high muck-a-muckn.

Brit.

/ˌhʌɪ ˈmʌkəmʌk/, U.S.

/ˌhaɪ ˈməkəˌmək/

Forms:

α. 1800s– high muck-a-muck, 1900s– high mucky-muck.

β. 1800s high-you-muck-a-muck, 1800s hi you muck a muck.

Origin: A borrowing from Chinook Jargon. Etymon: Chinook Jargon hiyu muckamuck.

Etymology: < Chinook Jargon hiyu muckamuck, literally ‘plenty of food’, probably originally with reference to high-status givers of potlatch < hayu plenty, much ( < Nootka ḥayu ten) + muckamuck food (see muckamuck n.¹). Forms with high reflect (folk-etymological) remodelling of the first element after high adj. Compare also high muckety-muck n.

colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). Frequently depreciative.

A person of high status and influence; an important person, a bigwig. Cf. high muckety-muck n., muckamuck n.²

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [noun] > person

bug1536

bladder1579

God almighty1632

cockalorumc1796

his nibs1821

prima donna1834

fly on the (coach-)wheel1840

high muck-a-muck1856

nobs1877

high muckety-muck1882

muckamuck1883

Pooh Bah1886

prima ballerina1923

I AM1926

muckety-muck1927

Pooter1957

cheese1965

1856 Democratic State Jrnl. (Sacramento, Calif.) 1 Nov. 3/1 The professors—the high ‘Muck-a-Mucks’—tried fusion, and produced confusion.

1866 ‘M. Twain’ in Sacramento (Calif.) Daily Union 19 Apr. 2/5 Not if I was High-You-Muck-a-Muck and King of Wawhoo.

1920 S. Lewis Main St. 117 He looks at me like he wants me to remember he's a highmuckamuck and worth two hundred thousand dollars.

1947 Chicago Tribune 21 Dec. (Comics section) 8 They's a highmuckymuck in th'radio business vacationin' here, so we gotta be good.

1965 Time (Canad. ed.) 16 Apr. 14/3 Not all the Liberal high muckamucks were as warmly defended as Favreau.

2005 R. Rankin Brightonomicon 163 We will represent ourselves as high muck-a-mucks of the brewery, come to observe the proceedings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high muck-a-muck
释义	high muck-a-muckn. Brit. /ˌhʌɪ ˈmʌkəmʌk/, U.S. /ˌhaɪ ˈməkəˌmək/ Forms: α. 1800s– high muck-a-muck, 1900s– high mucky-muck. β. 1800s high-you-muck-a-muck, 1800s hi you muck a muck. Origin: A borrowing from Chinook Jargon. Etymon: Chinook Jargon hiyu muckamuck. Etymology: < Chinook Jargon hiyu muckamuck, literally ‘plenty of food’, probably originally with reference to high-status givers of potlatch < hayu plenty, much ( < Nootka ḥayu ten) + muckamuck food (see muckamuck n.¹). Forms with high reflect (folk-etymological) remodelling of the first element after high adj. Compare also high muckety-muck n. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). Frequently depreciative. A person of high status and influence; an important person, a bigwig. Cf. high muckety-muck n., muckamuck n.² ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [noun] > person bug1536 bladder1579 God almighty1632 cockalorumc1796 his nibs1821 prima donna1834 fly on the (coach-)wheel1840 high muck-a-muck1856 nobs1877 high muckety-muck1882 muckamuck1883 Pooh Bah1886 prima ballerina1923 I AM1926 muckety-muck1927 Pooter1957 cheese1965 1856 Democratic State Jrnl. (Sacramento, Calif.) 1 Nov. 3/1 The professors—the high ‘Muck-a-Mucks’—tried fusion, and produced confusion. 1866 ‘M. Twain’ in Sacramento (Calif.) Daily Union 19 Apr. 2/5 Not if I was High-You-Muck-a-Muck and King of Wawhoo. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. 117 He looks at me like he wants me to remember he's a highmuckamuck and worth two hundred thousand dollars. 1947 Chicago Tribune 21 Dec. (Comics section) 8 They's a highmuckymuck in th'radio business vacationin' here, so we gotta be good. 1965 Time (Canad. ed.) 16 Apr. 14/3 Not all the Liberal high muckamucks were as warmly defended as Favreau. 2005 R. Rankin Brightonomicon 163 We will represent ourselves as high muck-a-mucks of the brewery, come to observe the proceedings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856
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