hard-arsedadj.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːdɑːst/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrdˌɑrst/, Australian English

/ˈhʌːdʌːst/, New Zealand English

/ˈhʌːdʌːst/, South African English

/ˈhɑːdɑːst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hard adj., arsed adj.

Etymology: < hard adj. + arsed adj.In South African use in sense 3 probably influenced by Afrikaans hardegat stubborn, obstinate (see hard-arse adv., adj., and n.).

slang (chiefly British, Australian, New Zealand, and South African).

†1. British. Unwilling to part with money, parsimonious. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective]

sparingc1386

savingc1440

husbandlya1450

husbandlike1542

spareful1565

chary1570

dainty1576

partial1576

spare1577

parsimonious?1591

spary1601

scant1603

wary1605

frugala1616

spare-handed1626

squeasy1628

canny1725

scrimp1728

scrimping1823

sparesome1864

stinting1867

hard-arsed1893

1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 268/1 Hard-arsed, very niggardly.

2. British. Of a chair: that has a hard seat; uncomfortable.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [adjective] > types of chair

caned1696

rush-bottomed1696

rush-bottom1729

roundabout chair1741

leather-bottomed1783

stick-back1783

poker-backed1830

flag-bottomed1840

claw-footed1858

seatless1871

cane-bottomed1877

cane-seated1881

sag-seated1890

sit-up1891

slat-back1891

sag-bottomed1893

spindle-back1896

shield-back1897

Carver1902

basket-bodied1903

panel-back1904

Cromwellian1905

hooped-back1906

saddle-backed1910

hard-arsed1933

sling-back1948

X-frame1955

hard-arse1964

1933 J. Gordon & C. Gordon London Roundabout v. 54 A polished bar and one oak table, with hard-arsed bench capable of accommodating three persons. It was quite comfortless.

1948 J. Moore Blue Field ii. 130 A couple of hundred hard-arsed chairs faced an unusually high platform.

1991 Times 2 Mar. (Saturday Review) 37/2 Egalitarian hard-arsed concrete benches planted on dusty grass.

2003 I. Edwards-Jones Wendy House i. 25 She first met him propping up some hard-arsed stiff stool in a wine bar off the King's Road.

3. Tough, uncompromising; characteristic of a hard-arse. Cf. hard-arse adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible

ironOE

stour1303

strange1338

unmovablea1382

inflexible1398

stoutc1410

unpliablea1425

intreatable1509

stiff1526

stiff-necked1526

unpliant1547

stout-hearted1552

inexorable1553

obstinate1559

strait-laced1560

impersuasible1576

unflexiblea1586

hard-edged1589

adamantive1594

unyielding1594

adder-deaf1597

steeled1600

irrefragable1601

rigid1606

unpersuadable1607

imployable1613

unswayablea1616

uncompellable1623

inflexive?1624

over-rigid1632

unlimbera1639

seta1640

incomplying1640

uncomplying1643

stiff-girt1659

impersuadable1680

unbendinga1688

impracticable1713

unblendable1716

stiff-rumped1728

unconvinciblea1747

uncompounding1782

unplastic1787

unbending1796

adamant1816

uneasy1819

uncompromising1828

cast iron1829

hard-hitting1831

rigoristic1844

ramrod1850

pincé1858

anchylosed1860

unbendable1884

tape-bound1900

tape-tied1900

hard line1903

tough1905

absolutist1907

hard-arsed1942

go-for-broke1946

hardcore1951

hard-arse1966

hard-ass1967

hardball1974

1942 J. S. Redding No Day of Triumph ii. iii. 87 I don' see what you-all hard-arsed niggahs was skeered o' her fer.

1974 A. Fugard Sizwe Bansi is Dead in Statements 28 No matter how hard-arsed the boer on this farm wants to be, he cannot move Outa Jacob.

1997 Woroni (Canberra) May 33/4 A hard-arsed bitch who wouldn't think twice about slamming someone's head in the steam iron or pushing a warden into a tumble dryer.

