crannyとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English crany, crani (“cranny”), apparently a diminutive of *cran (+ -y), from Old French cran, cren (“notch, fissure”), a derivative of crener (“to notch, split”), from Medieval Latin crenō (“split”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *crinō (“split, break”, verb), of obscure origin. Despite a spurious use in Pliny, connection to Latin crēna is doubtful. Instead, probably of Germanic or Celtic origin. Compare Old High German chrinna (“notch, groove, crevice”), Alemannic German Krinne (“small crack, channel, groove”), Low German karn (“notch, groove, crevice, cranny”), Old Irish ara-chrinin (“to perish, decay”).

名詞

cranny (複数形 crannies)

1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
   • Arbuthnot (Can we date this quote?)

     He peeped into every cranny.

   • Dryden (Can we date this quote?)

     In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies.

2. A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

関連する語

• any nook or cranny, every nook and cranny, nook and cranny, nook or cranny

動詞

cranny (三人称単数 現在形 crannies, 現在分詞 crannying, 過去形および過去分詞形 crannied)

1. (intransitive) To break into, or become full of, crannies.
   • 1567, Arthur Golding: Ovid's Metamophoses; Bk. 2, line 333

     The ground did cranie everie where and light did pierce to hell.

2. (intransitive) To haunt or enter by crannies.
   • Byron (Can we date this quote?)

     All tenantless, save to the crannying wind.

語源 2

Perhaps for cranky.

形容詞

cranny (comparative more cranny, superlative most cranny)

1. (Britain, dialectal) quick; giddy; thoughtless

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)