单词 | anglo-saxonism |
释义 | Anglo-Saxonismn. 1. a. A word, phrase, or idiom of Old English origin; (hence) an Anglicism. ΚΠ 1826 Q. Rev. 34 281 Florilegus has retained and quoted a sufficient number of Anglo-Saxonisms, and of Anglo-Saxon phrases. 1861 Sussex Archaeol. Coll. 13 216 I have already quoted several Anglo-Saxonisms, and I will now mention one or two more. 1903 Spectator 28 Mar. 483/1 The men on the spot..if ‘rifle-worthy’, to use an Anglo-Saxonism, might be of the greatest possible service. 1969 Times 24 Oct. 10/7 Such familiar Anglo-Saxonisms as ‘le cash-flow’. 1987 Speculum 62 268 The rare word baldr..would represent one of the Anglo-Saxonisms of which Sigvatr is fond. 2006 C. Jones Strange Likeness 196 All Heaney's Anglo-Saxonisms..are implicated in one of Heaney's favourite tropes, that of poetry as archaeology. b. Originally U.S. A word that is regarded as vulgar, considered (esp. humorously) to be of traditional Anglo-Saxon origin, with allusion to the idea of an earlier, uncomplicated era of language and culture; a swear word. Cf. Anglo-Saxon adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > profane language swarec1200 shit-wordc1275 words of villainya1300 filtha1400 reveriec1425 bawdry1589 scurrility1589 bawdy1622 tongue-worm1645 borborology1647 Billingsgatry1673 double entendre1673 smut1698 blackguardism1756 slang1805 epithet1818 dirty word1842 French1845 language1855 bad languagec1863 bestiality1879 swear-word1883 damson-tart1887 comminative1888 double entente1895 curse-word1897 bang-words1906 soldier's farewell1909 strong languagea1910 dirty story1912 dirty joke1913 bullocky1916 shitticism1936 Anglo-Saxonism1944 sweary1994 1944 Brainerd (Minnesota) Daily Disp. 29 Aug. 4/4 Lads who never said ‘darn’ will interlard their talk with rugged Anglo-Saxonisms. 1978 Washington Post 6 Aug. k4/4 Frustrated print journalists, barred..from employing the One True Anglo-Saxonism applicable, all too eagerly regressed to such puerile euphemisms as ‘poop’ and ‘doo’. 2006 Observer (Nexis) 2 July 19 There was nothing scientific about the names Mac had for him. Just good-old Anglo-Saxonisms of quadruple letters. 2. Identification with, or belief in the superiority of, England (or Britain), the English-speaking peoples, their civilization, culture, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > race theory > belief in white supremacy Anglo-Saxonism1844 manifest destiny1845 Saxonism1884 Nordicism1925 white chauvinism1928 white racism1943 1844 Q. Rev. Oct. 287 His Anglo-Saxonism constantly tempts him to pass an unfair judgment upon individual characters amongst the conquerors. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxli. 121 The zeal for Anglo-Saxonism, will be found to be little but rogue calling upon rogue. 1867 W. Bagehot Physics & Polit. (1876) 36 In America and in Australia a new modification of what we call Anglo-Saxonism is growing. 1925 Philos. Rev. 34 499 Anglo-Saxonism and Teutonism in America, and American Nordicism. 1970 San Antonio (Texas) Light 1 Jan. 76/3 A kind of Mexican ‘uber alles’ spirit pervades the movement and it rejects Americanism as Anglo-Saxonism. 2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 16 Jan. (Seven Days section) 4/4 The term ‘island race’ to describe the British is a hangover from the days of Anglo-Saxonism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1826 |
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