wrigglingn.

/ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/

Etymology: < wriggle v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of the verb in various physical senses; an instance of this.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > wriggling

wriggling1580

1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 1^v How to cure the wrigling of y^e taile in a sheepe or a lambe.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 427 The Lampreis..get betwene the very mashes [of a net], which with their much winding and wrigling they will wrest wider and wider.

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 67 The wrigling and playing of the Mandril.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 2 Oct. (1948) II. 375 Lovet, towards the end of dinner, after twenty wrigglings, said..he was very pert.

1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician III. iii. viii. 189 Appetite..is not sharpened by the wriggling of the locomotives.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 46 The wrigglings of a worm.

2. figurative. Evasion; equivocation; shuffling.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > evasion or subterfuge

shifting1559

shuffling1579

wriggling1866

stalling1927

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > in action

shuffling1579

paltering1580

boggling1640

prevarication1656

whifflinga1677

wriggling1866

caffling1877

sidestepping1902

pussyfooting1956

1866 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) III. 56 He is..my superior, even in the master art of wriggling.

1895 Advance (Chicago) 7 Feb. 652/2 There is a wriggling that is wrong, as when Peter wriggled from the questioning accusations of the servant girl.

3. attributive in allusive use, as †wriggling disease, wriggling mordicancy, wriggling trade.

ΚΠ

1690 T. D'Urfey Collin's Walk i. 17 If any of his Flock were seiz'd By heat, with wrigling Disease.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxii. 271 Their..figging Itch, wrigling Mordicancy.

1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 91 I am a Baker, And..have..a Wrigling-Pole.

1765 E. Thompson Meretriciad 40 The fam'd itinerant lass..by her motions in the wriggling trade, Two sterling thousands..made.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

wrigglingadj.

Etymology: < wriggle v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwriggling.

1. That wriggles or squirms; writhing.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > wriggling

wraggling?a1513

wriggling1567

friggling1621

wrinkling1653

squirming1860

wrigglesome1891

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) v. f. 63^v A wrigling tayle streight to his limmes was added more beside.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1292/1 Two wrigling or scralling serpents.

1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 102 As an Angler..A wrigling yealow worme thrust on his hooke.

1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 42 He assumes..the shape of a wriggling crooked serpent.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxiv. 315 I must take care..the little wriggling rogue does not slip thro' my fingers.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vii. 167 A native emerges out of the moving mass of dead elephant and wriggling humanity.

1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 296 A great wriggling iguana.

in extended use.c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 71 Thir vrigling werse than plaine sall pass perfyt.

2. Characterized or distinguished by wriggling or writhing.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > wriggling > characterized by or given to

wriggling1608

squirmy1836

eely1862

wriggly1866

scriggly1888

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 137 As a fell Serpent..With wriggling pase dooth still approach his Foe.

1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. ii. 42 A wrigling motion, like that of eels.

1783 ‘P. Pindar’ More Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians i. 5 Won with such wry mouths, and wrigling pain.

1799 R. Southey Nondescripts vi, in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 71 Watching two maggots run their wriggling race.

1859 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) xii. 323 Wriggling movements of a Salamandroid quadruped.

1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xxii. 259 [A dog] with tail and ears and body all wriggling ecstasy.

figurative.1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. s.v. He took a wriggling byas in his Letter, which I am not pleased with.1871 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 49 The wriggling prurience of such lackey's literature as is handed round.

3. Meandering; tortuous; winding.

ΘΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [adjective] > having specific kind of course > full of bends

meandry1614

meandering1617

wriggling1640

wimpling1721

windabout1889

1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls iii. 48 [Sylvia] came unto the wriggling brook.

1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls iii. 62 His flow'ry green, Which wriggling Tyber laves.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 5 It is not unlike the crawling of a Snake, it's various Hills and Vallies..seem to borrow that riggling Shape.

Derivatives

ˈwrigglingly adv.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adverb] > in a wriggling manner

wrigglingly1601

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adverb]

here and therec1300

shiftingly1580

palterly1598

shufflingly1657

evasively1736

wrigglingly1866

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel To Rdr. sig. *7 They..do rather incedere tortuosè, goe wrigglinglie to worke.

