half-and-halfadv.adj.n.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːf(ə)n(d)ˈhɑːf/, U.S.

/ˌhæfənˈhæf/, Welsh English /ˌ(h)aːf(ə)nˈ(h)aːf/

Forms: see half adv. and and conj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adv., and conj.¹

Etymology: < half adv. + and conj.¹ + half adv.Compare earlier half…half… at half adv. Phrases 1.

A. adv.

In two equal parts; in equal proportions; half one thing and half another. to go half-and-half: to share equally; = to go halves at half n. Phrases 2i.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adverb] > in half > half or by half

halfingc897

halfc1175

halfendeal1387

half-deal1399

half in half1583

half-and-half1818

1602 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 144 The anker tow that is slippit salbe payit be bayth the schipis..half and half.

1772 A. Young Polit. Ess. conc. Present State Brit. Empire iii. §iii. 98 Rye is the best grain for bread after wheat, but is not in general reckoned so wholesome, but mixed half and half is excellent.

1818 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 136 I go half and half with the Longmans.

1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 21 July (1941) 79 Am I sorry for this truce or not? Half and half.

1923 Jewelers' Circular 5 Dec. 145/1 Is it advisable to use cyanide and salts of tartar, half and half, as a dip for solid gold?

1955 H. J. Grossman Guide to Wines, Spirits & Beers (rev. ed.) vii. 97 Another pleasant way to drink Rhine wines is with seltzer, mixing them half and half.

1999 FEDS Mag. 1 iv. 72/1 I stepped to him again, this time about going half and half on a store on the east side.

2014 Times 4 June 35/5 In total, £632 million of shares was allocated to investors, split half and half between retail and institutional.

B. adj.

1. colloquial. Moderately drunk, tipsy. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at Half) records this sense as still in use in Aberdeen, Midlothian, and Ayrshire in 1956.

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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk

merrya1382

semi-bousyc1460

pipe merry1542

totty1570

tipsy1577

martin-drunk1592

pleasant1596

mellow1611

tip-merry1612

flustered1615

lusticka1616

well to live1619

jolly1652

happy1662

hazy1673

top-heavy1687

hearty1695

half-seas-over1699

oiled1701

mellowish1703

half channelled over1709

drunkish1710

half-and-half1718

touched1722

uppisha1726

tosie1727

bosky1730

funny1751

fairish1756

cherry-merry1769

in suds1770

muddy1776

glorious1790

groggified1796

well-corned1800

fresh1804

to be mops and brooms1814

foggy1816

how-come-ye-so1816

screwy1820

off the nail1821

on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821

swipey1821

muggy1822

rosy1823

snuffy1823

spreeish1825

elevated1827

up a stump1829

half-cockedc1830

tightish1830

tipsified1830

half shaved1834

screwed1837

half-shot1838

squizzed1845

drinky1846

a sheet in the wind1862

tight1868

toppy1885

tiddly1905

oiled-up1918

bonkers1943

sloshed1946

tiddled1956

hickey-

1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 17 The manly Miller haff and haff, Came out to shaw good Will.

1814 W. Nicholson Tales in Verse 8 Yet still our wooer wasna happy, Tho' fully ha'f an' ha'f wi' nappy.

1856 Proc. Old Bailey 4 Feb. 482 I was about three sheets in the wind, and pretty well all the house were half and half.

1897 Evesham Jrnl. 25 Dec. ‘Were you drunk at the time ?’ ‘Well, I'll tell you what it is, gentlemen, I was half-an'-half.’

1929 Chron.-Tel. (Elyria, Ohio) 11 Dec. 1/1 ‘Can you now give us your opinion as to whether Mr. Smith was intoxicated?’ ‘Oh, I guess he was about half and half,’ she said.

2. That is half one thing and half another; consisting of two different elements or qualities in equal proportion. Also: attaining only halfway to being a complete or actual instance of the thing in question; partial, incomplete; spec. having divided loyalties or allegiances (cf. half-and-halfer n., half-and-halfism n.). half-and-half jury n. (in quot. 1821) a mixed jury, chosen half from one class or rank and half from another.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adjective]

halfa1300

brokec1380

incompletec1380

imperfecta1398

infecta1398

unperfecta1398

uncompletec1430

unfullc1450

partile1576

unentire?1605

half-faced1607

fragmentary1612

broken1634

partiary1654

fractional1675

fractionarya1690

half-way1694

fragmentala1763

half-and-half1796

fragmentitious1827

incompleted1836

sectional1848

mincemeaty1870

1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 118 A half-and-half pleasantry, peculiar to our author.

