英语词汇snoopy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	snoopy
词源	snoopy adj. "inquisitive, excessively prying," by 1895, from snoop (n.) + -y (2). The cartoon dog of that name is from the syndicated newspaper comic strip that came to be called "Peanuts," in which he debuted for a national audience on Oct. 4, 1950. Entries linking to snoopy snoop n. 1891, "act of snooping," from snoop (v.). The U.S. colloquial meaning "one who snoops" is by 1902; the sense of "detective" is from 1942. Snooper "one who pries or peeps" is from 1889. -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 February 11, 2023
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snoopy adj.