toyishadj.

Brit.

/ˈtɔɪɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈtɔɪɪʃ/

Forms: see toy n. and -ish suffix¹.

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

Etymology: < toy n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier toying adj.

†1.

a. Sexually unrestrained, licentious; (in weaker sense) flirtatious. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > amorously sportive

toying1549

toyish1563

toyous1592

sportive1595

toysome1638

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Nnn.i^v They reste in wantonnesse, in toyishe talkyng, in fylthye fleshelynesse.

1616 B. Rich My Ladies Looking Glasse 11 That old hagge Sinne herselfe..is become more wanton, nice, and toyish then euer she was before.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlvi. 376 He flirted me on the Nose: In that there is no harm; for it importeth nothing else, but that betwixt my Wife and me there will occur some toyish wanton Tricks, which usually happen to all new married Folks.

b. Lively in movement or temperament; playful; frisky. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective]

gamingOE

playfulc1225

gamefulc1275

gamelya1350

gamesomea1375

playable?c1475

frisky?a1500

sporting1549

sportful1577

toyish1577

toyful1580

sportive1593

gambol1600

sportly1600

sporting1607

playsome1612

jiggish1635

toysome1638

ludible1656

ludibund1668

good-humoured1682

flippant1711

lusory1711

gamp1737

kittenish1753

sportable1767

disportive1773

whisky1782

playward1878

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xiii. f. 113/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I The last kind, of toyish curres, are named dauncers, and those being of a mongerel sort also, are taught & exercised to daunce in measure.

?1620 S. Rowlands Paire of Spy-knaues 5 From merry drunk, and toyish as an Ape.

a1702 O. Heywood Exper. with Refl. in Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1883) III. 306 Oh this dodging, toyish, frisking heart kills me.

1859 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 353/2 The Italian mind is playful, toyish, and fanciful.

c. Lacking in seriousness of style; light-hearted; frivolous; intended for or affording amusement or entertainment. Obsolete.In quot. 1676 of a piece of music; cf. toy n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]

lightlyeOE

lightOE

lightsomea1425

flying1509

light-minded?1529

tickle or light of the sear?1530

giddya1547

light-headed1549

gidded1563

giddish1566

fling-brained1570

tickle-headed1583

toyish1584

shallow1594

leger1598

corky1601

barmy1602

airy1609

unfirma1616

unballast1622

cork-brained1630

unballasted1644

kickshawa1655

unserious1655

unstudious1663

flirtishc1665

caper-witteda1670

shatter-headedc1686

corky-brained1699

flea-lugged1724

halokit1724

shatter-brained1727

scattered-brained1747

shatter-witted1775

flippant1791

butterfly-brained1796

scatter-brained1804

gossamer1806

shandy-pated1806

shattery1820

barmy-brained1823

papilionaceous1832

flirtatious1834

flirty1840

Micawberish1859

scatterheaded1867

flibberty-gibberty1879

thistledown1897

shatter-pated1901

trivial-minded1905

scattery1924

fizgig1928

ditzy1979

1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao Prol. at Court sig. A2^v Whatsoeuer we present, whether it be tedious (which we feare) or toyishe (which we doubt) sweete or sowre, absolute or imperfect, or whatsoeuer, in al humblenesse we all..entreate, that your Highnesse imagine your self to be in a deepe dreame.

1603 G. Johnson Disc. Trouble Eng. Church Amsterdam 135 A copple crowned hatt with a twined band,..Immodest and toyish in a Pastors wife.

1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument 129 Serabands are of the Shortest Triple-Time: but are more Toyish, and Light.

1747 W. Mason Musæus 12 But why do I descant this toyish rhyme, And fancies light in simple guise pourtray?

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft v. 164 They have..many light toyish books, (novels and plays, doubtless).

1835 A. Reed & J. Matheson Visit to Amer. Churches I. xx. 235 I had thought that this circumstance might give to the whole a toyish effect; but the influence of 2000 or 3000 lights on these immense caverns is only such as to reveal the objects, without disturbing the solemn and sublime obscurity which sleeps on every thing.

