brickishadj.

Brit.

/ˈbrɪkɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈbrɪkɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brick n.¹, -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < brick n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier bricky adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resembling brick or bricks; spec. of a colour resembling that of brick (cf. brick adj.¹ 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red

rustya1398

hepaticc1420

horseflesh1530

rubiginousa1538

iron1587

bricky1615

ferrugineous1633

sand-reda1639

brickish1648

ferruginous1656

lateritious1656

brick-coloured1675

blood bay1684

testaceous1688

rust-coloureda1691

brick-red1740

brick-dust-like1765

maroon1771

rufous1782

brick-dusty1817

rusted1818

worm red1831

brownish-red1832

brown-red1835

foxy1850

rust1854

henna-coloured1865

chestnut-red1882

terra-cotta1882

copper-red1883

fox-red1910

oxblood1918

tony1921

henna-brown1931

henna-red2002

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > [adjective] > built of brick

brick-built1596

bricky1596

brickish1648

bricked1664

bricken1851

bricks and mortar1862

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [adjective] > made or constructed of brick

brick-built1596

bricky1596

brickish1648

bricked1664

bricken1851

bricks and mortar1862

1648 R. Josselin Diary 18 Feb. (1976) 112 My former breakings and sediments were red brickish stuffe, and much flegme like putrified stuffe in the bottome.

?1776 S. Weston Viaggiana 88 Their [sc. the frescoes'] colour is a good deal gone, and at present rather of a brickish hue.

1843 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Week at Killarney 187 An attempt at preserving the arch has been clumsily made—patched with red brickish plaster: surely a little trouble would have procured the original red sandstone from Glengariff.

a1889 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1918) 41 Thou [sc. Oxford] hast a base and brickish skirt there.

1928 Harper's Monthly Mag. June 577/2 She had neatly rubbed her thin cheeks with a brickish, dusty-looking rouge.

1960 J. Betjeman Summoned by Bells i. 1 Brickish Kentish Town seen through the leaves of Highgate.

1989 K. Smith Inside Time ii. 22 The wall has interposed its solemnity, its solid, brickish fact.

2016 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 22 Oct. (Extra) 4 Barolo is not really made to be drunk young and its distinctive brickish colour is usually the result of at least a few years' ageing.

2. slang or colloquial (now somewhat dated).

†a. Of a thing: excellent, first-rate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective]

goodOE

winlyOE

snella1000

winc1275

boonc1325

cleana1375

tidya1375

positivea1398

comelyc1400

kindc1400

kindly?a1425

well-formeda1425

trim?a1513

wally?a1513

bonnya1525

delicatea1533

goodlike1562

sappy1563

bein1567

rum1567

benedict1576

warrantable1581

true (also good, sure) as touch1590

goodlisomea1603

respectable1603

clever1738

amusing1753

plummy1787

bone1793

brickish1843

mooi1850

ryebuck1859

spandy1868

greatisha1871

healthy1878

popular1884

beefy1903

onkus1910

quies1919

cushty1929

high-powered1969

not shabby1975

1843 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury xvii, in Bentley's Misc. Jan. 122 ‘How's the times?’ ‘Brickish.’

b. Of a person: characterized by good-heartedness, generosity, helpfulness, and reliability. Cf. brick n.¹ 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective]

custyeOE

room-handeda1200

largea1225

free?c1225

plenteousc1350

bounteousc1374

liberalc1384

free-hearteda1398

ungnedea1400

royalc1405

opena1425

plentifula1475

profuse?a1475

ungrighta1475

lavishc1475

almifluent1477

prodigous1477

frank1484

bountiful1508

largifluent?a1525

munificent1565

magnificent1577

largeous1583

munifical1583

magnifical1586

free-handed1592

frolic1593

open-handed1593

magnific?1594

prodigal1595

goodwillya1598

communicativea1602

real1602

prodig1605

unniggard1605

generous1615

open-hearteda1617

large-handeda1628

unniggardly1628

fluent1633

profusive1638

numerous1655

largifical1656

insordid1660

unsparing1667

dispensive1677

expensive1678

wasteful1701

flush1703

unboundeda1704

genteel1741

munific1745

magnifique1751

ungrudginga1774

unstinting1845

brickish1860

flaithulach1876

princely1889

outgiving1896

sharing1922

two-handed1929

1860 Punch 8 Sept. 98/1 ‘British’ we know is synonymous with ‘brickish’, and as slopsellers are never known to act like bricks, they clearly cannot claim that their origin is British.

