iddy-umptyn.

Brit.

/ˌɪdɪˈʌm(p)ti/, U.S.

/ˈɪdiˈəmti/

Forms: also with reduplication of the first element.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative of the dots (short signals) and dashes (long signals) used in Morse code. Compare slightly earlier umpty n.

disused Military slang.

The Morse code; a dot followed by a dash in Morse code. Also: an army signaller.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > code > Morse code

Morse code1867

Morse1876

iddy-umpty1906

1906 Punch 24 Jan. 60/3 An ‘Iddy Umpty’ Idyll.

1914 Daily Express 15 Dec. 4/5 To see men practising the ‘iddy-umpty’, as they call it, with the back of a sheath-knife on the top of an empty tobacco-tin in lieu of a regulation ‘dummy-key’.

1924 Glasgow Herald 23 June 10 For my sins of commission and of omission—as far as the worship of that fetish ‘Iddy-Umpty’ was concerned—I became for a time an inmate of the great signalling camp at Swanage.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 126 Iddy (or Itty) Umpty, an expression first used in India in teaching the dot-and-dash Morse system to native troops. An ‘Iddy Umpty’ in that way came to be used as a term for a signaller.

1994 Observer (Nexis) 6 Mar. 24 ‘Umpteen’..had its origin in ‘iddy-umpty’, a facetious version of the Morse code dot-dash popularised in the first decade of this century.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	iddy-umpty
释义	iddy-umptyn. Brit. /ˌɪdɪˈʌm(p)ti/, U.S. /ˈɪdiˈəmti/ Forms: also with reduplication of the first element. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of the dots (short signals) and dashes (long signals) used in Morse code. Compare slightly earlier umpty n. disused Military slang. The Morse code; a dot followed by a dash in Morse code. Also: an army signaller. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > code > Morse code Morse code1867 Morse1876 iddy-umpty1906 1906 Punch 24 Jan. 60/3 An ‘Iddy Umpty’ Idyll. 1914 Daily Express 15 Dec. 4/5 To see men practising the ‘iddy-umpty’, as they call it, with the back of a sheath-knife on the top of an empty tobacco-tin in lieu of a regulation ‘dummy-key’. 1924 Glasgow Herald 23 June 10 For my sins of commission and of omission—as far as the worship of that fetish ‘Iddy-Umpty’ was concerned—I became for a time an inmate of the great signalling camp at Swanage. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 126 Iddy (or Itty) Umpty, an expression first used in India in teaching the dot-and-dash Morse system to native troops. An ‘Iddy Umpty’ in that way came to be used as a term for a signaller. 1994 Observer (Nexis) 6 Mar. 24 ‘Umpteen’..had its origin in ‘iddy-umpty’, a facetious version of the Morse code dot-dash popularised in the first decade of this century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1906
随便看	θ140630 θ140631 θ140632 θ140633 θ140634 θ140635 θ140636 θ140637 θ140638 θ140639 θ14064 θ140640 θ140641 θ140642 θ140643 θ140644 θ140645 θ140646 θ140647 θ140648 θ140649 θ14065 θ140650 θ140651 θ140652