loonn.¹

Brit.

/luːn/, U.S.

/lun/, Scottish English

/lun/

Forms: Middle English lowen, Middle English–1500s loone, 1500s lound, 1500s–1800s loun(e, lown(e, 1600s– loon.

Etymology: In 16th cent. lowen, lowne, rhyming with chenoun, downe. Of obscure origin; the early forms do not favour the current hypothesis of connection with early modern Dutch loen ‘homo stupidus’ (Plantijn and Kilian) which seems to be known only from dictionaries. The Old Norse lúenn, beaten, benumbed, weary, exhausted (past participial of lýja to beat, thrash) has been suggested as a possible etymon. The order of development of the senses is somewhat uncertain.

Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect.

a. A worthless person; a rogue, scamp (esp. in false loon, to play the loon); a sluggard, idler.

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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer

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?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7957 Þe clerkis þat were þare, leþir lowens [rhyme chenouns].

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2413 in Poems (1981) 90 Than lychtlie in the bukket lap the loun:..The tod come hailland vp, the volff ȝeid doun.

1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 216 Fra honest folk deuoide this lathly lown.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Jiv That men shall call the malapert or dronke Or an abbey lowne, or lymner of a monke.

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. G. viii b Cum here loundes, cum here tykes.

1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxviii. 68 To loup on lassis, lait, and play the Lowne.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. B4 For shame subscribe, and let the lowne depart.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxiii. 36 Let not sik louns with teasings ȝou allure.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 85 He held'em [sc. breeches] sixpence all too deere, With that he cald the Taylor lowne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 11 The diuell damne thee blacke, thou cream-fac'd Loone .

1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 289 Looking on with their hands folded behind their back when louns are running with the spoil of Zion on their back.

1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 46 The Scots say, a fausse, i.e. false Loon.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 245 But the false Loon who cou'd not work his Will By open Force, employ'd his flatt'ring Skill.

1763 C. Churchill Prophecy of Famine 18 When with a foreign loon she stole away.

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iv. 203 Out upon him, the lazy loon!

appositively.16.. in Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 392 Christ's minister may not preach Christ's trueth, if a loun minister neare by him have taught lies, except the Bishop give him leave so to doe.

b. Of a woman: A strumpet, concubine.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman

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c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) iv. 87 The gayest grittest loun.

c1600 in Gordon Fraser Wigtown (1877) 392 Bad hir swithe [printed snyithe] pack hir furthe harlot lowne.

1714 A. Ramsay Elegy John Cowper vii He ken'd the bawds and louns fou well.

1802 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border II. 68 I trow some may has plaid the lown.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 35 Thou art too low to be their lawful love, and too high to be their unlawful loon.

2. A man of low birth or condition; in phrase lord and loon. Now only archaic.

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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > person

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ladc1300

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Harry1874

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1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 45 Thus for ane loun than lichlyit is ane lord.

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. I viii b The Lurdein was, in a maner, all one wyth the Lorde, and the Lounde wyth the Larde.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xix. 26 Wee should haue both Lorde and Lowne, if the peeuish baggadge would but giue way to customers.

a1650 Capt. Carr in Furnivall Percy Folio I. 81 ‘I will not geve over my hous,’ she saithe, ‘Neither for lord nor lowne.’

1840 R. H. Barham ‘Monstre’ Balloon in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 297 The peer and the peasant, the lord and the loon.

3. A boor, lout, clown; an untaught, ill-bred person.

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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lout or boor > [noun]

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oafo1959

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > unrefined manners or behaviour > person

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no-neck1961

ocker1971

1619 R. West Schoole of Vertue: 2nd Pt. sig. A8 With manlike cheere, Not like a rusticke Lowne.

1784 Unfortunate Sensibility I. 133 I contrasted him with the ill-bred loons who had addressed my mother in my behalf.

1790 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 550 [He] Cam shaking hands wi' wabster-louns.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 6 Now get thee hence, thou grey-beard Loon.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 178 Go to your Provost, you borrel loons.

1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 49 A titled loon of high degree.

4. A fellow, man, ‘chap’.

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the world > people > person > man > [noun]

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oke1970

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muzhik1993

a1586 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 152 The wyffis..fand lyff in the loun.

1726 W. Starrat Pastoral in Praise A. Ramsay (single sheet) And learn'd the Latin Loones sic Springs to play, As gares the Warld gang dancing to this Day.

1901 Scotsman 28 Feb. 8/3 Wherever Moray loons may gather.

5. A boy, lad, youth.

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the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]

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studmuffin1986

the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun]

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outjie1961

oke1970

c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) ii. 107 For thair wes nowdir lad not loun Mycht eit ane baikin loche For fowness.

