Postby Stargzer » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:55 am
Just hope he doesn't ask for his own
sulky when you want to isolate him in a time-out.
sulky (n.)
"light carriage with two wheels," 1756, apparently a noun use of sulky (adj.), on notion of "standoffishness," because the carriage has room for only one person.
sulky (adj.)
"sullen," 1744, probably from O.E. asolcen "idle, lazy, slow," from pp. of aseolcan "become sluggish, be weak or idle" (related to besylcan "be languid"), from P.Gmc. *seklanan (cf. M.H.G. selken "to drop, fall").
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
sulky[sup]2[/sup]
SYLLABICATION: sulk·y
PRONUNCIATION: sŭl
'kē
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl.
sulk·ies
A light, open two-wheeled vehicle accommodating only the driver and drawn by one horse, used especially in harness racing.
ETYMOLOGY: From
sulky[sup]1[/sup] (from its having only one seat).
sulky[sup]1[/sup]
SYLLABICATION: sulk·y
PRONUNCIATION: sŭl
'kē
ADJECTIVE: Inflected forms:
sulk·i·er, sulk·i·est
1. Sullenly aloof or withdrawn.
2. Gloomy; dismal: sulky weather.
ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps alteration of obsolete
sulke, sluggish, perhaps ultimately from Old English
āsolcen, from past participle of
āseolcan, to become sluggish.
OTHER FORMS:
sulki·ly —ADVERB
sulki·ness—NOUN
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Regards//Larry
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