zowerswopped

English

WOTD – 7 September 2018

Alternative forms

zowerzapped, zower-zapped

Etymology

A dialectal form of sour-sapped (literally “being sour or foul-tempered to the core or marrow”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzaʊəswɒpt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzaʊɚˌswɑpt/
Audio (GA) (file)
Hyphenation: zow‧er‧swopped

Adjective

zowerswopped (comparative more zowerswopped, superlative most zowerswopped)

(Exmoor) Synonym of bad-tempered.
- 1834, John Brent, chapter XIX, in Leitch Ritchie, editor, The Sea-Wolf. A Romance of “The Free Traders.” (The Library of Romance; XI), London: Smith, Elder and Co., OCLC 27694936, page 185:
  "Did he understand you?" said Campbell. "O yes, for he called out to his men in Dutchified French, and looked at me zowerswopped enough. […]"
- 1993, Susan Kelz Sperling, Lost Words of Love, New York, N.Y.: C. Potter, →ISBN, page 50:
  I'm even more zowerswopped because I don't know for sure yet if I'm heavy-footed.
- 1993 April 27, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.: Gannett Company, ISSN 0745-4856, OCLC 9227552, page C1:
  Who hasn't felt zowerswopped to find one's mailbox pragged with junk mail?

Synonyms

ill-natured; see also Thesaurus:angry

Translations

bad-tempered — see bad-tempered

References

Francis Grose; Samuel Pegge (1839), “Zowerswapped”, in A Glossary of Provincial and Local Words Used in England. [...] To which is Now First Incorporated the Supplement, by Samuel Pegge, [...], London: John Russell Smith, OCLC 561014424, page 188: “Zowerswapped, ill-natur'd, Exm[oor].”

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