first-footern.

Brit.

/ˌfəːs(t)ˈfʊtə/, U.S.

/ˌfərs(t)ˈfʊdər/

Forms: 1800s– first fitter, 1800s– first footer.

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

Etymology: < first adj. + foot n. + -er suffix¹, after first footing n. Compare earlier first foot n.

A person who goes first-footing; a first foot.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > visit > visitor > [noun] > at New Year

first foot1792

first-footer1842

quaaltagh1845

1842 A. Campbell Sketches Life & Char. 148 ‘Does she expect first-footers?’ ‘Not a soul, ma'm, but her grandson.’

1853 W. Watson Poems 47 I'll sort our first-fitters wi' whisky an' rum.

1897 Daily News 23 Sept. 2/6 Scottish ‘first-footers’ in the fifteenth century awoke the night echoes with a mild and ‘soughing’ Tra-la-la.

1926 Glasgow Herald 30 Dec. 6 The red herring which your Dundee ‘first-footer’ carries with him as a lucky emblem.

1980 N. Gordon in M. Danby Entertaining with Stars 79 After everyone has sung ‘Auld Land Syne’ and wished each other ‘Happy New Year’, a ‘dark first-footer’ should appear at the door, complete with a lump of coal for good luck.

2008 S. Armitage Gig (2009) 294 As the only dark-haired person in the house I was going to be the first-footer.

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

单词	first-footer
释义	first-footern. Brit. /ˌfəːs(t)ˈfʊtə/, U.S. /ˌfərs(t)ˈfʊdər/ Forms: 1800s– first fitter, 1800s– first footer. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: first adj., foot n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < first adj. + foot n. + -er suffix¹, after first footing n. Compare earlier first foot n. A person who goes first-footing; a first foot. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visitor > [noun] > at New Year first foot1792 first-footer1842 quaaltagh1845 1842 A. Campbell Sketches Life & Char. 148 ‘Does she expect first-footers?’ ‘Not a soul, ma'm, but her grandson.’ 1853 W. Watson Poems 47 I'll sort our first-fitters wi' whisky an' rum. 1897 Daily News 23 Sept. 2/6 Scottish ‘first-footers’ in the fifteenth century awoke the night echoes with a mild and ‘soughing’ Tra-la-la. 1926 Glasgow Herald 30 Dec. 6 The red herring which your Dundee ‘first-footer’ carries with him as a lucky emblem. 1980 N. Gordon in M. Danby Entertaining with Stars 79 After everyone has sung ‘Auld Land Syne’ and wished each other ‘Happy New Year’, a ‘dark first-footer’ should appear at the door, complete with a lump of coal for good luck. 2008 S. Armitage Gig (2009) 294 As the only dark-haired person in the house I was going to be the first-footer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842
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