1883 Boy's Own Paper 3 Feb. 290/1 Very brickish of you to have us up. We all thought so, didn't we, Crow?

1920 M. Jervis Rose o' Sea xvi. 112 It's absolutely brickish of you to want to help me at all. I'd love it if you would!

1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 127/1 Tim's solid brother..reappears and turns out to be wholly brickish.

2007 A. Dillard Maytrees 11 Well, that was considerate, brickish of him, to say that they would not go in.

Derivatives

ˈbrickishness n. slang or colloquial (now somewhat dated) the quality of being good-hearted or brickish (sense 2b).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > good person > personality or quality of

goodliheadc1425

brickishness1854

1854 D. G. Rossetti Let. 17 May (1965) I. 199 Let me impress on your brickishness that I have no tin [= money] and that rent here is due on Saturday.

1873 J. Duns Mem. Sir J. Y. Simpson xv. 518 My brother David and I communicated to each other the discovery we had made of ‘what a brick’ he was, and agreed that his ‘brickishness’ called for our care in not vexing him.

1906 Daily Chron. 26 July 3/2 Janet's sheer ‘brickishness’ held her faithful to her organist.

1924 F. M. Ford Some do Not i. vi. 163 They had talked..about the brickishness of the parson in taking her in.

1996 Times 20 Feb. 13/2 Her brickishness adds weight to her mother's theory that people can triumph over the most adverse upbringings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brickish
释义	brickishadj. Brit. /ˈbrɪkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈbrɪkɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brick n.¹, -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < brick n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier bricky adj. 1. Of, relating to, or resembling brick or bricks; spec. of a colour resembling that of brick (cf. brick adj.¹ 2). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red rustya1398 hepaticc1420 horseflesh1530 rubiginousa1538 iron1587 bricky1615 ferrugineous1633 sand-reda1639 brickish1648 ferruginous1656 lateritious1656 brick-coloured1675 blood bay1684 testaceous1688 rust-coloureda1691 brick-red1740 brick-dust-like1765 maroon1771 rufous1782 brick-dusty1817 rusted1818 worm red1831 brownish-red1832 brown-red1835 foxy1850 rust1854 henna-coloured1865 chestnut-red1882 terra-cotta1882 copper-red1883 fox-red1910 oxblood1918 tony1921 henna-brown1931 henna-red2002 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > [adjective] > built of brick brick-built1596 bricky1596 brickish1648 bricked1664 bricken1851 bricks and mortar1862 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [adjective] > made or constructed of brick brick-built1596 bricky1596 brickish1648 bricked1664 bricken1851 bricks and mortar1862 1648 R. Josselin Diary 18 Feb. (1976) 112 My former breakings and sediments were red brickish stuffe, and much flegme like putrified stuffe in the bottome. ?1776 S. Weston Viaggiana 88 Their [sc. the frescoes'] colour is a good deal gone, and at present rather of a brickish hue. 1843 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Week at Killarney 187 An attempt at preserving the arch has been clumsily made—patched with red brickish plaster: surely a little trouble would have procured the original red sandstone from Glengariff. a1889 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1918) 41 Thou [sc. Oxford] hast a base and brickish skirt there. 1928 Harper's Monthly Mag. June 577/2 She had neatly rubbed her thin cheeks with a brickish, dusty-looking rouge. 1960 J. Betjeman Summoned by Bells i. 1 Brickish Kentish Town seen through the leaves of Highgate. 1989 K. Smith Inside Time ii. 22 The wall has interposed its solemnity, its solid, brickish fact. 2016 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 22 Oct. (Extra) 4 Barolo is not really made to be drunk young and its distinctive brickish colour is usually the result of at least a few years' ageing. 