armchairn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɑːmtʃɛː/,

/ˌɑːmˈtʃɛː/, U.S.

/ˈɑrmˌtʃɛ(ə)r/

Forms: see arm n.¹ and chair n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: arm n.¹, chair n.¹

Etymology: < arm n.¹ + chair n.¹

A. n.

A chair, typically a large and comfortable one, with side supports for a person's arms.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > armchair

armchair1585

elbow-chair1655

fauteuil1744

great chair1749

1585 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 177 Ane arme schair and ane aquavitie pott.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lvi. 218 Born in Pallaquins or Arm-chairs.

1663 Inventory Ld. J. Gordon's Furnit. in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright (1855) 186 Ane arm chair, two stooles and ane foot gange conforme to the bed.

1717 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1890) VIII. 171 One oak chest, one arm chair with some other odd householdments.

1760 H. Walpole Let. 28 Jan. in Corr. (1941) IX. 273 Before the altar was an armchair for him, with a blue damask cushion, a prie-Dieu, and a footstool of black cloth.

1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 13 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 269 He also showed us..his great arm chair, with rockers.

1831 A. W. Pugin Let. 7 Mar. (2001) I. 10 I have to apologise greatly to you for the delay in the delivery of the armchairs.

1840 E. Cook Melaia (new ed.) 55 I love it, I love it; and who shall dare To chide me for loving that old arm-chair?

1883 Cent. Mag. Feb. 612/1 He was seated beside a plain, cloth-covered table, in a commodious arm-chair.

1940 C. Morgan Voyage III. xi. 365 There was space for a sofa and a small armchair of red plush beside the broad, low windows.

2001 P. P. Read Alice in Exile (2002) ii. v. 176 Olga Pavlovna sat in her armchair with a look of immense satisfaction.

B. adj. (attributive).

Chiefly depreciative. Based or taking place in the home as opposed to the world or environment outside; amateur, non-professional; (hence) lacking or not involving practical or direct experience of a particular subject or activity. Also: comfortable, gentle, easy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [adjective] > as opposed to practical

contemplative1563

paper1616

theoretic1617

considerative1677

theoretical1767

academic1812

moot1831

armchair1858

rocking chair1911

unempirical1934

1809 Monthly Rev. Sept. 13 A great portion of this volume is occupied by a description of Edinburgh; which, while it instructs the arm-chair traveller, must be highly satisfactory to the Scottish nation.

1858 Househ. Words 10 July 82/1 Gentler heads and hands have been at work there since, or that county would not rejoice in its line of ‘arm-chair cobs’.

1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic xcvii Arm-chair moodiness.

1886 Times Reg. Events 1885 cxxxii Mr. Chamberlain..met the expostulations..of his moderate allies with sneers at..‘the arm-chair politicians’.

1914 E. A. Powell Fighting in Flanders vi. 133 After..the arm-chair historians have settled down to the task of writing a connected account of the campaign.

1935 Economist 19 Jan. 128/1 The book is perhaps a little too encyclopaedic for armchair reading, but it will be very valuable as..a source of reference.

1959 New Scientist 8 Jan. 61/3 As armchair astronomers we shall commit no grave error if we draw them all on a single sheet of paper.

1986 Options Apr. 162/1 The book is arranged month by month..bringing music to the ears of armchair gardeners and practical planters alike.

2008 Time Out N.Y. 13 Nov. 159/3 I'm the one who's supposed to whip out the faux-intellectual armchair psychiatry around here.

Compounds

armchair critic n. depreciative a person who offers comment or criticism on a subject of which he or she has little or no practical knowledge or experience.

ΚΠ

1856 Church Warder Apr. 126 It will disabuse the minds of those who have placed too great reliance in feather-bed and arm-chair critics.

1913 P. G. Wodehouse Little Nugget ii. viii. § 3 The arm-chair critic, reviewing a situation calmly and at his ease.

2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 23 Apr. 8/4 But armchair critics should be in no doubt that many judges in Australia would have rejected his evidence as hearsay.

armchair general n. depreciative a person without military experience who regards himself or herself as an expert military strategist; (also) a military commander who is not actively involved in warfare, or who directs troops from a position of comfort or safety.

ΚΠ

1900 Ottawa Jrnl. 21 May 7/3 Those are the kind of snags the British have been striking, and which accounts for some of their heavy losses,..which gives [sic] so much worry to some of our arm-chair generals at home.

1901 Railway News 9 Nov. 660/1 The armchair generals who can give points to Lord Kitchener.

1944 Life 14 Feb. 6/1 (advt.) Even an armchair general ought to show more coolness under fire than that.

1981 L. A. Frost Custer Legends 39 Custer was no armchair general. Though he was best known as a tactician..he displayed some ability as a strategist.

2015 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 24 June That is the classical armchair general. Not there. Wasn't there. Looked at a photo in the paper and then makes a proclamation about the worthiness or otherwise of the efforts of the crew.

armchair quarterback n. North American colloquial (depreciative) a person who offers comment or criticism on something (esp. a sporting event) in which he or she is not actively involved, or about which he or she lacks first-hand or specialist knowledge.

