homon.¹

Brit.

/ˈhəʊməʊ/,

/ˈhɒməʊ/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊˌmoʊ/

Forms: in sense 2 with capital initial

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin homin-, homō.

Etymology: < classical Latin homin-, homō human being, person, individual (also in scientific Latin as Homo , genus name (earliest in Homo sapiens : see Homo sapiens n.)) < the same Indo-European base as gome n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier Homo sapiens n.In sense 2b humorously after Homo sapiens n., Homo erectus n., etc.; other European languages show the same kinds of (humorous) formations from the second half of the 19th cent. Compare also classical Latin phrases such as homo literatus educated man, man of letters, homo novus new man, etc., which are also sometimes used in English contexts; e.g.:1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 3 But you are (homo literatus) a man of the letter little sauoring of learning, your giddy brain made you leaue your thrift, and your abuses in London some part of your honestie.1750 W. King Elogium Jacci Etonensis 31 And tho' he gained hath some Tools,This never ought to move us: He's only learned among Fools, With us he's Homo novus.

†1. A human being; humankind. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > [noun]

maneOE

worldOE

all fleshc1000

mankinOE

earthOE

little worldc1175

man's kinda1200

mankinda1225

worldrichec1275

slimec1315

kindc1325

world1340

sectc1400

humanityc1450

microcosma1475

peoplea1500

the human kindred?1533

race1553

homo1561

humankind1561

universality1561

deadly?1590

mortality1598

rational1601

vicegerent1601

small world1604

flesh and blooda1616

mannity1621

human race1623

universea1645

nations1667

public1699

the species1711

Adamhood1828

Jock Tamson's bairns1832

folx1833

Bimana1839

human1841

peeps1847

menfolk1870

manfolk1876

amniota1879

peoplekind1956

personkind1972

the world > people > person > [noun]

hadc900

lifesmaneOE

maneOE

world-maneOE

ghostOE

wyeOE

lifeOE

son of manOE

wightc1175

soulc1180

earthmanc1225

foodc1225

person?c1225

creaturec1300

bodyc1325

beera1382

poppetc1390

flippera1400

wat1399

corsec1400

mortal?a1425

deadly?c1450

hec1450

personagec1485

wretcha1500

human1509

mundane1509

member1525

worma1556

homo1561

piece of flesh1567

sconce1567

squirrel?1567

fellow creature1572

Adamite1581

bloat herringa1586

earthling1593

mother's child1594

stuff1598

a piece of flesh1600

wagtail1607

bosom1608

fragment1609

boots1623

tick1631

worthy1649

earthlies1651

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noddle1705

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anybody1733

individual1742

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jig1781

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bod1788

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article1796

Earthite1814

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personeityc1816

nibs1821

somebody1826

tellurian1828

case1832

tangata1840

prawn1845

nigger1848

nut1856

Snooks1860

mug1865

outfit1867

to deliver the goods1870

hairpin1879

baby1880

possum1894

hot tamale1895

babe1900

jobbie1902

virile1903

cup of tea1908

skin1914

pisser1918

number1919

job1927

apple1928

mush1936

face1944

jong1956

naked ape1965

oke1970

punter1975

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Cc.iii Both the one and the other is conteined under the Species of Homo [It. la specie dell'huomo].

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. i. 95 Homo is a common name to al men.

1649 Moderate Intelligencer No. 213. sig. F2^v You have made the word Malignant of that latitude, that it almost comprehends all, or is as homo.

a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 419/2 One of these homo's had 800 head of game in his larder.

1861 W. M. Thackeray Philip in Wks. (1887) I. v. 155 But, being homo, and liable to err.

1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon I. ii. iii. 285 A Homo in the abstract, male or female.

a. Zoology and Palaeontology. In form Homo. The biological genus that comprises modern man (see Homo sapiens n.) together with a number of extinct manlike hominids (cf. Homo erectus n., Homo habilis n.).Up to a dozen extinct species are currently recognized, first appearing in Africa about 2.5 million years ago. Some authors now include chimpanzees in Homo.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 20.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Hominidae (humans and ancestors ) > member of

homo1792

bimane1835

Neanderthal1874

hominid1889

hominoid1927

hominine1957

Kenyanthropus2001

1792 W. Skirving Husbandman's Assistant ii. iv. 86 Order I. Primates, or the first in rank... Natural historians have divided this order into four genera, or kinds; namely, homo, or man; simia, or monkey; lemur, little known..; and vespertilio, or bat.

