Gilderoyn.

Brit.

/ˈɡɪldərɔɪ/, U.S.

/ˈɡɪldəˌrɔɪ/

Forms: 1800s– Gilderoy, 1800s– Gilroy.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Gilderoy, Gilroy.

Etymology: < Gilderoy (also Gilroy), the nickname of Patrick MacGregor (executed in 1636), notorious Scottish outlaw and subject of a popular ballad first found in the second half of the 17th cent.The nickname Gilderoy (or Gilroy ) is an anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Gille Ruadh ( < gille young man (see ghillie n.) + ruadh red adj.), apparently with reference to his hair colour. Compare the Irish surname discussed at gillaroo n. The phrases as high as Gilderoy's kite and higher than Gilderoy's kite may be extensions of as high as a kite (although this is first attested slightly later) and higher than a kite at high adv. Phrases 1, respectively. With the line cited in quot. 1888 compare the following passage from the ballad (not all early versions of the ballad use the word high):1765 T. Percy Reliques I. 303 Tull Edenburrow they led him thair, And on a gallows hung..They hung him high aboon the rest..My handsome Gilderoy.

colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

higher than (or as high as) Gilderoy's kite and variants: extremely high; out of sight (usually in figurative contexts). Cf. high adv. Phrases 1. Now rare.Also in to be hung higher than Gilderoy's kite (see quot. 1888).

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the world > space > relative position > high position > in a high position [phrase] > extremely high

higher than (or as high as) Gilderoy's kite1859

1859 Democratic Pharos (Logansport, Indiana) 20 July If the house-tops were as high as Mr. Gilderoy's kite, or as uncomfortable as the peaks Chimborazo, still I should choose it.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxv. 256 The first time she took her new toy into action she got it knocked higher than Gilderoy's kite—to use the language of the Pilgrims.

1888 E. C. Brewer in Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 5 357/1 To be ‘hung higher than Gilderoy's kite’ means to be punished more severely than the very worst of criminals... The ballad says:..They ‘hong him high abone the rest’, because his crimes were deemed to be more heinous. So high he hung, he looked like ‘a kite in the air’.

1892 Outing Jan. 315/2 A man may be like the Rock of Gibraltar in his convictions against sentiment, but the right woman will knock them as high as Gilderoy's kite when she applies the nitro-glycerine of her witcheries to him.

1922 Boy's Life Nov. 35/2 He gets a crack in a scrimmage, loses his head and blows up higher than Gilroy's kite.

1934 H. Corey Crime at Cobb's House iii. 35 The colt threw him higher'n Gilderoy's kite.

1940 Montana Standard 13 Oct. 22/6 Tonkin..is about to attack the anti-gambling law and his attorneys predict they may ‘knock it higher than Gilderoy's kite’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gilderoy
释义	Gilderoyn. Brit. /ˈɡɪldərɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈɡɪldəˌrɔɪ/ Forms: 1800s– Gilderoy, 1800s– Gilroy. Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Gilderoy, Gilroy. Etymology: < Gilderoy (also Gilroy), the nickname of Patrick MacGregor (executed in 1636), notorious Scottish outlaw and subject of a popular ballad first found in the second half of the 17th cent.The nickname Gilderoy (or Gilroy ) is an anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Gille Ruadh ( < gille young man (see ghillie n.) + ruadh red adj.), apparently with reference to his hair colour. Compare the Irish surname discussed at gillaroo n. The phrases as high as Gilderoy's kite and higher than Gilderoy's kite may be extensions of as high as a kite (although this is first attested slightly later) and higher than a kite at high adv. Phrases 1, respectively. With the line cited in quot. 1888 compare the following passage from the ballad (not all early versions of the ballad use the word high):1765 T. Percy Reliques I. 303 Tull Edenburrow they led him thair, And on a gallows hung..They hung him high aboon the rest..My handsome Gilderoy. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). higher than (or as high as) Gilderoy's kite and variants: extremely high; out of sight (usually in figurative contexts). Cf. high adv. Phrases 1. Now rare.Also in to be hung higher than Gilderoy's kite (see quot. 1888). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > in a high position [phrase] > extremely high higher than (or as high as) Gilderoy's kite1859 1859 Democratic Pharos (Logansport, Indiana) 20 July If the house-tops were as high as Mr. Gilderoy's kite, or as uncomfortable as the peaks Chimborazo, still I should choose it. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxv. 256 The first time she took her new toy into action she got it knocked higher than Gilderoy's kite—to use the language of the Pilgrims. 1888 E. C. Brewer in Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 5 357/1 To be ‘hung higher than Gilderoy's kite’ means to be punished more severely than the very worst of criminals... The ballad says:..They ‘hong him high abone the rest’, because his crimes were deemed to be more heinous. So high he hung, he looked like ‘a kite in the air’. 1892 Outing Jan. 315/2 A man may be like the Rock of Gibraltar in his convictions against sentiment, but the right woman will knock them as high as Gilderoy's kite when she applies the nitro-glycerine of her witcheries to him. 1922 Boy's Life Nov. 35/2 He gets a crack in a scrimmage, loses his head and blows up higher than Gilroy's kite. 1934 H. Corey Crime at Cobb's House iii. 35 The colt threw him higher'n Gilderoy's kite. 1940 Montana Standard 13 Oct. 22/6 Tonkin..is about to attack the anti-gambling law and his attorneys predict they may ‘knock it higher than Gilderoy's kite’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859
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