† butt-endedadj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt end n.¹, -ed suffix².

Etymology: < butt end n.¹ + -ed suffix².

Obsolete.

1. Poorly adapted, unsuitable, or inappropriate for a particular purpose; back-to-front.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective]

illogical1588

alogical1603

unlogical1609

undiscursive1633

butt-ended1850

non-logical1899

back to front1916

bass-ackward1930

bass-ackwards1932

ass-backwards1935

scatty1956

backasswards1967

backassward1968

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]

unkinOE

un-i-feieOE

unbecomelyc1200

amissc1325

wrongousa1350

uncovenablec1374

unsitting1390

undue1398

ungainanda1400

unquemea1400

inconvenientc1400

unlikelyc1405

disconvenienta1425

impertinenta1425

discovenablec1436

unmeetc1440

wrongc1440

unjustc1443

unbehovablec1450

inconvenientc1460

uncordial1488

unmeetly1534

unapt1539

unfit1548

incommodious1553

ungreeing1560

impertinent1565

stravagant1565

unproper1566

improper1570

unhovable1570

unapt1579

unbeseeming1583

unsuitablea1586

unappliable1588

unapt1588

unlikely1590

unfittinga1592

unfitted1592

unsuiting1596

unbefitting1598

unsorted1598

unsuited1598

contrary1600

impair1609

unfitty1613

incompetible1621

incongruous1623

infita1626

uncompetiblea1628

inaccommodatea1657

inapplicable1656

inconcinnate1657

inconcinnous1662

inept1675

unaccommodatea1676

incommode1678

indecorous1681

untoward1682

unapplicable1690

insuitable1692

unsuit1704

malapropos1709

inapt1744

out of place1748

uncongenial1788

unfit-like1796

ungain-like1796

inappropriate1804

unadapted1805

dissuitable1807

dissuited1819

ineligible1828

infelicitous1835

unapropos1840

butt-ended1850

malappropriate1851

ungenial1871

misappropriate1878

unbecoming1893

unappropriate1898

unadjusted1899

offside1910

off-key1943

improbable1958

1850 J. R. Browne Rep. Calif. Constit. Convent. 1849 379 We are told that the preamble of the majority is from the Constitution of New York. In my opinion it is the most butt-ended one that could be found.

1881 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 22 Feb. 4/2 Mr Dale's resolution is such a clumsy, shuffling, wrong-headed, butt-ended, roundabout device to get at a plain result, that it needs a great deal of patience to show its absurdities.

2. Having a thick end or ends; ending in a butt (butt n.⁶ 1). Also in extended use: (of a person) having large buttocks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [adjective] > thickened at end

clubbedc1386

clavated1728

butted1801

clavate1803

claviform1805

pedate1866

butt-ended1869

butt-headed1891

1869 Liverpool Mercury 6 July 6/6 The joint consists simply of the union of a butt-ended pipe with a cylindrical socketed one.

1887 Viscount Bury & G. L. Hillier Cycling (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 343 This accident..was met by the invention of butt-ended spokes,..the end of the spoke being thickened and made sexagonal to admit of adjustment.

1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 338 Look contrite, you butt-ended, broad-breeched, bottle-bellied, swivel-eyed son of a tinker, you!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018).

butt-endedadj.²

Brit.

/ˌbʌtˈɛndᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌbətˈɛndəd/,

/ˌbədˈɛndəd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt n.⁵, end n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: < butt n.⁵ + end n. + -ed suffix². Compare butt-end n.²

Having ends that butt against each other or another surface; (of a weld or joint) consisting of two ends that butt against each other.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > bluntness > [adjective] > having blunt end

pointlessc1330

unpointed1608

round-nosed1678

probe-pointed1748

round-nose1851

snoutless1862

blunt-pointed1881

butt-ended1892

blunt-topped1908

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous > meeting end-to-end

butt-ended1892

1892 Cycling 30 Jan. 29/1 The air-chamber itself is butt ended.

1895 Electr. Rev. 26 Apr. 518/1 There has been no difficulty in gathering all the wires together and making a butt-ended weld.

1905 Dental Rev. Dec. 1149 It forms a lapped joint instead of a butt-ended joint.

1916 G. B. Upton Struct. & Properties More Common Materials of Constr. vii. 92 With small loads a butt-ended column imitates in its deflection curve a fixed-ended column.

1969 Financial Times 30 July 2/4 To reduce the noise and damage caused by wheels passing over the gap between butt-ended rails, a dentist..invented a lapped sliding-joint.

2010 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 30 1283/1 Interdigitated sutures occur in regions of compression, whereas areas of tension tend to have butt-ended sutures.

