seamy的词源

英文词源

seamy (adj.)

c. 1600, "least pleasant, worst," in figurative phrase seamy side, from seam + -y (2); the seamy side of a sewn garment being the less attractive, and thus typically turned in. The popularity of the figurative sense likely is due to its use by Shakespeare in "Othello" IV.ii.146: "Some such Squire he was That turn'd your wits the seamy-side without, And made you to suspect me with the Moore."

中文词源

seamy：污秽的

seam,缝补，缝隙，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法，把难看的一面缝在里面。词义演变比较 seedy.

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