hotspurn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈhɒtspəː/, U.S.

/ˈhɑtˌspər/

Forms: see hot adj. and n.¹ and spur n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hot adj., spur n.¹

Etymology: < hot adj. + spur n.¹Attested earliest as a surname: see quot. 1403 and note at sense A. 1. In sense A. 2, the pea is so named on account of its early cropping and fast growth.

A. n.

1. A rash or impetuous person.The word first occurs in Harry Hotspur, the nickname of Sir Henry Percy, son of the Earl of Northumberland, who was killed in the rebellion against Henry IV in 1403, although the sense intended is uncertain. Evidence for a literal sense ‘a person who rides with speed and urgency’ is lacking, but cf. hot adj. and n.¹ Phrases 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness > rash or reckless person

bayard1393

hotspur1403

hare-brain1542

young blood1557

hare-copa1566

madcap1589

rashling1594

breakneck1598

harum-scarum1784

wild cat1812

devil-may-care1839

firecracker1852

ripper1877

wild-catter1883

1403 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) VIII. 313 (MED) De Rebellione Henrici Percy, dicti Hotspur.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 190 Herry Percy þe ȝonger, whom þe Scottis clepid Herry Hatspor.

1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 102/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Hee was..in matters of importance an headlong hotspurre.

c1585 Let. of Estate in Notes & Queries (1981) Feb. 26/2 [The Earl of Northumberland] was a whotspurr in [the North and one] that might as ill indure his surquedry.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. ii. 19 A hair-braind Hotspur gouernd by a spleene.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. vi. 922 Some hot-spurres..gave councell to goe against them with all their forces.

1672 H. Herbert Narr. in Camden Misc. (1990) XXX. 323 In comes the Duke..a young hotspurre,..and cried out, ‘Noe, point quartier’.

1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. viii. 335 As we say of some hot Spurs who ride Post, they whip the Post-Boy.

1796 M. Robinson Angelina I. xiii. 163 I must own there is something about this young Hotspur, that excites admiration.

1823 J. Neal Errata II. viii. 187 A young Hotspur from the south, a dwarf too, not taller than I, but prettily put together.

1895 Daily News 19 Apr. 5/5 The ‘Vossische Zeitung’..says: ‘Perhaps this sudden coolness on the part of England gives certain Hot~spurs in our own Fatherland something to think about’.

1928 Musical Q. 14 4 The fantastic flowering of Debussy's..garden, bathed in the purple magic of twilight, now marked by some intolerant hotspurs as waste land or innocent cabbage patch.

2002 Echoes May 48/1 The crashing snares and Star Trek blurts that erupt from the intro of Space Shipp..alert us to the presence of..the young hotspur of the drums.

2. Usually with capital initial. The name of: a very early-cropping variety of pea; also hotspur pea (usually in plural). Cf. hasting n.² 2. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > other types of pea or pea-plant

rouncival1570

garden pea1573

field pease1597

vale-grey1615

rose pea1629

hotspur1663

seven-year pea1672

rathe-ripe1677

huff-codc1680

pigeon pea1683

hog-pease1686

shrub pea1691

field pea1707

pea1707

crown pea1726

maple rouncival1731

marrowfat1731

moratto1731

pig pea1731

sickle-pea1731

hog pea1732

maple pea1732

marrow pea1733

black eye?1740

egg-pea1744

magotty bay bean1789

Prussian1804

maple grey1805

partridge pea1812

Prussian blue1822

scimitar1834

marrow1855

fill-basket1881

string-pea1891

mattar1908

vining pea1959

1663 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1908) I. 112 Paid for one pecke of hott spur pease iiij^s.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Hot Spur,..also early or forward Peas.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 469 The Hot-spur is the speediest of any in growth.

1718 R. Bradley Gentleman & Gardeners Kal. 5 Sow some Hotspur Peas to succeed those sown in November.

1758 J. Hill Gardener's New Kal. xii. 391 The hotspur pea is a very proper kind for this plantation.

1768 T. Jefferson Garden Bk. (1999) 12 Sowed a patch of early peas, having first soaked them. Charlton Hotspur.

1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. 258 Sowing the potatoe land with hotspur pease.

1936 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 76 941 In 1786, his records are brief... Again peas are counted, Charlton Hotspur.

