designern.

Brit.

/dᵻˈzʌɪnə/, U.S.

/dəˈzaɪnər/,

/diˈzaɪnər/

Forms: 1500s desseigner, 1600s 1800s designor, 1600s– designer.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: design v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < design v. + -er suffix¹.With occasional occurrences of the form designor, compare -or suffix 2. In quots. 1598 at sense 1, 1598 at sense 2a translating Italian †disegnante (1598 in Florio; chiefly in specific sense ‘map-maker’), use as noun of present participle of disegnare design v. Compare French (now regional) dessineur (1667, in sense 1; rare after late 17th cent.); the usual French word is dessinateur (1667; 1641 as †designateur ; < dessiner design v. + -ateur -ator suffix, probably after Italian disegnatore (1282 as †desegnatore )). Compare also Old Occitan desenhador , also in sense 1.

1. A person who makes artistic designs; one who produces drawings and plans for the construction or creation of something according to aesthetic or functional criteria; (more generally) one who creates plans or concepts for subsequent implementation.Often with modifying word specifying the thing designed, or the type of design practised.computer, fashion, graphic, industrial, system, web designer, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > drawer or designer

drawer1570

designer1598

draftsman1664

morphographer1697

draughtsmanc1720

composer1723

sketcher1809

draughtswoman1845

fancier1856

proportionalist1857

draftman1889

graphic designer1971

draughtsperson1976

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Disegnante A desseigner,..a contriver, a drawer, a painter.

1657 H. Stubbe Clamor 30 These heads were of various and different forms, according to the different intent of the designer.

1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura vi. 147 Where the Workman is not an accomplished Designer.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 190. ⁋10 Sculptors, painters, and designers.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) II. 139 In pursuance of our present taste in gardening, every good painter of landskip appears to me the most proper designer.

1816 Repository of Arts Sept. 129/1 This disposition to condemn the projectors and designers of public buildings.

1890 Daily News 16 Apr. 2/4 Thomas Argyll,..lace-designer.

1891 Leeds Mercury 21 May 5/1 The designers of these tank vessels.

1940 Life 30 Sept. 89 (caption) The graceful lines that made Chippendale one of the most famous furniture designers of all time.

1956 C. McCullers in Mademoiselle Sept. 174/2 Mabel Goodley, the painter and set-designer.

1971 Time 25 Jan. 38 [Coco] Chanel had..refused to join the cabal of Paris designers who tried to prevent style piracy.

1990 ICL Techn. Jrnl. 7 303 A platform..enabling the application program designer..to view a network of..machines.

1999 BBC Gardeners' World Apr. 12/1 Garden designers doing makeovers on television.

2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 Jan. (Central ed.) p9/5 Designers who in recent years have branched out into home goods in an attempt to establish..lifestyle brands.

2. A person who plans something.

a. In negative sense: a person who nurtures some cunning or devious design (design n. 2); one who has some selfish motivation; a plotter, schemer, intriguer. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination > one who

Machiavellist1565

Machiavellian1566

Machiavel1571

designer1598

stratagemitor1602

stratagematist1609

angler1622

artist1648

intriguer1667

volpone1672

finesser1773

manoeuvrera1805

intriguist1830

schemer1846

Machiavelli1849

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Disegnante A desseigner, a complotter, a contriuer.

1644 E. Dering Disc. Proper Sacrifice Pref. sig. d^v Another dispunction tells me plainly that the very height of popery was the height of some designers.

1656 W. Prynne Short Demurrer to Jewes Remitter 83 The greatest designers, plotters and lifters up of themselves against the interest of Christ.

a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Wealth in Wks. (1707) I. i. 122 The cunning Designer gets into the Princes Favour.

1726 in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) 20 Where is one faithful friend to be chosen out among a thousand base designers?

1834 Edinb. Rev. July 512 He is no designer—no schemer:..nothing will ever betray him into an unnatural union with..the Tory faction.

1882 E. C. A. Allen Westons of Riverdale (new ed.) xxii. 213 The keen observer..might discover beneath the outward covering of..professed friendship the marks of a sinister and deep designer.

