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单词 johnny-come-lately
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Johnny-come-latelyn.adj.

Brit. /ˌdʒɒnɪkʌmˈleɪtli/, U.S. /ˌdʒɑniˌkəmˈleɪtli/
Forms: Also with lower-case initial in the first element.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Johnny n., come adj., lately adv.
Etymology: < Johnny n. + come adj. + lately adv. Compare earlier Johnny Newcome n., Johnny Raw n.
Originally U.S.
A. n.
1. Originally and chiefly Nautical. (A generic name for) a new recruit; a novice. Cf. Johnny Newcome n. 2, Johnny Raw n. 2.In later use sometimes merging with sense A. 2a, in the sense ‘newcomer’.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner
younglingOE
new-comeOE
novice1340
ginner?c1400
beginner1470
apprentice1489
prentice1489
infant1526
freshmana1557
intrant1560
enterer1565
puny?1570
weakling1575
new comeling1587
novist1587
incipient1589
puisne1592
abecedary1596
neophyte1600
abecedarian1603
bachelor1604
novelist?1608
alphabetary1611
breeching boy1611
tiro1611
alphabetarian1614
principiant1619
unexperienced1622
velvet head1631
undergraduatea1659
young stager1664
greenhorn1672
battledore boy1693
youngster1706
tironist1716
novitiatea1734
recruit1749
griffin1793
initiate1811
Johnny Newcome1815
Johnny Raw1823
griff1829
plebe1833
Johnny-come-lately1839
new chum1851
blanc-bec1853
fledgling1856
rookie1868
elementarian1876
tenderfoot1881
shorthorn1888
new kid1894
cheechako1897
ring-neck1898
Johnny1901
rook1902
fresh meat1908
malihini1914
initiand1915
stooge1930
intakea1943
cub1966
1839 C. F. Briggs Adventures Harry Franco I. 249 ‘But it's Johnny Comelately, aint it, you?’ said a young mizzen topman.
1856 C. Nordhoff Whaling & Fishing ii. 33 The most laughable tricks were continually played off upon the ignorance of the new-comers. ‘Johnny-come-lately,’ is the butt for everybody's practical jokes.
1907 J. P. Fitzpatrick Jock of Bushveld 16Johnny-come-lately's got to learn’ was held to be adequate reason for letting many a beginner buy his experience.
2015 M. Veitch Southern Surveyor 229 When I came onboard, I'd hoped to take one of the main berths, but I was told I was just a Johnny-come-lately and I was given a cabin with someone who had been to sea a lot more than me.
2.
a. A person who has newly come to a place, situation, etc.; a recent arrival; a newcomer. Cf. Johnny Newcome n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > newness, freshness, or originality > one who or that which is new to the scene
new mana1387
newcomerc1450
mushrooma1593
Johnny Newcome1800
new boy1847
new girl1853
Johnny-come-lately1855
newie1856
new bug1900
new-tick1934
Johnny-come-lately1946
1855 Harper's Mag. Dec. 37/1 Let it [sc. yellow fever] catch hold of a crowd of ‘Johnny come latelys’, and it plants them at once.
1879 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Oct. 398/1 The old pioneer looked at the clerk.., and then merely saying, ‘You're a plagued Johnny-Come-Lately, that's what you are!’ arose and left the court-room.
1920 Leonora Miner (Austral.) 1 May The candidate..having been closely connected with the Labor movement on the goldfields for the past 23 years..could not be termed a ‘Johnny-come-lately’.
1972 Listener 16 Nov. 671/2 Here [i.e. in Utah] man himself is a Johnny-come-lately.
b. A person who has recently started to take an interest in something, such as a television show, sports team, etc. Occasionally somewhat depreciative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > newness, freshness, or originality > one or those who are new to something
first timer1881
new entry1896
Johnny-come-lately1943
1943 Court of Appeals N.Y.: T. Steel vs. Flushing Hosp. & L. G. Hunter: Brief on Behalf Respondents 28 It would certainly be a mockery of justice..to dilute that right by granting an equal right to apellant and to other ‘Johnny-come-latelies’ who did not think enough of the Hospital to support it in either 1941 or 1942.
1990 Sports Illustr. 19 Nov. 47/2 Smith..explains his reticence more as a natural distrust for the Johnny-come-latelies who are only now discovering him.
2016 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Mar. A scene that neatly encapsulated the entire point of series two, especially designed for any of the Johnny-come-latelys who might have been nodding off.
c. figurative. Something that has been in existence for only a (relatively) short time.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > newness, freshness, or originality > one who or that which is new to the scene
new mana1387
newcomerc1450
mushrooma1593
Johnny Newcome1800
new boy1847
new girl1853
Johnny-come-lately1855
newie1856
new bug1900
new-tick1934
Johnny-come-lately1946
1946 M. Shulman Zebra Derby iii. 22 Postwar planning in these United States was no Johnny-come-lately.
1978 R. Davies One-half R. Davies 145 The theatre is as old as Prophecy and the Epic, and to look upon it as the bastard sibling of such Johnny-come-latelies in the arts as the Novel or Lyric Poetry is to do it a grave injustice.
2012 New Yorker 30 July 70/3 Long-arc television is just a Johnny-come-lately when it comes to episodic storytelling.
B. adj. (chiefly attributive).
Of a person: that has newly come to a place, situation, etc.; that has newly joined, adopted, or become interested in something; new, inexperienced. Also of a thing: that has been newly created, developed, or introduced.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [adjective] > recently come into a state or position > new to a situation or place (of person)
young1497
upspring1603
Johnny-come-lately1953
1953 Amer. Scholar 23 17 The excessive power and renown of many Johnny-come-lately anti-Communists.
1961 W. Brandon Indians (1987) vi. 162 The ‘old settlers’ of the colony often had closer ties among the neighboring Pamunkeys or Appomattocs..than among the johnny-come-lately new settlers.
1991 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 12 May 39/1 The work ethic..is a johnny-come-lately value, along with thin thighs and nonsmoking hotel rooms.
2013 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Nexis) 12 Mar. 6 Most are johnny-come-lately fans, they say, attracted only because of the club's fame and trophies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1839
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