2. Of little or no value or importance; trivial, worthless. Also: lacking in sense or judgement; foolish, nonsensical. Now rare (in later use probably influenced by sense 4a).In earlier use often derogatory: denoting a religious practice, ceremony, object, etc., regarded as meaningless, worthless, or superstitious; cf. toy n. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless

naughteOE

unworthc960

nought worthOE

unworthya1240

vaina1300

lewd1362

base?1510

to be nothing toc1520

stark naught1528

nothing worth1535

worthilessa1542

draffish1543

baggage1548

dunghill?1555

valureless1563

toyish1572

worthless1573

out (forth) of door (also doors)1574

leaden1577

riff-raff1577

drafty1582

fecklessc1586

dudgeon?1589

nought-worth1589

tenpenny1592

wanwordy?a1595

shotten herring1598

nugatory1603

unvalued1604

priceless1614

unvaluable1615

valuelessa1616

waste1616

trashya1620

draffy1624

stramineous1624

invaluable1640

roly-poly?1645

nugatorious1646

perquisquilian1647

niffling1649

lazy1671

wanworth1724

little wortha1754

flimsy1756

waff1788

null1790

nothingy1801

nothingly1802

twopenny-halfpenny1809

not worth a flaw1810

garbage1817

peanut1836

duffing1839

trash1843

no-account1845

no-count1851

punky1859

rummagy1872

junky1880

skilligalee1883

footle1894

punk1896

wherry-go-nimble1901

junk1908

rinky-dink1913

schlock1916

tripe1927

duff1938

chickenshit1940

sheg-up1941

expendable1942

(strictly) for the birds1943

tripey1955

schlocky1960

naff1964

dipshit1968

cack1978

1572 J. Field & T. Wilcox Admon. to Parl. sig. D.ii This courte poulleth parishes, scourgeth the poore hedge priestes, ladeth Churchwardens with manifest periuries, punisheth whoredomes and adulteryes with toyishe censures.

1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism 7 It's a most Pedantick, toyish and boyish piece of business.

1711 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 119 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576–I) XLII. 1 Mallice..is apt to make any toyish pretence to be her warrant for evil actions.

1850 C. Wordsworth Occas. Serm. 1st Ser. 162 By it [sc. the Book of Common Prayer] we have been secured from the hollow mockery of tedious and toyish ceremonies.

1929 New Holland (Pa.) Clarion 18 Oct. 7/6 There was a toyish unimportance in her very fall, the debacle of a marionette world.

2011 Sci. Amer. Jan. 52/2 What wind really needs is energy storage technology, and storage hasn't yet started to scale. I would call most of the attempts toyish; we need something radical.

†3. Of behaviour, actions, etc.: contrary to what is reasonable or expected; irrational, strange; absurd. Also of a person: that acts or behaves in such a manner. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

startfulmood?a1300

wildc1350

volage?a1366

gerfulc1374

geryc1386

wild-headeda1400

skittishc1412

gerish1430

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

runningc1449

volageous1487

glaikit1488

fantasious1490

giggish1523

tickle or light of the sear?1530

fantastical1531

wayward1531

wantona1538

peevish1539

light-headed1549

humoral1573

unstaid1579

shittle-headed1580

toy-headed1581

fangled1587

humorous1589

choiceful1591

toyish1598

tricksy1598

skip-brain1603

capricious1605

humoursome1607

planetary1607

vertiginous1609

whimsieda1625

ingiddied1628

whimsy1637

toysome1638

cocklec1640

mercurial1647

garish1650

maggoty1650

kicksey-winseya1652

freakish1653

humourish1653

planetic1653

whimsical1653

shittle-braineda1655

freaking1663

maggoty-headed1667

maggot-pated1681

hoity-toity1690

maggotish1693

maggot-headeda1695

whimsy-headed1699

fantasque1701

crotchetly1702

quixotic1718

volatile1719

holloweda1734

conundrumical1743

flighty1768

fly-away1775

dizzy1780

whimmy1785

shy1787

whimming1787

quirky1789

notional1791

tricksome1815

vagarish1819

freakful1820

faddy1824

moodish1827

mawky1837

erratic1841

rockety1843

quirkish1848

maggoty-pated1850

crotchetya1854

freaksome1854

faddish1855

vagrom1882

fantasied1883

vagarisome1883

on-and-offish1888

tricksical1889

freaky1891

hobby-horsical1893

quirksome1896

temperamental1907

up and down1960

untogether1969

fanciful-

fantastic-

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Humorista, humorous, fantasticall, toyish.

1599 S. Harsnett Discov. Fraudulent Pract. I. Darrel 98 Somers had counterfeyted certaine fits and toyish behaviour at M. Brakenburie.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. viii. 158 We have to converse with men of different spirits and tempers:..some peevish and obstinate, some toyish fickle and humorous.

