firebugn.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪəbʌɡ/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌbəɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., bug n.²

Etymology: < fire n. + bug n.²With sense 1 compare earlier firefly n. With sense 2 compare bug n.² 4a. In sense 3 after scientific Latin Pyrrhocoris, genus name ( C. F. Fallén Specimen Novam Hemiptera Disponendi Methodum Exhibens (1814) 9) < ancient Greek πυρρός reddish, flame-coloured (see pyrrhous adj.) + κόρις bedbug (see coreopsis n.). Compare earlier red-bug n. (a) at red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a).

1. U.S. regional.

a. A firefly; esp. Photinus pyralis.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Lampyridae > member of (fire-fly)

fireworm1567

firefly1655

salamander-fly1668

lightning bug1778

firebug1789

glow-fly1789

lampyrine1842

lightning beetle1854

Photuris1858

meadow-fly1867

lampyrid1895

peeny-wally1961

fireworm1567

cucuy1605

salamander-fly1668

lightning bug1778

firebug1789

glow-fly1789

fire beetle1826

lightning beetle1854

meadow-fly1867

pyrophore1884

1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 62 Fire Fly or Bug.

1877 J. M. Bailey Folks in Danbury 40 [The lamp] don't give more light than a fire-bug.

1916 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 18 Mar. 181/3 He is only pursuing common fire-bugs.

1949 H. Kurath Word Geogr. Eastern U.S. 33 From the Susquehanna to the Allegheny River fire bug..is a common expression for the lightning bug. Fire bug is probably a blend of lightning bug and fire fly.

2012 G. Schwipps What this River Keeps xxxvi. 266 She wanted to show all the fire bugs to them, but not all of them could be caught.

†b. A glow-worm, perhaps of the family Phengodidae. Obsolete. rare.

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1797 Massachusetts Spy 30 Aug. These may be more properly stiled Fire Bugs; they are differently formed from common Bugs.

1861 G. Catlin Life amongst Indians 135 How curious their names..Chin-cha-pee (the fire-bug that creeps), (glow-worm).]

2. slang (originally U.S.). An arsonist.

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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful mischievousness > harmfully mischievous person > [noun]

disturberc1290

troublera1382

distroublerc1440

disturblerc1440

boutefeu?1584

mischief1586

breed-bate1593

trouble-feast1603

flight-head1605

trouble-rest1605

trouble-house1608

trouble-cupa1610

trouble-state1609

seek-trouble1611

fling-brand1616

trouble-town1619

blow-coal1622

trouble-world1663

mischief-maker1675

fire-sprit1847

firebug1869

ratbag1890

disturbant1894

mixer1938

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > arson > one guilty of

make-fire1560

firer1576

incendiary1606

conflagrator1641

fire-raiser1678

arsonist1848

arsonite1859

firebug1869

1869 Boston Daily Advertiser 4 Feb. If the ‘fire-bug’ is not arrested in his villany, the city will ere long be visited by a calamity.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. 12/1 It is believed there exists an organized band of ‘firebugs’.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 719/2 An even more elusive foe of the fire office than petrol is ‘the cold-blooded fire-bug’ who trades in arson.

1962 Punch 14 Mar. 439/1 The bravura performance of Robert Morley as a dedicated firebug is notable.

2002 Weekly World News 25 June 23/3 I'm worried that Granny might be a firebug or something and maybe she's playing with matches.

3. Either of two heteropterous plant bugs with bright red and black coloration: Pyrrhocoris apterus (family Pyrrhocoridae) of Eurasia, and (U.S.) the harlequin cabbage bug, Murgantia histrionica (family Pentatomidae).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > family Pyrrhocoridae > member of

firebug1895

harlequin bug1945

1895 Jrnl. New York Entomol. Soc. 3 114 The fluid given out by the European fire-bug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) has a sweetish smell, like ether.

1921 E. Step Brit. Insect Life 169 A striking representative of this family is a Bug that is known in France as the Beadle and the Soldier (Pyrrhocoris apterus), and mentioned sometimes as Fire-bug.

1924 Farmers' Bull. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 1371. 18 The harlequin cabbage bug, also called the calico bug, fire bug, or terrapin bug, is about half an inch long.

1959 T. R. E. Southwood & D. Leston Land & Water Bugs Brit. Isles iv. 72 The firebug occurs throughout much of Europe and is..found in gregarious masses on various mallows and limes.

1980 L. Milne & M. Milne Audubon Field Guide N. Amer. Insects 486 ‘Fire Bug’... Jet-black with bright yellow or orange marks above... Nymph is shiny red and black.

2000 Jrnl. Hist. Biol. 33 539 Fire-bugs turned out to have the decisive disadvantage of not being cultivable in the laboratory.

