first footingn.

Brit.

/ˌfəːs(t) ˈfʊtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌfərs(t) ˈfʊdɪŋ/

Forms: 1800s– first fittin', 1800s– first fitting, 1800s– first footing, 1900s– first fittin.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: first foot n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < first foot n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly later first foot v.

The action of making a round of visits as a New Year begins; the action of being a first foot.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > [noun] > visiting on specific occasions

mothering1644

midlenting1720

first footing1823

1823 J. M. Duncan Trav. U.S. & Canada II. 284 In going home I found no disturbance in the streets, nor any of that outrageous jollity which is so prevalent at home; ‘first-footing’ with all its fun, noise, and absurdity, is unknown in New York.

1846 Literary Garland Jan. 44/2 Oh! It's you, ye deevil's buckies, is't—wi' your first-fittin'.

1883 W. Black in Harper's Mag. Dec. 63 At midnight ‘first-footing’ begins, and it is considered very lucky if your first visitor should be a dark-haired man.

1931 H. Redwood God in Slums xi. 148 How the Dundee slum-folk—they, by the way, have the warmest hearts and the stoutest lungs of any—how they cling to their New Year custom of ‘first footing’!

1970 J. McPhee Crofter & Laird 9 On New Year's Eve—or, rather, in the first hours of the new year—these Scotsmen in Ohio always went around to one another's houses, following the Highland custom of first-footing.

1990 T. Roper Steamie in A. Cameron Scot-free 218 You and Peter goin' first fittin' the night Magrit?

2008 D. Lodge Deaf Sentence (2009) xvii. 261 Then we had a session on New Year's Eve, but fortunately were not asked how we celebrated it. Beth went through the requirements for First Footing.

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

单词	first footing
释义	first footingn. Brit. /ˌfəːs(t) ˈfʊtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌfərs(t) ˈfʊdɪŋ/ Forms: 1800s– first fittin', 1800s– first fitting, 1800s– first footing, 1900s– first fittin. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: first foot n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < first foot n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly later first foot v. The action of making a round of visits as a New Year begins; the action of being a first foot. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > [noun] > visiting on specific occasions mothering1644 midlenting1720 first footing1823 1823 J. M. Duncan Trav. U.S. & Canada II. 284 In going home I found no disturbance in the streets, nor any of that outrageous jollity which is so prevalent at home; ‘first-footing’ with all its fun, noise, and absurdity, is unknown in New York. 1846 Literary Garland Jan. 44/2 Oh! It's you, ye deevil's buckies, is't—wi' your first-fittin'. 1883 W. Black in Harper's Mag. Dec. 63 At midnight ‘first-footing’ begins, and it is considered very lucky if your first visitor should be a dark-haired man. 1931 H. Redwood God in Slums xi. 148 How the Dundee slum-folk—they, by the way, have the warmest hearts and the stoutest lungs of any—how they cling to their New Year custom of ‘first footing’! 1970 J. McPhee Crofter & Laird 9 On New Year's Eve—or, rather, in the first hours of the new year—these Scotsmen in Ohio always went around to one another's houses, following the Highland custom of first-footing. 1990 T. Roper Steamie in A. Cameron Scot-free 218 You and Peter goin' first fittin' the night Magrit? 2008 D. Lodge Deaf Sentence (2009) xvii. 261 Then we had a session on New Year's Eve, but fortunately were not asked how we celebrated it. Beth went through the requirements for First Footing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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