Americo-comb. form

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

Forms: before a vowel occasionally Americ-

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name America , -o- connective.

Etymology: < Americ- (in the name of America: see America n.) + -o- connective.Formations are found from the late 18th cent.

1. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to America’ or ‘both American and —’.In early use in proper names; in quot. 1737 as part of a pseudonym.

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1737 Barbados-Gaz. 3 May in S. Keimer Caribbeana II. 192 (signature to letter) Americo-Britannus.

1778 London Mag. Mar. 137/1 Anglo-Americo-Machia, an epic poem, in as few books as possible.]

1787 R. Bage Fair Syrian II. 277 You licentious Americo-Angles of the old world.

1792 B. Boothby Observ. Appeal from New to Old Whigs 116 The Americo-gallic commander.

1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies II. 235 All the Americo-Indian tribes have..preserved their traditions on this subject.

1848 J. F. Cooper Oak Openings I. iv. 62 It was not so much Anglo-Saxon as Americo-Saxon.

1918 D. Haig Diary 21 Sept. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 463 I..would like to attack 2 or 3 days after the main Americo-French attack.

1968 Punch 31 Jan. 174/2 A large woman brushed with witchery shacks up with a moody, Americo-Croatian sculptor.

1990 Village Voice (N.Y.) 20 Nov. 48/4 The Americo-Euro-avant-garde had radiated sufficiently to pose..problems for the authorities.

Americo-African adj. and n.

Brit.

/əˌmɛrᵻkəʊˈafrᵻk(ə)n/

U.S.

/əˌmɛrəkoʊˈæfrəkən/

(a) adj. of or relating to both America and Africa; (also) of or relating to African Americans (originally and chiefly in the context of the resettlement of freed American slaves in Africa during the 19th cent.); (b) n. a freed American slave resettled in Africa (now historical); (also) a descendant of such a person (cf. Americo-Liberian n. at sense 3).

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1826 Wilmingtonian & Delaware Advertiser 29 June 4/4 The Liberia Herald. A newspaper from Africa! An Americo-African newspaper!

1828 Missionary Reg. (Church Missionary Soc.) 452/1 Our American Brethren begin to anticipate the colonizing of the whole South-Western Coast of the African Continent by Americo-Africans.

1832 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. Nov. 201 It is perhaps proper, while speaking of the history of Americo-African colonization, to say, that it originated in the legislature of Virginia.

1839 Southern Lit. Messenger June 382/1 The alternatives may at last be the dissolution of the union, the retention of slavery, or the utter extermination of the Americo-African race.

1904 J. F. Hurst Hist. Methodism VII. viii. ii. 576 The state [sc. Liberia] contains some 25,000 Americo-Africans.

2000 Africa News (Nexis) 26 Aug. Another aspect of Americo-African relations that has revved up is the status of Africans in the Diaspora.

2006 F. J. Koppa Encycl. Mod. Dictators 76 He had no known political affiliations but resented the Americo-Africans, the descendants of African American slaves who controlled the country.

Americo-Liberian n.

Brit.

/əˌmɛrᵻkəʊlʌɪˈbɪərɪən/

U.S.

/əˌmɛrəkoʊˌlaɪˈbɪriən/

a freed American slave resettled in Liberia (now historical); (also) a Liberian descended from such a person.Freed American slaves were resettled in Liberia by the American Colonization Society, which controlled the country from 1821 to 1847.

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1853 Afr. Repository Oct. 310/2 The influence of the Americo-Liberians has been such as to lessen the disposition of the natives to war and rapine.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 12 Aug. 11/1 Many interesting details are given as to the character of the civilisation of the Americo-Liberians.

1989 Encycl. Brit. VII. 331/1 The people most closely associated with the founding of the Liberian state were black freedmen (freed slaves) from the New World, known historically as the Americo-Liberians.

2003 Daily Tel. 9 July 20/4 The Americo-Liberians remained in power, through the influence of their all-pervasive True Whig Party, until 1980.

Americomania n.

Brit.

/əˌmɛrᵻkə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/

U.S.

/əˌmɛrəkoʊˈmeɪniə/

/əˌmɛrəkəˈmeɪniə/

now rare an excessive fondness or craze for everything American.

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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [noun] > America > excessive

Americomania1798

1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 26 527 Their Americo-mania he seems to consider as a criminal heresy.

1882 World 11 Jan. Americomania has reached a point when a writer is gravely taken to task..for calling Transatlantic meesses ‘eccentric’.

