horse-fairn.

Forms: see horse n. and fair n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., fair n.²

Etymology: < horse n. + fair n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-fair.

a. A fair or annual market for the sale of horses.

b. Hence the name of the square, place, or street where such a fair is or was held. (Cf. Mayfair, Haymarket, Cornmarket, etc., as place-names.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > for specific type of goods

horse-fair1369

pot market1580

pig market1647

horn-fair1669

Rag Fair1704

pot fair1738

beast market1779

Michael fair1813

pantechnicon1830

slave market1835

foal fair1880

1369 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1886) II. 127 In le Horsefaire.

1504 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 321 In..le horsffayr, aliter dicto horstreyt gaytt..aliter dicto horsgaitstreyt.

1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Miscellanea There may be set up both a horsefair and races.

1688 London Gaz. No. 2323/4 The Horse-Fairs at Ripon in Yorkshire, will be holden.

1828 T. Carlyle Voltaire in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) II. 101 Figure Mahomet, in his youthful years, ‘travelling to the horse-fairs of Syria!’

1899 N.E.D. at Horse-fair Mod. Barnet is celebrated for its annual horse-fair.

c. attributive. Such as is used in a horse-fair: dishonest, equivocating.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > dishonest person > [adjective]

unjustc1400

bribing1530

unhonest1545

subornate1548

sinistrous1600

sinistruous1601

horse-fair1606

under-honest1609

left-handed1615

leer1631

dishonest1752

cross1819

one-eyed1833

crook1911

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > dishonest

manOE

unjustc1400

bribing1530

unhonest1545

makeshift1592

sinistrous1600

horse-fair1606

under-honest1609

dishonest1611

one-eyed1833

shystering1860

cross1882

crook1911

bent1914

fly-by-night1914

crookish1927

shyster1943

shonky1970

1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe iv. sig. F3 Away with these same horse faire alligations, will you answere the letter?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	horse-fair
释义	horse-fairn. Forms: see horse n. and fair n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., fair n.² Etymology: < horse n. + fair n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-fair. a. A fair or annual market for the sale of horses. b. Hence the name of the square, place, or street where such a fair is or was held. (Cf. Mayfair, Haymarket, Cornmarket, etc., as place-names.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > for specific type of goods horse-fair1369 pot market1580 pig market1647 horn-fair1669 Rag Fair1704 pot fair1738 beast market1779 Michael fair1813 pantechnicon1830 slave market1835 foal fair1880 1369 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1886) II. 127 In le Horsefaire. 1504 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 321 In..le horsffayr, aliter dicto horstreyt gaytt..aliter dicto horsgaitstreyt. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Miscellanea There may be set up both a horsefair and races. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2323/4 The Horse-Fairs at Ripon in Yorkshire, will be holden. 1828 T. Carlyle Voltaire in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) II. 101 Figure Mahomet, in his youthful years, ‘travelling to the horse-fairs of Syria!’ 1899 N.E.D. at Horse-fair Mod. Barnet is celebrated for its annual horse-fair. c. attributive. Such as is used in a horse-fair: dishonest, equivocating. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > dishonest person > [adjective] unjustc1400 bribing1530 unhonest1545 subornate1548 sinistrous1600 sinistruous1601 horse-fair1606 under-honest1609 left-handed1615 leer1631 dishonest1752 cross1819 one-eyed1833 crook1911 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > dishonest manOE unjustc1400 bribing1530 unhonest1545 makeshift1592 sinistrous1600 horse-fair1606 under-honest1609 dishonest1611 one-eyed1833 shystering1860 cross1882 crook1911 bent1914 fly-by-night1914 crookish1927 shyster1943 shonky1970 1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe iv. sig. F3 Away with these same horse faire alligations, will you answere the letter? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1369
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