far-downn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfɑːdaʊn/, U.S.

/ˈfɑrˌdaʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: far adv., down adj.

Etymology: Apparently < far adv. + down adj., with punning reference to the name of County Down in Northern Ireland. Compare Corkonian n.

A. n.

(Also far-downer n.) An Irish-American belonging to a family which emigrated from the north of Ireland. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin

American1648

African1700

High Dutch1773

Low Dutch1773

German-American1775

African American1782

Anglo-American1785

Irish-American1786

Africo-American1788

American African1826

Pennsylvania German1827

Pennsylvania Dutch1831

Afro-American1833

far-downer1834

Mexicano1847

knickerbocker1848

Chinese-American1854

Italian–American1873

Polish-American1876

Polacker1883

roundhead1895

hunk1896

Polack1898

Senegambian1900

bohunk1903

honky1904

hunyak1911

Turk1914

boho1920

Anglo1923

Euro-American1925

turkey1932

narrowback1933

nisei1934

roundheader1934

pachuco1943

pocho1944

Latino1946

Chicano1947

Mexican-American1948

Asian American1952

Amerasian1957

Chicana1966

Afrikan1972

Hispanic1972

1834 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 3 384/1 The parties arrayed against each other are known as the Fardowns and the Corkonians.

a1837 R. J. Breckinridge Memoranda (1845) I. 29 This city [sc. Cork] gives name to one of those bloody factions, which under the appellations of Corkonians and Fardowns divide the lowest classes of Irish Catholics in that distant land [sc. U.S.A.].

1857 Spirit of Times 21 Feb. 405/2 They formed into two hostile factions, called Corkonians and Far-Downers.

1899 Echo 9 Mar. 1/2 Down in that quarter of Chicago you can hear all the ‘various accents of Ireland, from the awkward brogue of the “far-downer” to the mild and aisy Elizabethan English of the Southern Irishman’.

B. adj.

Situated or existing far below.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > very low or far below

low-down1850

far-down1911

1911 C. R. L. Fletcher & R. Kipling School Hist. Eng. vii. 134 The far-down shark Shoots glimmering on his ways.

1949 E. Blunden After Bombing 49 In the far-down street That Statue watched the laughing markets meet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	far-down
释义	far-downn.adj. Brit. /ˈfɑːdaʊn/, U.S. /ˈfɑrˌdaʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: far adv., down adj. Etymology: Apparently < far adv. + down adj., with punning reference to the name of County Down in Northern Ireland. Compare Corkonian n. A. n. (Also far-downer n.) An Irish-American belonging to a family which emigrated from the north of Ireland. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin American1648 African1700 High Dutch1773 Low Dutch1773 German-American1775 African American1782 Anglo-American1785 Irish-American1786 Africo-American1788 American African1826 Pennsylvania German1827 Pennsylvania Dutch1831 Afro-American1833 far-downer1834 Mexicano1847 knickerbocker1848 Chinese-American1854 Italian–American1873 Polish-American1876 Polacker1883 roundhead1895 hunk1896 Polack1898 Senegambian1900 bohunk1903 honky1904 hunyak1911 Turk1914 boho1920 Anglo1923 Euro-American1925 turkey1932 narrowback1933 nisei1934 roundheader1934 pachuco1943 pocho1944 Latino1946 Chicano1947 Mexican-American1948 Asian American1952 Amerasian1957 Chicana1966 Afrikan1972 Hispanic1972 1834 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 3 384/1 The parties arrayed against each other are known as the Fardowns and the Corkonians. a1837 R. J. Breckinridge Memoranda (1845) I. 29 This city [sc. Cork] gives name to one of those bloody factions, which under the appellations of Corkonians and Fardowns divide the lowest classes of Irish Catholics in that distant land [sc. U.S.A.]. 1857 Spirit of Times 21 Feb. 405/2 They formed into two hostile factions, called Corkonians and Far-Downers. 1899 Echo 9 Mar. 1/2 Down in that quarter of Chicago you can hear all the ‘various accents of Ireland, from the awkward brogue of the “far-downer” to the mild and aisy Elizabethan English of the Southern Irishman’. B. adj. Situated or existing far below. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > very low or far below low-down1850 far-down1911 1911 C. R. L. Fletcher & R. Kipling School Hist. Eng. vii. 134 The far-down shark Shoots glimmering on his ways. 1949 E. Blunden After Bombing 49 In the far-down street That Statue watched the laughing markets meet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1834
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