1998 E. Woodhead Early Canad. Gardening x. 214 Wrinkle-seeded peas were sweeter than the starchy, smooth-seeded kinds, and the Hotspur varieties were considered to be among the best.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of a fiery temperament; hasty, rash.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless

recklesseOE

redmodOE

unreckless?c1225

hastivec1300

racklec1300

testyc1374

rabbisha1387

temeraryc1410

temerous1461

rash1509

temerarious1532

hare-brained1548

temerarec1550

hare-brain1566

hot-spurred1573

overrash1577

hotspur1586

madcap1591

wretchless1598

Phaetontic1608

zeal-blind1615

Phaetontal1617

unresponsable1619

Phaetontical1630

phaetonicala1640

Phaetonic1708

hell-bent1731

harum-scarum1751

unresponsible1764

suicidal1768

rumgumptious1781

shy1787

devil-may-care1799

bullheaded1818

devil-may-carish1825

temeritous1892

kamikaze1952

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xxii. 97 Such mallice growing, William with his Normanes taking land, Found hot-spurr Harolde prest in Armes, his pusance to withstand.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A8 The hot-spurre youth so scorning to be crost.

c1618 J. Bruen in W. Hinde Life (1641) xi. 38 A good rule for our horse-racers, rank riders, and hot-spurre hunters.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 71 A wary plodding Fabius signifying more than a hot Spur Marcellus.

1838 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 463 We do not mean that Hotspur honor, which is roused only by the drum and fife,..but that honor which is deep-seated in the heart of every true gentleman.

1851 E. Bennett Rosalie Du Pont xvii. 81 I merely asked a question, my hotspur Captain, but expressed no intention, I believe, of being a double deserter and paltroon.

1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 425/1 After the union of the States..the political conduct of South Carolina was so imperious..that she was not uncommonly known as the ‘Hotspur State’.

1937 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 24 38 The hot-spur secessionists in wild passion, frenzy, and madness, bore down upon the halting and bewildered union groups.

