coffee-housen.

Forms: see coffee n. and house n.¹

Origin: Formed within Engilsh, by compounding. Etymons: coffee n., house n.¹

Etymology: < coffee n. + house n.¹Compare Dutch koffiehuis (1676 as koffihuys; after English). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcoffee-house.

A house of entertainment where coffee and other refreshments are supplied. (Much frequented in 17th and 18th centuries for the purpose of political and literary conversation, circulation of news, etc.)The places now so called have lost this character, and are simply refreshment-houses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > coffee-house or -stall

coffee-house1615

street breakfast1831

caffè1835

coffee palace1879

coffee bar1905

kafenion1939

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey i. 66 Coffa-houses [in Constantinople]..There sit they chatting most of the day, and sippe of a drinke called Coffa.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cauphe-house, a Tavern or Inn where they sel Cauphe.

1664 S. Pepys Diary 24 Nov. (1971) V. 329 To a Coffee-house to drink Jocolatte.

a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 48 This yeare [1650] Jacob a Jew opened a coffey house at the Angel in the parish of S. Peter in the east, Oxon.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 46. ¶2 At Lloyd's Coffee-house where the Auctions are usually kept.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 198 The leaders of the legislative clubs and coffee-houses .

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xi. 217 Anecdotes of court excesses..in daily circulation through the coffee-houses.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 366 Every coffee-house had one or more orators, to whose eloquence the crowd listened with admiration.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

1684 London Gaz. No. 1910/4 A Coffee-house-man at the corner house in Brook-street.

1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 257 Coffee-house Wits.

1720 London Gaz. No. 5900/4 Mary Hassard..Coffee-House-Holder.

1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 137 Our modish coffee-house philosophers.

1752 D. Hume Polit. Disc. i. 1 What we can learn from every coffee-house conversation.

1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iii. viii. 105 His lordship was apt to be too civil... To-day he was quite the coffee-house waiter. He praised everything.

1876 B. Disraeli Speech Mere coffee-house babble.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

coffee-housev.

slang.

intransitive. To indulge in gossip (originally while waiting for the hounds to draw a covert, etc., during a fox-hunt). Chiefly in verbal noun (also attributive).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip

talea1225

talk1461

twittle1551

tattle1581

clasha1689

fetch-and-carry1770

gammer1788

chit-chat1821

rumour1832

nipper1840

coffee-house1861

cooze1870

chopse1879

skinder1942

scuttlebutt1945

to talk trash1947

gyaff1976

gist1992

tongue-wag-

1861 ‘Scrutator’ Recoll. Fox-hunter ix. 151 [He] seldom viewed a fox at all; he was always coffee-housing with some particular friend.

1883 M. E. Kennard Right Sort xxiii She found the hounds still engaged in drawing a large wood.., and people were standing about in clusters of twos and threes coffee-housing.

1892 Field 6 Feb. 188/2 The field are ‘coffee-housing’ around when ‘Tally-ho!’ and they are away.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. 2/1 ‘Coffee-housing’—to wit, chatting about runs past and future, and discoursing upon.. hounds and horses.

1909 Daily Chron. 7 June 5/1 You, gentlemen, come here on no coffee-housing tour.

1961 ‘J. Welcome’ Beware of Midnight vi. 76 I'll catch it if Firmian finds me coffee-housing here.

1964 A. Powell Valley of Bones iv. 243 We must get on with the job, not spend our time coffee-housing here.

Derivatives

coffee-houser n. one who indulges in the practice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips

