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▪ I. ou|ˈəʊuː|
[Hawaiian.]
A green and yellow bird, Psittirostra psittacea, belonging to the sub-family Coerebinæ, or honeycreepers.
1887L. Stejneger in Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. X. 93 The Ou, feeds on bugs and sings on the wing. 1890Ibis II. 194 The constant twittering the Ou almost invariably makes while feeding at once betrays its identity. 1903[see ieie]. 1944G. C. Munro Birds of Hawaii 123 With its yellow head and bright green body in varying shades on different parts the ou is a beautiful bird. 1970S. Carlquist Hawaii xi. 191 The ou eats fruits, seeds, leaves, and caterpillars.
▪ II. ‖ ou, n.2 S. Afr. slang.|əʊ|
Pl. ouens, ous.
[Afrikaans.]
A fellow or chap; a ‘bloke’. Cf. *outjie n.
1949B. A. Tindall James Rose Innes i. 7 He was a strict disciplinarian, but always just, and..we all loved the ‘Ou’. 1961Personality 16 May 27 It's a lekker language, and those overseas ous often sound pretty snaaks themselves. 1963A. Fugard Blood Knot iv. 87, I stopped at a petrol station and sat up with the night boy in his little room. An elderly ou. 1976J. McClure Rogue Eagle v. 92 You better not tell Willie that! He wants to murder the ou! 1979J. Drummond I saw him Die ii. 23, I ought to keep you locked up. The ou that shot Loder..he's dangerous. 1984Frontline Feb. 24/1 In fact you've never seen such a Harry Casual bunch of ouens in your life.
▪ III. ‖ ou, a. S. Afr. colloq.|əʊ|
Also 9 oud; 9– ou'.
[Afrikaans, f. Du. oud old.]
Old, elder; freq. used jocularly, or in terms of respect or endearment, as oubaas n., ouboet ‘old brother’, ouma n., ou maat ‘old pal’, oupa n., etc.
1869[see oubaas n.]. 1900B. Mitford Aletta 66 By the time they are found the English will not be here to hang anybody, and we, ou' maat—we shall have deserved the thanks of all true patriots for having put out of the way an enemy of our country. 1913A. B. Marchand in C. P. Swart Africanderisms (M.A. thesis, Univ. S. Afr., Pretoria, 1934), Hullo, ou maat, cried Edouard coming in with a rush. 1939‘D. Rame’ Wine of Good Hope i. vi. 80 ‘Has Mis' 'Tonia seen the Ou-Missis?’ 1953U. Krige Dream & Desert i. 10 Kleinboet would call him Ouboet, eldest brother. 1961D. Bee Children of Yesterday 93 ‘Dolf, ou maat—here's to you.’ Perhaps it was the first sign of the drink in him, that ‘ou maat’—old friend. 1971A. Fugard Hello & Goodbye i. 13, I hate them when they're like that—fat and dressed in black..because somebody's dead, and calling me Ou Sister.
▪ IV. † ou, int. Obs.
= O, oh.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4409 Ou louerd þe deol þat þer was of hom of normandye.
▪ V. ou
obs. form of owe v., how, you. |