drumble-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Forms: 1500s dromel-, 1500s 1700s– drumble-, 1800s drumle-, 1800s– drummel- (English regional (south-western)).

Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Apparently related to drumble n.¹ and dumble- comb. form; apparently ultimately of imitative origin. Perhaps compare drumble v.¹Attested in a small number of formations from the second half of the 16th cent. onwards, exemplified below.

† drumble-dore n. [ < drumble- comb. form + dor n.¹; in quot. 1567 apparently with alteration after dromedary n. (compare forms with medial -l- at that entry)] Obsolete a clumsily-flying insect, esp. a bumblebee; (figurative) a sluggish, slow-witted person.

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1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Aiii^v Thou goest like a Dromeldory dreaming & drousy.

1749 J. Upton Remarks on Three Plays of Jonson 72 The word [sc. dor] is still preserved in the western parts of England where the bumble bee is called the drumble-dor.

1861 St. James's Mag. 2 5 The big heavy Drumble-dore is among bees what the Newfoundland is among dogs.

1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley iv. 154 Poor Billy, he was but a drumble-dore of a boy, as his mother called him.

drumble bee n.

Brit.

/ˈdrʌmbl biː/

U.S.

/ˈdrəmb(ə)l ˌbi/

[perhaps as alteration of bumblebee n.] now rare a bumblebee.figurative in earliest use.

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1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. G4^v This indigested Chaos of Doctourship, and greedy pothunter after applause, is..the droane of droanes, and maister drumble-bee of non proficients.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F3^v Your fly in a boxe is but a drumble-bee in comparison of it.

1893 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 12 Nov. 18/5 Just look at that drumble bee. What a lovely band of yellow round him.

1903 Smart Set Feb. 28/2 A bedraggled, dew-drenched ‘drumble’ bee, driven far from home by adverse fate, faint with hunger.

drumble drone n.

Brit.

/ˈdrʌmbl drəʊn/

U.S.

/ˈdrəmb(ə)l ˌdroʊn/

(also drumble drane) [ < drumble- comb. form + drone n.¹] English regional (south-western) a drone bee or bumblebee.

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1746 ‘Devoniensis’ Let. in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 406/1 Drumbledrane, a drone or humble bee.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! (1861) 290 Since you used to put drumble-drones into my desk to Bideford school.

1924 Music & Lett. 5 373 He play'th in the Church along of the band—tak'th what they calls the bass parts—mak'th a sound like a drumble drone in a fox-glove.

1973 C. Marten Devonshire Dial. 21/1 Drumbledrane, a drone or humble bee.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	drumble-
释义	drumble-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Forms: 1500s dromel-, 1500s 1700s– drumble-, 1800s drumle-, 1800s– drummel- (English regional (south-western)). Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Apparently related to drumble n.¹ and dumble- comb. form; apparently ultimately of imitative origin. Perhaps compare drumble v.¹Attested in a small number of formations from the second half of the 16th cent. onwards, exemplified below. † drumble-dore n. [ < drumble- comb. form + dor n.¹; in quot. 1567 apparently with alteration after dromedary n. (compare forms with medial -l- at that entry)] Obsolete a clumsily-flying insect, esp. a bumblebee; (figurative) a sluggish, slow-witted person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun] mafflardc1450 juffler15.. dromedary1567 madbrain1570 batie buma1586 addle-head1592 blunderkin1596 nit1598 addle-pate1601 hash1655 blunderbuss1692 blunderhead1692 shaffles1703 fog-pate1732 blunderer1741 puzzle-pate1761 slouch1767 étourdi1768 botch1769 puddle1782 bumble1789 scatter-brain1790 addle-brain1799 puzzle-head1815 shaffler1828 chowderhead1833 muddlehead1833 muddler1833 flounderer1836 duffer1842 muddle-pate1844 plug1848 incompetent1866 schlemiel1868 dinlo1873 drumble-dore1881 hodmandod1881 dub1887 prune1895 foozler1896 bollock1916 messer1926 Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942 spaz1965 spastic1981 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Bombidae (bumble-bee) dora700 humble-beea1450 bumblebee1530 drumble bee1592 bumble1599 grumbledory1600 bumbee1605 bumbarda1614 dumbledore1787 foggie1819 bummer1822 bumbler1825 drumble drone1855 drumble-dore1881 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Aiii^v Thou goest like a Dromeldory dreaming & drousy. 1749 J. Upton Remarks on Three Plays of Jonson 72 The word [sc. dor] is still preserved in the western parts of England where the bumble bee is called the drumble-dor. 1861 St. James's Mag. 2 5 The big heavy Drumble-dore is among bees what the Newfoundland is among dogs. 1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley iv. 154 Poor Billy, he was but a drumble-dore of a boy, as his mother called him. drumble bee n. Brit. /ˈdrʌmbl biː/ , U.S. /ˈdrəmb(ə)l ˌbi/ [perhaps as alteration of bumblebee n.] now rare a bumblebee.figurative in earliest use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Bombidae (bumble-bee) dora700 humble-beea1450 bumblebee1530 drumble bee1592 bumble1599 grumbledory1600 bumbee1605 bumbarda1614 dumbledore1787 foggie1819 bummer1822 bumbler1825 drumble drone1855 drumble-dore1881 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. G4^v This indigested Chaos of Doctourship, and greedy pothunter after applause, is..the droane of droanes, and maister drumble-bee of non proficients. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F3^v Your fly in a boxe is but a drumble-bee in comparison of it. 1893 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 12 Nov. 18/5 Just look at that drumble bee. What a lovely band of yellow round him. 1903 Smart Set Feb. 28/2 A bedraggled, dew-drenched ‘drumble’ bee, driven far from home by adverse fate, faint with hunger. drumble drone n. Brit. /ˈdrʌmbl drəʊn/ , U.S. /ˈdrəmb(ə)l ˌdroʊn/ (also drumble drane) [ < drumble- comb. form + drone n.¹] English regional (south-western) a drone bee or bumblebee. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Bombidae (bumble-bee) dora700 humble-beea1450 bumblebee1530 drumble bee1592 bumble1599 grumbledory1600 bumbee1605 bumbarda1614 dumbledore1787 foggie1819 bummer1822 bumbler1825 drumble drone1855 drumble-dore1881 1746 ‘Devoniensis’ Let. in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 406/1 Drumbledrane, a drone or humble bee. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! (1861) 290 Since you used to put drumble-drones into my desk to Bideford school. 1924 Music & Lett. 5 373 He play'th in the Church along of the band—tak'th what they calls the bass parts—mak'th a sound like a drumble drone in a fox-glove. 1973 C. Marten Devonshire Dial. 21/1 Drumbledrane, a drone or humble bee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1567
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