ΚΠ

1932 Ottawa Jrnl. 12 Dec. 19/1 Armchair quarterbacks argued heatedly today that an attempt at a field goal from placement might have gained the winning points or at least offered an opportunity for a rouge point, [etc.].

1940 Los Angeles Times 13 May ii. 4/3 The folks back home know that pilots know more about flying than the armchair quarterbacks in Washington.

1992 D. F. Gates Chief vi. 100 The armchair quarterbacks..maintained that the burning of the stores reflected the anger of the people at exploitive merchants.

2006 Brandweek 30 Oct. 18/1 Since the beginning of sports on TV, there have been armchair quarterbacks who feel they know what to do better than the coach or general manager.

armchair quarterbacking n. North American colloquial (depreciative) the action or fact of being an armchair quarterback.

ΚΠ

1952 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 25 July 4/2 Friends said he had done a good deal of armchair quarterbacking as he watched telecasts of last night's hectic convention session.

1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Nov. b1 The armchair quarterbacking of Alexandria civic affairs goes on.

2007 Florida Times-Union (Nexis) 14 Jan. c18 All of the second-guessing and armchair-quarterbacking was silenced..when..Florida had pummeled Ohio State 41–14.

armchair ride n. colloquial (originally Horse Racing) a smooth and easy victory, passage, or accomplishment.

ΚΠ

1898 Daily Mail 19 Sept. 6/1 This Kingsclere ex-plater..giving M. Cannon an arm-chair ride in the Cottenham Nursery.

1939 Times 10 Feb. 5/1 Mr. R. Black..had almost an armchair ride on Venturesome Knight to win the Friary Hunters' Steeplechase.

1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Nov. 4/2 [He] expects an arm chair ride into leadership after Sir John retires.

2007 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 4 Feb. iii. 123 Playing with the sort of quick ball that our forwards provided makes it an armchair ride.

armchair strategist n. depreciative a person who formulates strategy, esp. military strategy, from a position of comfort or security, without active involvement or personal experience in the field.

ΚΠ

1888 J. W. Mc Donald Soldier of Fortune 328 The General, who is no armchair strategist or carpet soldier, proposed..to organize and command an expedition.

1952 K. Vonnegut in Collier's 26 July 52/1 I'm not talking as just one more darn fool armchair strategist who's never been outside his own city limits!

1991 Bostonia June 27/1 One of the numerous armchair strategists in Washington and a regular expert on even more television talkshows.