1905 G. W. Stow Native Races S. Afr. 395 Entire tribes were wrongfully dispossessed by the machinations of one evil designer.

b. In neutral or positive sense: one who plans or intends something; (esp. in theological contexts) the creator of intelligent design; (sometimes with capital initial) God.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > planner

compassera1513

contrivera1522

deviser1523

muser1556

platformer1572

plotter1589

architect1594

projector1596

machinator1611

designer1653

agitant1665

layer1674

concerter1693

schematist1710

planner1716

schemer1724

schemist1753

strategist1821

strategician1841

strategian1860

programmer1875

programmatist1895

1653 D. Dickson Brief Explic. Other 50 Psalmes 317 God must be the inabler of him, and designer of him after the way he pleaseth.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. ii. 151 Thoughtful and cogitative, a great designor.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. Concl. 289 Ten thousand thousand Instances of Design, cannot but prove a Designer.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxix. 187 The hand of the supreme Maker and first Designer of all things.

1843 Eclectic Mag. Sept. 23/2 He had to be designer and executor as well. The first plan destroyed, another quickly followed.

1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. 57 For this purpose the Great Designer begins a new cycle of supernatural operations.

1924 Rotarian Sept. 48/2 If man can..thus be the conscious designer of his own institutions.

2007 D. Allen & E. O. Springsted Philos. for Understanding Theol. (ed. 2) vii. 126 A teleological argument argues from the order of the world to an intelligent designer of the order.

Compounds

C1. attributive in sense 1 (originally U.S.).

a. With sense ‘of or made by a famous fashion designer’; hence (esp. of clothes and accessories) expensive, prestigious; as designer label, designer handbag, designer watch, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > condition or quality of goods

middling1550

pedlaryc1555

shop-rid1620

shopworn1666

loyal1690

braided1721

country-damaged1847

shop-soiled1865

shoddy1882

as new1898

low-end1899

service weight1919

designer1940

high-end1956

loaded1968

market-leading1972

pound shop1989

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made by specific manufacturer > designer

designer1940

1940 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 31 July 6/7 Designer labels in clothes will become the order of the day.

1966 N.Y. Times 12 Feb. 31/7 (heading) Designer scarves join name-dropping game.

1973 E. Jong Fear of Flying (1974) ii. 37 She was all gotten up in designer clothes.

1978 Washington Post 30 Dec. c2/1 At the moment, designer jeans are..big business.

1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Nov. c1 In the checkout line at the Gucci store,..seven designer handbags slung over her gray flannel pantsuit.

1990 Amsterdam News (N.Y.) 24 Mar. 26/1 A town where..fake gold or phony designer watches are sold on nearly any street corner.

1996 H. Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary (1997) 150 Men in..designer sunglasses glide around..in smart air-conditioned cars.

2003 L. Lokko Sundowners (2004) xxv. 214 Despite his designer suits..he looked like a red-necked thug.

b. In extended use, applied (often ironically) to anything apparently created by a designer, or regarded as fashionable, exclusive, expensive, or conferring status, as designer haircut, designer lifestyle, designer tea, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > smart

gallantc1420

galliard1513

fine1526

trickly1580

pink1598

genteel1601

sparkful1605

sparkish1657

jaunty1662

spankinga1666

shanty1685

trig1725

smartish1738

distinguished1748

nobby1788

dashing1801

vaudy1805

swell1810

distingué1813

dashy1822

nutty1823

chic1832

slicked1836

flash1838

rakish1840

spiffy1853

smart1860

sassy1861

classy1870

spiffing1872

toffish1873

tony1877

swish1879

hep1899

toffy1901

hip1904

toppy1905

in1906

floozy1911

swank1913

jazz1917

ritzy1919

smooth1920

snappy1925

snazzy1931

groovy1937

what ho1937

gussy1940

criss1954

high camp1954

sprauncy1957

James Bondish1966

James Bond1967

schmick1972

designer1978

atas1993

as fine as fivepence-

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] > having, showing, or conferring prestige

prestiginous1896

prestigious1901

name1932

prestigeful1936

prestigey1963

designer1978

1978 M. Barrett Rich News, Poor News v. 120 Young and beautiful anchor persons, matching blazers, designer haircuts.

1984 Times 4 Sept. 12/1 Small wonder Perrier is called Designer Water. My local wine bar has the cheek to charge 70p a glass.