1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument iii. 232 I cannot understand, how Arts and Sciences should be subject unto any such Phantastical, Giddy, or Inconsiderate Toyish Conceits, as ever to be said to be in Fashion, or out of Fashion.

a. Of the nature of, resembling, or suitable as a toy or plaything; spec. of or characterized by a toylike size or quality; small or poorly constructed. rare before the late 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > [adjective]

toyish1650

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small of its kind

demi1418

young1550

minikin1566

dwarf-like1582

diminutive1602

minitive?1602

diminute1611

pocket1621

Lilliputian1726

duodecimo1780

toy1821

minified1841

junior1860

toy-sized1861

Lilliput1867

toyish1871

mini1963

1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse 43 Rattles, Bables and such toyish stuffe.

1871 W. Black in Tinsley's Mag. Apr. 292/2 This saloon-pistol looks rather toyish. Are you sure it would kill the rat?

1902 Burnley Express 14 June 4/4 (advt.) The Implements for this most popular game [sc. table tennis] manufactured by G. G. Russey & Co., of London, are vastly superior to the foreign toyish productions usually sold under this name.

1977 Early Music 5 77/1 It [sc. the Milanese mandoline] must have been a very popular instrument,..due no doubt to an often jewel-like richness and the toyish appeal of the miniature.

2012 Record (Stockton, Calif.) (Nexis) 8 Nov. ‘People do think that,’ she said of the recorder's toyish image. ‘You have them come to a concert and see what it can do. A toy cannot play the music of Bach.’

b. Resembling or characteristic of a toy dog (see toy n. Compounds 1a(b)). Now rare.

ΚΠ

1877 Country 26 July 83/2 Bitters..is rather toyish, but a nice little dog.

1890 Field 8 Mar. 355/2 His [sc. a fox terrier] head is now toyish and effeminate.

1942 Country Life 15 May 945/1 They are of a handy size for anyone, being a little bigger than fox terriers, without being toyish.

Derivatives

ˈtoyishly adv. rare after 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adverb]

dallyingly?1545

triflingly1579

toyishly1581

light-headed1639

light-headedly1713

flippantly1758

flightily1780

1581 J. Keltridge Two Serm. i. sig. C.ij^v I am not ignoraunt, that the Iewes were a superstitious, and verie foolishe people, therefore helde they vainely, and obserued toyishly, and helde ignorauntly many thinges of no moment.

1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 116 See how toyishly these great Masters play with their owne fancies.

2018 Washington Post Blogs (Nexis) 29 Nov. A town that looks toyishly small from way up here.

ˈtoyishness n. now somewhat rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun]

lightnessc1384

levity1564

gaiety1573

light-mindedness?1574

shallowness1590

toyishness1595

lightheadedness1645

ludicrousness1664

unseriousness1672

flightiness1747

flirtishness1750

trivial-mindedness1872

1595 E. Wilcocks tr. A. Polanus Substance Christian Relig. ii. 232 To ciuility is contrary toyishnesse and clownishnesse.

1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica Addr. Royal Soc. sig. c2 Your Society..'twill discredit that toyishness of wanton fancy.

1863 G. Fleming Trav. Horseback Mantchu Tartary xi. 180 There is a sense of littleness in the general conception, of triviality and toyishness in all the details, that is immediately impressed upon the stranger.

