codfishn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒdfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈkɑdˌfɪʃ/

Forms: see cod n.² and fish n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cod n.², fish n.¹

Etymology: < cod n.² + fish n.¹It is uncertain whether an earlier isolated instance in a surname, Thomas Cotfich (1273, East Kent), shows this word. If it does, the surname may have referred to any kind of fish found in a cod net (compare discussion at codling n.¹), rather than specifically to cod.

1. The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. In later use also: any of various other fishes known as cod (see cod n.² 2).

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a1399 in W. G. Benham Oath Bk. Colchester (1907) 8 (MED) Pour codfish.

1542 Bibliotheca Eliotæ at Asellus Many doo suppose, that it is the fysshe, whyche we call an haddocke, other do thynke that it is the codde fysshe.

1607 J. Davies Relation Voy. New-Eng. in Early Eng. & French Voy. (1932) 402 Hear Lyeinge at hull we took great stor of cod fyshes the bigeste and largest that I ever Saw or any man in our ship.

1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 138 The great rendezvouz of the cod fish is on the Banks of Newfoundland.

1832 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 2 327 There was an abundance of cod fish, of a small size... The name of the river..was Karaula.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 270 The Cultus Cod, Ophiodon elongatus, is universally called ‘Cod-fish’ where the true cod is unknown.

1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes iv. 81 Some or all of the rays may be drawn out into lengthy filaments, as in the Dwarf Cod-fish.

2011 R. Fortey Survivors ii. 49 The codfish has not become extinct, of course.

†2. figurative. Obsolete.The exact sense of the metaphor in quot. 1603 is unclear; but cf. to have other fish to fry at fish n.¹ Phrases 2.

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1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xvi. 93 I haue other Cod-fish in water, that must not be forgotten.

Compounds

Originally and chiefly U.S. As a modifier, used depreciatively (esp. in codfish aristocracy) to designate people who have acquired wealth or high social status through commercial activity. Originally perhaps in more general depreciative use. Now somewhat rare.The term appears originally to have been closely associated with the New York journalist and politician Michael Walsh (1810–59). Although it is widely regarded as having originally had reference to the cod fishing industry, Walsh appears to have used it in a more general sense to refer to an alleged clique within the Democratic Party (cf. quot. 1842).

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1842 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 2 Nov. 2/1 Mike Walsh was last night hoisted on the Loco-Foco Assembly Ticket in Tammany... He made a pretty saucy Speech..of which a friend penciled down the following passage. It does honor to the author, viz: ‘The aristocracy of talent I revere—the aristocracy of power, fairly obtained and properly exercised when obtained, I respect—the aristocracy of wealth, I can tolerate—but the low, dirty, cod-fish aristocracy of Democracy, I loath [sic] and detest.’

a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xxv. 305 It's plain to be seen with all her pretensions she feels oneasy and oncomfortable the hull time. I've noticed that yer codfish gentility always dew. She knows she ain't the ginniwine article, and so she tries to make up for 't in brass and bluster.

1853 E. A. Poyas Peep into Past 37 James removed to Boston, to help on that of the Cod-fish aristocracy.

1865 Daily Tel. 4 Dec. 5/6 A few of the cod-fish, shoddy, and petroleum aristocracy.

1917 W. H. Scheifley Brieux & Contemp. French Society xiii. 362 In an age when the ‘codfish nobility’ presume to have whatever they want, if money will buy it, judicial offices might frequently pass into the hands of unworthy occupants.

1954 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 26 Aug. 54/3 Then, too, in Boston especially, the Irish have always shown a fondness for Saltonstall and other codfish aristocrats.

