bummyadj.

Brit.

/ˈbʌmi/, U.S.

/ˈbəmi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bum n.⁶, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < bum n.⁶ + -y suffix¹. With sense 1 compare slightly earlier bum adj.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

1. Of poor quality; spoiled, unusable. Also of a person: unwell. Cf. bum adj. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1888 Shelbyville (Indiana) Daily Democrat 2 Feb. The first act was a little ‘bummy’, but was greatly improved upon in the succeeding acts.

1899 Railroad Telegrapher Oct. 857/2 I have so far missed my breakfast twice and the rest of my meals have been very bummy.

1905 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 25 Feb. 4/1 Wondered why you felt so bummy? It's the grip.

1914 Market Growers Jrnl. 15 Apr. 7/2 One of the greatest objections to selling to grocers is that they will only buy your best stuff, as that gets ‘bummy’ soon enough lying in the store.

1931 Amer. Speech 6 231 Bummy. Spoiled, unfit for use, or, of a person, slightly ill. ‘The potatoes on top were good, but those farther down were all bummy.’ ‘I feel kind of bummy with this cold.’

2. Of or relating to vagrants or loafers; resembling or suggestive of a bum (bum n.⁶ 3a); scruffy, unkempt.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > unkempt

unkempt1567

unmustered?1574

ungroomed1864

bummy1890

warby1941

schlubby1968

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp

vagrant1461

loiteringa1533

way-walkinga1535

roguing1566

roguish1572

vagabondical1576

vagabond1585

vagabondinga1586

land-loping1587

vagrom1600

leap-land1614

vagabondial1615

vaguea1627

gangrel1650

vagabondious1661

going1737

gang-there-out1815

tramping1828

vagabondizing1830

pikey1838

beachcombing1845

runagate1877

going-about1886

bummy1890

1890 Evening Tribune (Lawrence, Kansas) 20 Jan. A lady cannot go down the street of an evening without being insulted by being compelled to pass through the ‘bummy’ crowd that congregate around these Salvationists on the street corner.

1896 Penny Press (Minneapolis) 28 Oct. 4/3 He admitted that he looked ‘bummy’, and apologized, saying that he had but arrived in Minneapolis after an extended tour in a ‘side door Pullman’ and had not made his toilet.

1923 Twin Falls (Idaho) Daily Times 9 Aug. 8/4 We looked bummy in our wrinkled camping clothes.

1992 Equinox Aug. 102/2 When my father comes this year, he'll be wearing his ripped-up jeans and bummy old sailor shirt.

2006 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 22 Oct. 34/4 They're slouched in front of the TV thinking, They're all bums, I'll try to pick the least bummy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bummy
释义	bummyadj. Brit. /ˈbʌmi/, U.S. /ˈbəmi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bum n.⁶, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < bum n.⁶ + -y suffix¹. With sense 1 compare slightly earlier bum adj. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). 1. Of poor quality; spoiled, unusable. Also of a person: unwell. Cf. bum adj. Now rare. ΚΠ 1888 Shelbyville (Indiana) Daily Democrat 2 Feb. The first act was a little ‘bummy’, but was greatly improved upon in the succeeding acts. 1899 Railroad Telegrapher Oct. 857/2 I have so far missed my breakfast twice and the rest of my meals have been very bummy. 1905 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 25 Feb. 4/1 Wondered why you felt so bummy? It's the grip. 1914 Market Growers Jrnl. 15 Apr. 7/2 One of the greatest objections to selling to grocers is that they will only buy your best stuff, as that gets ‘bummy’ soon enough lying in the store. 1931 Amer. Speech 6 231 Bummy. Spoiled, unfit for use, or, of a person, slightly ill. ‘The potatoes on top were good, but those farther down were all bummy.’ ‘I feel kind of bummy with this cold.’ 2. Of or relating to vagrants or loafers; resembling or suggestive of a bum (bum n.⁶ 3a); scruffy, unkempt. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > unkempt unkempt1567 unmustered?1574 ungroomed1864 bummy1890 warby1941 schlubby1968 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp vagrant1461 loiteringa1533 way-walkinga1535 roguing1566 roguish1572 vagabondical1576 vagabond1585 vagabondinga1586 land-loping1587 vagrom1600 leap-land1614 vagabondial1615 vaguea1627 gangrel1650 vagabondious1661 going1737 gang-there-out1815 tramping1828 vagabondizing1830 pikey1838 beachcombing1845 runagate1877 going-about1886 bummy1890 1890 Evening Tribune (Lawrence, Kansas) 20 Jan. A lady cannot go down the street of an evening without being insulted by being compelled to pass through the ‘bummy’ crowd that congregate around these Salvationists on the street corner. 1896 Penny Press (Minneapolis) 28 Oct. 4/3 He admitted that he looked ‘bummy’, and apologized, saying that he had but arrived in Minneapolis after an extended tour in a ‘side door Pullman’ and had not made his toilet. 1923 Twin Falls (Idaho) Daily Times 9 Aug. 8/4 We looked bummy in our wrinkled camping clothes. 1992 Equinox Aug. 102/2 When my father comes this year, he'll be wearing his ripped-up jeans and bummy old sailor shirt. 2006 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 22 Oct. 34/4 They're slouched in front of the TV thinking, They're all bums, I'll try to pick the least bummy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1888
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