eyewashn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪwɒʃ/, U.S.

/ˈaɪˌwɔʃ/,

/ˈaɪˌwɑʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, wash n.

Etymology: < eye n.¹ + wash n.

1. A medicinal liquid or cleansing wash for the eyes. Cf. eye-water n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > cosmetics for the face > for the eyes > lotion

eyewash1703

1703 W. Salmon Collectanea Medica ii. 473/1 (heading) Aqua seu Collyrium Ophthalmicum, The Eye-wash.

1824 Times 19 Oct. Simple articles for family use, such as..lotions, eye-washes, gargles, fomentations, poultices, &c.

1866 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 361 Not all the hair-pins, and eye-washes, and affectations can equal it.

1892 Vermont Watchman 20 Apr. 2/2 Those who have tried pure, unadulterated honey as an eye-wash for horses, and any other animals afflicted with sore eyes, find it very beneficial in a great many cases.

1934 M. T. King Mothercraft xii. 207 The best eye-wash is boracic lotion.

2001 L. M. Chavis Ask your Pharmacist (2002) 170 An eyewash serves to both clear the eye of bacteria and to soothe the irritation.

a. colloquial (originally Anglo-Indian). Actions, behaviour, statements, etc., intended merely for outward show, or to obscure or conceal actual facts or motives; (Military slang) unnecessary attention paid to appearances, ceremonial, etc.; = bull n.⁴ 4. Also (chiefly South Asian) as a count noun.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun]

flash1605

sniffling1653

canting1659

cant1710

galbanum1764

gas1793

blarney1796

gammon1805

slum1812

claptrap1819

flam1825

glittering generality1849

bull's wool1850

eyewash1857

bunkum1862

hot air1873

kid1874

fustian1880

flubdub1888

bull1914

oil1917

blah1918

drip1919

piss and wind1922

banana-oil1927

flannel1927

crud1943

old talk1956

ole talk1964

okey-doke1969

yada yada1991

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > conformity to established rules > mere conventional observance

forma1672

eyewash1857

bullshit1930

bull1941

1857 Indian News 16 Sept. 494/2 The Cavalry..had even more gingerbread and eyewash about them than our own useless Regular Cavalry.

1872 H. D. Daly Rep. Polit. Admin. Central India Agency 1870–1 i. 12 After ruling 21 years he left Punnah not only free from disorder and discontentment, but conspicuous for the reverse. There was no eye-wash about what he did.

1884 C. T. Buckland Sketch Social Life India ii. 45 Most officers of any tact understand the meaning of eye-wash, and everything is externally furbished up so as to look its best.

1920 Blackwood's Mag. July 91/2 Kemp went ashore to pay a polite visit to the local Sheikh, as ‘eye-wash’ against our real activities.

1976 Army Q. Apr. 157 His contempt for eyewash, spit and polish and ceremonial.

1995 U. Chaudhuri Staging Place (1997) 163 The revolution..is..experienced as an exercise in futility, a charade, an eyewash.

2004 Financial Times 11 Dec. 6/8 Far-reaching reform of the US intelligence community was yesterday criticised as ‘eyewash’.

b. More generally: empty talk; humbug, nonsense, rubbish. Cf. hogwash n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > nonsense, rubbish, humbug

flim-flam1570

flam1694

all my eye1763

bother1794

humbug1825

blague1839

bunkum1850

bambosh1865

eyewash1889

phonus-bolonus1929

phoney baloney1933

candyfloss1951

1889 ‘F. Anstey’ Pariah i. i. 11 He came up to me with some eyewash or other about our being neighbours at Gorsecombe now.

1922 E. V. Odle Hist. Alfred Rudd xiii. 221 He..talked a lot of eyewash about consumption being a good thing for poets.

1939 J. Cary Mister Johnson 208 ‘More eyewash about sanitation,’ he says to Celia, throwing a blue circular on the breakfast table.

1983 J. Varley Millennium vi. 92 Coventry went on with quite a bit more eyewash about the Herculean effort his department was carrying out.

2012 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 10 Sept. 6 Mr Quigley dismissed the claim as a bagful of eyewash.

Derivatives

ˈeyewasher n. rare a person whose speech or action is only for outward show, or conceals actual facts or motives; cf. sense 2a.

ΚΠ

1920 National Rev. Apr. 142 The President..refused to..be humbugged by ‘eyewashers’ who besought him to accept amendments that destroyed his handiwork.

