单词 | panicky |
释义 | panicky, a. colloq.|ˈpænɪkɪ| [f. panic n.2 + -y.] a. Of the nature of, or characterized by a tendency to, panic; subject to panic; unreasonably or excessively apprehensive; said esp. in reference to commercial and financial matters.
1869Echo 12 Oct., Hence the delays, mystification, and consequent panicky results. 1882St. James's Gaz. 13 Feb., Wheat fell on Saturday, and the wheat market is described as being ‘panicky’. 1900Scotsman 2 June 8/3 All of a sudden he made a panicky speech in the House of Lords which was held by the panicky newspapers to justify all that they had said. b. quasi-n. That which is panicky.
1924Galsworthy White Monkey i. xii. 96 ‘That appears to savour of the panicky,’ he said. |

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