英语词汇edgy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	edgy
词源	edgy. Edgy for nervous or irritable is an Americanism first recorded as late as 1931. However, it derives from the expres- sion on edge, which has been common since the beginning of the century. No doubt the latter is patterned on someone on the edge of a precipice, close to falling. The mulligrubs, jimjams, shakes, fantods, and willies are all earlier synonyms.
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