wry-neckedadj.

Brit.

/ˌrʌɪˈnɛkt/, U.S.

/ˈraɪˌnɛkt/

Etymology: < wry adj. 1. Compare wryneck n.

1. Having a wry or crooked neck.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [adjective] > fife

wry-necked1600

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. v. 30 The vile squealing of the wry-neckt Fiffe.

1842 R. H. Barham Netley Abbey in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 116 A squeaking fiddle and ‘wry-necked fife’.

1870 C. Engel Descr. Catal. Musical Instruments S. Kensington Mus. 62 The wry-necked Fife... The Italians call it cornetto curvo.

2. Of persons or animals: Affected with distortion of the neck; having wryneck.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > wry-neck

wryneck1586

wry-necked1608

thraw-necked1898

1608 T. Dekker Dead Tearme sig. C4^v That aged and reuerend (but wry-necked) sonne of thine.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 152 Looking a squint, wry mouth'd, wry neck'd.

a1679 J. Ward Diary (1839) 273 Some are wry neckt from the womb.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. Pref. sig. A4 Great Alexander..(being blind) did love that Wry-neck'd Fool.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Wry-Necked, a term applied to persons affected with a distortion of the neck.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 608 It is almost impossible to bring the head of a wry-necked lamb into the passage of the womb.

1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. ii. v. 333 She preferred the wry-necked lambs.

figurative.a1641 T. Heywood Captives (1953) iii. iii. 73 This same wry-neckt death..still spoyles all drinkeinge 'tis a thinge, I never coold Indure.1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 20 All the squint-ey'd, wry-necked, and brasen-faced Errors that are or ever were of that litter.

Derivatives

wry-ˈneckedness n. rare

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > wry-neck

wryneck1753

wry-neckedness1881

1881 P. G. Tait in Nature 24 Nov. 90/2 The wry-neckedness of the protecting shell.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wry-necked
释义	wry-neckedadj. Brit. /ˌrʌɪˈnɛkt/, U.S. /ˈraɪˌnɛkt/ Etymology: < wry adj. 1. Compare wryneck n. 1. Having a wry or crooked neck. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [adjective] > fife wry-necked1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. v. 30 The vile squealing of the wry-neckt Fiffe. View more context for this quotation 1842 R. H. Barham Netley Abbey in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 116 A squeaking fiddle and ‘wry-necked fife’. 1870 C. Engel Descr. Catal. Musical Instruments S. Kensington Mus. 62 The wry-necked Fife... The Italians call it cornetto curvo. 2. Of persons or animals: Affected with distortion of the neck; having wryneck. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > wry-neck wryneck1586 wry-necked1608 thraw-necked1898 1608 T. Dekker Dead Tearme sig. C4^v That aged and reuerend (but wry-necked) sonne of thine. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 152 Looking a squint, wry mouth'd, wry neck'd. a1679 J. Ward Diary (1839) 273 Some are wry neckt from the womb. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. Pref. sig. A4 Great Alexander..(being blind) did love that Wry-neck'd Fool. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Wry-Necked, a term applied to persons affected with a distortion of the neck. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 608 It is almost impossible to bring the head of a wry-necked lamb into the passage of the womb. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. ii. v. 333 She preferred the wry-necked lambs. figurative.a1641 T. Heywood Captives (1953) iii. iii. 73 This same wry-neckt death..still spoyles all drinkeinge 'tis a thinge, I never coold Indure.1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 20 All the squint-ey'd, wry-necked, and brasen-faced Errors that are or ever were of that litter. Derivatives wry-ˈneckedness n. rare ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > wry-neck wryneck1753 wry-neckedness1881 1881 P. G. Tait in Nature 24 Nov. 90/2 The wry-neckedness of the protecting shell. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1600
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