featherweightn.

Brit.

/ˈfɛðəweɪt/, U.S.

/ˈfɛðərˌweɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: feather n., weight n.¹

Etymology: < feather n. + weight n.¹

1. That which has the weight of a feather; hence, a very small thing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [noun] > that which is light

lightweight1770

featherweight1838

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing

minutea1450

minim1590

mite1594

titmouse1596

moteling1605

atom1633

thingling1652

long-little1653

parvitude1659

bodikin1668

eschantillon1720

niff-naff1808

smolt1808

runt1819

titty-tottya1825

featherweight1838

thinglet1839

shable1842

thumb1854

nubbin1857

speckle1882

teeny-weeny1894

hickey1909

tiddler1937

pinhead1951

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. l. 290 He turned..to observe the effect of the slightest featherweight in his favour.

1885 A. M. Clerke Pop. Hist. Astron. 108 The feather-weight of his carelessness, however, kicked the beam.

1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier i. vi. 88 Leonora lifted her up—she was the merest feather-weight—and laid her on the bed.

1932 D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 161/1 Now..tweeds and cloths are manufactured in featherweights.

2. Horse Racing. The lightest weight allowed by the rules to be carried by a horse in a handicap. Hence sometimes applied to the rider.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant

unknownc1390

pawnc1450

semi-cipher?1550

bauble1570

Jack with the feather1581

nobody1583

winterling1585

squash1600

rush candle1628

niflec1635

nullity1657

nonentity1710

featherweight1812

underscrub1822

nyaff1825

small fish1836

no-account1840

little fish1846

peanut1864

commonplacer1874

sparrow-fart1886

Little Willie1901

pipsqueak1905

nebbish1907

pie-biter1911

blob1916

smallie1930

no-count1932

zilch1933

Mickey Mouse1935

muzhik1945

nerd1951

nothingburger1953

nerk1955

non-person1959

no-mark1982

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious

fribbling1654

frivolism1778

featherweight1812

frivolitya1832

fandangle1835

frivol1903

tiddlywinks1919

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > required or suitable weight of rider > types of

lightweight1773

featherweight1812

1812 Sporting Mag. 39 136 The animals rode a feather weight.

1858 Jockey Club Rules in Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (1870) 376 A feather weight shall be considered 4 st. 7 lb.

1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 132 [He] was going like a youth and a feather-weight.

figurative.1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. 313 Burghley and Walsingham..were no feather-weights, like the frivolous Henry III.

3. Boxing. Applied to a boxer who is very light, as distinguished from a heavyweight, middleweight, or lightweight. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer > of specific weight

welter1804

lightweight1817

middleweight1847

heavyweight1857

light middleweight1885

light-heavyweight1887

featherweight1889

light-heavy1892

light welterweight1892

welter weight1896

light welter1904

super heavyweight1907

middle1908

fly-weight1911

heavy1913

superheavy1917

cruiser-weight1920

light flyweight1922

cruiser1928

mini-flyweight1971

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > weight > weight division

lightweight1817

bantam weight1884

light middleweight1885

featherweight1889

light-heavyweight1891

light-heavy1895

fly-weight1911

cruiser-weight1920

light flyweight1922

1889 E. B. Michell Boxing in W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 147 The boundary between heavy and middle weight, down to feather-weight (9 stone).

1928 Daily Express 2 Oct. 17/7 The world's feather~weight boxing title.

1933 P. G. Wodehouse Heavy Weather ix. 143 Getting a featherweight Boxing blue at Cambridge.

4. A light make of bicycle. (Disused.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > bicycle > other types of bicycle

forty-four1821

roadster1875

rear-steerer1882

pneumatic1890

path-racer1896

featherweight1901

free-wheeler1908

fairy cycle1920

superbike1935

sit-up-and-beg1939

bakfiets1956

high-riser1965

all-terrain cycle1970

chopper1971

mountain bike1972

shopper1973

mixte1975

BMX1978

cruiser1978

ojek1983

boda boda1995

e-bike1998

fixie2001

ghost bike2004

1901 Morning Leader 18 Dec. 6/2 Cycling Gossip. The topic at the moment undoubtedly is the new feather~weight fashion.

1902 Daily Chron. 17 May 8/6 I had these featherweights also in mind when I said that ‘makers have not catered especially for light riders’.