1985 S. Lowry Young Fogey Handbk. viii. 69 He loves seafood..and detests designer dishes.

1994 P. Baker Blood Posse xxxii. 373 He'd..grown a designer beard.

2005 N.Y. Mag. 4 Apr. 59/1 A gentle avalanche of petits fours to enjoy with your selection of designer teas.

2011 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 7 Jan. 41 The designer lifestyles of the millionaire footballers.

c. Designating products which have been modified (esp. genetically or chemically) or created to have a particular appearance, function, or composition, as designer gene (see also designer drug n. at Compounds 2, designer baby n. at Compounds 2).

ΚΠ

1980 N.Y. Times 22 June e1/4 (heading) Patent protection for designer genes.

1990 Sun (Brisbane) 15 Aug. 25/1 A designer egg which fights rather than causes heart disease may soon be available from supermarkets.

1999 P. Jenkins Synthetic Panics i. 6 The popular scientific press regularly refers to the promise of new designer hormones, designer estrogens, designer genes, and so on.

2009 S. Uliano Gorgeously Green Diet xxii. 248 They [sc. genetically modified foods] are plants or seeds that have had their genetic makeup altered so that they become more efficient. They are ‘designer’ plants.

C2.

designer baby n. (a) a baby wearing or having designer clothes or accessories; (b) a baby selected by prenatal testing to ensure the presence or absence of particular genes or characteristics.

ΚΠ

1982 Forbes 22 Nov. 208/2 The designer baby market is hot. These days you can walk into a kids' store and find pint-size versions of Christian Dior pajamas.

1985 N.Y. Times 6 Aug. c17/4 Haven't we been told that God determines gender? Isn't choosing sex in advance like ordering a designer baby?

1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 19 Dec. 11 There's also an exclusive range of wooden Swiss rattles for the designer baby.

2002 Chicago Tribune 28 Dec. i. 8/4 Some ethicists believe cloning is wrong in principle, citing the possibility it will lead to an industry of designer babies or hamper a child's ability to form a unique identity.

designer drug n. originally U.S. a synthetic analogue of a controlled recreational drug, developed to circumvent drug laws.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > mimic of narcotic drug

designer drug1983

1983 Associated Press (Nexis) 16 Dec. Thirty-four people have died in the last four years after using ‘designer drugs’, heroin look-alikes concocted in underground laboratories and hitting the streets one step ahead of government regulations, officials say.

1997 ‘Q’ Deadmeat 213 Plug was the latest designer drug. It came on small white pieces of paper that you slipped under your tongue so that it could easily be absorbed into the bloodstream.

2011 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 22 Jan. 9 Partygoers should be wary of the legal and health implications of using the ecstasy-like designer drug known as ‘meow meow’.

designer food n. (a) (originally) food created or approved by a fashion designer; (later more generally) food regarded as fashionable, exclusive, or as a status symbol, haute cuisine; (b) food or a foodstuff that has been designed or modified (esp. genetically or chemically) so as to provide health benefits to the consumer; cf. functional food n.

ΚΠ

1981 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 2 Sept. e8/4 If designer food becomes as trendy as designer jeans..McDonald's will have to offer Halston-burgers.

1989 Vegetarian Times Oct. 19/1 The institute..intends to launch a $23-million project using these substances to create new ‘designer’ foods that would be used in cancer-prevention studies.

2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 Apr. 26 (advt.) Designer food: mutant harvest or breadbasket of the world?

2009 B. Pronzini Schemers x. 119 The restaurant..catered to the wealthy and to deal-makers with unlimited expense accounts—high prices, designer food.

designer stubble n. the short, bristly growth on a man's unshaven face, esp. when purposely cultivated for a supposedly rugged and masculine appearance or to suggest a fashionably casual dishevelment.

ΚΠ

1986 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 11 Apr. Designer stubble, a carefully nurtured two-day growth of beard, is the modern status symbol of independent men.

1992 G. Adair Post-modernist always rings Twice 94 Nothing could more neatly puncture the modish absurdity of George Michael's designer stubble than the cactussy bristles of Desperate Dan's off-the-peg chin.