2010 A. Hyland Gunshot Road 64 I needed to know what she was up to, and I was getting the sense that the hard-arsed approach wouldn't cut it.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hard-arsed
释义	hard-arsedadj. Brit. /ˈhɑːdɑːst/, U.S. /ˈhɑrdˌɑrst/, Australian English /ˈhʌːdʌːst/, New Zealand English /ˈhʌːdʌːst/, South African English /ˈhɑːdɑːst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hard adj., arsed adj. Etymology: < hard adj. + arsed adj.In South African use in sense 3 probably influenced by Afrikaans hardegat stubborn, obstinate (see hard-arse adv., adj., and n.). slang (chiefly British, Australian, New Zealand, and South African). †1. British. Unwilling to part with money, parsimonious. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective] sparingc1386 savingc1440 husbandlya1450 husbandlike1542 spareful1565 chary1570 dainty1576 partial1576 spare1577 parsimonious?1591 spary1601 scant1603 wary1605 frugala1616 spare-handed1626 squeasy1628 canny1725 scrimp1728 scrimping1823 sparesome1864 stinting1867 hard-arsed1893 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 268/1 Hard-arsed, very niggardly. 2. British. Of a chair: that has a hard seat; uncomfortable. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [adjective] > types of chair caned1696 rush-bottomed1696 rush-bottom1729 roundabout chair1741 leather-bottomed1783 stick-back1783 poker-backed1830 flag-bottomed1840 claw-footed1858 seatless1871 cane-bottomed1877 cane-seated1881 sag-seated1890 sit-up1891 slat-back1891 sag-bottomed1893 spindle-back1896 shield-back1897 Carver1902 basket-bodied1903 panel-back1904 Cromwellian1905 hooped-back1906 saddle-backed1910 hard-arsed1933 sling-back1948 X-frame1955 hard-arse1964 1933 J. Gordon & C. Gordon London Roundabout v. 54 A polished bar and one oak table, with hard-arsed bench capable of accommodating three persons. It was quite comfortless. 1948 J. Moore Blue Field ii. 130 A couple of hundred hard-arsed chairs faced an unusually high platform. 1991 Times 2 Mar. (Saturday Review) 37/2 Egalitarian hard-arsed concrete benches planted on dusty grass. 2003 I. Edwards-Jones Wendy House i. 25 She first met him propping up some hard-arsed stiff stool in a wine bar off the King's Road. 3. Tough, uncompromising; characteristic of a hard-arse. Cf. hard-arse adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible ironOE stour1303 strange1338 unmovablea1382 inflexible1398 stoutc1410 unpliablea1425 intreatable1509 stiff1526 stiff-necked1526 unpliant1547 stout-hearted1552 inexorable1553 obstinate1559 strait-laced1560 impersuasible1576 unflexiblea1586 hard-edged1589 adamantive1594 unyielding1594 adder-deaf1597 steeled1600 irrefragable1601 rigid1606 unpersuadable1607 imployable1613 unswayablea1616 uncompellable1623 inflexive?1624 over-rigid1632 unlimbera1639 seta1640 incomplying1640 uncomplying1643 stiff-girt1659 impersuadable1680 unbendinga1688 impracticable1713 unblendable1716 stiff-rumped1728 unconvinciblea1747 uncompounding1782 unplastic1787 unbending1796 adamant1816 uneasy1819 uncompromising1828 cast iron1829 hard-hitting1831 rigoristic1844 ramrod1850 pincé1858 anchylosed1860 unbendable1884 tape-bound1900 tape-tied1900 hard line1903 tough1905 absolutist1907 hard-arsed1942 go-for-broke1946 hardcore1951 hard-arse1966 hard-ass1967 hardball1974 1942 J. S. Redding No Day of Triumph ii. iii. 87 I don' see what you-all hard-arsed niggahs was skeered o' her fer. 1974 A. Fugard Sizwe Bansi is Dead in Statements 28 No matter how hard-arsed the boer on this farm wants to be, he cannot move Outa Jacob. 1997 Woroni (Canberra) May 33/4 A hard-arsed bitch who wouldn't think twice about slamming someone's head in the steam iron or pushing a warden into a tumble dryer. 2010 A. Hyland Gunshot Road 64 I needed to know what she was up to, and I was getting the sense that the hard-arsed approach wouldn't cut it. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1893
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