英语词汇oozy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	oozy
词源	oozy adj. Old English wosig "juicy, moist;" see ooze (v.) + -y (2). Original sense now obsolete; meaning "containing or resembling fine soft mud; having the consistency of wet mud or slime" is from 1560s. Related: Ooziness. Entries linking to oozy ooze v. "to flow as ooze, percolate through the pores of a substance" (intrans.), also "emit in the shape of moisture" (trans.), late 14c., wosen, verbal derivative of Old English noun wos "juice, sap," from Proto-Germanic wosan (source of Middle Low German wose "scum"), from same source as ooze (n.). The modern spelling is from late 16c. The Old English verb was wesan. Related: Oozed; oozing. -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 August 29, 2019
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oozy adj.