Geneva printn.

Brit.

/dʒᵻˈniːvə ˌprɪnt/, U.S.

/dʒəˈnivə ˌprɪnt/

Forms: see Geneva n. and print n. and adj.²

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Geneva , print n.

Etymology: < the name of Geneva (see Geneva n.) + print n. In sense 1b punning on genever n. (compare α. forms at that entry). In sense 2 with humorous allusion to to set in print (see print n. 7c).

Now historical (rare after 17th cent.).

a. Roman type, esp. the small roman type typically used in pocket editions of the Geneva Bible, such as were commonly and characteristically carried by English Puritans and members of separatist congregations opposed to the episcopal government of the Church of England; (allusively) Puritanism; anti-episcopal Reformed Protestantism generally.Octavo editions of the Geneva Bible are common from the 1570s (unlike any other version of the Bible before the King James version).

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society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > specific types of print

proclamation-print1592

Geneva print1606

fine print1761

black letter1811

newswork1820

hard dot1913

miniprint1975

1597 Pilgrimage Parnassus iii. 354 Twoo or three hundreth of chatechismes of Jeneva's printe.]

1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue ii. i The culler of his beard I scarse remember; but purblind he was With the Geneva print.

1630 T. Hobbes Let. Apr. (1994) I. 10 Wee lodge in the house of one M^r Preuost..a very wise and honest man and not of [the] Geneua print, more then is necessary for an inhabitant and minister of the place.

1645 D. North Forest of Varieties 229 Our next encounter from the second right hand country was a grave man in the Geneva print, a little more conformable and lesse rigid then hee of Banbury.

1646 J. Shirley Poems 10 If you but name the Pope, there's somthing in't, That a wall eye should read Geneva print.

1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 226 Drum-Major I, on Pulpit Drum, Am therefore now, beloved, come, With Bible in Geneva Print, To turn up All, this Text has in't.

1704 J. Corey Metamorphosis i. 6 With this I'll Read the smallest Geneva Print at twelve Miles distance.

1958 G. W. Whiting Milton & this Pendant World vii. 221 Essentially a Hebrew, he [sc. Samson] is in his vocation or calling and in his sense of duty to God a symbol of the Protestant character and, it might be argued, a hero of ‘Geneva print’, literally one of the elect.

1998 Text 11 94 Just as black-letter was known as ‘english’, so roman was sometimes referred to as ‘Geneva print’ because of its association with the Geneva version of the Bible.

†b. euphemistic. to read Geneva print and variants: to get drunk, become inebriated; to behave in a drunken manner. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > get drunk

drunkenc1000

to wash one's face in an ale clout1550

to shoe the goose, gosling1566

to catch, hunt the fox1599

to swallow a tavern-token1601

to read Geneva print1608

to whip the cat1622

inebriate1626

to hunt a tavern-fox1635

fox1649

mug1653

to fuddle one's cap or nose1663

to lose one's legs1770

gin1789

stone1858

to beer up1884

slop1899

to get, have, tie a bun on1901

shicker1906

souse1921

lush1926

to cop a reeler1937

to tie one on1951

1608 Merry Deuill of Edmonton sig. C2 I see by thy eyes thou hast bin reading little Geneua print.

1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine i. i. sig. B1 If you meet An officer preaching of sobriety, Vnlesse he read it in Geneua print, Lay him by the heeles.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord II. 267 ‘Why, John,’ said the veteran, ‘what devil of a discipline is this you have been keeping? You have been reading Geneva print this morning already.’

†2. humorous and depreciative. of Geneva print: designating a ruff which has been fastidiously ‘set in print’, in the fashion favoured by Puritans. Cf. to set in print at print n. 7c. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xlv. sig. H5^v Shee is a Non-conformist in a close Stomacher and Ruffe of Geneua Print, and her puritie consists much in her Linnen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	geneva print
释义	Geneva printn. Brit. /dʒᵻˈniːvə ˌprɪnt/, U.S. /dʒəˈnivə ˌprɪnt/ Forms: see Geneva n. and print n. and adj.² Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Geneva , print n. Etymology: < the name of Geneva (see Geneva n.) + print n. In sense 1b punning on genever n. (compare α. forms at that entry). In sense 2 with humorous allusion to to set in print (see print n. 7c). Now historical (rare after 17th cent.). 1. a. Roman type, esp. the small roman type typically used in pocket editions of the Geneva Bible, such as were commonly and characteristically carried by English Puritans and members of separatist congregations opposed to the episcopal government of the Church of England; (allusively) Puritanism; anti-episcopal Reformed Protestantism generally.Octavo editions of the Geneva Bible are common from the 1570s (unlike any other version of the Bible before the King James version). ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > specific types of print proclamation-print1592 Geneva print1606 fine print1761 black letter1811 newswork1820 hard dot1913 miniprint1975 1597 Pilgrimage Parnassus iii. 354 Twoo or three hundreth of chatechismes of Jeneva's printe.] 1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue ii. i The culler of his beard I scarse remember; but purblind he was With the Geneva print. 1630 T. Hobbes Let. Apr. (1994) I. 10 Wee lodge in the house of one M^r Preuost..a very wise and honest man and not of [the] Geneua print, more then is necessary for an inhabitant and minister of the place. 1645 D. North Forest of Varieties 229 Our next encounter from the second right hand country was a grave man in the Geneva print, a little more conformable and lesse rigid then hee of Banbury. 1646 J. Shirley Poems 10 If you but name the Pope, there's somthing in't, That a wall eye should read Geneva print. 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 226 Drum-Major I, on Pulpit Drum, Am therefore now, beloved, come, With Bible in Geneva Print, To turn up All, this Text has in't. 1704 J. Corey Metamorphosis i. 6 With this I'll Read the smallest Geneva Print at twelve Miles distance. 1958 G. W. Whiting Milton & this Pendant World vii. 221 Essentially a Hebrew, he [sc. Samson] is in his vocation or calling and in his sense of duty to God a symbol of the Protestant character and, it might be argued, a hero of ‘Geneva print’, literally one of the elect. 1998 Text 11 94 Just as black-letter was known as ‘english’, so roman was sometimes referred to as ‘Geneva print’ because of its association with the Geneva version of the Bible. †b. euphemistic. to read Geneva print and variants: to get drunk, become inebriated; to behave in a drunken manner. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > get drunk drunkenc1000 to wash one's face in an ale clout1550 to shoe the goose, gosling1566 to catch, hunt the fox1599 to swallow a tavern-token1601 to read Geneva print1608 to whip the cat1622 inebriate1626 to hunt a tavern-fox1635 fox1649 mug1653 to fuddle one's cap or nose1663 to lose one's legs1770 gin1789 stone1858 to beer up1884 slop1899 to get, have, tie a bun on1901 shicker1906 souse1921 lush1926 to cop a reeler1937 to tie one on1951 1608 Merry Deuill of Edmonton sig. C2 I see by thy eyes thou hast bin reading little Geneua print. 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine i. i. sig. B1 If you meet An officer preaching of sobriety, Vnlesse he read it in Geneua print, Lay him by the heeles. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord II. 267 ‘Why, John,’ said the veteran, ‘what devil of a discipline is this you have been keeping? You have been reading Geneva print this morning already.’ †2. humorous and depreciative. of Geneva print: designating a ruff which has been fastidiously ‘set in print’, in the fashion favoured by Puritans. Cf. to set in print at print n. 7c. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xlv. sig. H5^v Shee is a Non-conformist in a close Stomacher and Ruffe of Geneua Print, and her puritie consists much in her Linnen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1606
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