单词 | eyetalian |
释义 | Eyetalianadj.n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). Now generally regarded as offensive. A. adj. Italian. Cf. Eyetie adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [adjective] Itaile1513 Italianish1535 Italish1544 Italiana1549 Italianated1560 Italianate1572 Italical1609 Italic1638 Eyetalian1838 Italianizing1881 wop1928 ginzo1937 Eyetie1941 1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xi. 163 I have given you letters of introduction to the Eyetalian princes and the Pope. 1840 Spirit of Times 21 Nov. 447/3 Boston galls may boast of their spinetts, and their gytars, and their eyetalian airs, and their ears for music. 1850 E. Ranger Artist's Wife ii. i. 28 She begins with them Eyetalian Hoperas, and plays music on the piany. 1913 B. White Mixing iv. 77 They're gittin' Eyetalian books and Eyetalian papers for 'em. 1961 P. White Riders in Chariot xi. 402 An Eyetalian boy called Fiddle Paganini was finishing singing a number. 1997 ‘Q’ Deadmeat 31 He'd got into a rumble with some Eyetalian nightclub owners a few years back. B. n. An Italian. Also: the Italian language. Cf. Eyetie n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Italy Itailec1400 Italian1439 Italianate1587 trans alpiner1599 transalpine1617 Eyetalian1838 macaroni1845 ice-creamer1851 Eyetie1919 paesanoa1930 spaghetti1931 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Italian Italian1485 Eyetalian1838 Eyetie1919 wop1937 wop1939 1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. 166 Meo friendo, says I, for I had picked up a little Eyetalian, meo friendo, cumma longo alla courto, will you? 1890 Cosmopolitan Nov. 101/1 ‘It's them Eyetalians that spoils everything,’ she went on. 1905 J. Hart Levantine Log-bk. ii. 24 Here's a map I bought from a pedler up street, and it's all in Eyetalian. 1930 E. Raymond Jesting Army i. vii. 102 The Eye-talians'll have landed at Smyrna. 1953 A. Baron Human Kind xxiii. 171 You know what I seen them Eyetalians do? 2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. sr1 Grammy..rattled on asking Dad if he knew that Holly, a family friend, was dating an Eyetalian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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