1908 Daily Chron. 3 Aug. 6/6 Green's mount was a featherweight Raleigh.

5. Paper-making. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > materials > paper

forel1549

marble paper1667

marble1699

Cobb paper1859

featherweight1905

Duxeen1920

Linson1948

1905 Daily Chron. 28 June 3/2 A ‘feather-weight’ laid paper of a durable kind is employed.

?1912 Printing Papers (Spalding & Hodge) ii. 9 Featherweight, antique laid or wove light handling book papers. They are manufactured mainly from esparto, are very loosely woven, and of extreme bulk. The bulkiest are entirely unloaded.

1957 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Feb. 45/2 Feather weight paper, a very light antique book paper of woven esparto.

1966 H. Williamson Methods Bk. Design (ed. 2) xviii. 290 Thick, fluffy, feeble, antique featherweight papers..are still widely used to give books a deceptive bulk.

Derivatives

ˈfeather-weighted adj. trifling, unimportant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial

eathlyc890

lighteOE

littleOE

small?c1225

singlec1449

easy1474

triflous1509

naughty1526

slender1530

slight1548

shrimpish1549

slipper1567

truanta1572

toyous1581

trivious1583

mean1585

silly1587

nicea1594

puny?1594

puisne1598

pusill1599

whindling1601

sapless1602

non-significant1603

poor1603

unsignificant1603

flea-bite1605

perishing1605

lank1607

weightless1610

fonda1616

penny farthing1615

triviala1616

unweighty1621

transitory1637

twattling1651

inconsiderate1655

unserious1655

nugal1656

small drink1656

slighty1662

minute1668

paddling1679

snitling1682

retail1697

Lilliputian1726

vain1731

rattletrap1760

peppercornish1762

peppercorn1791

underling1804

venial1806

lightweight1809

floccinaucical1826

small-bore1833

minified1837

trantlum1838

piffling1848

tea-tabular1855

potty1860

whipping-snapping1861

tea-gardeny1862

quiddling1863

twaddling1863

fidgeting1865

penny ante1865

feather-weighted1870

jerkwater1877

midget1879

mimsy1880

shirttail1881

two-by-four1885

footle1894

skittery1905

footery1929

Mickey Mouse1931

chickenshit1934

minoritized1945

marginal1952

marginalized1961

tea-party1961

little league1962

marginalizing1977

minnowy1991

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 274 Finding that he can make those feather-weighted accidents balance each other.

ˈfeatherweight adj. = feather-weighted adj. participial adjective; weak.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will

nesheOE

feeblec1200

softc1275

weaka1425

infirm1526

lithya1533

unheaded1577

spiritless1595

pappy1597

irresolute1600

marrowless1607

seducible1613

wax-nosedc1615

unsinewy?1623

reedy1628

swayable1642

short-spirited1647

weak-headed1654

lath-backed1676

will-less?1680

tiffany-trader1702

weak-minded1716

lax1751

lax-fibred1762

nerveless1783

wishy-washy1801

marcid1822

molluscous1836

boneless1848

weedy1849

putty-headed1857

flabby1862

weak-kneed1863

fibreless1864

invertebrate1867

chinless1881

backboneless1882

featherweight1885

spineless1885

weak-willed1885

totter-kneed1887

akratic1896

effete1905

weakling1906

gutless1915

willowish1919

Milquetoast1932

nannified1960

ball-less1967

1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl II. x. 147 It would do your cousin a vast deal of good to run away from that feather-weight husband of hers.

