Dundrearyn.

Brit.

/dʌnˈdrɪəri/, U.S.

/ˌdənˈdrɪri/

Inflections: Plural Dundearies, Dundearys.

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Dundreary.

Etymology: < the name of Lord Dundreary, a character in T. Taylor's comedy Our American Cousin (1858).Lord Dundreary was initially a minor character in the play, a caricature of an empty-headed English aristocrat. The actor who played the character, E. A. Sothern (1826–81), developed the role greatly into an eccentric fop with a host of comic characteristics, including an outlandish appearance and a manner of speaking which featured mangled idioms and humorous non sequiturs delivered with a prominent lisp (compare quot. 1862 for Dundreary swell n. at sense 2). This expanded character became the focus of the play's huge success and created a vogue for the fashions and patterns of speech associated with it (see e.g. quot. 1917 at sense 1). Compare Dundrearyism n.

Now chiefly historical.

I. Compounds.

1. attributive. Designating fashions, clothing, etc., characteristic or reminiscent of the character of the foppish Lord Dundreary (see etymology), esp. designating the long, drooping style of sideburns popularized by the character and fashionable in the second half of the 19th cent., as Dundreary whiskers (cf. sense 4).

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > styles of whiskers

side wing1811

mutton chop1851

Dundreary whiskers1859

mutton cutlet1860

Piccadilly weeper1866

burnside1875

Dundrearies1876

sideburn1876

sidebar whiskers1882

sideboards1883

weeper1894

slugger1898

ear guards1905

1859 N.Y. Herald 25 Aug. 2/2 Hi head..is embellished by an overpowering pair of full grown Dundreary whiskers.

1863 Sydney Morning Herald 1 May 6/3 (advt.) A large assortment of eureka..and Dundreary scarves, from 2s.

1867 ‘Pips’ Lyrics & Lays 141 Full proud is he, I ween, Of his Dundreary whiskers.

1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. i. i His cheeks, thinned by two parallel folds, and a long clean-shaven upper lip, were framed within Dundreary whiskers.

1917 G. R. Sims My Life x. 93 Lord Dundreary came and saw and conquered. He has remained a type to this day, and his whiskers are classical. But we went Dundreary mad in '61. The shop windows were filled with Dundreary scarves,..and there were Dundreary collars and Dundreary shirts, and Dundrearyisms were on every lip.

2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 14 Nov. Clerky men with cellulose cuffs, Dundreary whiskers and pince-nez.

2. Dundreary swell n. a foolish, typically aristocratic or upper-class, fop or dandy, reminiscent of Lord Dundreary (see sense 1).

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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy

popa1500

miniona1513

prick-me-daintya1529

puppy?1544

velvet-coat1549

skipjack1554

coxcomb1567

musk cat?1567

physbuttocke1570

Adonis?1571

Adon1590

foretop1597

musk-cod1600

pretty fellow1600

sparkc1600

spangle-baby1602

flash1605

barber-monger1608

cocoloch1610

dapperling1611

fantastica1613

feather-cock1612

trig1612

jack-a-dandy?1617

gimcrack1623

satinist1639

powder puffa1653

fop1676

prig1676

foplinga1681

cockcomb1684

beau garçona1687

shape1688

duke1699

nab1699

smirk1699

beau1700

petty master1706

moppet1707

Tom Astoner1707

dapper1709

petit maître1711

buck1725

toupee1727

toupet1728

toupet-man1748

jemmy1753

jessamy1753

macaroni1764

majoc1770

monkeyrony1773

dandyc1780

elegant1780

muscadin1794

incroyable1797

beauty man1800

bang-up1811

natty1818

ruffian1818

exquisite1819

heavy swell1819

marvellous1819

bit of stuff1828

merveilleux1830

fat1832

squirt1844

dandyling1846

ineffable1859

guinea pig1860

Dundreary swell1862

masher1872

dude1877

mash1879

dudette1883

dand1886

heavy gunner1890

posh1890

nut1904

smoothie1929

fancy-pants1930

saga boy1941

fancy Dan1943

1862 Manch. Weekly Times 21 June Suppl. 8/1 ‘Dweeed fwine girl, that,’ said the Dundreary swell.

1885 Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland) 26 May Morey has developed into a heavy Dundreary ‘swell’. If he wants to say ‘over there’ he says it something like this—‘oveah-ah-er-ah-theah-weah’.

1964 Illustr. London News 24 Oct. 645/3 Sir George and the Colonel, those two Dundreary swells, echo: ‘Aw-yes! Awf'lly jolly!’

II. Simple uses.

†3. A person resembling Lord Dundreary (see sense 1); a foolish fop or dandy, esp. one viewed as a typical representative of the British upper class. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1861 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper (N.Y.) 14 Sept. 283/2 English noblemen, or Dundrearys, are very great fools.

1862 Illustr. London News 9 Aug. 155/3 The most laughable feature in this Dundreary fever is to mark how enthusiastically Mr. Sothern is admired by the Dundrearies themselves.

1874 Examiner 2 Jan. 13/2 Central Asia, hitherto a bulwark against Muscovite advance, is, whenever its name comes up, voted a ‘bore’ by political Dundrearies.

1918 Cent. Mag. July 345/2 We thought the English were stupid, more or less Dundrearys, and we stopped only too infrequently to ask how Dundrearys could manage such an empire so harmoniously.

4. In plural. Long, drooping sideburns of the kind worn by, and popularly associated with, the character of Lord Dundreary (see sense 1). Also in singular: this style of facial hair.Also called Piccadilly weepers: see Piccadilly n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > styles of whiskers

side wing1811

mutton chop1851

Dundreary whiskers1859

mutton cutlet1860

Piccadilly weeper1866

burnside1875

Dundrearies1876

sideburn1876

sidebar whiskers1882

sideboards1883

weeper1894

slugger1898

ear guards1905

1876 Belfast News-let. 8 Feb. 3/9 Two men came into her shop and inspected some whiskers, looking especially at a pair of Dundreary's.

1894 C. G. Harper Revolted Woman ii. 39 This fashion was the ‘Piccadilly-weeper’ variety of adornment, known at this day—chiefly owing to Sothern's impersonation of a contemporary lisping fop—as the ‘Dundreary’.