2002 W. Rhode Paperback Raita (2003) 44 He still has the kiss-curled hair, designer stubble, white T-shirt, blue Levi's and comb-in-the-back-pocket look.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	designer
释义	designern. Brit. /dᵻˈzʌɪnə/, U.S. /dəˈzaɪnər/, /diˈzaɪnər/ Forms: 1500s desseigner, 1600s 1800s designor, 1600s– designer. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: design v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < design v. + -er suffix¹.With occasional occurrences of the form designor, compare -or suffix 2. In quots. 1598 at sense 1, 1598 at sense 2a translating Italian †disegnante (1598 in Florio; chiefly in specific sense ‘map-maker’), use as noun of present participle of disegnare design v. Compare French (now regional) dessineur (1667, in sense 1; rare after late 17th cent.); the usual French word is dessinateur (1667; 1641 as †designateur ; < dessiner design v. + -ateur -ator suffix, probably after Italian disegnatore (1282 as †desegnatore )). Compare also Old Occitan desenhador , also in sense 1. 1. A person who makes artistic designs; one who produces drawings and plans for the construction or creation of something according to aesthetic or functional criteria; (more generally) one who creates plans or concepts for subsequent implementation.Often with modifying word specifying the thing designed, or the type of design practised.computer, fashion, graphic, industrial, system, web designer, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > drawer or designer drawer1570 designer1598 draftsman1664 morphographer1697 draughtsmanc1720 composer1723 sketcher1809 draughtswoman1845 fancier1856 proportionalist1857 draftman1889 graphic designer1971 draughtsperson1976 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Disegnante A desseigner,..a contriver, a drawer, a painter. 1657 H. Stubbe Clamor 30 These heads were of various and different forms, according to the different intent of the designer. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura vi. 147 Where the Workman is not an accomplished Designer. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 190. ⁋10 Sculptors, painters, and designers. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) II. 139 In pursuance of our present taste in gardening, every good painter of landskip appears to me the most proper designer. 1816 Repository of Arts Sept. 129/1 This disposition to condemn the projectors and designers of public buildings. 1890 Daily News 16 Apr. 2/4 Thomas Argyll,..lace-designer. 1891 Leeds Mercury 21 May 5/1 The designers of these tank vessels. 1940 Life 30 Sept. 89 (caption) The graceful lines that made Chippendale one of the most famous furniture designers of all time. 1956 C. McCullers in Mademoiselle Sept. 174/2 Mabel Goodley, the painter and set-designer. 1971 Time 25 Jan. 38 [Coco] Chanel had..refused to join the cabal of Paris designers who tried to prevent style piracy. 1990 ICL Techn. Jrnl. 7 303 A platform..enabling the application program designer..to view a network of..machines. 1999 BBC Gardeners' World Apr. 12/1 Garden designers doing makeovers on television. 2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 Jan. (Central ed.) p9/5 Designers who in recent years have branched out into home goods in an attempt to establish..lifestyle brands. 2. A person who plans something. a. In negative sense: a person who nurtures some cunning or devious design (design n. 2); one who has some selfish motivation; a plotter, schemer, intriguer. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination > one who Machiavellist1565 Machiavellian1566 Machiavel1571 designer1598 stratagemitor1602 stratagematist1609 angler1622 artist1648 intriguer1667 volpone1672 finesser1773 manoeuvrera1805 intriguist1830 schemer1846 Machiavelli1849 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Disegnante A desseigner, a complotter, a contriuer. 1644 E. Dering Disc. Proper Sacrifice Pref. sig. d^v Another dispunction tells me plainly that the very height of popery was the height of some designers. 1656 W. Prynne Short Demurrer to Jewes Remitter 83 The greatest designers, plotters and lifters up of themselves against the interest of Christ. a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Wealth in Wks. (1707) I. i. 122 The cunning Designer gets into the Princes Favour. 1726 in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) 20 Where is one faithful friend to be chosen out among a thousand base designers? 1834 Edinb. Rev. July 512 He is no designer—no schemer:..nothing will ever betray him into an unnatural union with..the Tory faction. 1882 E. C. A. Allen Westons of Riverdale (new ed.) xxii. 213 The keen observer..might discover beneath the outward covering of..professed friendship the marks of a sinister and deep designer. 