1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 221 A half and half jury.

1846 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) III. xxiv. 54 What is to become of your half-and-half administration?

1870 W. Thornbury Tour Eng. II. xxiv. 163 Cromwell..hated all half-and-half measures.

1894 Westm. Gaz. 23 July 4/3 Trimmers and half-and-half people.

1911 Maoriland Worker 20 Oct. 17 A Lab-Lib., Lib-Lab., half-and-half concern.

1967 Boston Globe 6 Sept. 17/1 Half-and-Half Cookies... Frost undersides of cooled cookies with your favorite icings, making them look like black and whites, half chocolate and half white.

2005 LowCarb Energy Mar. 23/1 A half-and-half mixture of chunked rutabaga and fresh pumpkin works great.

C. n.

1. Senses denoting drinks or foodstuffs consisting of two ingredients, typically in equal proportion.

a. A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. of ale and porter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > mixed drinks of ale or beer > [noun]

three-threads1698

pap-in1748

half-and-half1756

porter cup1790

shandygaff1853

mixed ale1864

cooper1871

black and tan1881

four-half1884

mother-in-law1884

shandy1888

smiler1892

mild-and-bitter1933

red-eye1960

?1720 Guide for Malt-worms 31 Guzzle down full pints of Half and Half.

1756 Gentleman's Mag. 299 They had at that house 5 or 6 pints of half and half.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 14 And, o'er a pint of half-and-half, Compose poor Arthur's epitaph.

1875 Once a Week 14 Aug. 297/2 There aint a better drop 'o arf an' arf anywheres in London than close by, at the Lion, guvnor.

1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. xx. 173 Our tipple is half-and-half.

1916 Coast Seamen's Jrnl. 24 May 8/3 His usual good humor restored, Mr. Gubbins treated himself to another ‘'arf an' 'arf’.

1992 B. Anderson Portrait of Artist's Wife (1993) xiv. 252 She..listened to people discussing their most intimate concerns over pints of half-and-half.

b. North American. A mixture of milk and cream, used esp. in coffee.

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1890 Olean (N.Y.) Democrat 15 May Half-and-half, a mixture of cream and milk, is often called for, and occasionally a dish of pure cream.

1915 Washington Post 4 May 4 (advt.) A hot weather luncheon—Bowl of ‘half-and-half’—half cream, half milk—a pinch of salt, and Uneeda Biscuit.

1981 Bon Appétit Nov. 23/3 (advt.) How to make a Sabra Egg Cream, 2 oz. Sabra Liqueur. 2 oz. half-and-half. Pour over ice.

2019 @katemccabesays 19 July in twitter.com (accessed 30 July 2019) When I'm in America, my body chemistry converts to 80% half & half and 20% powdered ‘flavoring’.

c. U.S. A drink consisting of iced tea mixed with still lemonade; = Arnold Palmer n.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > other drinks > [noun]

Galianesc1386

tawnyc1430

Stygian liquor1638

cool-drink1667

pearl julep1680

ambrosia1685

content1699

amazake1727

carrot juice1772

arrowroot1822

fox-whelp1837

Badminton1845

bug juice1889

mahewu1936

Clamato1951

Arnold Palmer1991

Butterbeer1999

boba2000

1996 Santa Fe New Mexican 4 Oct. (Pasatiempo Suppl.) 56/3 Half and half, a mixture of iced tea and lemonade, is an interesting cool drink I'd never tried.

2013 Y. T. Sanders In Times of Trouble 203 She began to drink the rest of her half and half, a drink extremely popular in Baltimore comprised of half lemonade and half iced tea.

d. Welsh English. A portion of half rice and half chips, served with an Indian meal, Chinese takeaway, etc.

2001 S. Wales Echo 11 May 8/1 Favourite food: Medium chicken curry, half and half.

2006 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 28 Aug. 14 I was eating my dinner at my desk, see, and it just dripped onto the keyboard. Luckily I wasn't tucking in to a meat Madras, half and half and all the trimmings.

2022 @PJMontgomery 20 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 3 May 2022) The curry! It's very tasty. I've gone with half and half, as I feel like it's what Nanny Ogg would do.

