chin-strokingn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪnstrəʊkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪnˌstroʊkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chin n.¹, stroking n.

Etymology: < chin n.¹ + stroking n. Compare chin-stroking adj.

The action of stroking one's chin, esp. while deliberating or reflecting on a question. Hence: excessive deliberation or pondering. Cf. beard-stroking n.

ΚΠ

1860 Morning Post 17 May 5/6 Dancing has its stupid conventionalities like every other art—its chin-stroking, and running about upon tip-toes, for instance.

1920 New Castle (Pa.) News 3 Dec. 13/2 Not one person in a hundred can sit absolutely still for even five minutes in the presence of other people... Chin stroking is quite common, like eyebrow raising and forehead-wrinkling.

2019 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 11 The elongated build up to a Solheim Cup features much media-driven hand-wringing, chin-stroking, pondering and predicting about captains doing this, that and the other.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

chin-strokingadj.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪnstrəʊkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪnˌstroʊkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chin n.¹, stroking adj. at stroke v.¹ Derivatives.

Etymology: < chin n.¹ + stroking adj. at stroke v.¹ Derivatives. Compare chin-stroking n.

Given to or characterized by the stroking of one's chin, esp. while deliberating or reflecting on a question. Hence: over-intellectual, pretentious. Cf. beard-stroking adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > stroking > [adjective]

stroking1619

chin-stroking1858

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] > prudent > duly deliberate (of persons)

howea950

deliberate?a1425

umbethoughta1500

suspense?1518

deliberating1561

considerate1581

deliberating1637

deliberative1742

chin-stroking1858

1858 Press 27 Nov. 1163/3 A shamelessly ‘intelligent’ grossly physical display, such as deformed, bow-legged, chin-stroking posturers, male or female, show us in the modern ballet.

1898 Daily News 9 Dec. 5/7 Another chin-stroking, eye-closing, brow-knitting period of calculation.

1956 Logansport (Indiana) Press 24 May 1/6 He ranged in mood from chin-stroking thoughtfulness to table-rapping fervor as he gave his own rapid-fire analysis of the whole situation.

2019 Times (Nexis) 16 Sept. Too often we talk about ‘polarisation’ and ‘division’ as if they are the same thing when they are distinct and complex. This may sound like the worst kind of chin-stroking pedantry, but it isn't.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chin-stroking
释义	chin-strokingn. Brit. /ˈtʃɪnstrəʊkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪnˌstroʊkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chin n.¹, stroking n. Etymology: < chin n.¹ + stroking n. Compare chin-stroking adj. The action of stroking one's chin, esp. while deliberating or reflecting on a question. Hence: excessive deliberation or pondering. Cf. beard-stroking n. ΚΠ 1860 Morning Post 17 May 5/6 Dancing has its stupid conventionalities like every other art—its chin-stroking, and running about upon tip-toes, for instance. 1920 New Castle (Pa.) News 3 Dec. 13/2 Not one person in a hundred can sit absolutely still for even five minutes in the presence of other people... Chin stroking is quite common, like eyebrow raising and forehead-wrinkling. 2019 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 11 The elongated build up to a Solheim Cup features much media-driven hand-wringing, chin-stroking, pondering and predicting about captains doing this, that and the other. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chin-strokingadj. Brit. /ˈtʃɪnstrəʊkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪnˌstroʊkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chin n.¹, stroking adj. at stroke v.¹ Derivatives. Etymology: < chin n.¹ + stroking adj. at stroke v.¹ Derivatives. Compare chin-stroking n. Given to or characterized by the stroking of one's chin, esp. while deliberating or reflecting on a question. Hence: over-intellectual, pretentious. Cf. beard-stroking adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > stroking > [adjective] stroking1619 chin-stroking1858 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] > prudent > duly deliberate (of persons) howea950 deliberate?a1425 umbethoughta1500 suspense?1518 deliberating1561 considerate1581 deliberating1637 deliberative1742 chin-stroking1858 1858 Press 27 Nov. 1163/3 A shamelessly ‘intelligent’ grossly physical display, such as deformed, bow-legged, chin-stroking posturers, male or female, show us in the modern ballet. 1898 Daily News 9 Dec. 5/7 Another chin-stroking, eye-closing, brow-knitting period of calculation. 1956 Logansport (Indiana) Press 24 May 1/6 He ranged in mood from chin-stroking thoughtfulness to table-rapping fervor as he gave his own rapid-fire analysis of the whole situation. 2019 Times (Nexis) 16 Sept. Too often we talk about ‘polarisation’ and ‘division’ as if they are the same thing when they are distinct and complex. This may sound like the worst kind of chin-stroking pedantry, but it isn't. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860adj.1858
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