1905 G. W. Stow Native Races S. Afr. 395 Entire tribes were wrongfully dispossessed by the machinations of one evil designer. b. In neutral or positive sense: one who plans or intends something; (esp. in theological contexts) the creator of intelligent design; (sometimes with capital initial) God. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > planner compassera1513 contrivera1522 deviser1523 muser1556 platformer1572 plotter1589 architect1594 projector1596 machinator1611 designer1653 agitant1665 layer1674 concerter1693 schematist1710 planner1716 schemer1724 schemist1753 strategist1821 strategician1841 strategian1860 programmer1875 programmatist1895 1653 D. Dickson Brief Explic. Other 50 Psalmes 317 God must be the inabler of him, and designer of him after the way he pleaseth. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. ii. 151 Thoughtful and cogitative, a great designor. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. Concl. 289 Ten thousand thousand Instances of Design, cannot but prove a Designer. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxix. 187 The hand of the supreme Maker and first Designer of all things. 1843 Eclectic Mag. Sept. 23/2 He had to be designer and executor as well. The first plan destroyed, another quickly followed. 1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. 57 For this purpose the Great Designer begins a new cycle of supernatural operations. 1924 Rotarian Sept. 48/2 If man can..thus be the conscious designer of his own institutions. 2007 D. Allen & E. O. Springsted Philos. for Understanding Theol. (ed. 2) vii. 126 A teleological argument argues from the order of the world to an intelligent designer of the order. Compounds C1. attributive in sense 1 (originally U.S.). a. With sense ‘of or made by a famous fashion designer’; hence (esp. of clothes and accessories) expensive, prestigious; as designer label, designer handbag, designer watch, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > condition or quality of goods middling1550 pedlaryc1555 shop-rid1620 shopworn1666 loyal1690 braided1721 country-damaged1847 shop-soiled1865 shoddy1882 as new1898 low-end1899 service weight1919 designer1940 high-end1956 loaded1968 market-leading1972 pound shop1989 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made by specific manufacturer > designer designer1940 1940 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 31 July 6/7 Designer labels in clothes will become the order of the day. 1966 N.Y. Times 12 Feb. 31/7 (heading) Designer scarves join name-dropping game. 1973 E. Jong Fear of Flying (1974) ii. 37 She was all gotten up in designer clothes. 1978 Washington Post 30 Dec. c2/1 At the moment, designer jeans are..big business. 1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Nov. c1 In the checkout line at the Gucci store,..seven designer handbags slung over her gray flannel pantsuit. 1990 Amsterdam News (N.Y.) 24 Mar. 26/1 A town where..fake gold or phony designer watches are sold on nearly any street corner. 1996 H. Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary (1997) 150 Men in..designer sunglasses glide around..in smart air-conditioned cars. 2003 L. Lokko Sundowners (2004) xxv. 214 Despite his designer suits..he looked like a red-necked thug. b. In extended use, applied (often ironically) to anything apparently created by a designer, or regarded as fashionable, exclusive, expensive, or conferring status, as designer haircut, designer lifestyle, designer tea, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > smart gallantc1420 galliard1513 fine1526 trickly1580 pink1598 genteel1601 sparkful1605 sparkish1657 jaunty1662 spankinga1666 shanty1685 trig1725 smartish1738 distinguished1748 nobby1788 dashing1801 vaudy1805 swell1810 distingué1813 dashy1822 nutty1823 chic1832 slicked1836 flash1838 rakish1840 spiffy1853 smart1860 sassy1861 classy1870 spiffing1872 toffish1873 tony1877 swish1879 hep1899 toffy1901 hip1904 toppy1905 in1906 floozy1911 swank1913 jazz1917 ritzy1919 smooth1920 snappy1925 snazzy1931 groovy1937 what ho1937 gussy1940 criss1954 high camp1954 sprauncy1957 James Bondish1966 James Bond1967 schmick1972 designer1978 atas1993 as fine as fivepence- the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] > having, showing, or conferring prestige prestiginous1896 prestigious1901 name1932 prestigeful1936 prestigey1963 designer1978 1978 M. Barrett Rich News, Poor News v. 120 Young and beautiful anchor persons, matching blazers, designer haircuts. 1984 Times 4 Sept. 12/1 Small wonder Perrier is called Designer Water. My local wine bar has the cheek to charge 70p a glass. 1985 S. Lowry Young Fogey Handbk. viii. 69 He loves seafood..and detests designer dishes. 