2. gen. Something that is half one thing and half another; a mixture of two different elements or qualities in equal proportion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture > of incongruous elements

participle?a1475

mongrel1582

centaur1606

mule1631

crossc1796

half-and-halfc1814

chimera1832

half-breed1846

hybrid1850

piebald1897

?1796 Taylor's Compl. Guide ii. x. 73 Should you follow the Trade method of half and half, you will too much tighten and narrow it [sc. a waistcoat].

c1814 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. (1874) 264 That finer shade of feeling, the half-and-half.

1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg i, in New Monthly Mag. 60 99 All sterling metal—not half-and-half.

1910 Ninth Ann. Rep. Illinois State Bee-keepers' Assoc. 118/1 1st, How many persons prefer mostly question-box? 2d, How many prefer mostly papers? 3d, How many prefer half and half?

1974 B. Hoddeson Porn People Introd. 8 In the massage parlors..a ‘half and half’ involves massaging her nude body while she massages yours.

2017 i (Nexis) 13 Dec. 36 It was unclear if the 47-year-old was singing live, miming, or doing a half-and-half.

3. A person of mixed descent, esp. a person with one white and one non-white parent. Frequently derogatory and now often offensive.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > person

mongrel1542

of (the) half blood1697

half-caste1758

half-breed1760

lip-lap1798

quarter-breed1821

half-blood1826

half-and-half1827

quarter-blood1827

quarter-caste1859

mixed blooda1862

brown1862

miscegen1864

yellowbelly1867

breed1870

redbone1890

miscegenate1898

high yellow1910

samba1958

lightie1991

1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. iii. 58 The half-and-halfs, that one meets in these distant districts, are altogether more barbarous than the real savage.

1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye I. x. 135 ‘As for the half and halfs,’ said Ursula, ‘they are a bad set; and there is not a worse blackguard in England than Anselo Herne.’

1978 D. Marechera House of Hunger 54 This kid? This boy? This half and half? This rum and milk character?

2002 H. Kunzru Impressionist (2003) 265 You love me? God, you poor thing. You poor little half-and-half. You don't have a clue, do you?

Derivatives

† half-and-halfed adj. Obsolete rare combined in equal proportions.

