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单词 essex
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Essexn.

Brit. /ˈɛsɪks/, U.S. /ˈɛsəks/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Essex.
Etymology: < Essex, the name of a county in the south-east of England.
The name of an English county, occurring attributively in Essex board (see quot. 1933); Essex calf (literally a calf reared in Essex), formerly often used as a contemptuous designation for the natives of that county; hence, punningly, †Essex-growth, growth in the ‘calf’ of the leg; Essex pig (also Black Essex and absol.), a pig of a kind bred originally in Essex.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
sotc1000
beastc1225
long-ear?a1300
stock1303
buzzard1377
mis-feelinga1382
dasarta1400
stonea1400
dasiberd14..
dottlec1400
doddypoll1401
dastardc1440
dotterel1440
dullardc1440
wantwit1449
jobardc1475
nollc1475
assheada1500
mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
eight ball-
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > Essex
Essex calf1573
Essex man1990
Essex girl1991
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > specific breeds
purr?1577
Hampshirea1661
Shropshire1768
tun-back1776
Berkshire1810
Suffolk1831
China hog1838
Essex pig1838
Narragansett1852
Cumberland1860
Neapolitan1860
Tamworth1860
hazel splitter1866
Poland China1869
Duroc1872
Large Black1906
Lincolnshire Curly-Coat1917
saddleback1919
landrace1935
micropig1985
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > materials made from paper or pulp > [noun] > fibreboard
panel board1848
fibreboard1897
Essex board1933
1573 G. Harvey Schollers Loove in Let.-bk. (1884) 135 Will you haue all in a worde and a halfe, Foes must be frende, quoth an Essex kalfe.
1659 Lady Alimony v. v. sig. Kiv You would wish that his puny Baker-legs had more Essex growth [i.e. more calf] in them.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 320 A Cumberland cow may be bought for the Price of an Essex-calfe, in the beginning of the Year.
1838 Penny Cycl. X. 19/2 Essex has been long noted for a superior breed of pigs... The common Essex pigs have long ears.
1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xvi. 365 Varieties Of The Domesticated Hog..Native—Berkshire, Essex, York, and Cumberland.
1877 F. D. Coburn Swine Husbandry 83 The Essex are so very similar to the Suffolk, in nearly every respect except color... Their skin, from its color, affords them one advantage over the Suffolks.
1897 S. Spencer Pigs i. 15 The Small Black or Suffolk, or again, as it is styled in the States, the Essex,..and a few other breeds brought the Small Black pig within measurable distance of perfection.
1906 J. Long Bk. Pig (ed. 2) i. 6 (caption) Neapolitan..a black race of pigs..crossed with the old Black Essex with excellent results.
1906 J. Long Bk. Pig (ed. 2) i. 7 The Essex and the Dorset..although still recognized by farmers and breeders in their particular districts, are not recognized by experts and the agricultural societies as special breeds.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 595/1 The Small Black or Black Suffolk was produced from the old Essex pig by crossing with the Neapolitan.
1933 C. W. Glover Pract. Acoustics for Constructor 429 Essex Board... Composition—compressed fibre in plies, bound together by strong, fire-resisting cement.
1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xii. 170 It's only made of plastic and Essex board.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 22 Mar. 85/1 Demand was keen for all four breeds—Large Whites, Essex, Wessex Saddlebacks and Landrace.

Derivatives

ˈEssexed adj. Obsolete
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1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 165 A good Legge is a great grace if it be discreetly essex'd in the calfe, and not too much spindled in the small.

Draft additions 1997

2. Compounds.
Essex girl n. [after Essex man n.] British derogatory a contemptuous term applied (usually jocular) to a type of young woman, supposedly to be found in and around Essex, and variously characterized as unintelligent, promiscuous, and materialistic.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > female
unchaghe1534
foppet1605
fop1714
tawpie1728
fooless1848
sillypop1894
bimbo1920
moo1967
bimbette1978
bimboid1990
Essex girl1991
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > Essex
Essex calf1573
Essex man1990
Essex girl1991
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > self-interested person > woman
adventuress1707
Essex girl1991
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > promiscuity > person > woman
bat1607
tramp1922
bag1924
poule1924
blimp1926
punch board1955
slag1958
slagbag1966
hosebag1974
mama1980
slutbag1987
Essex girl1991
knob jockey2003
1991 ‘R. Leigh’ & ‘B. Wood’ Essex Girl Joke Bk. Foreword, Essex girls have been with us since Roman times. Perhaps the most famous was Boadicea... This meisterwork [sic], drawing on both legend and contemporary reality, faithfully records the language, philosophy and iconography of Essex girl.
1991 Independent 1 Nov. 3/1 How does an Essex Girl turn on the light afterwards? She kicks open the car door... Essex Girl jokes are told on the radio; they are faxed around between offices.
1992 Pract. Fishkeeping Apr. 142 It was soon obvious I had a blue-green algae problem. The stuff spreads faster than an Essex girl joke in a bar full of salesmen.
1993 Independent 26 Mar. 22/6 You can parade in shiny and pricey skin-tight leggings. The look can be jazzed up with Essex-girl gold jewellery for weekends.
Essex man n. British derogatory a term used to denote a supposed new type of Conservative voter, to be found esp. in London and the south-east of England in the late 1980s, typically (esp. contemptuously) characterized as a brash, self-made young businessman who benefited from the entrepreneurial wealth created by Thatcherite policies: cf. Selsdon man n.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > newly rich person
parvenu1787
nouveau richea1796
new rich1892
narikin1918
nouveau1927
noove1983
Essex man1990
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person > young man
princock1540
puppy?1544
skipjack1554
pup1590
whelp1611
whisk1629
whippersnapper1674
whiffet1839
Jack the Lad1968
Essex man1990
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > Essex
Essex calf1573
Essex man1990
Essex girl1991
society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Toryism or conservatism > a Tory or conservative > group or section of > member of
Young Englander1837
Essex man1990
1990 Sunday Tel. 7 Oct. 23/1 The mass of the tribe has changed: the life and soul of the new Conservative Party, and the bedrock of its support, is Essex man.
1990 Sunday Tel. 7 Oct. 23/1 Essex man does not exclusively live in Essex; for spiritual purposes, Essex is to be found all over the newly affluent parts of the outer London suburbs.
1991 Times 23 Nov. (Sat. Review) 52/2 He belongs to the Thatcher era, Essex Man without the boorishness or conspicuous displays of self-earned money.
1992 New Statesman & Society 17 Apr. 22/3 The race is on to see which party adopts that credo as its own. Don't worry. Enough Essex men and women will vote for it when it's on offer.
1994 Guardian 11 Jan. i. 16/8 Essex Man has returned to his two-up two-down in Billericay and loadsamoney has been silenced under loadsadebts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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