water-drinkingadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəˌdrɪŋkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌdrɪŋkɪŋ/,

/ˈwɑdərˌdrɪŋkɪŋ/

Forms: see water n. and drinking adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., drinking adj.

Etymology: < water n. + drinking adj.

Of a person: that drinks water, esp. in preference to alcoholic drinks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [adjective] > total abstinence

water-drinking?1616

hydropotic1623

teetotal1834

teetotalling1839

water wagon1889

on the wagon1906

temperance1907

pussyfoot1919

bone-dry1920

T.T.1922

?1616 W. Goddard Mastif Whelp ix. sig. A4 Goe broane-bread-eater, think that this my penn Much scornes to write on water drynkinge men.

1738 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistrates & Men in Authority 14 Supply the Water-drinking Savage with strong Liquor, and he shall be drunk for several Days.

c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath i. 13 That..water drinking, mirth-marring, amorous, old huncks.

1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. iv. 64 The hungry water-drinking guests.

1884 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 591 Scott..had to adjourn from the cottage of the water-drinking poet to the Grasmere hostelry to get his daily glass of beer.

1933 M. Anderson Both your Houses ii. i. 78 Those web-footed, ass-faced, water-drinking ossified descendants of a bad smell.

1996 J. Grenfell-Hill Growing up in Wales 116 The Independent Order of Rechabites..had been named after a water-drinking tribe in the Old Testament.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water-drinking
释义	water-drinkingadj. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəˌdrɪŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌdrɪŋkɪŋ/, /ˈwɑdərˌdrɪŋkɪŋ/ Forms: see water n. and drinking adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., drinking adj. Etymology: < water n. + drinking adj. Of a person: that drinks water, esp. in preference to alcoholic drinks. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [adjective] > total abstinence water-drinking?1616 hydropotic1623 teetotal1834 teetotalling1839 water wagon1889 on the wagon1906 temperance1907 pussyfoot1919 bone-dry1920 T.T.1922 ?1616 W. Goddard Mastif Whelp ix. sig. A4 Goe broane-bread-eater, think that this my penn Much scornes to write on water drynkinge men. 1738 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistrates & Men in Authority 14 Supply the Water-drinking Savage with strong Liquor, and he shall be drunk for several Days. c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath i. 13 That..water drinking, mirth-marring, amorous, old huncks. 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. iv. 64 The hungry water-drinking guests. 1884 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 591 Scott..had to adjourn from the cottage of the water-drinking poet to the Grasmere hostelry to get his daily glass of beer. 1933 M. Anderson Both your Houses ii. i. 78 Those web-footed, ass-faced, water-drinking ossified descendants of a bad smell. 1996 J. Grenfell-Hill Growing up in Wales 116 The Independent Order of Rechabites..had been named after a water-drinking tribe in the Old Testament. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1616
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