1914 H. R. Miller House of Toys iv. 102 His round chubby face was flanked by a pair of silky, luxuriant red Dundrearies.

1952 Arizona Daily Sun 27 Feb. 1/2 (caption) Gov. Earl Warren might try the two-pronged Dundreary.

2014 D. Goodwin Fortune Hunter 159 His face was crimson under his dundrearies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dundreary
释义	Dundrearyn. Brit. /dʌnˈdrɪəri/, U.S. /ˌdənˈdrɪri/ Inflections: Plural Dundearies, Dundearys. Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Dundreary. Etymology: < the name of Lord Dundreary, a character in T. Taylor's comedy Our American Cousin (1858).Lord Dundreary was initially a minor character in the play, a caricature of an empty-headed English aristocrat. The actor who played the character, E. A. Sothern (1826–81), developed the role greatly into an eccentric fop with a host of comic characteristics, including an outlandish appearance and a manner of speaking which featured mangled idioms and humorous non sequiturs delivered with a prominent lisp (compare quot. 1862 for Dundreary swell n. at sense 2). This expanded character became the focus of the play's huge success and created a vogue for the fashions and patterns of speech associated with it (see e.g. quot. 1917 at sense 1). Compare Dundrearyism n. Now chiefly historical. I. Compounds. 1. attributive. Designating fashions, clothing, etc., characteristic or reminiscent of the character of the foppish Lord Dundreary (see etymology), esp. designating the long, drooping style of sideburns popularized by the character and fashionable in the second half of the 19th cent., as Dundreary whiskers (cf. sense 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > styles of whiskers side wing1811 mutton chop1851 Dundreary whiskers1859 mutton cutlet1860 Piccadilly weeper1866 burnside1875 Dundrearies1876 sideburn1876 sidebar whiskers1882 sideboards1883 weeper1894 slugger1898 ear guards1905 1859 N.Y. Herald 25 Aug. 2/2 Hi head..is embellished by an overpowering pair of full grown Dundreary whiskers. 1863 Sydney Morning Herald 1 May 6/3 (advt.) A large assortment of eureka..and Dundreary scarves, from 2s. 1867 ‘Pips’ Lyrics & Lays 141 Full proud is he, I ween, Of his Dundreary whiskers. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. i. i His cheeks, thinned by two parallel folds, and a long clean-shaven upper lip, were framed within Dundreary whiskers. 1917 G. R. Sims My Life x. 93 Lord Dundreary came and saw and conquered. He has remained a type to this day, and his whiskers are classical. But we went Dundreary mad in '61. The shop windows were filled with Dundreary scarves,..and there were Dundreary collars and Dundreary shirts, and Dundrearyisms were on every lip. 2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 14 Nov. Clerky men with cellulose cuffs, Dundreary whiskers and pince-nez. 2. Dundreary swell n. a foolish, typically aristocratic or upper-class, fop or dandy, reminiscent of Lord Dundreary (see sense 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy popa1500 miniona1513 prick-me-daintya1529 puppy?1544 velvet-coat1549 skipjack1554 coxcomb1567 musk cat?1567 physbuttocke1570 Adonis?1571 Adon1590 foretop1597 musk-cod1600 pretty fellow1600 sparkc1600 spangle-baby1602 flash1605 barber-monger1608 cocoloch1610 dapperling1611 fantastica1613 feather-cock1612 trig1612 jack-a-dandy?1617 gimcrack1623 satinist1639 powder puffa1653 fop1676 prig1676 foplinga1681 cockcomb1684 beau garçona1687 shape1688 duke1699 nab1699 smirk1699 beau1700 petty master1706 moppet1707 Tom Astoner1707 dapper1709 petit maître1711 buck1725 toupee1727 toupet1728 toupet-man1748 jemmy1753 jessamy1753 macaroni1764 majoc1770 monkeyrony1773 dandyc1780 elegant1780 muscadin1794 incroyable1797 beauty man1800 bang-up1811 natty1818 ruffian1818 exquisite1819 heavy swell1819 marvellous1819 bit of stuff1828 merveilleux1830 fat1832 squirt1844 dandyling1846 ineffable1859 guinea pig1860 Dundreary swell1862 masher1872 dude1877 mash1879 dudette1883 dand1886 heavy gunner1890 posh1890 nut1904 smoothie1929 fancy-pants1930 saga boy1941 fancy Dan1943 1862 Manch. Weekly Times 21 June Suppl. 8/1 ‘Dweeed fwine girl, that,’ said the Dundreary swell. 1885 Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland) 26 May Morey has developed into a heavy Dundreary ‘swell’. If he wants to say ‘over there’ he says it something like this—‘oveah-ah-er-ah-theah-weah’. 1964 Illustr. London News 24 Oct. 645/3 Sir George and the Colonel, those two Dundreary swells, echo: ‘Aw-yes! Awf'lly jolly!’ II. Simple uses. †3. A person resembling Lord Dundreary (see sense 1); a foolish fop or dandy, esp. one viewed as a typical representative of the British upper class. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1861 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper (N.Y.) 14 Sept. 283/2 English noblemen, or Dundrearys, are very great fools. 1862 Illustr. London News 9 Aug. 155/3 The most laughable feature in this Dundreary fever is to mark how enthusiastically Mr. Sothern is admired by the Dundrearies themselves. 1874 Examiner 2 Jan. 13/2 Central Asia, hitherto a bulwark against Muscovite advance, is, whenever its name comes up, voted a ‘bore’ by political Dundrearies. 1918 Cent. Mag. July 345/2 We thought the English were stupid, more or less Dundrearys, and we stopped only too infrequently to ask how Dundrearys could manage such an empire so harmoniously. 4. In plural. Long, drooping sideburns of the kind worn by, and popularly associated with, the character of Lord Dundreary (see sense 1). Also in singular: this style of facial hair.Also called Piccadilly weepers: see Piccadilly n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > styles of whiskers side wing1811 mutton chop1851 Dundreary whiskers1859 mutton cutlet1860 Piccadilly weeper1866 burnside1875 Dundrearies1876 sideburn1876 sidebar whiskers1882 sideboards1883 weeper1894 slugger1898 ear guards1905 1876 Belfast News-let. 8 Feb. 3/9 Two men came into her shop and inspected some whiskers, looking especially at a pair of Dundreary's. 1894 C. G. Harper Revolted Woman ii. 39 This fashion was the ‘Piccadilly-weeper’ variety of adornment, known at this day—chiefly owing to Sothern's impersonation of a contemporary lisping fop—as the ‘Dundreary’. 1914 H. R. Miller House of Toys iv. 102 His round chubby face was flanked by a pair of silky, luxuriant red Dundrearies. 1952 Arizona Daily Sun 27 Feb. 1/2 (caption) Gov. Earl Warren might try the two-pronged Dundreary. 2014 D. Goodwin Fortune Hunter 159 His face was crimson under his dundrearies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859
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