fire-eatingn.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪərˌiːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌidɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., eating n.

Etymology: < fire n. + eating n., after fire-eater n.

1. The action or practice of eating, or appearing to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc., esp. as a performance at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > types of

knife-playinga1400

fire-eating1754

pyrotechnics1778

salamandership1787

juggling1836

second sight1859

sword-swallowing1873

palming1899

pyro1987

1754 Monthly Rev. Nov. 395 Then comes the best method of..fire-eating.

1791 World 13 Oct. 3/2 The usual exhibitions of grinning, driving wheel-barrows blind-folded, pricking in belts, and fire-eating, was noticeable.

a1817 R. L. Edgeworth Mem. (1820) I. v. 129 Among his various accomplishments, Angelo possessed the art of fire-eating in the utmost perfection.

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 114/2 I practised the fire-eating at home. I tried it for the matter of two months, before I found the art of it.

1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 31 Oct. 7/5 Demonstrations of ‘fire-eating’ given by Ojibway magicians appear to have closely resembled stunts performed by white men today.

1994 Barbados Advocate 10 Aug. 8/1 This could add variety to the floor shows that are mostly the usual limbo, fire eating, etc.

†2. Belligerent or quarrelsome behaviour. Cf. fire-eater n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrelsomeness

contentiousness1573

pugnacity1605

quarrel1605

quarrelsomenessa1631

pugnaciousness1681

termagancy1708

combativeness1815

fire-eating1890

combativity1905

1890 Spectator 4 Jan. 5/2 The absence of fire-eating among the leading statesmen of Europe.

1910 F. H. O'Connell Hist. Irish Parl. Party I. xiv. 367 The post-prandial fire-eating of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fire-eatingadj.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪərˌiːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌidɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., eating adj.

Etymology: < fire n. + eating adj., after fire-eater n.

1. That eats, or appears to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc., esp. as a performance at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [adjective] > fire-eating

fire-eating1727

1727 ‘M. Herberts’ Adventures of Proteus ii. 159 I'll warrant there's Hundreds of them never so much as heard of a Lucretia, and that other Fire-eating Lady, I've forgot her Name.

1827 G. M. Jones Trav. Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, & Turkey II. xxii. 486 Two days afterwards we crossed to Scutari, to attend the exhibition of the..howling and fire-eating Dervises.

1894 Vassar Misc. Nov. 50 He laughed like a child at the clown and wondered as eagerly as the children what the fire-eating woman's ‘insides could be made outer’.

1995 Stornoway Gaz. 13 July 2/5 Dancers and a fire-eating magician.

a. Fierce, belligerent, quarrelsome.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > disposed to hostile action

aggressive1773

fire-eating1811

pistolling1877

muscle flexing1905

sword-in-hand1906

storm-trooping1933

butt-kicking1973

slash-and-burn1978

ill1979

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome

sakfulc1000

strifefula1382

litigiousc1384

barratous1430

tuilyier-like1444

mellyvousc1450

toilousc1450

debatous1483

debatefula1492

sturtinga1500

squaringc1530

striving1530

contentious1533

factious1533

quarrellous?1567

quarrelsome1576

bateful1582

mutinous1589

discordful1596

tuilyiesomec1598

brabbling1603

bangling1615

brangling1621

rixosous1623

pugnacious1642

stickling1642

pugnatory1656

litigiose1677

vitilitigious1683

fire-eating1811

wranglesome1817

vitilitigating1819

combativea1834

brawlsome1845

battlesome1877

fighty1888

scrappy1895

tasty1974

1811 Times 28 Aug. 3/3 The others were the usual furniture of farce:—an officer in love with an Alderman's ward; a fire-eating old Admiral; and the Alderman himself.

1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) II. 207 I would as soon sit down in company with my butcher as with these fire-eating fellows.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xvii. 149 A fire-eating and jealous warrior.

1882 W. Haslam ‘Yet not I’ 8 He did not like that fire-eating kind of preaching.

1928 L. Stockett Baltimore xvi. 272 She was wedded to a fire-eating baron who was later killed in the hunting field.

1995 P. Conroy Beach Music (1996) xiv. 207 If Italy could survive the Huns, it could surely survive a simple visit by my fire-eating, cunning mother.

b. U.S. Designating an extreme Southern partisan advocating secession from the Union. See fire-eater n. 2b. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1855 Rockport (Indiana) Weekly Democrat 2 June The fire eating Know Nothings of the South, zealously in favor of the institution of slavery.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 55 My fire-eating friend has had ample opportunities to banquet on his favourite diet.