1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 507/2 In the Systema Naturæ, Man (Homo) is ranked as a distinct genus of the order Primates.

1822 J. Fleming Philos. Zool. II. ii. 151 These permanent varieties in the human species..have given rise to the belief, that there are several species of the genus Homo. This opinion, however, is now generally abandoned.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. vi. 36 In the kingdom which he [sc. Man] constitutes (Hominal) there is but one genus (Homo), and in this genus but one species (Sapiens).

1882 R. Owen Exper. Physiol. 57 Of the class ‘Animalia’ of Linnaeus the first genus is ‘Homo’, mankind.

1900 tr. J. Deniker Races of Man (ed. 2) Introd. 4 [In] the genus Homo..one can neither speak of the ‘species’, the ‘variety’, nor the ‘race’ in the sense that is usually attributed to these words in zoology or in zootechnics.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1333 The Human Species.—It is convenient and correct to speak of mankind, including in that word all true men (Homo).

1989 Sci. Amer. Aug. 110/2 Linnaeus said in later life that he had regretted forming the genus Homo just for us.

2006 Guardian 24 Jan. i. 9/5 It seems a bit human-centric to want to put chimps into the ‘Homo’ genus and not reclassify humans as ‘Pan’.

b. In extended use (frequently humorously), with various Latin or Latinate adjectives, personifying an aspect of human life or behaviour.Attested earliest in Homo economicus n.

ΚΠ

1883 C. S. Devas Groundwork Econ. 27 Mill has only examined the homo oeconomicus, or dollar-hunting animal.

1925 Amer. Mercury Feb. 158/2 But that pretension deceives no one, not even Homo boobiens.

1926 A. Conan Doyle Land of Mist i. 13 Homo Sapiens! Homo idioticus! Who do they pray to—the ghosts?

1961 Times 25 Apr. 15/7 Symbolizing..this concept of homo turisticus, the new Hilton hotel..will have 500 rooms—all with a view of the Parthenon.

1971 P. Beckman Hist of Pi 57 Statues of homo sovieticus, a fictitious species that stands (or sits on a tractor), chin up, chest out.

1972 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 26 Nov. 22/3 Homo lexicographicus is a chalcenterous subspecies of mankind.

2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 June 47/2 Homo sapiens has become homo telephonans , all that is solid melts into air, the center will not hold.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

homoadj.n.²

Brit.

/ˈhəʊməʊ/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊˌmoʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: homosexual n.

Etymology: Shortened < homosexual n.

colloquial (often derogatory).

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of homosexual people (esp. men); characterized by homosexuality; (of a person) homosexual, gay.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [adjective] > homosexual

inverted1870

Uranian1883

homosexual1892

homogenic1894

camp1910

homosex1913

queer1914

homoerotic1915

homosexualist1920

homo1923

faggoty1928

tapette1930

fag1932

gay1934

so1937

same-sex1938

faggy1949

ginger beer1959

that waya1960

that way inclineda1960

ginger1965

minty1965

pink1972

leather1990

1923 Broadway Brevities Oct. 29 A certain newspaper critic widely known for his decided ‘homo’ tendencies.

1933 E. A. Robertson Ordinary Families xiii. 271 Round about six, fifteen and twenty are the recognized ‘homo’ ages in women.

1950 A. Smedley Let. 25 Jan. in R. Price Lives Agnes Smedley 409 [A] prissy General with a mincing Homo manner.

1957 F. King Man on Rock iv. 120 Sometimes they muttered to each other that he was ‘homo’.

1984 Los Angeles Times 12 Jan. ii. 6/3 Where did you conduct your absurd ‘public opinion’ survey—homo bars, bath houses, or public restrooms?

