tisickyadj.

/ˈtɪzɪki/

Forms: Also tissicky, tizzicky.

Etymology: dialect variant of phthisicky adj.

Wheezy, asthmatic; also transferred, delicate, squeamish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > asthma > affected with

asthmatic1542

asthmatical1862

tisicky1905

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Tissick,..a tickling faint cough; called also a ‘tissicky cough’.

1905 E. Phillpotts Secret Woman ii. x. 193 Once a labourer have gone in the back an' thighs, an' growed tisicky in the breathing parts—then [etc.].

1924 Western Daily Press (Bristol) 18 Mar. 8/3 A person troubled with a slight but frequent and annoying cough is said to be Tissicky.

1961 ‘K. Norway’ Waterfront Hosp. iii. 44 Men are more tissicky than women when it comes to telling people the worst. They're kinder by nature.

1969 J. Clarke Foxon's Hole iii. 23 I can see you've a good appetite. None of Frances's tizzicky ways.

Derivatives

tisicking adj. (also tissicking)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [adjective] > of call of snipe

tisicking1890

1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 148 463/2 Snipe hummed and bleated out a tissicking music.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tisicky
释义	tisickyadj. /ˈtɪzɪki/ Forms: Also tissicky, tizzicky. Etymology: dialect variant of phthisicky adj. Wheezy, asthmatic; also transferred, delicate, squeamish. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > asthma > affected with asthmatic1542 asthmatical1862 tisicky1905 a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Tissick,..a tickling faint cough; called also a ‘tissicky cough’. 1905 E. Phillpotts Secret Woman ii. x. 193 Once a labourer have gone in the back an' thighs, an' growed tisicky in the breathing parts—then [etc.]. 1924 Western Daily Press (Bristol) 18 Mar. 8/3 A person troubled with a slight but frequent and annoying cough is said to be Tissicky. 1961 ‘K. Norway’ Waterfront Hosp. iii. 44 Men are more tissicky than women when it comes to telling people the worst. They're kinder by nature. 1969 J. Clarke Foxon's Hole iii. 23 I can see you've a good appetite. None of Frances's tizzicky ways. Derivatives tisicking adj. (also tissicking) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [adjective] > of call of snipe tisicking1890 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 148 463/2 Snipe hummed and bleated out a tissicking music. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1825
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