2006 J. Tourreille & E. Vallet in C. P. David & D. Grondin Hegemony or Empire vii. 138 Waves of Americomania have alternated with anti-Americanism since the creation of the American Republic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	americo-
释义	Americo-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Forms: before a vowel occasionally Americ- Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name America , -o- connective. Etymology: < Americ- (in the name of America: see America n.) + -o- connective.Formations are found from the late 18th cent. 1. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to America’ or ‘both American and —’.In early use in proper names; in quot. 1737 as part of a pseudonym. ΚΠ 1737 Barbados-Gaz. 3 May in S. Keimer Caribbeana II. 192 (signature to letter) Americo-Britannus. 1778 London Mag. Mar. 137/1 Anglo-Americo-Machia, an epic poem, in as few books as possible.] 1787 R. Bage Fair Syrian II. 277 You licentious Americo-Angles of the old world. 1792 B. Boothby Observ. Appeal from New to Old Whigs 116 The Americo-gallic commander. 1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies II. 235 All the Americo-Indian tribes have..preserved their traditions on this subject. 1848 J. F. Cooper Oak Openings I. iv. 62 It was not so much Anglo-Saxon as Americo-Saxon. 1918 D. Haig Diary 21 Sept. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 463 I..would like to attack 2 or 3 days after the main Americo-French attack. 1968 Punch 31 Jan. 174/2 A large woman brushed with witchery shacks up with a moody, Americo-Croatian sculptor. 1990 Village Voice (N.Y.) 20 Nov. 48/4 The Americo-Euro-avant-garde had radiated sufficiently to pose..problems for the authorities. 2. Americo-African adj. and n. Brit. /əˌmɛrᵻkəʊˈafrᵻk(ə)n/ , U.S. /əˌmɛrəkoʊˈæfrəkən/ (a) adj. of or relating to both America and Africa; (also) of or relating to African Americans (originally and chiefly in the context of the resettlement of freed American slaves in Africa during the 19th cent.); (b) n. a freed American slave resettled in Africa (now historical); (also) a descendant of such a person (cf. Americo-Liberian n. at sense 3). ΚΠ 1826 Wilmingtonian & Delaware Advertiser 29 June 4/4 The Liberia Herald. A newspaper from Africa! An Americo-African newspaper! 1828 Missionary Reg. (Church Missionary Soc.) 452/1 Our American Brethren begin to anticipate the colonizing of the whole South-Western Coast of the African Continent by Americo-Africans. 1832 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. Nov. 201 It is perhaps proper, while speaking of the history of Americo-African colonization, to say, that it originated in the legislature of Virginia. 1839 Southern Lit. Messenger June 382/1 The alternatives may at last be the dissolution of the union, the retention of slavery, or the utter extermination of the Americo-African race. 1904 J. F. Hurst Hist. Methodism VII. viii. ii. 576 The state [sc. Liberia] contains some 25,000 Americo-Africans. 2000 Africa News (Nexis) 26 Aug. Another aspect of Americo-African relations that has revved up is the status of Africans in the Diaspora. 2006 F. J. Koppa Encycl. Mod. Dictators 76 He had no known political affiliations but resented the Americo-Africans, the descendants of African American slaves who controlled the country. 3. Americo-Liberian n. Brit. /əˌmɛrᵻkəʊlʌɪˈbɪərɪən/ , U.S. /əˌmɛrəkoʊˌlaɪˈbɪriən/ a freed American slave resettled in Liberia (now historical); (also) a Liberian descended from such a person.Freed American slaves were resettled in Liberia by the American Colonization Society, which controlled the country from 1821 to 1847. ΚΠ 1853 Afr. Repository Oct. 310/2 The influence of the Americo-Liberians has been such as to lessen the disposition of the natives to war and rapine. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 12 Aug. 11/1 Many interesting details are given as to the character of the civilisation of the Americo-Liberians. 1989 Encycl. Brit. VII. 331/1 The people most closely associated with the founding of the Liberian state were black freedmen (freed slaves) from the New World, known historically as the Americo-Liberians. 2003 Daily Tel. 9 July 20/4 The Americo-Liberians remained in power, through the influence of their all-pervasive True Whig Party, until 1980. Americomania n. Brit. /əˌmɛrᵻkə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ , U.S. /əˌmɛrəkoʊˈmeɪniə/ , /əˌmɛrəkəˈmeɪniə/ now rare an excessive fondness or craze for everything American. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [noun] > America > excessive Americomania1798 1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 26 527 Their Americo-mania he seems to consider as a criminal heresy. 1882 World 11 Jan. Americomania has reached a point when a writer is gravely taken to task..for calling Transatlantic meesses ‘eccentric’. 2006 J. Tourreille & E. Vallet in C. P. David & D. Grondin Hegemony or Empire vii. 138 Waves of Americomania have alternated with anti-Americanism since the creation of the American Republic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1787
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