skelly

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A squint. Scotland,archaic
  2. A skeleton, especially a human one. slang
    — We went spelunking in some caves and got quite the scare when we found some skellies in there.
  3. Alternative form of skully (“street game of flicking caps”). alt-of,alternative,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To squint. Scotland
    — "It is he—it is the very man," said Bothwell, "skellies fearfully with one eye?"
  2. To look at Scotland

词形变化

skellies plural skellies present,singular,third-person skellying participle,present skellied participle,past skellied past skellies plural

词源

词源 1
Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *skjelga ("to squint"; found only in the reflexive skjelgask (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)), from Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, *skelhwaz, *skelgaz (“slanted; sloping; squinting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Compare Danish skele (“to squint”), Swedish skela (“to squint”), Scots skellie, scalie, skellice (“to squint; look to the side”), German schielen (“to squint”).
词源 2
From a clipping of skeleton + -y (diminutive suffix).
词源 3
Variant of skully.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary