jeann.
/dʒiːn/, /dʒeɪn/, U.S. /dʒin/ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [adjective] > other Italian towns
jean1495
Venetian1554
Milanese1569
Pisan1570
Neapolitan1580
Salerne1598
Florentine1603
Salernitan1621
Amalfitan1625
Paduan1633
Pavian1633
Modenese1693
Veronese1757
Sienese1814
Torinese1864
Lucchese1883
Patavine1929
1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 262 Cables..of Jeane makyng.
c1524 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 127 A carpet of Jeen makyng.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 59 Some horsmen vse that bytt which wee call the Bastonet or Ieine bytt, which is made with..great rough rings, made high like wheeles.
2.
a. A twilled cotton cloth; a kind of fustian. Originally jene (ge(a)ne, geanes) fustian, shortened to jeanes, jean, etc.The form jeans is used in U.S.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > fustian > types of
fustian of Naples1463
holmes fustian1474
jean1567
cantoon1688
thick-set1756
moleskin1792
pillow1839
α.
β. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iii. v. 8 You most course freeze capacities, ye jave Iudegments. View more context for this quotation1662 in Statutes at Large, Ireland (1765) II. 407 Fustians called janes.1835 Blackwood's Mag. 38 164 A new suit of olive jane.1567 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 113 ij yerdes of Jene fustyan.
1575 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 233 vij. yeards of geanes fustion..xvj yeardes of geane fustion.
1577 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 269 ij yardes of whitt geanes.
1589 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 210 Gene fustian.
1589 Acct.-bk. W. Wray in Antiquary (1896) 32 78 White Jennes, iijs. vjd.
1612 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 11 A quarter of Jean for my L. stockins, iijd.
1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 427 2 pieces ½ yard wide white jean.
1802 Brookes' Gazetteer (ed. 12) at Leigh Considerable manufactures, particularly of fine jeans.
1862 in Bryant & Gay Hist. U.S. (1880) IV. 531 A million yards of jeans.
c1885 Weldon's Pract. Needlework IV. 3/1 Executed..on a ground of white satin jean.
b. plural. Garment of this material. Now usually close-fitting trousers of this (or other) material. See also blue jeans n. 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > cotton > types of
jeans1843
Aertex1896
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > close-fitting
overall1776
pantaloon1798
tights1827
jeans1843
stovepipe1863
strides1889
drainpipe1950
Capri pants1956
toreador pants1956
yoga pants1973
leggings1977
1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. xiii. 276 Septimus arrived flourishin' his cambric, with his white jeans strapped under his chammy leather opera boots.
1846 S. F. Smith Theatr. Apprenticeship 48 My friend in the jeans and white hat.
1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age i. 19 They were dressed in homespun ‘jeans’, blue or yellow.
1879 Birmingham Weekly Post 26 Apr. 2/7 The cook, in his spotless ‘jeans,’ made the usual enquiry.
1904 G. V. Hobart Jim Hickey ii. 35 Wouldn't we be a nice pair of turtles to stand around with coin in our jeans and see a nice girl like Amy getting the ice?
1923 J. Galsworthy Captures 62 He wore, not white ducks, but blue jeans.
1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xvii. 187 No doubt this fiend in butler's shape was even now on his way east with the stuff in his jeans, gone beyond recall.
1957 Times 12 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. xv/4 For miles and miles of suburban area you will rarely see a young woman out of blue jeans, shorts or slim-jim pants during the day.
1958 Economist 11 Jan. 94/1 Girls in tight jeans and dazzle socks.
1958 Daily Herald 24 Mar. 2/6 In bright red jeans and thick nautical sweater, secretary Fiona stood on the deck of her Thames-side barge.
1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games xi. 317 Little girls, dressed in T-shirts and jeans.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. Made of jean.
a.
jean boot n.
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1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxiv. 231 His jean-boots, with tips of shiny leather.
jean cap n.
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1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. i. 9 ‘You are a keen observer,’ said he of the jean cap.
jean coat n.
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1885 Harper's Mag. Dec. 132 A leather belt girded his brown jeans coat.
jean trousers n.
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1860 Observer 16 Sept. 3/6 The disinterested and brave liberator of Italy, in his red shirt, in a dirty pair of jean trowsers, and worn-out boots.
c1871 J. Albery Dram. Wks. (1939) I. 234 He..wears..brown, soiled jean trousers.
b.
jean-clad adj.
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1885 Harper's Mag. Dec. 132 The jeans-clad mountaineers.
jean-grey adj.
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1801 T. S. Surr Splendid Misery II. 141 Habited in..a jean grey frock.
jean-jacketed adj.
C2.
jean-age n. [compare teenage adj.] the age at which a young person is likely to wear jeans; so jean-aged adj.; jean-ager.
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the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent
farrowa700
puberc1350
adolescent?1440
teen1818
teener1894
post-pubescent1904
teenager1913
tweenie1919
teeny1940
tweenager1949
jean-ager1959
skin1969
the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent > adolescence or puberty
pubertyc1384
adolescence?a1425
adolescency?a1475
in one's teens1596
pubes1637
pubescency1658
pubescence1822
teenhood1845
hog age1848
the awkward age1895
prepubescence1908
prepuberty1922
teenagery1950
teenagedness1952
jean-age1959
1959 Design Oct. 29/2 Pony-tailed jean-agers.
1960 Guardian 15 Sept. 9/1 A full-house audience, ranging from the peerage to the jean-age.
1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Dec. p. iv (heading) Tales for jean-agers.
1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 May 359/2 Mr. Kerouac is..far more than the mere apostle of jean-aged, teen-aged..American youth.
1967 Observer 30 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 34/2 (heading) Up to jean-age.
1967 Observer 30 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 34/2 The most comprehensive analysis yet of the difficult jean-age years.
Derivatives
jeaned adj. clad in jean trousers.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing trousers > wearing other trousers
troused1612
pantalooned1798
overalled1845
pegtopped1861
pantaletted1865
long-trousered1866
blue-jeaned1872
flannelled1898
chaparejoed1921
Oxford-bagged1925
baggy-trousered1928
Levied1966
jodhpured1969
jeaned1970
hot-panted1971
hot-pantsed1971
1970 ‘E. Lindall’ Gathering of Eagles iii. 30 Van Jordan stood up and looked down at him, legs wide and hands on her jeaned hips.
1971 D. Wallis Bad Luck Girl i. i. 8 She forked out a length of jeaned thigh to fall against his own.
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