1785 J. Boswell Jrnl. Tour Hebrides 17 Sept. 1773, 263 The usual figure of a Sky-boy, is a lown with bare legs and feet.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 75 Urging each lown to leave his sports in fear.

1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 127 As when ye roamed, a hardy loon, Upon the banks o' May.

1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister (1894) 202 The family..consisted of three loons and a lassie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

loonn.²

Brit.

/luːn/, U.S.

/lun/

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of loom n.², perhaps by assimilation to loon n.¹

A name for certain aquatic birds.

a. Any bird of the genus Colymbus, esp. the Great Northern Diver ( C. glacialis), remarkable for its loud cry.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Gariidae (divers and loons) > gavia immer (common loon)

loon1634

ember1744

1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. viii. 31 The Loone is an ill shap'd thing like a Cormorant.

1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 12 The Loone is a Water Fowl, alike in shape to the Wobble.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 341 Greatest speckled-Diver, or Loon.

1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. I. Biberg Oeconomy Nature in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 75 The diver or loon..lays also two eggs.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 414 On the Thames they [sc. grey speckled divers] are called sprat loons, for they attend that fish during its continuance in the river.

1831 R. Jameson Wilson & Bonaparte's Amer. Ornithol. (rev. ed.) III. 255 Colymbus glacialis..Great Northern Diver, or Loon.

1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. I. 187 Listening to the whistling of the solitary loon.

1860 All Year Round 29 Sept. 586 The loons hallooed and laughed at our approach.

1880 M. Fitzgibbon Trip to Manitoba ix. 101 The weird cry of the loon diving.

b. In phrases with loon's (see quots.). Also frequently as crazy as a loon (in reference to its actions in escaping from danger and its wild cry) and variants; so, as drunk as a loon; to hunt the loon (see quot. 1880).

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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]

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peanut-headed1906

dinlo1907

boob1911

goofy1921

ding-a-ling1935

jerky1944

jerk1947

jerkish1948

pointy-headed1950

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

nerkish1975

numpty1992

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk

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far gone1616

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souseda1625

blind1630

full1631

drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652

as full (or tight) as a tick1678

clear1688

drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700

as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727

as drunk as a piper1728

blind-drunkc1775

bitch foua1796

blootered1820

whole-seas over1820

three sheets in the wind1821

as drunk as a loon1830

shellaced1881

as drunk as a boiled owl1886

stinking1887

steaming drunk1892

steaming with drink1897

footless1901

legless1903

plastered1912

legless drunk1926

stinko1927

drunk as a pissant1930

kaylied1937

langers1949

stoned1952

smashed1962

shit-faced1963

out of (also off) one's bird1966

trashed1966

faced1968

stoned1968

steaming1973

langered1979

annihilated1980

obliterated1984

wankered1992

muntered1998

1830 Kentucky Intelligencer (Flemingsburg) 29 May 4 Patton informed me that McLaughlin had just gone from Elizabethville, and was ‘drunk as a loon’.

1833 Lett. President's Tour by Major Jack Downing xvii. 64 I saw thru' it in a minute, and made it all as strait as a loon's leg.

1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing 110 He begun to sing out like a loon for us to come and take him.

1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer I. i. xi. 129 After tramposing for twenty-four hours on a stretch, with not even a loon's nap at the end of it.

1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 83 Why, you're both as crazy as loons!

1848 J. Jones Sketches Trav. 102 A body what never seed a opery before would swar they was every one either drunk or crazy as loons.

1865 ‘M. Twain’ in Harte & ‘Twain’ Sk. Sixties (1926) 163 Our reserve..came filing down the street as drunk as loons.

1880 Harper's Mag. Dec. 31 Miss Lois had been hunting the loon with a hand-net—a Northern way of phrasing the wearing of the willow.

1888 C. D. Ferguson Experiences of Forty-niner ix. 121 The next morning Costler was as crazy as a loon..the mountain fever had attacked him.

1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary vi. 57 You're as crazy as a loon.

1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan xxiv. 398 Jesus, I'm drunk as a loon. I'm drunk, Kelly. Drunk.

1951 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xv. 66 Crazy as a loon.

c. transferred. A crazy person; a simpleton.Perhaps influenced by loony adj. and n.

