know-not-whatn.

Brit.

/ˌnəʊnɒtˈwɒt/, U.S.

/ˈˌnoʊˌnɑtˈwɑt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: know v., not adv., what pron.

Etymology: < know v. + not adv. + what pron. Compare I know not what n. at I pron. and n.² Phrases 3.

Now rare.

An indescribable thing; a ‘whatchamacallit’. Also with the: that which is indescribable or unknown.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown

swilk and swilkc1175

thinga1325

what-call-ye-him1473

who knows what?1548

I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568

God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569

washical1575

what-d'ye-call-'em1593

so-and-so1596

whiblin1604

so-fortha1616

jiggumboba1625

know-not-whata1642

thingum1652

thingum-thangum1684

what's-his-name1697

something or other1706

thingummy1737

thingamabob1751

something1764

what's-her-name1816

conundrum1817

thingamerry1819

thingamajig1824

somebody1825

what's-its-name1839

whangdoodle1852

thingummytite1865

dingus1866

what-not1876

whatsita1882

gilguy1883

gadget1886

dingbat1894

doohickey1914

oojah1917

oojah capivvy1917

oojiboo1918

doodad1920

tiddlypush1923

whosis1923

thingy1927

doodah1928

doofer1937

hootenanny1940

whatchamacallit1942

gizmo1943

frammis1948

whosit1948

whifflow1961

oobyjiver1963

whatsisface1967

oojamaflip1970

what's-her-face1980

a1642 J. Suckling Poems 15 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) I ask no red and white..Black eyes, or little know-not-whats, in faces.

a1681 R. Allestree 40 Serm. (1684) I. 97 Exact features, perfect harmony of colours,..a graceful presence, chearful air,..and all those other know not whats.

1796 A. Seward Let. 17 Dec. (1811) IV. lviii. 285 Those sweet know-not-whats about the mouth, which..would give resistless fascination to the most charming eyes in the world.

1842 Knickerbocker Sept. 233 His wife's heart began to beat with an undefined anxiety of the ‘know-not-what’, more painful to endure than the knowledge of positive misfortune.

1866 E. S. Dallas Gay Sci. I. ix. 315 The object of art is to appropriate and to communicate the nameless grace, the ineffable secret of the know-not-what.

1979 Garden Hist. 7 22 Such lovely line drawings of the herbs and of their pots, pomanders, sachets and scented know-not-whats.

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

单词	know-not-what
释义	know-not-whatn. Brit. /ˌnəʊnɒtˈwɒt/, U.S. /ˈˌnoʊˌnɑtˈwɑt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: know v., not adv., what pron. Etymology: < know v. + not adv. + what pron. Compare I know not what n. at I pron. and n.² Phrases 3. Now rare. An indescribable thing; a ‘whatchamacallit’. Also with the: that which is indescribable or unknown. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown swilk and swilkc1175 thinga1325 what-call-ye-him1473 who knows what?1548 I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568 God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569 washical1575 what-d'ye-call-'em1593 so-and-so1596 whiblin1604 so-fortha1616 jiggumboba1625 know-not-whata1642 thingum1652 thingum-thangum1684 what's-his-name1697 something or other1706 thingummy1737 thingamabob1751 something1764 what's-her-name1816 conundrum1817 thingamerry1819 thingamajig1824 somebody1825 what's-its-name1839 whangdoodle1852 thingummytite1865 dingus1866 what-not1876 whatsita1882 gilguy1883 gadget1886 dingbat1894 doohickey1914 oojah1917 oojah capivvy1917 oojiboo1918 doodad1920 tiddlypush1923 whosis1923 thingy1927 doodah1928 doofer1937 hootenanny1940 whatchamacallit1942 gizmo1943 frammis1948 whosit1948 whifflow1961 oobyjiver1963 whatsisface1967 oojamaflip1970 what's-her-face1980 a1642 J. Suckling Poems 15 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) I ask no red and white..Black eyes, or little know-not-whats, in faces. a1681 R. Allestree 40 Serm. (1684) I. 97 Exact features, perfect harmony of colours,..a graceful presence, chearful air,..and all those other know not whats. 1796 A. Seward Let. 17 Dec. (1811) IV. lviii. 285 Those sweet know-not-whats about the mouth, which..would give resistless fascination to the most charming eyes in the world. 1842 Knickerbocker Sept. 233 His wife's heart began to beat with an undefined anxiety of the ‘know-not-what’, more painful to endure than the knowledge of positive misfortune. 1866 E. S. Dallas Gay Sci. I. ix. 315 The object of art is to appropriate and to communicate the nameless grace, the ineffable secret of the know-not-what. 1979 Garden Hist. 7 22 Such lovely line drawings of the herbs and of their pots, pomanders, sachets and scented know-not-whats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1642
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