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

单词	butt-ended
释义	† butt-endedadj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt end n.¹, -ed suffix². Etymology: < butt end n.¹ + -ed suffix². Obsolete. 1. Poorly adapted, unsuitable, or inappropriate for a particular purpose; back-to-front. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective] illogical1588 alogical1603 unlogical1609 undiscursive1633 butt-ended1850 non-logical1899 back to front1916 bass-ackward1930 bass-ackwards1932 ass-backwards1935 scatty1956 backasswards1967 backassward1968 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] unkinOE un-i-feieOE unbecomelyc1200 amissc1325 wrongousa1350 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unquemea1400 inconvenientc1400 unlikelyc1405 disconvenienta1425 impertinenta1425 discovenablec1436 unmeetc1440 wrongc1440 unjustc1443 unbehovablec1450 inconvenientc1460 uncordial1488 unmeetly1534 unapt1539 unfit1548 incommodious1553 ungreeing1560 impertinent1565 stravagant1565 unproper1566 improper1570 unhovable1570 unapt1579 unbeseeming1583 unsuitablea1586 unappliable1588 unapt1588 unlikely1590 unfittinga1592 unfitted1592 unsuiting1596 unbefitting1598 unsorted1598 unsuited1598 contrary1600 impair1609 unfitty1613 incompetible1621 incongruous1623 infita1626 uncompetiblea1628 inaccommodatea1657 inapplicable1656 inconcinnate1657 inconcinnous1662 inept1675 unaccommodatea1676 incommode1678 indecorous1681 untoward1682 unapplicable1690 insuitable1692 unsuit1704 malapropos1709 inapt1744 out of place1748 uncongenial1788 unfit-like1796 ungain-like1796 inappropriate1804 unadapted1805 dissuitable1807 dissuited1819 ineligible1828 infelicitous1835 unapropos1840 butt-ended1850 malappropriate1851 ungenial1871 misappropriate1878 unbecoming1893 unappropriate1898 unadjusted1899 offside1910 off-key1943 improbable1958 1850 J. R. Browne Rep. Calif. Constit. Convent. 1849 379 We are told that the preamble of the majority is from the Constitution of New York. In my opinion it is the most butt-ended one that could be found. 1881 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 22 Feb. 4/2 Mr Dale's resolution is such a clumsy, shuffling, wrong-headed, butt-ended, roundabout device to get at a plain result, that it needs a great deal of patience to show its absurdities. 2. Having a thick end or ends; ending in a butt (butt n.⁶ 1). Also in extended use: (of a person) having large buttocks. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [adjective] > thickened at end clubbedc1386 clavated1728 butted1801 clavate1803 claviform1805 pedate1866 butt-ended1869 butt-headed1891 1869 Liverpool Mercury 6 July 6/6 The joint consists simply of the union of a butt-ended pipe with a cylindrical socketed one. 1887 Viscount Bury & G. L. Hillier Cycling (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 343 This accident..was met by the invention of butt-ended spokes,..the end of the spoke being thickened and made sexagonal to admit of adjustment. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 338 Look contrite, you butt-ended, broad-breeched, bottle-bellied, swivel-eyed son of a tinker, you! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018). butt-endedadj.² Brit. /ˌbʌtˈɛndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌbətˈɛndəd/, /ˌbədˈɛndəd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt n.⁵, end n., -ed suffix². Etymology: < butt n.⁵ + end n. + -ed suffix². Compare butt-end n.² Having ends that butt against each other or another surface; (of a weld or joint) consisting of two ends that butt against each other. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > bluntness > [adjective] > having blunt end pointlessc1330 unpointed1608 round-nosed1678 probe-pointed1748 round-nose1851 snoutless1862 blunt-pointed1881 butt-ended1892 blunt-topped1908 the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous > meeting end-to-end butt-ended1892 1892 Cycling 30 Jan. 29/1 The air-chamber itself is butt ended. 1895 Electr. Rev. 26 Apr. 518/1 There has been no difficulty in gathering all the wires together and making a butt-ended weld. 1905 Dental Rev. Dec. 1149 It forms a lapped joint instead of a butt-ended joint. 1916 G. B. Upton Struct. & Properties More Common Materials of Constr. vii. 92 With small loads a butt-ended column imitates in its deflection curve a fixed-ended column. 1969 Financial Times 30 July 2/4 To reduce the noise and damage caused by wheels passing over the gap between butt-ended rails, a dentist..invented a lapped sliding-joint. 2010 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 30 1283/1 Interdigitated sutures occur in regions of compression, whereas areas of tension tend to have butt-ended sutures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.¹1850adj.²1892
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