1999 Newsweek (Nexis) 1 Feb. 34 They are a codfish aristocracy for the '90s: butchers, brickmakers, supermarketers, who made their fortunes peddling wares to a market the upmarket companies neglected.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	codfish
释义	codfishn. Brit. /ˈkɒdfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈkɑdˌfɪʃ/ Forms: see cod n.² and fish n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cod n.², fish n.¹ Etymology: < cod n.² + fish n.¹It is uncertain whether an earlier isolated instance in a surname, Thomas Cotfich (1273, East Kent), shows this word. If it does, the surname may have referred to any kind of fish found in a cod net (compare discussion at codling n.¹), rather than specifically to cod. 1. The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. In later use also: any of various other fishes known as cod (see cod n.² 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cod cod1357 codfisha1399 cod's head1545 New-land fish1580 bank fish1584 Newfoundland fish1589 water horse1777 coddiea1870 rounder1907 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > member of (cod) cod1357 codfisha1399 gadoid1842 gadean1853 coddiea1870 gadid1876 gadine1885 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > genus Gadus > gadus morhua (common cod) milwell1228 keelingc1300 cod1357 codfisha1399 bacalao1555 cabilliau1696 gade1828 coddiea1870 a1399 in W. G. Benham Oath Bk. Colchester (1907) 8 (MED) Pour codfish. 1542 Bibliotheca Eliotæ at Asellus Many doo suppose, that it is the fysshe, whyche we call an haddocke, other do thynke that it is the codde fysshe. 1607 J. Davies Relation Voy. New-Eng. in Early Eng. & French Voy. (1932) 402 Hear Lyeinge at hull we took great stor of cod fyshes the bigeste and largest that I ever Saw or any man in our ship. 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 138 The great rendezvouz of the cod fish is on the Banks of Newfoundland. 1832 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 2 327 There was an abundance of cod fish, of a small size... The name of the river..was Karaula. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 270 The Cultus Cod, Ophiodon elongatus, is universally called ‘Cod-fish’ where the true cod is unknown. 1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes iv. 81 Some or all of the rays may be drawn out into lengthy filaments, as in the Dwarf Cod-fish. 2011 R. Fortey Survivors ii. 49 The codfish has not become extinct, of course. †2. figurative. Obsolete.The exact sense of the metaphor in quot. 1603 is unclear; but cf. to have other fish to fry at fish n.¹ Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xvi. 93 I haue other Cod-fish in water, that must not be forgotten. Compounds Originally and chiefly U.S. As a modifier, used depreciatively (esp. in codfish aristocracy) to designate people who have acquired wealth or high social status through commercial activity. Originally perhaps in more general depreciative use. Now somewhat rare.The term appears originally to have been closely associated with the New York journalist and politician Michael Walsh (1810–59). Although it is widely regarded as having originally had reference to the cod fishing industry, Walsh appears to have used it in a more general sense to refer to an alleged clique within the Democratic Party (cf. quot. 1842). ΚΠ 1842 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 2 Nov. 2/1 Mike Walsh was last night hoisted on the Loco-Foco Assembly Ticket in Tammany... He made a pretty saucy Speech..of which a friend penciled down the following passage. It does honor to the author, viz: ‘The aristocracy of talent I revere—the aristocracy of power, fairly obtained and properly exercised when obtained, I respect—the aristocracy of wealth, I can tolerate—but the low, dirty, cod-fish aristocracy of Democracy, I loath [sic] and detest.’ a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xxv. 305 It's plain to be seen with all her pretensions she feels oneasy and oncomfortable the hull time. I've noticed that yer codfish gentility always dew. She knows she ain't the ginniwine article, and so she tries to make up for 't in brass and bluster. 1853 E. A. Poyas Peep into Past 37 James removed to Boston, to help on that of the Cod-fish aristocracy. 1865 Daily Tel. 4 Dec. 5/6 A few of the cod-fish, shoddy, and petroleum aristocracy. 1917 W. H. Scheifley Brieux & Contemp. French Society xiii. 362 In an age when the ‘codfish nobility’ presume to have whatever they want, if money will buy it, judicial offices might frequently pass into the hands of unworthy occupants. 1954 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 26 Aug. 54/3 Then, too, in Boston especially, the Irish have always shown a fondness for Saltonstall and other codfish aristocrats. 1999 Newsweek (Nexis) 1 Feb. 34 They are a codfish aristocracy for the '90s: butchers, brickmakers, supermarketers, who made their fortunes peddling wares to a market the upmarket companies neglected. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1399
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