delin.¹

Brit.

/ˈdɛli/, U.S.

/ˈdɛli/

Inflections: Plural delis, unchanged.

Forms: 1600s delee, 1700s– deli, 1800s– delhi.

Origin: A borrrowing from Turkish. Etymon: Ottoman Turkish deli.

Etymology: < Ottoman Turkish delü, deli light cavalryman (16th cent. in this sense; Turkish deli) < delü ‘mad’, also ‘brave, wild, daring’.Compare French déli (1678 in a translation of the source cited in quot. 1667; now historical).

Now historical.

A member of a former light cavalry unit within the Turkish infantry that served as the vizier's personal retinue and acted as a shock troop.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun]

spahi1562

legionnaire1595

strelitz1603

Croat1623

deli1667

Croatian1700

lancer1712

highlander1725

lambs1744

royals1762

light-bob1778

fly-slicer1785

Life Guardsman1785

royals?1795

Hottentot1796

yeoman1798

pandour1800

Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811

forty-two man1816

kilty1842

Zouave1848

bumblerc1850

Inniskilliner1853

blue cap1857

turco1860

Zou-Zou1860

mudlark1878

king's man1883

Johnny1888

Piffer1892

evzone1897

horse gunner1897

dink1906

army ranger1910

grognard1912

Jock1914

chocolate soldier1915

Cook's tourist1915

dinkum1916

Anzaca1918

choc1917

ranger1942

Chindit1943

Desert Rat1944

Green Beret1949

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > others

jousterc1330

knight1489

rutter1506

reister1521

reiter1556

ruiter1579

hargulater1581

lancer1590

lance1602

rutar1610

dragon1620

dragoon1622

right-hand man1626

dragooner1639

leaguerer1639

deli1667

Light Dragoon1700

uhlan1753

sabre1836

parachutist1837

sabreur1845

yellow leg1857

spahi1863

horse-marine1878

uhlaner1886

1667 P. Rycaut Present State Ottoman Empire iii. x. 34 Delee signifies as much as a mad fellow or a Hector; these are the Prime Viziers Lifeguard.

1787 A. Hawkins tr. V. Mignot Hist. Turkish Empire III. 369 The grand vizier sent his delis [Fr. Délis] several times to put a stop to these disorders.

1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 938/2 The strength of the Ottoman armies consisted in the Janissaries, and the delhis and spahis; the former being the regular force, the latter the contingents of the dere beys.

1984 A. L. Al-Sayyid Marsot Egypt in Reign of Muhammad Ali iii. 42 He called in around 5,000 troops from Syria, the redoubtable Delhis or ‘madmen’, who were notorious for their high astrakhan bonnets and their ferocity.

2000 J. J. Reid Crisis Ottoman Empire iii. 108 The deli had the function of raiding, during which he looted, destroyed, and killed.

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

delin.²

Brit.

/ˈdɛli/, U.S.

/ˈdɛli/

Forms: 1900s– deli, 1900s– deli. (with point), 1900s– dellie, 1900s– delly.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: delicatessen n.

Etymology: Shortened < delicatessen n.With the forms dellie, delly perhaps compare -y suffix⁶.

Originally U.S.

1. A delicatessen; (in North America) a small local shop typically selling sliced meats and cheeses, sandwiches, salads, etc. Now also: the area in a larger shop where items typically sold in a delicatessen are found.Sometimes, esp. in early use, associated with the cuisine of a particular immigrant community.Recorded earliest as a graphic abbreviation.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling provisions > delicatessen

épicerie1836

Italian warehouse1837

delicatessen1884

salumeria1926

deli1948

alimentation1958

1948 Chicago Tribune 14 Feb. ii. 10/2 (advt.) Deli., groc. nice fix., well stked... $4,700; sm. dn. paymt.

1951 Boston Sunday Globe 28 Oct. a41/3 (advt.) I have several good drugstores for sale... Also good deli for sale. Priced right.

1978 J. Wambaugh Black Marble ix. 182 How about a deli on Fairfax? I could go for a nice onion bagel.

2012 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 14 July a7/2 It provides exactly what a small neighborhood grocery and deli is supposed to—it's a place for a quick, fun lunch or a larder stock-up.

2. U.S. slang. Food typically sold in a delicatessen, such as sliced meats and cheeses. Also: prepared food purchased from a delicatessen; frequently in to eat (also have, get, etc.) deli.

ΚΠ

1948 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 7 Oct. a7 (advt.) ‘Delly and Dairy’. Sausage meat... Scrapple... Sliced bacon [etc.].

1954 J. A. Weingarten Amer. Dict. Slang 99/1 Deli... I have not yet seen this word in print, but it is used quite frequently. ‘I'm having deli tonight.’; ‘Mom, let's have deli.’ Perhaps to be spelled dely or delly.

1976 Mother Jones May 11 Eat deli and die... Chopped liver, corned beef and chicken soup are the very delicacies that may bring about an early death.

2019 @gerryconway 22 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Sept. 2019) As a born New Yorker I speak casual Yiddish, eat deli (no mayo on my rye bread) and consider myself an honorary Jew.

Compounds

General use as a modifier, as in deli counter, deli food, deli meat, etc.; also with other nouns, with the sense ‘that is both a deli and a ——’, as in deli-restaurant.

ΚΠ

1948 Boston Daily Globe 24 Mar. 25/2 (advt.) Variety & spa... Has fountain & McCray dellie case, very large stock, does over $600 a week.

1960 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 25 Aug. (Food Finds section) 3/3 (advt.) Save 10c on your deli-food.

1973 J. Ludwig Woman her Age iii. 72 The deli smell hit her empty stomach—barrel herring she loved, fresh smokemeat she adored.