1993 Boston Globe (Nexis) 2 July 50 At the age of 45, a war chief several times over, it was his role to be not a hotspur young warrior, but a seer protecting the tribe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hotspur
释义	hotspurn.adj. Brit. /ˈhɒtspəː/, U.S. /ˈhɑtˌspər/ Forms: see hot adj. and n.¹ and spur n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hot adj., spur n.¹ Etymology: < hot adj. + spur n.¹Attested earliest as a surname: see quot. 1403 and note at sense A. 1. In sense A. 2, the pea is so named on account of its early cropping and fast growth. A. n. 1. A rash or impetuous person.The word first occurs in Harry Hotspur, the nickname of Sir Henry Percy, son of the Earl of Northumberland, who was killed in the rebellion against Henry IV in 1403, although the sense intended is uncertain. Evidence for a literal sense ‘a person who rides with speed and urgency’ is lacking, but cf. hot adj. and n.¹ Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness > rash or reckless person bayard1393 hotspur1403 hare-brain1542 young blood1557 hare-copa1566 madcap1589 rashling1594 breakneck1598 harum-scarum1784 wild cat1812 devil-may-care1839 firecracker1852 ripper1877 wild-catter1883 1403 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) VIII. 313 (MED) De Rebellione Henrici Percy, dicti Hotspur. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 190 Herry Percy þe ȝonger, whom þe Scottis clepid Herry Hatspor. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 102/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Hee was..in matters of importance an headlong hotspurre. c1585 Let. of Estate in Notes & Queries (1981) Feb. 26/2 [The Earl of Northumberland] was a whotspurr in [the North and one] that might as ill indure his surquedry. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. ii. 19 A hair-braind Hotspur gouernd by a spleene. View more context for this quotation 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. vi. 922 Some hot-spurres..gave councell to goe against them with all their forces. 1672 H. Herbert Narr. in Camden Misc. (1990) XXX. 323 In comes the Duke..a young hotspurre,..and cried out, ‘Noe, point quartier’. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. viii. 335 As we say of some hot Spurs who ride Post, they whip the Post-Boy. 1796 M. Robinson Angelina I. xiii. 163 I must own there is something about this young Hotspur, that excites admiration. 1823 J. Neal Errata II. viii. 187 A young Hotspur from the south, a dwarf too, not taller than I, but prettily put together. 1895 Daily News 19 Apr. 5/5 The ‘Vossische Zeitung’..says: ‘Perhaps this sudden coolness on the part of England gives certain Hot~spurs in our own Fatherland something to think about’. 1928 Musical Q. 14 4 The fantastic flowering of Debussy's..garden, bathed in the purple magic of twilight, now marked by some intolerant hotspurs as waste land or innocent cabbage patch. 2002 Echoes May 48/1 The crashing snares and Star Trek blurts that erupt from the intro of Space Shipp..alert us to the presence of..the young hotspur of the drums. 2. Usually with capital initial. The name of: a very early-cropping variety of pea; also hotspur pea (usually in plural). Cf. hasting n.² 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > other types of pea or pea-plant rouncival1570 garden pea1573 field pease1597 vale-grey1615 rose pea1629 hotspur1663 seven-year pea1672 rathe-ripe1677 huff-codc1680 pigeon pea1683 hog-pease1686 shrub pea1691 field pea1707 pea1707 crown pea1726 maple rouncival1731 marrowfat1731 moratto1731 pig pea1731 sickle-pea1731 hog pea1732 maple pea1732 marrow pea1733 black eye?1740 egg-pea1744 magotty bay bean1789 Prussian1804 maple grey1805 partridge pea1812 Prussian blue1822 scimitar1834 marrow1855 fill-basket1881 string-pea1891 mattar1908 vining pea1959 1663 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1908) I. 112 Paid for one pecke of hott spur pease iiij^s. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Hot Spur,..also early or forward Peas. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 469 The Hot-spur is the speediest of any in growth. 1718 R. Bradley Gentleman & Gardeners Kal. 5 Sow some Hotspur Peas to succeed those sown in November. 1758 J. Hill Gardener's New Kal. xii. 391 The hotspur pea is a very proper kind for this plantation. 1768 T. Jefferson Garden Bk. (1999) 12 Sowed a patch of early peas, having first soaked them. Charlton Hotspur. 1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. 258 Sowing the potatoe land with hotspur pease. 1936 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 76 941 In 1786, his records are brief... Again peas are counted, Charlton Hotspur. 1998 E. Woodhead Early Canad. Gardening x. 214 Wrinkle-seeded peas were sweeter than the starchy, smooth-seeded kinds, and the Hotspur varieties were considered to be among the best. B. adj. (attributive). Of a fiery temperament; hasty, rash. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless recklesseOE redmodOE unreckless?c1225 hastivec1300 racklec1300 testyc1374 rabbisha1387 temeraryc1410 temerous1461 rash1509 temerarious1532 hare-brained1548 temerarec1550 hare-brain1566 hot-spurred1573 overrash1577 hotspur1586 madcap1591 wretchless1598 Phaetontic1608 zeal-blind1615 Phaetontal1617 unresponsable1619 Phaetontical1630 phaetonicala1640 Phaetonic1708 hell-bent1731 harum-scarum1751 unresponsible1764 suicidal1768 rumgumptious1781 shy1787 devil-may-care1799 bullheaded1818 devil-may-carish1825 temeritous1892 kamikaze1952 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xxii. 97 Such mallice growing, William with his Normanes taking land, Found hot-spurr Harolde prest in Armes, his pusance to withstand. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A8 The hot-spurre youth so scorning to be crost. View more context for this quotation c1618 J. Bruen in W. Hinde Life (1641) xi. 38 A good rule for our horse-racers, rank riders, and hot-spurre hunters. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 71 A wary plodding Fabius signifying more than a hot Spur Marcellus. 1838 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 463 We do not mean that Hotspur honor, which is roused only by the drum and fife,..but that honor which is deep-seated in the heart of every true gentleman. 1851 E. Bennett Rosalie Du Pont xvii. 81 I merely asked a question, my hotspur Captain, but expressed no intention, I believe, of being a double deserter and paltroon. 1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 425/1 After the union of the States..the political conduct of South Carolina was so imperious..that she was not uncommonly known as the ‘Hotspur State’. 1937 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 24 38 The hot-spur secessionists in wild passion, frenzy, and madness, bore down upon the halting and bewildered union groups. 1993 Boston Globe (Nexis) 2 July 50 At the age of 45, a war chief several times over, it was his role to be not a hotspur young warrior, but a seer protecting the tribe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1403
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