1953 W. R. Burnett Vanity Row xiv. 96 Whistler was a fire-eating Southerner.

2013 D. Dunn Civil War in Southern Appalachian Methodism iv. 101 Mann was under the supervision of a fire-eating rebel presiding elder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fire-eating
释义	fire-eatingn. Brit. /ˈfʌɪərˌiːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌidɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., eating n. Etymology: < fire n. + eating n., after fire-eater n. 1. The action or practice of eating, or appearing to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc., esp. as a performance at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > types of knife-playinga1400 fire-eating1754 pyrotechnics1778 salamandership1787 juggling1836 second sight1859 sword-swallowing1873 palming1899 pyro1987 1754 Monthly Rev. Nov. 395 Then comes the best method of..fire-eating. 1791 World 13 Oct. 3/2 The usual exhibitions of grinning, driving wheel-barrows blind-folded, pricking in belts, and fire-eating, was noticeable. a1817 R. L. Edgeworth Mem. (1820) I. v. 129 Among his various accomplishments, Angelo possessed the art of fire-eating in the utmost perfection. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 114/2 I practised the fire-eating at home. I tried it for the matter of two months, before I found the art of it. 1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 31 Oct. 7/5 Demonstrations of ‘fire-eating’ given by Ojibway magicians appear to have closely resembled stunts performed by white men today. 1994 Barbados Advocate 10 Aug. 8/1 This could add variety to the floor shows that are mostly the usual limbo, fire eating, etc. †2. Belligerent or quarrelsome behaviour. Cf. fire-eater n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrelsomeness contentiousness1573 pugnacity1605 quarrel1605 quarrelsomenessa1631 pugnaciousness1681 termagancy1708 combativeness1815 fire-eating1890 combativity1905 1890 Spectator 4 Jan. 5/2 The absence of fire-eating among the leading statesmen of Europe. 1910 F. H. O'Connell Hist. Irish Parl. Party I. xiv. 367 The post-prandial fire-eating of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fire-eatingadj. Brit. /ˈfʌɪərˌiːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌidɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., eating adj. Etymology: < fire n. + eating adj., after fire-eater n. 1. That eats, or appears to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc., esp. as a performance at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [adjective] > fire-eating fire-eating1727 1727 ‘M. Herberts’ Adventures of Proteus ii. 159 I'll warrant there's Hundreds of them never so much as heard of a Lucretia, and that other Fire-eating Lady, I've forgot her Name. 1827 G. M. Jones Trav. Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, & Turkey II. xxii. 486 Two days afterwards we crossed to Scutari, to attend the exhibition of the..howling and fire-eating Dervises. 1894 Vassar Misc. Nov. 50 He laughed like a child at the clown and wondered as eagerly as the children what the fire-eating woman's ‘insides could be made outer’. 1995 Stornoway Gaz. 13 July 2/5 Dancers and a fire-eating magician. 2. a. Fierce, belligerent, quarrelsome. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > disposed to hostile action aggressive1773 fire-eating1811 pistolling1877 muscle flexing1905 sword-in-hand1906 storm-trooping1933 butt-kicking1973 slash-and-burn1978 ill1979 society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome sakfulc1000 strifefula1382 litigiousc1384 barratous1430 tuilyier-like1444 mellyvousc1450 toilousc1450 debatous1483 debatefula1492 sturtinga1500 squaringc1530 striving1530 contentious1533 factious1533 quarrellous?1567 quarrelsome1576 bateful1582 mutinous1589 discordful1596 tuilyiesomec1598 brabbling1603 bangling1615 brangling1621 rixosous1623 pugnacious1642 stickling1642 pugnatory1656 litigiose1677 vitilitigious1683 fire-eating1811 wranglesome1817 vitilitigating1819 combativea1834 brawlsome1845 battlesome1877 fighty1888 scrappy1895 tasty1974 1811 Times 28 Aug. 3/3 The others were the usual furniture of farce:—an officer in love with an Alderman's ward; a fire-eating old Admiral; and the Alderman himself. 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) II. 207 I would as soon sit down in company with my butcher as with these fire-eating fellows. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xvii. 149 A fire-eating and jealous warrior. 1882 W. Haslam ‘Yet not I’ 8 He did not like that fire-eating kind of preaching. 1928 L. Stockett Baltimore xvi. 272 She was wedded to a fire-eating baron who was later killed in the hunting field. 1995 P. Conroy Beach Music (1996) xiv. 207 If Italy could survive the Huns, it could surely survive a simple visit by my fire-eating, cunning mother. b. U.S. Designating an extreme Southern partisan advocating secession from the Union. See fire-eater n. 2b. Now historical. ΚΠ 1855 Rockport (Indiana) Weekly Democrat 2 June The fire eating Know Nothings of the South, zealously in favor of the institution of slavery. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 55 My fire-eating friend has had ample opportunities to banquet on his favourite diet. 1953 W. R. Burnett Vanity Row xiv. 96 Whistler was a fire-eating Southerner. 2013 D. Dunn Civil War in Southern Appalachian Methodism iv. 101 Mann was under the supervision of a fire-eating rebel presiding elder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1754adj.1727
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