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mathelild?c1225

cacklec1230

tutelerc1385

tittererc1400

roukera1425

trattlerc1485

flimmerc1530

tattler1549

chatter1561

gossip1566

gossiper1568

tittle-tattle1571

chatmate1599

fiddle-faddle1602

tittle-tattler1602

confabulator1659

twittle-twat1662

shat1709

prittle-prattle1725

tattle-basket1736

small-talker1762

nash-gab1816

granny1861

windjammer1880

schmoozer1899

scuttlebutt gossip1901

wag-tongue1902

coffee-houser1907

kibitzer1925

clatfarta1930

natterer1959

yacker1959

rapper1967

village gossip1972

1907 Westm. Gaz. 5 Nov. 12/1 The term ‘coffee-housers’ is used by a certain quaint old M.F.H. to reproach those loud talkers who hinder the serious business..by the chatter of irresponsible frivolity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	coffee-house
释义	coffee-housen. Forms: see coffee n. and house n.¹ Origin: Formed within Engilsh, by compounding. Etymons: coffee n., house n.¹ Etymology: < coffee n. + house n.¹Compare Dutch koffiehuis (1676 as koffihuys; after English). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcoffee-house. A house of entertainment where coffee and other refreshments are supplied. (Much frequented in 17th and 18th centuries for the purpose of political and literary conversation, circulation of news, etc.)The places now so called have lost this character, and are simply refreshment-houses. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > coffee-house or -stall coffee-house1615 street breakfast1831 caffè1835 coffee palace1879 coffee bar1905 kafenion1939 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey i. 66 Coffa-houses [in Constantinople]..There sit they chatting most of the day, and sippe of a drinke called Coffa. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cauphe-house, a Tavern or Inn where they sel Cauphe. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 24 Nov. (1971) V. 329 To a Coffee-house to drink Jocolatte. a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 48 This yeare [1650] Jacob a Jew opened a coffey house at the Angel in the parish of S. Peter in the east, Oxon. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 46. ¶2 At Lloyd's Coffee-house where the Auctions are usually kept. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 198 The leaders of the legislative clubs and coffee-houses . View more context for this quotation 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xi. 217 Anecdotes of court excesses..in daily circulation through the coffee-houses. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 366 Every coffee-house had one or more orators, to whose eloquence the crowd listened with admiration. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1684 London Gaz. No. 1910/4 A Coffee-house-man at the corner house in Brook-street. 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 257 Coffee-house Wits. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5900/4 Mary Hassard..Coffee-House-Holder. 1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 137 Our modish coffee-house philosophers. 1752 D. Hume Polit. Disc. i. 1 What we can learn from every coffee-house conversation. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iii. viii. 105 His lordship was apt to be too civil... To-day he was quite the coffee-house waiter. He praised everything. 1876 B. Disraeli Speech Mere coffee-house babble. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). coffee-housev. slang. intransitive. To indulge in gossip (originally while waiting for the hounds to draw a covert, etc., during a fox-hunt). Chiefly in verbal noun (also attributive). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip talea1225 talk1461 twittle1551 tattle1581 clasha1689 fetch-and-carry1770 gammer1788 chit-chat1821 rumour1832 nipper1840 coffee-house1861 cooze1870 chopse1879 skinder1942 scuttlebutt1945 to talk trash1947 gyaff1976 gist1992 tongue-wag- 1861 ‘Scrutator’ Recoll. Fox-hunter ix. 151 [He] seldom viewed a fox at all; he was always coffee-housing with some particular friend. 1883 M. E. Kennard Right Sort xxiii She found the hounds still engaged in drawing a large wood.., and people were standing about in clusters of twos and threes coffee-housing. 1892 Field 6 Feb. 188/2 The field are ‘coffee-housing’ around when ‘Tally-ho!’ and they are away. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. 2/1 ‘Coffee-housing’—to wit, chatting about runs past and future, and discoursing upon.. hounds and horses. 1909 Daily Chron. 7 June 5/1 You, gentlemen, come here on no coffee-housing tour. 1961 ‘J. Welcome’ Beware of Midnight vi. 76 I'll catch it if Firmian finds me coffee-housing here. 1964 A. Powell Valley of Bones iv. 243 We must get on with the job, not spend our time coffee-housing here. Derivatives coffee-houser n. one who indulges in the practice. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips kikelot?c1225 mathelild?c1225 cacklec1230 tutelerc1385 tittererc1400 roukera1425 trattlerc1485 flimmerc1530 tattler1549 chatter1561 gossip1566 gossiper1568 tittle-tattle1571 chatmate1599 fiddle-faddle1602 tittle-tattler1602 confabulator1659 twittle-twat1662 shat1709 prittle-prattle1725 tattle-basket1736 small-talker1762 nash-gab1816 granny1861 windjammer1880 schmoozer1899 scuttlebutt gossip1901 wag-tongue1902 coffee-houser1907 kibitzer1925 clatfarta1930 natterer1959 yacker1959 rapper1967 village gossip1972 1907 Westm. Gaz. 5 Nov. 12/1 The term ‘coffee-housers’ is used by a certain quaint old M.F.H. to reproach those loud talkers who hinder the serious business..by the chatter of irresponsible frivolity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1615v.1861
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