ΚΠ

1861 Times 16 Oct. 8/3 High bushy hedge-rows—thorn half-and-halfed with ash and other hedge-row trees.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half-and-half
释义	half-and-halfadv.adj.n. Brit. /ˌhɑːf(ə)n(d)ˈhɑːf/, U.S. /ˌhæfənˈhæf/, Welsh English /ˌ(h)aːf(ə)nˈ(h)aːf/ Forms: see half adv. and and conj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adv., and conj.¹ Etymology: < half adv. + and conj.¹ + half adv.Compare earlier half…half… at half adv. Phrases 1. A. adv. In two equal parts; in equal proportions; half one thing and half another. to go half-and-half: to share equally; = to go halves at half n. Phrases 2i. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adverb] > in half > half or by half halfingc897 halfc1175 halfendeal1387 half-deal1399 half in half1583 half-and-half1818 1602 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 144 The anker tow that is slippit salbe payit be bayth the schipis..half and half. 1772 A. Young Polit. Ess. conc. Present State Brit. Empire iii. §iii. 98 Rye is the best grain for bread after wheat, but is not in general reckoned so wholesome, but mixed half and half is excellent. 1818 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 136 I go half and half with the Longmans. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 21 July (1941) 79 Am I sorry for this truce or not? Half and half. 1923 Jewelers' Circular 5 Dec. 145/1 Is it advisable to use cyanide and salts of tartar, half and half, as a dip for solid gold? 1955 H. J. Grossman Guide to Wines, Spirits & Beers (rev. ed.) vii. 97 Another pleasant way to drink Rhine wines is with seltzer, mixing them half and half. 1999 FEDS Mag. 1 iv. 72/1 I stepped to him again, this time about going half and half on a store on the east side. 2014 Times 4 June 35/5 In total, £632 million of shares was allocated to investors, split half and half between retail and institutional. B. adj. 1. colloquial. Moderately drunk, tipsy. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at Half) records this sense as still in use in Aberdeen, Midlothian, and Ayrshire in 1956. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk merrya1382 semi-bousyc1460 pipe merry1542 totty1570 tipsy1577 martin-drunk1592 pleasant1596 mellow1611 tip-merry1612 flustered1615 lusticka1616 well to live1619 jolly1652 happy1662 hazy1673 top-heavy1687 hearty1695 half-seas-over1699 oiled1701 mellowish1703 half channelled over1709 drunkish1710 half-and-half1718 touched1722 uppisha1726 tosie1727 bosky1730 funny1751 fairish1756 cherry-merry1769 in suds1770 muddy1776 glorious1790 groggified1796 well-corned1800 fresh1804 to be mops and brooms1814 foggy1816 how-come-ye-so1816 screwy1820 off the nail1821 on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821 swipey1821 muggy1822 rosy1823 snuffy1823 spreeish1825 elevated1827 up a stump1829 half-cockedc1830 tightish1830 tipsified1830 half shaved1834 screwed1837 half-shot1838 squizzed1845 drinky1846 a sheet in the wind1862 tight1868 toppy1885 tiddly1905 oiled-up1918 bonkers1943 sloshed1946 tiddled1956 hickey- 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 17 The manly Miller haff and haff, Came out to shaw good Will. 1814 W. Nicholson Tales in Verse 8 Yet still our wooer wasna happy, Tho' fully ha'f an' ha'f wi' nappy. 1856 Proc. Old Bailey 4 Feb. 482 I was about three sheets in the wind, and pretty well all the house were half and half. 1897 Evesham Jrnl. 25 Dec. ‘Were you drunk at the time ?’ ‘Well, I'll tell you what it is, gentlemen, I was half-an'-half.’ 1929 Chron.-Tel. (Elyria, Ohio) 11 Dec. 1/1 ‘Can you now give us your opinion as to whether Mr. Smith was intoxicated?’ ‘Oh, I guess he was about half and half,’ she said. 2. That is half one thing and half another; consisting of two different elements or qualities in equal proportion. Also: attaining only halfway to being a complete or actual instance of the thing in question; partial, incomplete; spec. having divided loyalties or allegiances (cf. half-and-halfer n., half-and-halfism n.). half-and-half jury n. (in quot. 1821) a mixed jury, chosen half from one class or rank and half from another. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adjective] halfa1300 brokec1380 incompletec1380 imperfecta1398 infecta1398 unperfecta1398 uncompletec1430 unfullc1450 partile1576 unentire?1605 half-faced1607 fragmentary1612 broken1634 partiary1654 fractional1675 fractionarya1690 half-way1694 fragmentala1763 half-and-half1796 fragmentitious1827 incompleted1836 sectional1848 mincemeaty1870 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 118 A half-and-half pleasantry, peculiar to our author. 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 221 A half and half jury. 1846 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) III. xxiv. 54 What is to become of your half-and-half administration? 1870 W. Thornbury Tour Eng. II. xxiv. 163 Cromwell..hated all half-and-half measures. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 23 July 4/3 Trimmers and half-and-half people. 1911 Maoriland Worker 20 Oct. 17 A Lab-Lib., Lib-Lab., half-and-half concern. 1967 Boston Globe 6 Sept. 17/1 Half-and-Half Cookies... Frost undersides of cooled cookies with your favorite icings, making them look like black and whites, half chocolate and half white. 2005 LowCarb Energy Mar. 23/1 A half-and-half mixture of chunked rutabaga and fresh pumpkin works great. C. n. 1. Senses denoting drinks or foodstuffs consisting of two ingredients, typically in equal proportion. a. A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. of ale and porter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > mixed drinks of ale or beer > [noun] three-threads1698 pap-in1748 half-and-half1756 porter cup1790 shandygaff1853 mixed ale1864 cooper1871 black and tan1881 four-half1884 mother-in-law1884 shandy1888 smiler1892 mild-and-bitter1933 red-eye1960 ?1720 Guide for Malt-worms 31 Guzzle down full pints of Half and Half. 