nosy的词源

英文词源

nosy (adj.)

also nosey, 1610s, "having a prominent nose," from nose (n.) + -y (2). Earlier in this sense was nasee (mid-14c.), from Anglo-French, from Old French nasé, ultimately from Latin nasus "nose." Sense of "inquisitive" first recorded 1882. Nosey Parker as a name for an inquisitive person is from 1907.

中文词源

nosy：爱打听的

来自nose,鼻子。引申词义向狗一样乱嗅的，爱打听的。

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