1994 P. Baker Blood Posse xxxii. 373 He'd..grown a designer beard. 2005 N.Y. Mag. 4 Apr. 59/1 A gentle avalanche of petits fours to enjoy with your selection of designer teas. 2011 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 7 Jan. 41 The designer lifestyles of the millionaire footballers. c. Designating products which have been modified (esp. genetically or chemically) or created to have a particular appearance, function, or composition, as designer gene (see also designer drug n. at Compounds 2, designer baby n. at Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1980 N.Y. Times 22 June e1/4 (heading) Patent protection for designer genes. 1990 Sun (Brisbane) 15 Aug. 25/1 A designer egg which fights rather than causes heart disease may soon be available from supermarkets. 1999 P. Jenkins Synthetic Panics i. 6 The popular scientific press regularly refers to the promise of new designer hormones, designer estrogens, designer genes, and so on. 2009 S. Uliano Gorgeously Green Diet xxii. 248 They [sc. genetically modified foods] are plants or seeds that have had their genetic makeup altered so that they become more efficient. They are ‘designer’ plants. C2. designer baby n. (a) a baby wearing or having designer clothes or accessories; (b) a baby selected by prenatal testing to ensure the presence or absence of particular genes or characteristics. ΚΠ 1982 Forbes 22 Nov. 208/2 The designer baby market is hot. These days you can walk into a kids' store and find pint-size versions of Christian Dior pajamas. 1985 N.Y. Times 6 Aug. c17/4 Haven't we been told that God determines gender? Isn't choosing sex in advance like ordering a designer baby? 1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 19 Dec. 11 There's also an exclusive range of wooden Swiss rattles for the designer baby. 2002 Chicago Tribune 28 Dec. i. 8/4 Some ethicists believe cloning is wrong in principle, citing the possibility it will lead to an industry of designer babies or hamper a child's ability to form a unique identity. designer drug n. originally U.S. a synthetic analogue of a controlled recreational drug, developed to circumvent drug laws. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > mimic of narcotic drug designer drug1983 1983 Associated Press (Nexis) 16 Dec. Thirty-four people have died in the last four years after using ‘designer drugs’, heroin look-alikes concocted in underground laboratories and hitting the streets one step ahead of government regulations, officials say. 1997 ‘Q’ Deadmeat 213 Plug was the latest designer drug. It came on small white pieces of paper that you slipped under your tongue so that it could easily be absorbed into the bloodstream. 2011 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 22 Jan. 9 Partygoers should be wary of the legal and health implications of using the ecstasy-like designer drug known as ‘meow meow’. designer food n. (a) (originally) food created or approved by a fashion designer; (later more generally) food regarded as fashionable, exclusive, or as a status symbol, haute cuisine; (b) food or a foodstuff that has been designed or modified (esp. genetically or chemically) so as to provide health benefits to the consumer; cf. functional food n. ΚΠ 1981 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 2 Sept. e8/4 If designer food becomes as trendy as designer jeans..McDonald's will have to offer Halston-burgers. 1989 Vegetarian Times Oct. 19/1 The institute..intends to launch a $23-million project using these substances to create new ‘designer’ foods that would be used in cancer-prevention studies. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 Apr. 26 (advt.) Designer food: mutant harvest or breadbasket of the world? 2009 B. Pronzini Schemers x. 119 The restaurant..catered to the wealthy and to deal-makers with unlimited expense accounts—high prices, designer food. designer stubble n. the short, bristly growth on a man's unshaven face, esp. when purposely cultivated for a supposedly rugged and masculine appearance or to suggest a fashionably casual dishevelment. ΚΠ 1986 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 11 Apr. Designer stubble, a carefully nurtured two-day growth of beard, is the modern status symbol of independent men. 1992 G. Adair Post-modernist always rings Twice 94 Nothing could more neatly puncture the modish absurdity of George Michael's designer stubble than the cactussy bristles of Desperate Dan's off-the-peg chin. 2002 W. Rhode Paperback Raita (2003) 44 He still has the kiss-curled hair, designer stubble, white T-shirt, blue Levi's and comb-in-the-back-pocket look. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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