2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones xvii. 405 He was no armchair strategist. Backed by investors, he took $10,000 to Las Vegas and put his system into action.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	armchair
释义	armchairn.adj. Brit. /ˈɑːmtʃɛː/, /ˌɑːmˈtʃɛː/, U.S. /ˈɑrmˌtʃɛ(ə)r/ Forms: see arm n.¹ and chair n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: arm n.¹, chair n.¹ Etymology: < arm n.¹ + chair n.¹ A. n. A chair, typically a large and comfortable one, with side supports for a person's arms. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > armchair armchair1585 elbow-chair1655 fauteuil1744 great chair1749 1585 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 177 Ane arme schair and ane aquavitie pott. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lvi. 218 Born in Pallaquins or Arm-chairs. 1663 Inventory Ld. J. Gordon's Furnit. in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright (1855) 186 Ane arm chair, two stooles and ane foot gange conforme to the bed. 1717 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1890) VIII. 171 One oak chest, one arm chair with some other odd householdments. 1760 H. Walpole Let. 28 Jan. in Corr. (1941) IX. 273 Before the altar was an armchair for him, with a blue damask cushion, a prie-Dieu, and a footstool of black cloth. 1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 13 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 269 He also showed us..his great arm chair, with rockers. 1831 A. W. Pugin Let. 7 Mar. (2001) I. 10 I have to apologise greatly to you for the delay in the delivery of the armchairs. 1840 E. Cook Melaia (new ed.) 55 I love it, I love it; and who shall dare To chide me for loving that old arm-chair? 1883 Cent. Mag. Feb. 612/1 He was seated beside a plain, cloth-covered table, in a commodious arm-chair. 1940 C. Morgan Voyage III. xi. 365 There was space for a sofa and a small armchair of red plush beside the broad, low windows. 2001 P. P. Read Alice in Exile (2002) ii. v. 176 Olga Pavlovna sat in her armchair with a look of immense satisfaction. B. adj. (attributive). Chiefly depreciative. Based or taking place in the home as opposed to the world or environment outside; amateur, non-professional; (hence) lacking or not involving practical or direct experience of a particular subject or activity. Also: comfortable, gentle, easy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [adjective] > as opposed to practical contemplative1563 paper1616 theoretic1617 considerative1677 theoretical1767 academic1812 moot1831 armchair1858 rocking chair1911 unempirical1934 1809 Monthly Rev. Sept. 13 A great portion of this volume is occupied by a description of Edinburgh; which, while it instructs the arm-chair traveller, must be highly satisfactory to the Scottish nation. 1858 Househ. Words 10 July 82/1 Gentler heads and hands have been at work there since, or that county would not rejoice in its line of ‘arm-chair cobs’. 1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic xcvii Arm-chair moodiness. 1886 Times Reg. Events 1885 cxxxii Mr. Chamberlain..met the expostulations..of his moderate allies with sneers at..‘the arm-chair politicians’. 1914 E. A. Powell Fighting in Flanders vi. 133 After..the arm-chair historians have settled down to the task of writing a connected account of the campaign. 1935 Economist 19 Jan. 128/1 The book is perhaps a little too encyclopaedic for armchair reading, but it will be very valuable as..a source of reference. 1959 New Scientist 8 Jan. 61/3 As armchair astronomers we shall commit no grave error if we draw them all on a single sheet of paper. 1986 Options Apr. 162/1 The book is arranged month by month..bringing music to the ears of armchair gardeners and practical planters alike. 2008 Time Out N.Y. 13 Nov. 159/3 I'm the one who's supposed to whip out the faux-intellectual armchair psychiatry around here. Compounds armchair critic n. depreciative a person who offers comment or criticism on a subject of which he or she has little or no practical knowledge or experience. ΚΠ 1856 Church Warder Apr. 126 It will disabuse the minds of those who have placed too great reliance in feather-bed and arm-chair critics. 1913 P. G. Wodehouse Little Nugget ii. viii. § 3 The arm-chair critic, reviewing a situation calmly and at his ease. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 23 Apr. 8/4 But armchair critics should be in no doubt that many judges in Australia would have rejected his evidence as hearsay. armchair general n. depreciative a person without military experience who regards himself or herself as an expert military strategist; (also) a military commander who is not actively involved in warfare, or who directs troops from a position of comfort or safety. ΚΠ 1900 Ottawa Jrnl. 21 May 7/3 Those are the kind of snags the British have been striking, and which accounts for some of their heavy losses,..which gives [sic] so much worry to some of our arm-chair generals at home. 1901 Railway News 9 Nov. 660/1 The armchair generals who can give points to Lord Kitchener. 1944 Life 14 Feb. 6/1 (advt.) Even an armchair general ought to show more coolness under fire than that. 1981 L. A. Frost Custer Legends 39 Custer was no armchair general. Though he was best known as a tactician..he displayed some ability as a strategist. 2015 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 24 June That is the classical armchair general. Not there. Wasn't there. Looked at a photo in the paper and then makes a proclamation about the worthiness or otherwise of the efforts of the crew. armchair quarterback n. North American colloquial (depreciative) a person who offers comment or criticism on something (esp. a sporting event) in which he or she is not actively involved, or about which he or she lacks first-hand or specialist knowledge. ΚΠ 1932 Ottawa Jrnl. 12 Dec. 19/1 Armchair quarterbacks argued heatedly today that an attempt at a field goal from placement might have gained the winning points or at least offered an opportunity for a rouge point, [etc.]. 1940 Los Angeles Times 13 May ii. 4/3 The folks back home know that pilots know more about flying than the armchair quarterbacks in Washington. 1992 D. F. Gates Chief vi. 100 The armchair quarterbacks..maintained that the burning of the stores reflected the anger of the people at exploitive merchants. 2006 Brandweek 30 Oct. 18/1 Since the beginning of sports on TV, there have been armchair quarterbacks who feel they know what to do better than the coach or general manager. armchair quarterbacking n. North American colloquial (depreciative) the action or fact of being an armchair quarterback. ΚΠ 1952 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 25 July 4/2 Friends said he had done a good deal of armchair quarterbacking as he watched telecasts of last night's hectic convention session. 1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Nov. b1 The armchair quarterbacking of Alexandria civic affairs goes on. 2007 Florida Times-Union (Nexis) 14 Jan. c18 All of the second-guessing and armchair-quarterbacking was silenced..when..Florida had pummeled Ohio State 41–14. armchair ride n. colloquial (originally Horse Racing) a smooth and easy victory, passage, or accomplishment. ΚΠ 1898 Daily Mail 19 Sept. 6/1 This Kingsclere ex-plater..giving M. Cannon an arm-chair ride in the Cottenham Nursery. 1939 Times 10 Feb. 5/1 Mr. R. Black..had almost an armchair ride on Venturesome Knight to win the Friary Hunters' Steeplechase. 1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Nov. 4/2 [He] expects an arm chair ride into leadership after Sir John retires. 2007 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 4 Feb. iii. 123 Playing with the sort of quick ball that our forwards provided makes it an armchair ride. armchair strategist n. depreciative a person who formulates strategy, esp. military strategy, from a position of comfort or security, without active involvement or personal experience in the field. ΚΠ 1888 J. W. Mc Donald Soldier of Fortune 328 The General, who is no armchair strategist or carpet soldier, proposed..to organize and command an expedition. 1952 K. Vonnegut in Collier's 26 July 52/1 I'm not talking as just one more darn fool armchair strategist who's never been outside his own city limits! 1991 Bostonia June 27/1 One of the numerous armchair strategists in Washington and a regular expert on even more television talkshows. 2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones xvii. 405 He was no armchair strategist. Backed by investors, he took $10,000 to Las Vegas and put his system into action. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1585
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