1997 V. Gol'danskii Ess. Soviet Scientist 188 I would call them eyewashers. They try to present their proposals such that, even though completely unrelated, they appear to have something to do with SDI.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eyewash
释义	eyewashn. Brit. /ˈʌɪwɒʃ/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌwɔʃ/, /ˈaɪˌwɑʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, wash n. Etymology: < eye n.¹ + wash n. 1. A medicinal liquid or cleansing wash for the eyes. Cf. eye-water n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > cosmetics for the face > for the eyes > lotion eyewash1703 1703 W. Salmon Collectanea Medica ii. 473/1 (heading) Aqua seu Collyrium Ophthalmicum, The Eye-wash. 1824 Times 19 Oct. Simple articles for family use, such as..lotions, eye-washes, gargles, fomentations, poultices, &c. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 361 Not all the hair-pins, and eye-washes, and affectations can equal it. 1892 Vermont Watchman 20 Apr. 2/2 Those who have tried pure, unadulterated honey as an eye-wash for horses, and any other animals afflicted with sore eyes, find it very beneficial in a great many cases. 1934 M. T. King Mothercraft xii. 207 The best eye-wash is boracic lotion. 2001 L. M. Chavis Ask your Pharmacist (2002) 170 An eyewash serves to both clear the eye of bacteria and to soothe the irritation. 2. a. colloquial (originally Anglo-Indian). Actions, behaviour, statements, etc., intended merely for outward show, or to obscure or conceal actual facts or motives; (Military slang) unnecessary attention paid to appearances, ceremonial, etc.; = bull n.⁴ 4. Also (chiefly South Asian) as a count noun. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun] flash1605 sniffling1653 canting1659 cant1710 galbanum1764 gas1793 blarney1796 gammon1805 slum1812 claptrap1819 flam1825 glittering generality1849 bull's wool1850 eyewash1857 bunkum1862 hot air1873 kid1874 fustian1880 flubdub1888 bull1914 oil1917 blah1918 drip1919 piss and wind1922 banana-oil1927 flannel1927 crud1943 old talk1956 ole talk1964 okey-doke1969 yada yada1991 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > conformity to established rules > mere conventional observance forma1672 eyewash1857 bullshit1930 bull1941 1857 Indian News 16 Sept. 494/2 The Cavalry..had even more gingerbread and eyewash about them than our own useless Regular Cavalry. 1872 H. D. Daly Rep. Polit. Admin. Central India Agency 1870–1 i. 12 After ruling 21 years he left Punnah not only free from disorder and discontentment, but conspicuous for the reverse. There was no eye-wash about what he did. 1884 C. T. Buckland Sketch Social Life India ii. 45 Most officers of any tact understand the meaning of eye-wash, and everything is externally furbished up so as to look its best. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. July 91/2 Kemp went ashore to pay a polite visit to the local Sheikh, as ‘eye-wash’ against our real activities. 1976 Army Q. Apr. 157 His contempt for eyewash, spit and polish and ceremonial. 1995 U. Chaudhuri Staging Place (1997) 163 The revolution..is..experienced as an exercise in futility, a charade, an eyewash. 2004 Financial Times 11 Dec. 6/8 Far-reaching reform of the US intelligence community was yesterday criticised as ‘eyewash’. b. More generally: empty talk; humbug, nonsense, rubbish. Cf. hogwash n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > nonsense, rubbish, humbug flim-flam1570 flam1694 all my eye1763 bother1794 humbug1825 blague1839 bunkum1850 bambosh1865 eyewash1889 phonus-bolonus1929 phoney baloney1933 candyfloss1951 1889 ‘F. Anstey’ Pariah i. i. 11 He came up to me with some eyewash or other about our being neighbours at Gorsecombe now. 1922 E. V. Odle Hist. Alfred Rudd xiii. 221 He..talked a lot of eyewash about consumption being a good thing for poets. 1939 J. Cary Mister Johnson 208 ‘More eyewash about sanitation,’ he says to Celia, throwing a blue circular on the breakfast table. 1983 J. Varley Millennium vi. 92 Coventry went on with quite a bit more eyewash about the Herculean effort his department was carrying out. 2012 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 10 Sept. 6 Mr Quigley dismissed the claim as a bagful of eyewash. Derivatives ˈeyewasher n. rare a person whose speech or action is only for outward show, or conceals actual facts or motives; cf. sense 2a. ΚΠ 1920 National Rev. Apr. 142 The President..refused to..be humbugged by ‘eyewashers’ who besought him to accept amendments that destroyed his handiwork. 1997 V. Gol'danskii Ess. Soviet Scientist 188 I would call them eyewashers. They try to present their proposals such that, even though completely unrelated, they appear to have something to do with SDI. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1703
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