2006 Cary (N. Carolina) News (Nexis) 26 July The delicate or finicky nature that dog lovers describe as ‘toyishness’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	toyish
释义	toyishadj. Brit. /ˈtɔɪɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈtɔɪɪʃ/ Forms: see toy n. and -ish suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: toy n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < toy n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier toying adj. †1. a. Sexually unrestrained, licentious; (in weaker sense) flirtatious. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > amorously sportive toying1549 toyish1563 toyous1592 sportive1595 toysome1638 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Nnn.i^v They reste in wantonnesse, in toyishe talkyng, in fylthye fleshelynesse. 1616 B. Rich My Ladies Looking Glasse 11 That old hagge Sinne herselfe..is become more wanton, nice, and toyish then euer she was before. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlvi. 376 He flirted me on the Nose: In that there is no harm; for it importeth nothing else, but that betwixt my Wife and me there will occur some toyish wanton Tricks, which usually happen to all new married Folks. b. Lively in movement or temperament; playful; frisky. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective] gamingOE playfulc1225 gamefulc1275 gamelya1350 gamesomea1375 playable?c1475 frisky?a1500 sporting1549 sportful1577 toyish1577 toyful1580 sportive1593 gambol1600 sportly1600 sporting1607 playsome1612 jiggish1635 toysome1638 ludible1656 ludibund1668 good-humoured1682 flippant1711 lusory1711 gamp1737 kittenish1753 sportable1767 disportive1773 whisky1782 playward1878 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xiii. f. 113/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I The last kind, of toyish curres, are named dauncers, and those being of a mongerel sort also, are taught & exercised to daunce in measure. ?1620 S. Rowlands Paire of Spy-knaues 5 From merry drunk, and toyish as an Ape. a1702 O. Heywood Exper. with Refl. in Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1883) III. 306 Oh this dodging, toyish, frisking heart kills me. 1859 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 353/2 The Italian mind is playful, toyish, and fanciful. c. Lacking in seriousness of style; light-hearted; frivolous; intended for or affording amusement or entertainment. Obsolete.In quot. 1676 of a piece of music; cf. toy n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective] lightlyeOE lightOE lightsomea1425 flying1509 light-minded?1529 tickle or light of the sear?1530 giddya1547 light-headed1549 gidded1563 giddish1566 fling-brained1570 tickle-headed1583 toyish1584 shallow1594 leger1598 corky1601 barmy1602 airy1609 unfirma1616 unballast1622 cork-brained1630 unballasted1644 kickshawa1655 unserious1655 unstudious1663 flirtishc1665 caper-witteda1670 shatter-headedc1686 corky-brained1699 flea-lugged1724 halokit1724 shatter-brained1727 scattered-brained1747 shatter-witted1775 flippant1791 butterfly-brained1796 scatter-brained1804 gossamer1806 shandy-pated1806 shattery1820 barmy-brained1823 papilionaceous1832 flirtatious1834 flirty1840 Micawberish1859 scatterheaded1867 flibberty-gibberty1879 thistledown1897 shatter-pated1901 trivial-minded1905 scattery1924 fizgig1928 ditzy1979 1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao Prol. at Court sig. A2^v Whatsoeuer we present, whether it be tedious (which we feare) or toyishe (which we doubt) sweete or sowre, absolute or imperfect, or whatsoeuer, in al humblenesse we all..entreate, that your Highnesse imagine your self to be in a deepe dreame. 1603 G. Johnson Disc. Trouble Eng. Church Amsterdam 135 A copple crowned hatt with a twined band,..Immodest and toyish in a Pastors wife. 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument 129 Serabands are of the Shortest Triple-Time: but are more Toyish, and Light. 1747 W. Mason Musæus 12 But why do I descant this toyish rhyme, And fancies light in simple guise pourtray? 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft v. 164 They have..many light toyish books, (novels and plays, doubtless). 1835 A. Reed & J. Matheson Visit to Amer. Churches I. xx. 235 I had thought that this circumstance might give to the whole a toyish effect; but the influence of 2000 or 3000 lights on these immense caverns is only such as to reveal the objects, without disturbing the solemn and sublime obscurity which sleeps on every thing. 2. Of little or no value or importance; trivial, worthless. Also: lacking in sense or judgement; foolish, nonsensical. Now rare (in later use probably influenced by sense 4a).In earlier use often derogatory: denoting a religious practice, ceremony, object, etc., regarded as meaningless, worthless, or superstitious; cf. toy n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless naughteOE unworthc960 nought worthOE unworthya1240 vaina1300 lewd1362 base?1510 to be nothing toc1520 stark naught1528 nothing worth1535 worthilessa1542 draffish1543 baggage1548 dunghill?1555 valureless1563 toyish1572 worthless1573 out (forth) of door (also doors)1574 leaden1577 riff-raff1577 drafty1582 fecklessc1586 dudgeon?1589 nought-worth1589 tenpenny1592 wanwordy?a1595 shotten herring1598 nugatory1603 unvalued1604 priceless1614 unvaluable1615 valuelessa1616 waste1616 trashya1620 draffy1624 stramineous1624 invaluable1640 roly-poly?1645 nugatorious1646 perquisquilian1647 niffling1649 lazy1671 wanworth1724 little wortha1754 flimsy1756 waff1788 null1790 nothingy1801 nothingly1802 twopenny-halfpenny1809 not worth a flaw1810 garbage1817 peanut1836 duffing1839 trash1843 no-account1845 no-count1851 punky1859 rummagy1872 junky1880 skilligalee1883 footle1894 punk1896 wherry-go-nimble1901 junk1908 rinky-dink1913 schlock1916 tripe1927 duff1938 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 expendable1942 (strictly) for the birds1943 tripey1955 schlocky1960 naff1964 dipshit1968 cack1978 1572 J. Field & T. Wilcox Admon. to Parl. sig. D.ii This courte poulleth parishes, scourgeth the poore hedge priestes, ladeth Churchwardens with manifest periuries, punisheth whoredomes and adulteryes with toyishe censures. 