| 释义 |
deedy, a. Chiefly dial.|ˈdiːdɪ|
[f. deed n. + -y1: found first in the combination ill-deedy.]
1. Full of deeds or activity; active. Also, earnest, serious.
[c1460Towneley Myst. 320 Riche and ille-dedy, Gederand and gredy. 1535Lyndesay Satyre 4028 Luke quhat it is to be evil-deidie.] 1615T. Adams Lycanthropy 7 In a messenger..is required..that he be speedy, that he be heedy, and that he be deedy. 1623Bingham Xenophon 72 The horse of that Country are..more deedy, and full of metall. 1721Cibber Double Gallant iii. i, If she is not a Deedy Tit at the Bottom, I'm no Jockey. 1787Grose Provinc. Gloss., Deedy, industrious, notable. Berksh. 1876J. Ellis Cæsar in Egypt 135 A deedy conclave were we. 1883G. Macdonald Castle Warlock I. xvii. 263 Grizzie was live as the new day, bustling and deedy. 1895Hardy Jude i. ii. 14 There! don't ye look so deedy! Farmer Troutham is not so much better than myself. 1938F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xxiii. 241 He said that he had seen four men in a pub in Bethnal Green in ‘deedy’ conversation. 1951M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael vi. v. 310 He was feeling genial and deedy, and..his imagination toyed with new campaigns. Ibid. vii. 326 The train came puffing in half empty, so he did not have to be so deedy on her behalf as he would have liked. 1959Listener 19 Nov. 900/2 The opening scenes..were just a shade too fruity and deedy.
†2. Actual, real. Obs. rare.
1781Cowper Let. to Newton 18 Mar., There are soldiers quartered at Newport and at Olney. These..performed all the manœuvres of a deedy battle, and the result was that this town was taken. 1788― Let. to Lady Hesketh 27 June, Retirement indeed, or..what we call deedy retirement. |
