noiseyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

noisey (comparative noisier, superlative noisiest)

1. Uncommon form of noisy.
   • 1684, A[phra] Behn, “A Farewel to Celladon, On his Going into Ireland”, in Poems upon Several Occasions: with a Voyage to the Island of Love, London: […] R[ichard] Tonson and J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, stanza VI, page 17:

     Where the ſoft tale of Love She breathes, / Mixt with the ruſhing of the wind-blown leaves, / The different Notes of Cheerful Birds, / And diſtant Bleating of the Herds: / Is Muſick far more raviſhing and ſweet, / Then all the Artful Sounds that pleaſe the noiſey Great.

   • 1689, “Another Complement by a Friend of the Order of the Grape, on a famous King of B. M.”, in The Quakers Art of Courtship: or, The Yea-and-Nay Academy of Complements Calculated for the Meridian of the Bull-and-Mouth; […], London: […], →OCLC, chapter III (Certain Examples of friendly Greetings towards Great Men), pages 23–24:

     I ſpeak not this that thou ſhouldſt think Friends know not the uſe of its Vertue in other reſpects; for to deal plainly with thee, there are a ſort of Wet-friends, who perhaps have been as ſenſible of the warm Effects of the Bottle, as the great hectoring noiſey Pretenders: But what then?

   • 1693, J[ohn] Partridge, “An Answer to His Idle Pamphlet”, in Nebulo Anglicanus. Or, The First Part of the Black Life of John Gadbury. […], London: […], →OCLC, page 16:

     The firſt thing he falls foul on ſhews the Fellow to be top-full of Malice; and what little things muſt ſerve him to make a noiſe with in my Epiſtle; I ſaid, This little Book will run the Nation thorough; but that way did not pleaſe him, it ſeems, to expreſs it; and therefore after a great deal of noiſey ſtuff, he puts me, as he thinks, in a better way, to ſay this little Book ſhall run thorough the Nation; […]

   • 1697, Nunc aut Nunquam, Peace Now or Never; Being a Dialogue betwixt Jack and Will, upon the Present Juncture of Affairs, London: […] Tho[mas] Snowden […], and sold by E[lizabeth] Whitlock, […], →OCLC, pages 24–25:

     Alas! Poor Jemmy has no ſuch good Stars to help him to his three Crowns again, one Crown in the other World is worth three and twenty in this, here’s nothing in this lower Orb but trouble and vexation, and who would value empty Titles and noiſey Greatneſs mixt with ſo much allay and mortification?

   • 1699, [Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet], anonymous translator, “St. Basils Remarks upon the Gravity of a Christian Conversation”, in Maxims and Reflections upon Plays. […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 117:

     But as for thoſe loud Peals of noiſey Mirth, thoſe Rattlings and Shakings of the Lungs and Sides, which are rather Violent Convulſions than any real Delight, Theſe, according to Him, are by no means the Practice of a Man of Virtue, and One who is a Maſter of Himſelf; […]

   • 1701 (indicated as 1702), “The Third Vision of the Last Judgment”, in The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo. Villegas. […] Made English by Sir R[oger] Lestrange, and Burlesqu’d by a Person of Quality., London: […] B[enjamin] Harris, […], →OCLC, page 79:

     But ſeeing her, they joyntly fell / A pointing, and a hooting, ſo; / That ſhe took up her heels, to go / And herd among a noiſey Troop / Of Sergeants, fed with Brimſtone Soop.

   • 1703, [Tom Brown], “From Bully Dawson to Bully W[a]t[so]n”, in A Continuation or Second Part of the Letters from the Dead to the Living, by Mr. Tho. Brown, Capt. Ayloff, Mr. Henry Barker, &c., London, →OCLC, page 118:

     Confound you ſaid I, for a couple of Hell-cats; What’s this for? For, crys one of the Grim Potentates, as ſaucily as a Reforming Conſtable, for your tumultuous noiſey Behaviour, why ſure you don’t think you are got into a Bear-garden.

   • 1828 July 5, “The Progress of Christian Superstition”, in The Correspondent. […], volume III, number 24, New York, N.Y.: […] Geo[rge] Houston & Co. […], →OCLC, “Miscellaneous” section, page 383:

     John 13th, invented the christening and blessing of bells, which ceremonies must certainly have rendered these noisey things, more sonorous and pleasing to the pious ear of a good christian.

   • 1846 February 14, Epaphras Hoyt, Sketch-book (S 920.71 H869sk), number 20, Deerfield, Mass.: Historic Deerfield, published 2021, →OCLC, page 25:

     Do these noisey demagogues forget that these invaders require food, clothing, arms, ammunition and hay from the government, besides supplies for their families left at home; […]

   • 1896, J[acob] A[rmel] Kiester, “The Centennial Fourth of July”, in The History of Faribault County, Minnesota, from Its First Settlement to the Close of the Year 1879. […], Minneapolis, Minn.: Harrison & Smith, […], →OCLC, chapter XXII (A. D. 1876), page 428:

     This is the age of steam and electricity, of iron, of great projects, of giant powder and grand achievements, and these loud demonstrations express the genius of the nation and the spirit of the age. Under all these noisey manifestations lies the broad, deep meaning—the rejoicing of the freest, most generous and most progressive people on earth, in the deeds of their forefathers and their own success, in popular government.

   • 1976, Roy Lukes, “Rock Island Paradise”, in Once Around the Sun: A Door County Journal, Baileys Harbor, Wis.: Pine Street Press, →ISBN, “Summer” section, page 85:

     Cliff swallows in search of insects met us midway across the water, at a point we thought quite far from land. Judging by the number we saw, I would say that their best “hunting” was out over water. Dozens of their gourd-shaped, side-opening mud nests line the majestic Viking Hall boathouse-library at the Rock Island landing. What a noisey chattering reception they give visitors!

   • 1991, Timmy Mallett, “The Twentieth Century”, in Timmy Mallett’s Utterly Brilliant History of the World, London: Pan Books Ltd., →ISBN, page 88:

     IT’S THOSE NOISEY EARTH NEIGHBOURS AGAIN!..

   • 2001, Audrey Pavia, “Personality Match”, in The Labrador Retriever Handbook, Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., →ISBN, chapter 2 (Before Buying), “Is a Lab Right for You?” section, page 16, column 2:

     Labs intrinsically love kids, and they can easily learn how to behave properly around those noisey and diminutive humans.