2012 I. Welsh Skagboys 211 Look at homo guys; they get off on receiving as well as giving, you know.

B. n.²

A homosexual man; (in weakened sense) an effeminate or affected man. Also occasionally: a homosexual woman, a lesbian.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person

urning1883

invert1892

homosexual1894

Uranist1895

homosexualist1898

Uranian1908

intersexualc1910

homoerotic1915

homo1923

one of those1927

freak1941

homophile1945

gay1953

consenting adult1957

minty1957

lesbigays1992

1923 N. Anderson Hobo iii. x. 145 Some ‘homos’ claim that every boy is a potential homosexual.

1933 C. Mackenzie Water on Brain iv. 44 There's a nasty old homo at the next table trying to catch your eye.

1968 Q. Crisp Naked Civil Servant (1985) xxiv. 178 I became one of the stately homos of England.

1976 P. Conroy Great Santini 94 The little homo's sleeping naked... Get your skivvies on and hit the battle stations on the double.

1991 A. Wendt Ola 85 Shit, God, jeepers, she was a homo! Queer.

2015 S. King Finders Keepers 78 He's a homo... He's a goddam homo. How come I didn't know that?

Phrases

slang (chiefly U.S., originally in the language of rap and hip-hop and in African-American usage). no homo: used parenthetically to indicate that a statement, action, etc., which could be understood as homoerotic is not to be taken in this way.

ΚΠ

1999 C. Baltimore They (transcribed from song) So many of us envy us enough to just make a fly bitch bust with disgust—no homo.

2007 @shabooty 18 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Cool I had Tom Cruise and Christian Bale in my dream last night. No homo!!!

