eightsies

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where eight actions must be performed.
    — Her hand darted in distraction to fumble eightsies, the jacks scattering.

词形变化

eightsies plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
Proto-Germanic *ahtōu
Proto-West Germanic *ahtō
Old English eahta
Middle English eighte
English eight
Old English -as
Middle English -es
English -s
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
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English -s
English -sies
English eightsies
From eight + -sies (“diminutive suffix”).
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