1982 Picnics & Tailgate Parties 69/1 You can serve deli meats alone, with crackers or fruit, or as fixings for spur-of-the-moment sandwiches.

1990 Los Angeles May 9/2 Farther down the street is Tutti's, an Italian deli-restaurant that serves up..a hazelnut torte to die for.

2008 BBC Good Food Sept. 74/4 Curd cheese is a soft, very creamy cheese, available at most deli counters.

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

单词	deli
释义	delin.¹ Brit. /ˈdɛli/, U.S. /ˈdɛli/ Inflections: Plural delis, unchanged. Forms: 1600s delee, 1700s– deli, 1800s– delhi. Origin: A borrrowing from Turkish. Etymon: Ottoman Turkish deli. Etymology: < Ottoman Turkish delü, deli light cavalryman (16th cent. in this sense; Turkish deli) < delü ‘mad’, also ‘brave, wild, daring’.Compare French déli (1678 in a translation of the source cited in quot. 1667; now historical). Now historical. A member of a former light cavalry unit within the Turkish infantry that served as the vizier's personal retinue and acted as a shock troop. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > others jousterc1330 knight1489 rutter1506 reister1521 reiter1556 ruiter1579 hargulater1581 lancer1590 lance1602 rutar1610 dragon1620 dragoon1622 right-hand man1626 dragooner1639 leaguerer1639 deli1667 Light Dragoon1700 uhlan1753 sabre1836 parachutist1837 sabreur1845 yellow leg1857 spahi1863 horse-marine1878 uhlaner1886 1667 P. Rycaut Present State Ottoman Empire iii. x. 34 Delee signifies as much as a mad fellow or a Hector; these are the Prime Viziers Lifeguard. 1787 A. Hawkins tr. V. Mignot Hist. Turkish Empire III. 369 The grand vizier sent his delis [Fr. Délis] several times to put a stop to these disorders. 1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 938/2 The strength of the Ottoman armies consisted in the Janissaries, and the delhis and spahis; the former being the regular force, the latter the contingents of the dere beys. 1984 A. L. Al-Sayyid Marsot Egypt in Reign of Muhammad Ali iii. 42 He called in around 5,000 troops from Syria, the redoubtable Delhis or ‘madmen’, who were notorious for their high astrakhan bonnets and their ferocity. 2000 J. J. Reid Crisis Ottoman Empire iii. 108 The deli had the function of raiding, during which he looted, destroyed, and killed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). delin.² Brit. /ˈdɛli/, U.S. /ˈdɛli/ Forms: 1900s– deli, 1900s– deli. (with point), 1900s– dellie, 1900s– delly. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: delicatessen n. Etymology: Shortened < delicatessen n.With the forms dellie, delly perhaps compare -y suffix⁶. Originally U.S. 1. A delicatessen; (in North America) a small local shop typically selling sliced meats and cheeses, sandwiches, salads, etc. Now also: the area in a larger shop where items typically sold in a delicatessen are found.Sometimes, esp. in early use, associated with the cuisine of a particular immigrant community.Recorded earliest as a graphic abbreviation. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling provisions > delicatessen épicerie1836 Italian warehouse1837 delicatessen1884 salumeria1926 deli1948 alimentation1958 1948 Chicago Tribune 14 Feb. ii. 10/2 (advt.) Deli., groc. nice fix., well stked... $4,700; sm. dn. paymt. 1951 Boston Sunday Globe 28 Oct. a41/3 (advt.) I have several good drugstores for sale... Also good deli for sale. Priced right. 1978 J. Wambaugh Black Marble ix. 182 How about a deli on Fairfax? I could go for a nice onion bagel. 2012 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 14 July a7/2 It provides exactly what a small neighborhood grocery and deli is supposed to—it's a place for a quick, fun lunch or a larder stock-up. 2. U.S. slang. Food typically sold in a delicatessen, such as sliced meats and cheeses. Also: prepared food purchased from a delicatessen; frequently in to eat (also have, get, etc.) deli. ΚΠ 1948 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 7 Oct. a7 (advt.) ‘Delly and Dairy’. Sausage meat... Scrapple... Sliced bacon [etc.]. 1954 J. A. Weingarten Amer. Dict. Slang 99/1 Deli... I have not yet seen this word in print, but it is used quite frequently. ‘I'm having deli tonight.’; ‘Mom, let's have deli.’ Perhaps to be spelled dely or delly. 1976 Mother Jones May 11 Eat deli and die... Chopped liver, corned beef and chicken soup are the very delicacies that may bring about an early death. 2019 @gerryconway 22 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Sept. 2019) As a born New Yorker I speak casual Yiddish, eat deli (no mayo on my rye bread) and consider myself an honorary Jew. Compounds General use as a modifier, as in deli counter, deli food, deli meat, etc.; also with other nouns, with the sense ‘that is both a deli and a ——’, as in deli-restaurant. ΚΠ 1948 Boston Daily Globe 24 Mar. 25/2 (advt.) Variety & spa... Has fountain & McCray dellie case, very large stock, does over $600 a week. 1960 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 25 Aug. (Food Finds section) 3/3 (advt.) Save 10c on your deli-food. 1973 J. Ludwig Woman her Age iii. 72 The deli smell hit her empty stomach—barrel herring she loved, fresh smokemeat she adored. 1982 Picnics & Tailgate Parties 69/1 You can serve deli meats alone, with crackers or fruit, or as fixings for spur-of-the-moment sandwiches. 1990 Los Angeles May 9/2 Farther down the street is Tutti's, an Italian deli-restaurant that serves up..a hazelnut torte to die for. 2008 BBC Good Food Sept. 74/4 Curd cheese is a soft, very creamy cheese, available at most deli counters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1667n.²1948
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