2012 M. Lacher On the Bro'd i. 32 As we all watched (no homo), he..stuck his junk out of the window.

2017 Peak (Simon Fraser Univ., Vancouver) (Nexis) 16 Jan. 1 If you are a heterosexual male who says ‘No homo, bro’, after bestowing your friend with some love, I prohibit you from reading further.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	homo
释义	homon.¹ Brit. /ˈhəʊməʊ/, /ˈhɒməʊ/, U.S. /ˈhoʊˌmoʊ/ Forms: in sense 2 with capital initial Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin homin-, homō. Etymology: < classical Latin homin-, homō human being, person, individual (also in scientific Latin as Homo , genus name (earliest in Homo sapiens : see Homo sapiens n.)) < the same Indo-European base as gome n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier Homo sapiens n.In sense 2b humorously after Homo sapiens n., Homo erectus n., etc.; other European languages show the same kinds of (humorous) formations from the second half of the 19th cent. Compare also classical Latin phrases such as homo literatus educated man, man of letters, homo novus new man, etc., which are also sometimes used in English contexts; e.g.:1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 3 But you are (homo literatus) a man of the letter little sauoring of learning, your giddy brain made you leaue your thrift, and your abuses in London some part of your honestie.1750 W. King Elogium Jacci Etonensis 31 And tho' he gained hath some Tools,This never ought to move us: He's only learned among Fools, With us he's Homo novus. †1. A human being; humankind. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [noun] maneOE worldOE all fleshc1000 mankinOE earthOE little worldc1175 man's kinda1200 mankinda1225 worldrichec1275 slimec1315 kindc1325 world1340 sectc1400 humanityc1450 microcosma1475 peoplea1500 the human kindred?1533 race1553 homo1561 humankind1561 universality1561 deadly?1590 mortality1598 rational1601 vicegerent1601 small world1604 flesh and blooda1616 mannity1621 human race1623 universea1645 nations1667 public1699 the species1711 Adamhood1828 Jock Tamson's bairns1832 folx1833 Bimana1839 human1841 peeps1847 menfolk1870 manfolk1876 amniota1879 peoplekind1956 personkind1972 the world > people > person > [noun] hadc900 lifesmaneOE maneOE world-maneOE ghostOE wyeOE lifeOE son of manOE wightc1175 soulc1180 earthmanc1225 foodc1225 person?c1225 creaturec1300 bodyc1325 beera1382 poppetc1390 flippera1400 wat1399 corsec1400 mortal?a1425 deadly?c1450 hec1450 personagec1485 wretcha1500 human1509 mundane1509 member1525 worma1556 homo1561 piece of flesh1567 sconce1567 squirrel?1567 fellow creature1572 Adamite1581 bloat herringa1586 earthling1593 mother's child1594 stuff1598 a piece of flesh1600 wagtail1607 bosom1608 fragment1609 boots1623 tick1631 worthy1649 earthlies1651 snap1653 pippin1665 being1666 personal1678 personality1678 sooterkin1680 party1686 worldling1687 human being1694 water-wagtail1694 noddle1705 human subject1712 piece of work1713 somebody1724 terrestrial1726 anybody1733 individual1742 character1773 cuss1775 jig1781 thingy1787 bod1788 curse1790 his nabs1790 article1796 Earthite1814 critter1815 potato1815 personeityc1816 nibs1821 somebody1826 tellurian1828 case1832 tangata1840 prawn1845 nigger1848 nut1856 Snooks1860 mug1865 outfit1867 to deliver the goods1870 hairpin1879 baby1880 possum1894 hot tamale1895 babe1900 jobbie1902 virile1903 cup of tea1908 skin1914 pisser1918 number1919 job1927 apple1928 mush1936 face1944 jong1956 naked ape1965 oke1970 punter1975 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Cc.iii Both the one and the other is conteined under the Species of Homo [It. la specie dell'huomo]. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. i. 95 Homo is a common name to al men. View more context for this quotation 1649 Moderate Intelligencer No. 213. sig. F2^v You have made the word Malignant of that latitude, that it almost comprehends all, or is as homo. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 419/2 One of these homo's had 800 head of game in his larder. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Philip in Wks. (1887) I. v. 155 But, being homo, and liable to err. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon I. ii. iii. 285 A Homo in the abstract, male or female. 2. a. Zoology and Palaeontology. In form Homo. The biological genus that comprises modern man (see Homo sapiens n.) together with a number of extinct manlike hominids (cf. Homo erectus n., Homo habilis n.).Up to a dozen extinct species are currently recognized, first appearing in Africa about 2.5 million years ago. Some authors now include chimpanzees in Homo.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 20. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Hominidae (humans and ancestors ) > member of homo1792 bimane1835 Neanderthal1874 hominid1889 hominoid1927 hominine1957 Kenyanthropus2001 1792 W. Skirving Husbandman's Assistant ii. iv. 86 Order I. Primates, or the first in rank... Natural historians have divided this order into four genera, or kinds; namely, homo, or man; simia, or monkey; lemur, little known..; and vespertilio, or bat. 1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 507/2 In the Systema Naturæ, Man (Homo) is ranked as a distinct genus of the order Primates. 1822 J. Fleming Philos. Zool. II. ii. 151 These permanent varieties in the human species..have given rise to the belief, that there are several species of the genus Homo. This opinion, however, is now generally abandoned. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. vi. 36 In the kingdom which he [sc. Man] constitutes (Hominal) there is but one genus (Homo), and in this genus but one species (Sapiens). 1882 R. Owen Exper. Physiol. 57 Of the class ‘Animalia’ of Linnaeus the first genus is ‘Homo’, mankind. 1900 tr. J. Deniker Races of Man (ed. 2) Introd. 