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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person

Jack foolc1405

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loon1885

ratbag1890

doughbakea1895

ding-a-ling1899

feeb1914

dingbat1915

bodoh1922

diddy1933

Nimrod1933

pranny1949

momo1953

head-the-ball1958

flake1968

fuckwit1969

tattie-bogle1969

div1975

tube1975

wazzock1976

gonzo1977

motorhead1979

prannet1979

twonk1981

dough ball1983

numpty1985

divvy1987

1885 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Great Smoky Mountains xii. 230 But ye air a smart man ter that loon, fur..he dunno he air a loon.

1918 C. Sandburg Cornhuskers 99 I am a loon about the sea.

1945 Coast to Coast 1944 72 There we were, bottled up in camp because the loon in charge couldn't get the order signed for the trucks to leave.

a. The Great Crested Grebe ( Podiceps cristatus).

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Podicipediformes (grebes) > podiceps cristatus (crested grebe)

cargoose1677

loon1678

water witch1709

great crested grebe1873

muffler1889

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 339 The greater Loon or Arsfoot.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 395 The Grebe..Greater Loon, or Arsfoot.

1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 131 P[odiceps] cristatus,..Greater Loon.

b. The Little Grebe or Dabchick ( P. fluviatilis or minor).

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Podicipediformes (grebes) > podiceps ruficollis (dabchick)

dive-dapa1000

doppe13..

dumping1393

dippera1425

didapperc1440

dopperc1440

ducker?a1500

dabchickc1520

dive-dapper1559

arsefoot1598

loon1678

penny bird1823

helldiver1839

Tom Pudding1848

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 340 The Didapper, or Dipper, or Dobchick, or small Doucker, Loon, or Arsfoot.

1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 132 P. minor,..Small Loon.

1880 Times 28 Sept. 4/4 Loon is a name for a small bird of the grebe tribe, and much better known as the dabchick.

3. An early type of guided missile developed by the U.S. Navy.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > types of

loon1947

seeker1949

Honest John1952

Nike1952

heat-seeker1956

anti-ballistic missile1957

Polaris1957

Pershing1958

SAM1958

cruise missile1959

sea-cat1959

minuteman1961

ABM1963

lance1964

Exocet1970

trident1972

MX missile1973

stinger1975

cruise1976

tomahawk1976

silo buster1977

Euromissile1979

Brilliant Pebbles1988

1947 Newsweek 17 Mar. 64/2 The Navy also displayed a ‘bat bomb’ and a ‘loon’, two hitherto secret radio-controlled missiles.

1951 J. Coggins & F. Pratt Rockets, Jets, Guided Missiles & Space Ships iii. [28/1] Later the [U.S.] Navy built its own improved version of the V-1, called the ‘Loon’. It can be launched from a submarine far at sea in a surprise attack against a harbor or convoy.

1952 Jane's Fighting Ships 1952–53 410/1 ‘Loon’ missile is contained in a watertight steel hangar and takes off from a ramp fixed to the submarine's deck.

4. attributive, as loon-skin.

ΚΠ

1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 166 Some have robes made of muskrat skins..and I saw some of loon-skins.

Derivatives

ˈlooning n. the cry of the loon.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 230 This of the loon—I do not mean its laugh, but its looning—is a long-drawn call, as it were, sometimes singularly human to my ear.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

loonn.³

Brit.

/luːn/, U.S.

/lun/

Forms: Also 1600s lound, loone, 1800s (? erroneous) loom.

Etymology: ? Corruption of lond land n.¹

dialect. (Cheshire).

= land n.¹ 7.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land > arable or ploughed land > divisions of ploughed land

ridgeOE

butt1304

landc1400

rig1428

sheth1431

shed1473

stitch1493

loon1611

furlong1660

size-land1744

slit1775

kench1799

stimpart1896

1611 Will (Cheshire) in 31st Rep. Comm. Inq. Charities (1837) 361 Two butts of ground containing one lound.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 136/2 Butt is half the quantity of a Loon.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 137/1 Land, or Lond, or Launde, in some places called a Loone, it is as much as two large Buts.

1844 Palin in Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 62 A large portion of the flat clay-land has been formed, ages ago, into butts or loons, varying in width from 15 to 50 feet.

1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. (Gloss.) 724/2 Looms, (Chesh.), are wide lands, wider than butts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

loonn.⁴

Brit.

/luːn/, U.S.

/lun/

Etymology: < loon v.

colloquial.

plural. A style of close-fitting casual trousers widely flared from the knees to the ankles. Also (in singular) attributive, as loon pants, loon trousers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose > flared

sailor trousers1851

bell-bottoms1898

Oxford bags1925

Oxford trousers1925

Oxfords1929

sailor pants1931

bell1948

flare1964

loons1971

1971 Melody Maker 13 Nov. 50 (advt.) New velvet and cord loon pants with 28″ flare... New cotton drill loons and military trousers.