2. slang or colloquial (now somewhat dated). †a. Of a thing: excellent, first-rate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] goodOE winlyOE snella1000 winc1275 boonc1325 cleana1375 tidya1375 positivea1398 comelyc1400 kindc1400 kindly?a1425 well-formeda1425 trim?a1513 wally?a1513 bonnya1525 delicatea1533 goodlike1562 sappy1563 bein1567 rum1567 benedict1576 warrantable1581 true (also good, sure) as touch1590 goodlisomea1603 respectable1603 clever1738 amusing1753 plummy1787 bone1793 brickish1843 mooi1850 ryebuck1859 spandy1868 greatisha1871 healthy1878 popular1884 beefy1903 onkus1910 quies1919 cushty1929 high-powered1969 not shabby1975 1843 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury xvii, in Bentley's Misc. Jan. 122 ‘How's the times?’ ‘Brickish.’ b. Of a person: characterized by good-heartedness, generosity, helpfulness, and reliability. Cf. brick n.¹ 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective] custyeOE room-handeda1200 largea1225 free?c1225 plenteousc1350 bounteousc1374 liberalc1384 free-hearteda1398 ungnedea1400 royalc1405 opena1425 plentifula1475 profuse?a1475 ungrighta1475 lavishc1475 almifluent1477 prodigous1477 frank1484 bountiful1508 largifluent?a1525 munificent1565 magnificent1577 largeous1583 munifical1583 magnifical1586 free-handed1592 frolic1593 open-handed1593 magnific?1594 prodigal1595 goodwillya1598 communicativea1602 real1602 prodig1605 unniggard1605 generous1615 open-hearteda1617 large-handeda1628 unniggardly1628 fluent1633 profusive1638 numerous1655 largifical1656 insordid1660 unsparing1667 dispensive1677 expensive1678 wasteful1701 flush1703 unboundeda1704 genteel1741 munific1745 magnifique1751 ungrudginga1774 unstinting1845 brickish1860 flaithulach1876 princely1889 outgiving1896 sharing1922 two-handed1929 1860 Punch 8 Sept. 98/1 ‘British’ we know is synonymous with ‘brickish’, and as slopsellers are never known to act like bricks, they clearly cannot claim that their origin is British. 1883 Boy's Own Paper 3 Feb. 290/1 Very brickish of you to have us up. We all thought so, didn't we, Crow? 1920 M. Jervis Rose o' Sea xvi. 112 It's absolutely brickish of you to want to help me at all. I'd love it if you would! 1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 127/1 Tim's solid brother..reappears and turns out to be wholly brickish. 2007 A. Dillard Maytrees 11 Well, that was considerate, brickish of him, to say that they would not go in. Derivatives ˈbrickishness n. slang or colloquial (now somewhat dated) the quality of being good-hearted or brickish (sense 2b). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > good person > personality or quality of goodliheadc1425 brickishness1854 1854 D. G. Rossetti Let. 17 May (1965) I. 199 Let me impress on your brickishness that I have no tin [= money] and that rent here is due on Saturday. 1873 J. Duns Mem. Sir J. Y. Simpson xv. 518 My brother David and I communicated to each other the discovery we had made of ‘what a brick’ he was, and agreed that his ‘brickishness’ called for our care in not vexing him. 1906 Daily Chron. 26 July 3/2 Janet's sheer ‘brickishness’ held her faithful to her organist. 1924 F. M. Ford Some do Not i. vi. 163 They had talked..about the brickishness of the parson in taking her in. 1996 Times 20 Feb. 13/2 Her brickishness adds weight to her mother's theory that people can triumph over the most adverse upbringings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1648
随便看	upper palea upper partial upper reaches upper school upper second upper servant upper sixth upper sixth form upper stock upper ten upper ten thousand upper topsail upper transit upper voltan upper web upper west side upper work upper working class upper works upper yardman upper yield point upper-bodying upper-bracket upper-case upper-class twit