1958 Times 5 Nov. 13/1 He [sc. André Masson] remains..one who can just rely enough on Parisian elegance and flair to be shamelessly pretty and featherweight for much of the time.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	featherweight
释义	featherweightn. Brit. /ˈfɛðəweɪt/, U.S. /ˈfɛðərˌweɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: feather n., weight n.¹ Etymology: < feather n. + weight n.¹ 1. That which has the weight of a feather; hence, a very small thing. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [noun] > that which is light lightweight1770 featherweight1838 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing minutea1450 minim1590 mite1594 titmouse1596 moteling1605 atom1633 thingling1652 long-little1653 parvitude1659 bodikin1668 eschantillon1720 niff-naff1808 smolt1808 runt1819 titty-tottya1825 featherweight1838 thinglet1839 shable1842 thumb1854 nubbin1857 speckle1882 teeny-weeny1894 hickey1909 tiddler1937 pinhead1951 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. l. 290 He turned..to observe the effect of the slightest featherweight in his favour. 1885 A. M. Clerke Pop. Hist. Astron. 108 The feather-weight of his carelessness, however, kicked the beam. 1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier i. vi. 88 Leonora lifted her up—she was the merest feather-weight—and laid her on the bed. 1932 D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 161/1 Now..tweeds and cloths are manufactured in featherweights. 2. Horse Racing. The lightest weight allowed by the rules to be carried by a horse in a handicap. Hence sometimes applied to the rider. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant unknownc1390 pawnc1450 semi-cipher?1550 bauble1570 Jack with the feather1581 nobody1583 winterling1585 squash1600 rush candle1628 niflec1635 nullity1657 nonentity1710 featherweight1812 underscrub1822 nyaff1825 small fish1836 no-account1840 little fish1846 peanut1864 commonplacer1874 sparrow-fart1886 Little Willie1901 pipsqueak1905 nebbish1907 pie-biter1911 blob1916 smallie1930 no-count1932 zilch1933 Mickey Mouse1935 muzhik1945 nerd1951 nothingburger1953 nerk1955 non-person1959 no-mark1982 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious fribbling1654 frivolism1778 featherweight1812 frivolitya1832 fandangle1835 frivol1903 tiddlywinks1919 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > required or suitable weight of rider > types of lightweight1773 featherweight1812 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 136 The animals rode a feather weight. 1858 Jockey Club Rules in Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (1870) 376 A feather weight shall be considered 4 st. 7 lb. 1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 132 [He] was going like a youth and a feather-weight. figurative.1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. 313 Burghley and Walsingham..were no feather-weights, like the frivolous Henry III. 3. Boxing. Applied to a boxer who is very light, as distinguished from a heavyweight, middleweight, or lightweight. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer > of specific weight welter1804 lightweight1817 middleweight1847 heavyweight1857 light middleweight1885 light-heavyweight1887 featherweight1889 light-heavy1892 light welterweight1892 welter weight1896 light welter1904 super heavyweight1907 middle1908 fly-weight1911 heavy1913 superheavy1917 cruiser-weight1920 light flyweight1922 cruiser1928 mini-flyweight1971 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > weight > weight division lightweight1817 bantam weight1884 light middleweight1885 featherweight1889 light-heavyweight1891 light-heavy1895 fly-weight1911 cruiser-weight1920 light flyweight1922 1889 E. B. Michell Boxing in W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 147 The boundary between heavy and middle weight, down to feather-weight (9 stone). 1928 Daily Express 2 Oct. 17/7 The world's feather~weight boxing title. 1933 P. G. Wodehouse Heavy Weather ix. 143 Getting a featherweight Boxing blue at Cambridge. 4. A light make of bicycle. (Disused.