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单词 willyart
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willyartadj.

Brit. /ˈwɪljət/, U.S. /ˈwɪljərt/, Scottish English /ˈwɪljərt/, Irish English /ˈwɪljərt/
Forms: Scottish 1500s wilzart, 1700s wylart, 1700s–1800s wilyart, 1700s– willyart, 1800s williaard, 1800s willyard, 1800s wilyard, 1800s wilyeart, 1800s wullyart, 1800s yillyart, 1800s– williard, 1900s wullart; English regional 1800s willward; Irish English (northern) 1800s– williard, 1800s– wilyart, 1800s– wulyart, 1900s– wilard, 1900s– wilyard.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: will adj., galliard adj., palliard adj., miniard adj.
Etymology: Apparently < will adj. + -yart, -yard (in galliard adj., palliard adj., miniard adj.).In later use sometimes reinterpreted as a derivative of will n.1; compare sense 2.
Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records all three senses as still in use in Wigtownshire in 1974.
1.
a. Wild, undisciplined; astray, bewildered.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective]
wildc1000
unthewedc1175
wanton?a1300
rabbisha1387
irregular1395
inordinate1398
unruly1400
misgoverned?a1425
misruled?a1425
misruly?a1425
unruleful1439
seditious1447
rulelessc1460
turbulous1527
undaunted1533
turbulent1538
unordinate1561
rowsey1565
misorderlya1568
disruly1570
rabbling1575
disorderous1579
irregulate1579
disorderly1585
break-dance1587
willyart?1590
unguided1600
inorderly1606
anarchial1609
irregulousa1616
unmasterlya1623
uncomposed1631
obstreperous1641
disriegled1657
ranting1658
rantipole1660
reuling1691
shandy1691
rumblegarie1722
randy1723
obstropolous1727
wanruly1773
polrumptious1787
ree-raw1800
rambunctious1830
roid1874
unordered1929
rogue1948
?1590–1 J. Burel Passage of Pilgremer i, in Poems sig. M4 Quhiles wandring, quhiles dandring, Like royd and wilzart rais.
1905 J. Lumsden Croonings 73 Ev'n Alf left aff bird-nesting there, An' up an' doun did wilyart stare.
1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle 10 It is morality, the knowledge o' Guid and Ill, Fear, shame, pity, like a will and wilyart growth.
b. Awkward, shy; bashful, dull.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] > shy
untrumc1315
scar1559
shy1600
willyarta1796
unadvancing1819
fawn-like1838
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 298 But, O! for Hogarth's magic pow'r, To shew Sir Bardie's willyart glowr.
1925 A. Murison Rosehearty Rhymes 26 Ye sall hear fat wullart folk Fyles hae to say.
2. Self-willed, obstinate; (of an animal) unmanageable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > wilful
onwileOE
wilfulc1200
willesfulc1225
headstronga1398
wilsomea1400
headya1425
overthrowing?a1425
self-willya1425
self-willedc1450
sensual1524
wayward1528
headish1530
affectionate1534
self-will1562
strongheaded1579
hard-mouthed1610
brag-brained1648
self-wilful1648
overwilled1650
will-strong1654
cobby1785
willyart1791
brain-strong1863
the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] > easily frightened or startled
shyOE
scaddle1483
ramageous?c1530
ramage1567
startling1599
startish1677
startful1790
willyart1818
starty1825
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 26 Had ye Byng'd some wylart bairns, It wad hae gien the laive mair harns.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 14 Uh! uh! it's a hard-set willyard beast this o' mine.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Willward, self-willed.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Williard, obstinate; self-willed.
1930 in Sc. National Dict. (1976) X. (at cited word) He's a willyart wee duvvle that; he'll no dae a thing ye tell him.
1983 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots (2012) Acts xiii. 18 He tholed them an their willyart gates [1611 King James their manners] a fortie year i the desert.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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