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

单词	firebug
释义	firebugn. Brit. /ˈfʌɪəbʌɡ/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌbəɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., bug n.² Etymology: < fire n. + bug n.²With sense 1 compare earlier firefly n. With sense 2 compare bug n.² 4a. In sense 3 after scientific Latin Pyrrhocoris, genus name ( C. F. Fallén Specimen Novam Hemiptera Disponendi Methodum Exhibens (1814) 9) < ancient Greek πυρρός reddish, flame-coloured (see pyrrhous adj.) + κόρις bedbug (see coreopsis n.). Compare earlier red-bug n. (a) at red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a). 1. U.S. regional. a. A firefly; esp. Photinus pyralis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Lampyridae > member of (fire-fly) fireworm1567 firefly1655 salamander-fly1668 lightning bug1778 firebug1789 glow-fly1789 lampyrine1842 lightning beetle1854 Photuris1858 meadow-fly1867 lampyrid1895 peeny-wally1961 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Elateridae > elaterid fire-fly fireworm1567 cucuy1605 salamander-fly1668 lightning bug1778 firebug1789 glow-fly1789 fire beetle1826 lightning beetle1854 meadow-fly1867 pyrophore1884 1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 62 Fire Fly or Bug. 1877 J. M. Bailey Folks in Danbury 40 [The lamp] don't give more light than a fire-bug. 1916 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 18 Mar. 181/3 He is only pursuing common fire-bugs. 1949 H. Kurath Word Geogr. Eastern U.S. 33 From the Susquehanna to the Allegheny River fire bug..is a common expression for the lightning bug. Fire bug is probably a blend of lightning bug and fire fly. 2012 G. Schwipps What this River Keeps xxxvi. 266 She wanted to show all the fire bugs to them, but not all of them could be caught. †b. A glow-worm, perhaps of the family Phengodidae. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1797 Massachusetts Spy 30 Aug. These may be more properly stiled Fire Bugs; they are differently formed from common Bugs. 1861 G. Catlin Life amongst Indians 135 How curious their names..Chin-cha-pee (the fire-bug that creeps), (glow-worm).] 2. slang (originally U.S.). An arsonist. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful mischievousness > harmfully mischievous person > [noun] disturberc1290 troublera1382 distroublerc1440 disturblerc1440 boutefeu?1584 mischief1586 breed-bate1593 trouble-feast1603 flight-head1605 trouble-rest1605 trouble-house1608 trouble-cupa1610 trouble-state1609 seek-trouble1611 fling-brand1616 trouble-town1619 blow-coal1622 trouble-world1663 mischief-maker1675 fire-sprit1847 firebug1869 ratbag1890 disturbant1894 mixer1938 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > arson > one guilty of make-fire1560 firer1576 incendiary1606 conflagrator1641 fire-raiser1678 arsonist1848 arsonite1859 firebug1869 1869 Boston Daily Advertiser 4 Feb. If the ‘fire-bug’ is not arrested in his villany, the city will ere long be visited by a calamity. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. 12/1 It is believed there exists an organized band of ‘firebugs’. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 719/2 An even more elusive foe of the fire office than petrol is ‘the cold-blooded fire-bug’ who trades in arson. 1962 Punch 14 Mar. 439/1 The bravura performance of Robert Morley as a dedicated firebug is notable. 2002 Weekly World News 25 June 23/3 I'm worried that Granny might be a firebug or something and maybe she's playing with matches. 3. Either of two heteropterous plant bugs with bright red and black coloration: Pyrrhocoris apterus (family Pyrrhocoridae) of Eurasia, and (U.S.) the harlequin cabbage bug, Murgantia histrionica (family Pentatomidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > family Pyrrhocoridae > member of firebug1895 harlequin bug1945 1895 Jrnl. New York Entomol. Soc. 3 114 The fluid given out by the European fire-bug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) has a sweetish smell, like ether. 1921 E. Step Brit. Insect Life 169 A striking representative of this family is a Bug that is known in France as the Beadle and the Soldier (Pyrrhocoris apterus), and mentioned sometimes as Fire-bug. 1924 Farmers' Bull. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 1371. 18 The harlequin cabbage bug, also called the calico bug, fire bug, or terrapin bug, is about half an inch long. 1959 T. R. E. Southwood & D. Leston Land & Water Bugs Brit. Isles iv. 72 The firebug occurs throughout much of Europe and is..found in gregarious masses on various mallows and limes. 1980 L. Milne & M. Milne Audubon Field Guide N. Amer. Insects 486 ‘Fire Bug’... Jet-black with bright yellow or orange marks above... Nymph is shiny red and black. 2000 Jrnl. Hist. Biol. 33 539 Fire-bugs turned out to have the decisive disadvantage of not being cultivable in the laboratory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789
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