Linsey-woolseyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

linsey-woolsey (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 linsey-woolseys)

1. A fabric made of both linen and wool.

   Synonyms: (Judaism) shatnez, wincey, woolsey

   • 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “To His Readers, Hee Cares Not What They Be”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], OCLC 228714942:

     I had as lieue haue no ſunne, as haue it ſhine faintly, no fire, as a ſmothering fire of ſmall coales, no cloathes, rather then weare linſey wolſey.

2. (figuratively, archaic) Worthless material; nonsense; gibberish.
   • c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:

     what linsey-woolsey hast thou to speak

派生語

• linsey

形容詞

linsey-woolsey

1. Mean; shoddy; of unsuitable composition.