-by, suffix|bɪ|forming1. names of places (in the north of England), from by n.¹, as in Grimsby, Netherby, Kirkby, Ormesby, Rugby, Whitby.2. descriptive personal appellations, playful or derisive, as idleby, idlesby (= idler, Mr. Idleness), lewdsby, litherby, rudesby, sneaksby, sureby, suresby, wigsby (wearer of a wig), etc., especially frequent in 17th c. Perhaps formed in imitation of the place-names, or rather of personal surnames derived from these, such as Crosby, Littleby, Slingsby, Spilsby, Thoresby, some of which readily lent themselves to paronomasia. Cf. also such appellations as Chatterbox, Butterfingers, Lazybones, Slyboots. Some have suggested identity with -boy.

-by /bɪ/ suffix. arch.

ORIGIN: After place names and surnames in -by: see by noun¹.

Forming (joc. or derog.) descriptive nouns, as rudesby, sneaksby, wigsby, etc.

-by

Suffix

habitation when used as a suffix to many placenames

Etymology

From Old Norse býr (“settlement”).

词汇	-by
词根词缀	OED SOED Wiktionary -by, suffix\|bɪ\|forming1. names of places (in the north of England), from by n.¹, as in Grimsby, Netherby, Kirkby, Ormesby, Rugby, Whitby.2. descriptive personal appellations, playful or derisive, as *idleby, idlesby* (= idler, Mr. Idleness), *lewdsby, litherby, rudesby, sneaksby, sureby, suresby, wigsby* (wearer of a wig), etc., especially frequent in 17th c. Perhaps formed in imitation of the place-names, or rather of personal surnames derived from these, such as Crosby, Littleby, Slingsby, Spilsby, Thoresby, some of which readily lent themselves to paronomasia. Cf. also such appellations as Chatterbox, Butterfingers, Lazybones, Slyboots. Some have suggested identity with -boy. -by /bɪ/ suffix. arch. ORIGIN: After place names and surnames in -by: see by noun¹. Forming (joc. or derog.) descriptive nouns, as rudesby, sneaksby, wigsby, etc. -by Suffix habitation when used as a suffix to many placenames Etymology From Old Norse býr (“settlement”).
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