda1616 exsufflicatea1616 turgent1621 ampullous1622 tympanous1625 high-flown1632 tumorousa1637 blustered1638 tumid1648 bombastical1649 ranting1650 inflated1652 tuftaffetya1658 pompiona1670 bombastic1704 dropsical1721 thundering1725 turgid1725 exsuffolate1744 Lexiphanic1767 hi cockalorum1783 Ossianic1788 mouthing1814 mouthy1827 sophomoric1837 highfalutin1839 sophomorical1847 spread eagle1853 tumescent1882 Herodian1886 Ossianesque1889 Barnumesque1890 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iii. iv. 1386 To honour me: For my high tiptoe strouting poesye. tiptoe-tripping adj. ΚΠ 1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. F1 Their tipto-tripping pace bred double mazing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tiptoev. Etymology: < tiptoe n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtiptoe. 1. intransitive. To raise oneself or stand on tiptoe. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise or be standing [verb (intransitive)] > be standing > on tiptoe to stand upon one's toesa1400 tiptoea1661 a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) vi. 101 Then a girle-pygmie shee's more dwarf..and tiptoes for a kisse and flout. 1851 J. H. Newman Lect. Present Position Catholics Eng. 243 They crowd up together,..tiptoeing and staring, and making strange faces. 1888 Cent. Mag. Nov. 90/1 The..girls..left their seats to tiptoe and look over each other's shoulders. 2. To go or walk on tiptoe; to step or trip lightly. Also to tiptoe it. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > walk on tiptoe tiptoe1748 tippy-toe1901 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] > on tiptoe tiptoe1748 tippet1916 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (intransitive)] > with anxiety or eagerness to be at or in weeningc1275 on or upon (one's) tiptoes1642 tiptoe1883 to be unable (etc.) to wait1938 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. lxii. 373 Mabell tiptoed it to her door. 1883 E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones (new ed.) 62 I tiptoe across the fragile floor and look out. 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 68 Ladies..lifting their skirts and tiptoeing through the dew. Derivatives ˈtiptoed adj. (a) raised on tiptoe; also figurative, rising aloft; (b) performed on tiptoe. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > great or considerable higheOE steepOE heaven-highOE highlyOE brentc1400 hightc1480 hichty1513 procere1542 tall1548 spiringa1552 towereda1552 tower-like1552 upstretched1563 airy1565 excelse1569 haughty1570 topless1589 lofty1590 procerous1599 kiss-sky1603 skyish1604 topful?1611 aspiringc1620 sky-high1622 hiddy1632 tiptoed1632 sublime1635 towering1638 soaring1687 mountain high1693 clamberinga1717 skied1730 towery1731 pyramidic1740 skyey1750 skyward1792 skyscraping1797 exulting1798 high-reaching1827 steepling1892 high-rise1964 hi1972 the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adjective] > on tiptoe tiptoe1593 tiptoed1632 tiptoeing1845 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > eagerly upon the gape1712 breathless1768 tiptoed1819 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 499 Meandring Forth from tip~toed Snadoun, the prospicuous mirrour for matchlesse Maiesty. 1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 92 To please the tip~toed Girl of Ten. 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 164 Eagle-eyed curiosity staring you in the face, tip-toed anxiety standing on either hand. ˈtiptoeing adj. standing or going on tiptoe. ΚΠ 1845 E. Cook Poems 2nd Ser. 50 His tip-toeing feet seemed inclined for a jig. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.adj.c1386v.1632
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