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life v. 73 [He spoke] wrigglingly, and with..gesticulations towards the pit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	wriggling
释义	wrigglingn. /ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/ Etymology: < wriggle v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of the verb in various physical senses; an instance of this. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > wriggling wriggling1580 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 1^v How to cure the wrigling of y^e taile in a sheepe or a lambe. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 427 The Lampreis..get betwene the very mashes [of a net], which with their much winding and wrigling they will wrest wider and wider. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 67 The wrigling and playing of the Mandril. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 2 Oct. (1948) II. 375 Lovet, towards the end of dinner, after twenty wrigglings, said..he was very pert. 1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician III. iii. viii. 189 Appetite..is not sharpened by the wriggling of the locomotives. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 46 The wrigglings of a worm. 2. figurative. Evasion; equivocation; shuffling. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > evasion or subterfuge shifting1559 shuffling1579 wriggling1866 stalling1927 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > in action shuffling1579 paltering1580 boggling1640 prevarication1656 whifflinga1677 wriggling1866 caffling1877 sidestepping1902 pussyfooting1956 1866 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) III. 56 He is..my superior, even in the master art of wriggling. 1895 Advance (Chicago) 7 Feb. 652/2 There is a wriggling that is wrong, as when Peter wriggled from the questioning accusations of the servant girl. 3. attributive in allusive use, as †wriggling disease, wriggling mordicancy, wriggling trade. ΚΠ 1690 T. D'Urfey Collin's Walk i. 17 If any of his Flock were seiz'd By heat, with wrigling Disease. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxii. 271 Their..figging Itch, wrigling Mordicancy. 1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 91 I am a Baker, And..have..a Wrigling-Pole. 1765 E. Thompson Meretriciad 40 The fam'd itinerant lass..by her motions in the wriggling trade, Two sterling thousands..made. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2020). wrigglingadj. Etymology: < wriggle v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwriggling. 1. That wriggles or squirms; writhing. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > wriggling wraggling?a1513 wriggling1567 friggling1621 wrinkling1653 squirming1860 wrigglesome1891 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) v. f. 63^v A wrigling tayle streight to his limmes was added more beside. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1292/1 Two wrigling or scralling serpents. 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 102 As an Angler..A wrigling yealow worme thrust on his hooke. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 42 He assumes..the shape of a wriggling crooked serpent. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxiv. 315 I must take care..the little wriggling rogue does not slip thro' my fingers. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vii. 167 A native emerges out of the moving mass of dead elephant and wriggling humanity. 1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 296 A great wriggling iguana. in extended use.c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 71 Thir vrigling werse than plaine sall pass perfyt. 2. Characterized or distinguished by wriggling or writhing. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > wriggling > characterized by or given to wriggling1608 squirmy1836 eely1862 wriggly1866 scriggly1888 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 137 As a fell Serpent..With wriggling pase dooth still approach his Foe. 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. ii. 42 A wrigling motion, like that of eels. 1783 ‘P. Pindar’ More Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians i. 5 Won with such wry mouths, and wrigling pain. 1799 R. Southey Nondescripts vi, in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 71 Watching two maggots run their wriggling race. 1859 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) xii. 323 Wriggling movements of a Salamandroid quadruped. 1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xxii. 259 [A dog] with tail and ears and body all wriggling ecstasy. figurative.1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. s.v. He took a wriggling byas in his Letter, which I am not pleased with.1871 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 49 The wriggling prurience of such lackey's literature as is handed round. 3. Meandering; tortuous; winding. ΘΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [adjective] > having specific kind of course > full of bends meandry1614 meandering1617 wriggling1640 wimpling1721 windabout1889 1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls iii. 48 [Sylvia] came unto the wriggling brook. 1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls iii. 62 His flow'ry green, Which wriggling Tyber laves. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 5 It is not unlike the crawling of a Snake, it's various Hills and Vallies..seem to borrow that riggling Shape. Derivatives ˈwrigglingly adv. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adverb] > in a wriggling manner wrigglingly1601 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adverb] here and therec1300 shiftingly1580 palterly1598 shufflingly1657 evasively1736 wrigglingly1866 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel To Rdr. sig. 7 They..do rather incedere tortuosè, goe wrigglinglie to worke. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life* v. 73 [He spoke] wrigglingly, and with..gesticulations towards the pit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1580adj.1567
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