4 [In] the genus Homo..one can neither speak of the ‘species’, the ‘variety’, nor the ‘race’ in the sense that is usually attributed to these words in zoology or in zootechnics. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1333 The Human Species.—It is convenient and correct to speak of mankind, including in that word all true men (Homo). 1989 Sci. Amer. Aug. 110/2 Linnaeus said in later life that he had regretted forming the genus Homo just for us. 2006 Guardian 24 Jan. i. 9/5 It seems a bit human-centric to want to put chimps into the ‘Homo’ genus and not reclassify humans as ‘Pan’. b. In extended use (frequently humorously), with various Latin or Latinate adjectives, personifying an aspect of human life or behaviour.Attested earliest in Homo economicus n. ΚΠ 1883 C. S. Devas Groundwork Econ. 27 Mill has only examined the homo oeconomicus, or dollar-hunting animal. 1925 Amer. Mercury Feb. 158/2 But that pretension deceives no one, not even Homo boobiens. 1926 A. Conan Doyle Land of Mist i. 13 Homo Sapiens! Homo idioticus! Who do they pray to—the ghosts? 1961 Times 25 Apr. 15/7 Symbolizing..this concept of homo turisticus, the new Hilton hotel..will have 500 rooms—all with a view of the Parthenon. 1971 P. Beckman Hist of Pi 57 Statues of homo sovieticus, a fictitious species that stands (or sits on a tractor), chin up, chest out. 1972 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 26 Nov. 22/3 Homo lexicographicus is a chalcenterous subspecies of mankind. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 June 47/2 Homo sapiens has become homo telephonans , all that is solid melts into air, the center will not hold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). homoadj.n.² Brit. /ˈhəʊməʊ/, U.S. /ˈhoʊˌmoʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: homosexual n. Etymology: Shortened < homosexual n. colloquial (often derogatory). A. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of homosexual people (esp. men); characterized by homosexuality; (of a person) homosexual, gay. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [adjective] > homosexual inverted1870 Uranian1883 homosexual1892 homogenic1894 camp1910 homosex1913 queer1914 homoerotic1915 homosexualist1920 homo1923 faggoty1928 tapette1930 fag1932 gay1934 so1937 same-sex1938 faggy1949 ginger beer1959 that waya1960 that way inclineda1960 ginger1965 minty1965 pink1972 leather1990 1923 Broadway Brevities Oct. 29 A certain newspaper critic widely known for his decided ‘homo’ tendencies. 1933 E. A. Robertson Ordinary Families xiii. 271 Round about six, fifteen and twenty are the recognized ‘homo’ ages in women. 1950 A. Smedley Let. 25 Jan. in R. Price Lives Agnes Smedley 409 [A] prissy General with a mincing Homo manner. 1957 F. King Man on Rock iv. 120 Sometimes they muttered to each other that he was ‘homo’. 1984 Los Angeles Times 12 Jan. ii. 6/3 Where did you conduct your absurd ‘public opinion’ survey—homo bars, bath houses, or public restrooms? 2012 I. Welsh Skagboys 211 Look at homo guys; they get off on receiving as well as giving, you know. B. n.² A homosexual man; (in weakened sense) an effeminate or affected man. Also occasionally: a homosexual woman, a lesbian. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person urning1883 invert1892 homosexual1894 Uranist1895 homosexualist1898 Uranian1908 intersexualc1910 homoerotic1915 homo1923 one of those1927 freak1941 homophile1945 gay1953 consenting adult1957 minty1957 lesbigays1992 1923 N. Anderson Hobo iii. x. 145 Some ‘homos’ claim that every boy is a potential homosexual. 1933 C. Mackenzie Water on Brain iv. 44 There's a nasty old homo at the next table trying to catch your eye. 1968 Q. Crisp Naked Civil Servant (1985) xxiv. 178 I became one of the stately homos of England. 1976 P. Conroy Great Santini 94 The little homo's sleeping naked... Get your skivvies on and hit the battle stations on the double. 1991 A. Wendt Ola 85 Shit, God, jeepers, she was a homo! Queer. 2015 S. King Finders Keepers 78 He's a homo... He's a goddam homo. How come I didn't know that? Phrases slang (chiefly U.S., originally in the language of rap and hip-hop and in African-American usage). no homo: used parenthetically to indicate that a statement, action, etc., which could be understood as homoerotic is not to be taken in this way. ΚΠ 1999 C. Baltimore They (transcribed from song) So many of us envy us enough to just make a fly bitch bust with disgust—no homo. 2007 @shabooty 18 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Cool I had Tom Cruise and Christian Bale in my dream last night. No homo!!! 2012 M. Lacher On the Bro'd i. 32 As we all watched (no homo), he..stuck his junk out of the window. 2017 Peak (Simon Fraser Univ., Vancouver) (Nexis) 16 Jan. 1 If you are a heterosexual male who says ‘No homo, bro’, after bestowing your friend with some love, I prohibit you from reading further. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : homo-comb. form > as lemmas HOMO HOMO n. Brit. /ˈhəʊməʊ/ , U.S. /ˈhoʊˌmoʊ/ Chemistry highest occupied molecular orbital; cf. LUMO n. at L n. Additions. ΚΠ 1958 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 44 1197 The smallest positive value of K_i corresponds to the highest occupied molecular orbital (h.o.m.o). 1981 P. Sykes Guidebk. to Mechanism in Org. Chem. (ed. 5) xii. 332 Reaction is then envisaged as involving the overlap of this ( homo) orbital with the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital ( lumo). 2006 J. M. Hornback Org. Chem. (Internat. Student ed.) xv. 610 When the energy of the light matches the energy difference between the homo and the lumo, the light is absorbed. extracted from Hn. < n.¹1561adj.n.²1923 see also as lemmas
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homon.1

homoadj.n.2

Phrases

> see also

> as lemmas

homon.¹

homoadj.n.²