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > bicycle > other types of bicycle forty-four1821 roadster1875 rear-steerer1882 pneumatic1890 path-racer1896 featherweight1901 free-wheeler1908 fairy cycle1920 superbike1935 sit-up-and-beg1939 bakfiets1956 high-riser1965 all-terrain cycle1970 chopper1971 mountain bike1972 shopper1973 mixte1975 BMX1978 cruiser1978 ojek1983 boda boda1995 e-bike1998 fixie2001 ghost bike2004 1901 Morning Leader 18 Dec. 6/2 Cycling Gossip. The topic at the moment undoubtedly is the new feather~weight fashion. 1902 Daily Chron. 17 May 8/6 I had these featherweights also in mind when I said that ‘makers have not catered especially for light riders’. 1908 Daily Chron. 3 Aug. 6/6 Green's mount was a featherweight Raleigh. 5. Paper-making. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > materials > paper forel1549 marble paper1667 marble1699 Cobb paper1859 featherweight1905 Duxeen1920 Linson1948 1905 Daily Chron. 28 June 3/2 A ‘feather-weight’ laid paper of a durable kind is employed. ?1912 Printing Papers (Spalding & Hodge) ii. 9 Featherweight, antique laid or wove light handling book papers. They are manufactured mainly from esparto, are very loosely woven, and of extreme bulk. The bulkiest are entirely unloaded. 1957 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Feb. 45/2 Feather weight paper, a very light antique book paper of woven esparto. 1966 H. Williamson Methods Bk. Design (ed. 2) xviii. 290 Thick, fluffy, feeble, antique featherweight papers..are still widely used to give books a deceptive bulk. Derivatives ˈfeather-weighted adj. trifling, unimportant. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial eathlyc890 lighteOE littleOE small?c1225 singlec1449 easy1474 triflous1509 naughty1526 slender1530 slight1548 shrimpish1549 slipper1567 truanta1572 toyous1581 trivious1583 mean1585 silly1587 nicea1594 puny?1594 puisne1598 pusill1599 whindling1601 sapless1602 non-significant1603 poor1603 unsignificant1603 flea-bite1605 perishing1605 lank1607 weightless1610 fonda1616 penny farthing1615 triviala1616 unweighty1621 transitory1637 twattling1651 inconsiderate1655 unserious1655 nugal1656 small drink1656 slighty1662 minute1668 paddling1679 snitling1682 retail1697 Lilliputian1726 vain1731 rattletrap1760 peppercornish1762 peppercorn1791 underling1804 venial1806 lightweight1809 floccinaucical1826 small-bore1833 minified1837 trantlum1838 piffling1848 tea-tabular1855 potty1860 whipping-snapping1861 tea-gardeny1862 quiddling1863 twaddling1863 fidgeting1865 penny ante1865 feather-weighted1870 jerkwater1877 midget1879 mimsy1880 shirttail1881 two-by-four1885 footle1894 skittery1905 footery1929 Mickey Mouse1931 chickenshit1934 minoritized1945 marginal1952 marginalized1961 tea-party1961 little league1962 marginalizing1977 minnowy1991 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 274 Finding that he can make those feather-weighted accidents balance each other. ˈfeatherweight adj. = feather-weighted adj. participial adjective; weak. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will nesheOE feeblec1200 softc1275 weaka1425 infirm1526 lithya1533 unheaded1577 spiritless1595 pappy1597 irresolute1600 marrowless1607 seducible1613 wax-nosedc1615 unsinewy?1623 reedy1628 swayable1642 short-spirited1647 weak-headed1654 lath-backed1676 will-less?1680 tiffany-trader1702 weak-minded1716 lax1751 lax-fibred1762 nerveless1783 wishy-washy1801 marcid1822 molluscous1836 boneless1848 weedy1849 putty-headed1857 flabby1862 weak-kneed1863 fibreless1864 invertebrate1867 chinless1881 backboneless1882 featherweight1885 spineless1885 weak-willed1885 totter-kneed1887 akratic1896 effete1905 weakling1906 gutless1915 willowish1919 Milquetoast1932 nannified1960 ball-less1967 1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl II. x. 147 It would do your cousin a vast deal of good to run away from that feather-weight husband of hers. 1958 Times 5 Nov. 13/1 He [sc. André Masson] remains..one who can just rely enough on Parisian elegance and flair to be shamelessly pretty and featherweight for much of the time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1812
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