hoi polloin.

Brit.

/ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ/,

/ˌhɔɪ ˈpɒlɔɪ/, U.S.

/ˈˌhɔɪ pəˈˌlɔɪ/

Etymology: < Greek οἱ πολλοί, lit. ‘the many’.

The majority; the masses. Also formerly in University slang: candidates for a pass degree. In English use normally preceded by the definite article even though hoi means ‘the’.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun]

folkc888

peoplea1325

frapec1330

commona1350

common peoplea1382

commonsa1382

commontya1387

communityc1400

meiniec1400

commonaltya1425

commonsa1500

vulgarsa1513

many1526

meinie1532

multitude1535

the many-headed beast (also monster)1537

number1542

ignobility1546

commonitya1550

popular1554

populace1572

popularya1578

vulgarity?1577

populacya1583

rout1589

the vulgar1590

plebs1591

mobile vulgusc1599

popularity1599

ignoble1603

the million1604

plebe1612

plebeity1614

the common filea1616

the herda1616

civils1644

commonality1649

democracy1656

menu1658

mobile1676

crowd1683

vulgusa1687

mob1691

Pimlico parliament?1774

citizenry1795

polloi1803

demos1831

many-headed1836

hoi polloi1837

the masses1837

citizenhood1843

John Q.1922

wimble-wamble1937

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > candidates

examinee1503

examinate1577

examinant1584

candidate1691

hoi polloi1837

ronin1858

finalist1959

1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 65 If by the people you understand the multitude, the οἱ πολλοὶ.

1791 in C. Wordsworth Scholae Academicae (1877) 323 Poor Quiz Carver is one of the οἱ πολλοί.

c1821–2 Ld. Byron in Lett. (1830) I. 633 [We] put on masques, and went on the stage with the οἱ πολλοι.]

1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe II. 94 After which the oi polloi are enrolled as they can find interest.

1855 Read & Reflect I. 60 The hoi polloi [of Mauritius], as we say at Oxford, are mindless—all blank.

1895 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 613/1 Hoi Polloi (the), the poll-men in our Universities, that is, those who take their degrees without ‘honours’.

1905 Daily Chron. 29 Aug. 4/4 A couple of immense swells..staring stiffly at ‘hoy-polloy’.

1932 F. L. Wright Autobiogr. (1945) iii. 256 Now it all ended in this triumph for them, hoi-polloi, rag, tag, and bobtail.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hoi polloi
释义	hoi polloin. Brit. /ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ/, /ˌhɔɪ ˈpɒlɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌhɔɪ pəˈˌlɔɪ/ Etymology: < Greek οἱ πολλοί, lit. ‘the many’. The majority; the masses. Also formerly in University slang: candidates for a pass degree. In English use normally preceded by the definite article even though hoi means ‘the’. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] folkc888 peoplea1325 frapec1330 commona1350 common peoplea1382 commonsa1382 commontya1387 communityc1400 meiniec1400 commonaltya1425 commonsa1500 vulgarsa1513 many1526 meinie1532 multitude1535 the many-headed beast (also monster)1537 number1542 ignobility1546 commonitya1550 popular1554 populace1572 popularya1578 vulgarity?1577 populacya1583 rout1589 the vulgar1590 plebs1591 mobile vulgusc1599 popularity1599 ignoble1603 the million1604 plebe1612 plebeity1614 the common filea1616 the herda1616 civils1644 commonality1649 democracy1656 menu1658 mobile1676 crowd1683 vulgusa1687 mob1691 Pimlico parliament?1774 citizenry1795 polloi1803 demos1831 many-headed1836 hoi polloi1837 the masses1837 citizenhood1843 John Q.1922 wimble-wamble1937 society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > candidates examinee1503 examinate1577 examinant1584 candidate1691 hoi polloi1837 ronin1858 finalist1959 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 65 If by the people you understand the multitude, the οἱ πολλοὶ. 1791 in C. Wordsworth Scholae Academicae (1877) 323 Poor Quiz Carver is one of the οἱ πολλοί. c1821–2 Ld. Byron in Lett. (1830) I. 633 [We] put on masques, and went on the stage with the οἱ πολλοι.] 1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe II. 94 After which the oi polloi are enrolled as they can find interest. 1855 Read & Reflect I. 60 The hoi polloi [of Mauritius], as we say at Oxford, are mindless—all blank. 1895 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 613/1 Hoi Polloi (the), the poll-men in our Universities, that is, those who take their degrees without ‘honours’. 1905 Daily Chron. 29 Aug. 4/4 A couple of immense swells..staring stiffly at ‘hoy-polloy’. 1932 F. L. Wright Autobiogr. (1945) iii. 256 Now it all ended in this triumph for them, hoi-polloi, rag, tag, and bobtail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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