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 299 They had at that house 5 or 6 pints of half and half. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 14 And, o'er a pint of half-and-half, Compose poor Arthur's epitaph. 1875 Once a Week 14 Aug. 297/2 There aint a better drop 'o arf an' arf anywheres in London than close by, at the Lion, guvnor. 1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. xx. 173 Our tipple is half-and-half. 1916 Coast Seamen's Jrnl. 24 May 8/3 His usual good humor restored, Mr. Gubbins treated himself to another ‘'arf an' 'arf’. 1992 B. Anderson Portrait of Artist's Wife (1993) xiv. 252 She..listened to people discussing their most intimate concerns over pints of half-and-half. b. North American. A mixture of milk and cream, used esp. in coffee. ΚΠ 1890 Olean (N.Y.) Democrat 15 May Half-and-half, a mixture of cream and milk, is often called for, and occasionally a dish of pure cream. 1915 Washington Post 4 May 4 (advt.) A hot weather luncheon—Bowl of ‘half-and-half’—half cream, half milk—a pinch of salt, and Uneeda Biscuit. 1981 Bon Appétit Nov. 23/3 (advt.) How to make a Sabra Egg Cream, 2 oz. Sabra Liqueur. 2 oz. half-and-half. Pour over ice. 2019 @katemccabesays 19 July in twitter.com (accessed 30 July 2019) When I'm in America, my body chemistry converts to 80% half & half and 20% powdered ‘flavoring’. c. U.S. A drink consisting of iced tea mixed with still lemonade; = Arnold Palmer n. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > drink > other drinks > [noun] Galianesc1386 tawnyc1430 Stygian liquor1638 cool-drink1667 pearl julep1680 ambrosia1685 content1699 amazake1727 carrot juice1772 arrowroot1822 fox-whelp1837 Badminton1845 bug juice1889 mahewu1936 Clamato1951 Arnold Palmer1991 Butterbeer1999 boba2000 1996 Santa Fe New Mexican 4 Oct. (Pasatiempo Suppl.) 56/3 Half and half, a mixture of iced tea and lemonade, is an interesting cool drink I'd never tried. 2013 Y. T. Sanders In Times of Trouble 203 She began to drink the rest of her half and half, a drink extremely popular in Baltimore comprised of half lemonade and half iced tea. d. Welsh English. A portion of half rice and half chips, served with an Indian meal, Chinese takeaway, etc. Π 2001 S. Wales Echo 11 May 8/1 Favourite food: Medium chicken curry, half and half. 2006 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 28 Aug. 14 I was eating my dinner at my desk, see, and it just dripped onto the keyboard. Luckily I wasn't tucking in to a meat Madras, half and half and all the trimmings. 2022 @PJMontgomery 20 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 3 May 2022) The curry! It's very tasty. I've gone with half and half, as I feel like it's what Nanny Ogg would do. 2. gen. Something that is half one thing and half another; a mixture of two different elements or qualities in equal proportion. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture > of incongruous elements participle?a1475 mongrel1582 centaur1606 mule1631 crossc1796 half-and-halfc1814 chimera1832 half-breed1846 hybrid1850 piebald1897 ?1796 Taylor's Compl. Guide ii. x. 73 Should you follow the Trade method of half and half, you will too much tighten and narrow it [sc. a waistcoat]. c1814 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. (1874) 264 That finer shade of feeling, the half-and-half. 1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg i, in New Monthly Mag. 60 99 All sterling metal—not half-and-half. 1910 Ninth Ann. Rep. Illinois State Bee-keepers' Assoc. 118/1 1st, How many persons prefer mostly question-box? 2d, How many prefer mostly papers? 3d, How many prefer half and half? 1974 B. Hoddeson Porn People Introd. 8 In the massage parlors..a ‘half and half’ involves massaging her nude body while she massages yours. 2017 i (Nexis) 13 Dec. 36 It was unclear if the 47-year-old was singing live, miming, or doing a half-and-half. 3. A person of mixed descent, esp. a person with one white and one non-white parent. Frequently derogatory and now often offensive. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > person mongrel1542 of (the) half blood1697 half-caste1758 half-breed1760 lip-lap1798 quarter-breed1821 half-blood1826 half-and-half1827 quarter-blood1827 quarter-caste1859 mixed blooda1862 brown1862 miscegen1864 yellowbelly1867 breed1870 redbone1890 miscegenate1898 high yellow1910 samba1958 lightie1991 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. iii. 58 The half-and-halfs, that one meets in these distant districts, are altogether more barbarous than the real savage. 1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye I. x. 135 ‘As for the half and halfs,’ said Ursula, ‘they are a bad set; and there is not a worse blackguard in England than Anselo Herne.’ 1978 D. Marechera House of Hunger 54 This kid? This boy? This half and half? This rum and milk character? 2002 H. Kunzru Impressionist (2003) 265 You love me? God, you poor thing. You poor little half-and-half. You don't have a clue, do you? Derivatives † half-and-halfed adj. Obsolete rare combined in equal proportions. ΚΠ 1861 Times 16 Oct. 8/3 High bushy hedge-rows—thorn half-and-halfed with ash and other hedge-row trees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < adv.adj.n.1602
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