1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism 7 It's a most Pedantick, toyish and boyish piece of business. 1711 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 119 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576–I) XLII. 1 Mallice..is apt to make any toyish pretence to be her warrant for evil actions. 1850 C. Wordsworth Occas. Serm. 1st Ser. 162 By it [sc. the Book of Common Prayer] we have been secured from the hollow mockery of tedious and toyish ceremonies. 1929 New Holland (Pa.) Clarion 18 Oct. 7/6 There was a toyish unimportance in her very fall, the debacle of a marionette world. 2011 Sci. Amer. Jan. 52/2 What wind really needs is energy storage technology, and storage hasn't yet started to scale. I would call most of the attempts toyish; we need something radical. †3. Of behaviour, actions, etc.: contrary to what is reasonable or expected; irrational, strange; absurd. Also of a person: that acts or behaves in such a manner. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Humorista, humorous, fantasticall, toyish. 1599 S. Harsnett Discov. Fraudulent Pract. I. Darrel 98 Somers had counterfeyted certaine fits and toyish behaviour at M. Brakenburie. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. viii. 158 We have to converse with men of different spirits and tempers:..some peevish and obstinate, some toyish fickle and humorous. 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument iii. 232 I cannot understand, how Arts and Sciences should be subject unto any such Phantastical, Giddy, or Inconsiderate Toyish Conceits, as ever to be said to be in Fashion, or out of Fashion. 4. a. Of the nature of, resembling, or suitable as a toy or plaything; spec. of or characterized by a toylike size or quality; small or poorly constructed. rare before the late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > [adjective] toyish1650 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small of its kind demi1418 young1550 minikin1566 dwarf-like1582 diminutive1602 minitive?1602 diminute1611 pocket1621 Lilliputian1726 duodecimo1780 toy1821 minified1841 junior1860 toy-sized1861 Lilliput1867 toyish1871 mini1963 1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse 43 Rattles, Bables and such toyish stuffe. 1871 W. Black in Tinsley's Mag. Apr. 292/2 This saloon-pistol looks rather toyish. Are you sure it would kill the rat? 1902 Burnley Express 14 June 4/4 (advt.) The Implements for this most popular game [sc. table tennis] manufactured by G. G. Russey & Co., of London, are vastly superior to the foreign toyish productions usually sold under this name. 1977 Early Music 5 77/1 It [sc. the Milanese mandoline] must have been a very popular instrument,..due no doubt to an often jewel-like richness and the toyish appeal of the miniature. 2012 Record (Stockton, Calif.) (Nexis) 8 Nov. ‘People do think that,’ she said of the recorder's toyish image. ‘You have them come to a concert and see what it can do. A toy cannot play the music of Bach.’ b. Resembling or characteristic of a toy dog (see toy n. Compounds 1a(b)). Now rare. ΚΠ 1877 Country 26 July 83/2 Bitters..is rather toyish, but a nice little dog. 1890 Field 8 Mar. 355/2 His [sc. a fox terrier] head is now toyish and effeminate. 1942 Country Life 15 May 945/1 They are of a handy size for anyone, being a little bigger than fox terriers, without being toyish. Derivatives ˈtoyishly adv. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adverb] dallyingly?1545 triflingly1579 toyishly1581 light-headed1639 light-headedly1713 flippantly1758 flightily1780 1581 J. Keltridge Two Serm. i. sig. C.ij^v I am not ignoraunt, that the Iewes were a superstitious, and verie foolishe people, therefore helde they vainely, and obserued toyishly, and helde ignorauntly many thinges of no moment. 1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 116 See how toyishly these great Masters play with their owne fancies. 2018 Washington Post Blogs (Nexis) 29 Nov. A town that looks toyishly small from way up here. ˈtoyishness n. now somewhat rare ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] lightnessc1384 levity1564 gaiety1573 light-mindedness?1574 shallowness1590 toyishness1595 lightheadedness1645 ludicrousness1664 unseriousness1672 flightiness1747 flirtishness1750 trivial-mindedness1872 1595 E. Wilcocks tr. A. Polanus Substance Christian Relig. ii. 232 To ciuility is contrary toyishnesse and clownishnesse. 1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica Addr. Royal Soc. sig. c2 Your Society..'twill discredit that toyishness of wanton fancy. 1863 G. Fleming Trav. Horseback Mantchu Tartary xi. 180 There is a sense of littleness in the general conception, of triviality and toyishness in all the details, that is immediately impressed upon the stranger. 2006 Cary (N. Carolina) News (Nexis) 26 July The delicate or finicky nature that dog lovers describe as ‘toyishness’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1563
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