英语词汇slinky的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	slinky
词源	slinky adj. "sinuous and slender," of women or clothes, 1921, from slink + -y (2). Related: Slinkily; slinkiness. Earlier usages of it meant "lank; lean; flaccid" (Century Dictionary 1895). Slinking (adj.) "moving in a slinking manner" is by 1840, and slink is attested from 1670s as an adjective, "thin, slender, lean; starved and hungry," of cattle, etc. As a proprietary name (with capital from S-) for a coil of spring marketed as a toy, 1948, by James Industries Inc., Philadelphia, U.S.A. Entries linking to slinky slink v. Middle English slinken, from Old English slincan "to creep, crawl" (of reptiles), from Proto-Germanic slinkan (source also of Old High German slihhan, German schleichen "slink, crawl, sneak, move slowly," Swedish slinka "to glide," Dutch slinken "to shrink, shrivel"), related to the source of sling (v.)). Of persons or other animals, "steal or move quietly" (frequently with off or away), attested from late 14c. Related: Slinked; slinker; slinking. As a noun, "a slinking fellow," by 1824. -y 2 adjective suffix, "full of or characterized by," from Old English -ig, from Proto-Germanic -iga- (source also of Dutch, Danish, German -ig, Gothic -egs), from PIE -(i)ko-, adjectival suffix, cognate with elements in Greek -ikos, Latin -icus (see -ic). Originally added to nouns in Old English; used from 13c. with verbs, and by 15c. even with other adjectives (for example crispy). Adjectives such as hugy, vasty are artificial words that exist for the sake of poetical metrics. updated on January 08, 2023
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