1972 Guardian 15 Aug. 17/3 As dead as tucked up loon pants.

1974 ‘D. Craig’ Whose Little Girl are You? v. 94 They had bloody long-hairs in the police now and kids in loon trousers.

1974 D. Winsor Death Convention xii. 98 I wriggled into a pair of brown velvet loons, dropped a cream lace tunic over them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

loonv.

Brit.

/luːn/, U.S.

/lun/

Etymology: Etymology unknown.

intransitive. Esp. of young people: to spend one's leisure time in a pleasurable way, e.g. by dancing to popular music; to lie about or wander about. Cf. loon n.⁴

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society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (intransitive)]

playeOE

glewc900

gameOE

lakec1300

solace1340

bourdc1440

dallyc1440

sporta1450

to make sportc1475

disport1480

to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1509

toy?1521

pastime1523

recreate1589

jest1597

feast1609

deliciate1633

divert1670

carpe diem1817

hobby-horse1819

popjoy1853

that'll be the day1916

to play around1929

loon1969

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf

luskc1330

lubber1530

to play the truant, -s1560

lazea1592

lazy1612

meecha1625

lounge1671

saunter1672

sloungea1682

slive1707

soss1711

lolpoop1722

muzz1758

shack1787

hulkc1793

creolize1802

maroon1808

shackle1809

sidle1828

slinge1834

sossle1837

loaf1838

mike1838

to sit around1844

hawm1847

wanton1847

sozzle1848

mooch1851

slosh1854

bum1857

flane1876

slummock1877

dead-beat1881

to lop about1881

scow1901

scowbank1901

stall1916

doss1937

plotz1941

lig1960

loon1969

1969 It 4 July 12/2 It's sort of music essentially to loon about to.

1969 Daily Tel. 14 July 11 (heading) Long enough to loon in.

1971 It 2 June 21/3 Children and the younger adults alike looning about in wonderful costumes.

Derivatives

ˈlooner n. one who loons.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > one engaged in amusement or entertainment

player1340

dalliera1568

pastimer1608

recreationist1819

pleasure-seeker1825

pleasurer1833

the tired businessman1913

looner1969

1969 Melody Maker 13 Sept. 12/4 In the company of looners like Eric Burdon and Brian Auger, Zoot was the king looner. Zoot became a much beloved symbol of good fun and good time music.

ˈlooning n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun]

gleea700

playeOE

gameeOE

lakec1175

skentingc1175

wil-gomenc1275

solacec1290

deduit1297

envesurec1300

playingc1300

disport1303

spilea1325

laking1340

solacingc1384

bourdc1390

mazec1390

welfarea1400

recreationc1400

solancec1400

sporta1425

sportancea1450

sportingc1475

deport1477

recreancea1500

shurting15..

ebate?1518

recreating1538

abatementc1550

pleasuring1556

comfortmenta1558

disporting1561

pastiming1574

riec1576

joyance1595

spleen1598

merriment1600

amusement1603

amusing1603

entertainment1612

spleena1616

divertisement1651

diversion1653

disportment1660

sporting of nature1666

fun1726

délassement1804

gammock1841

pleasurement1843

dallying1889

rec1922

good, clean fun1923

cracka1966

looning1966

shoppertainment1993

1966 Melody Maker 30 July 8/6 The younger members of the MM staff spend a lot of time doing something called ‘looning’. To judge by their general condition the next morning I gather this is what used to be known as ‘raving’.

1969 Daily Tel. 14 July 11 A fashion designer..has just completed his first collection of clothes aimed purely for after work. He calls them ‘looning’ clothes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹?c1450

n.²1634

n.³1611

n.⁴1971

v.1966

单词	loon
释义	loonn.¹ Brit. /luːn/, U.S. /lun/, Scottish English /lun/ Forms: Middle English lowen, Middle English–1500s loone, 1500s lound, 1500s–1800s loun(e, lown(e, 1600s– loon. Etymology: In 16th cent. lowen, lowne, rhyming with chenoun, downe. Of obscure origin; the early forms do not favour the current hypothesis of connection with early modern Dutch loen ‘homo stupidus’ (Plantijn and Kilian) which seems to be known only from dictionaries. The Old Norse lúenn, beaten, benumbed, weary, exhausted (past participial of lýja to beat, thrash) has been suggested as a possible etymon. The order of development of the senses is somewhat uncertain. Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect. 1. a. A worthless person; a rogue, scamp (esp. in false loon, to play the loon); a sluggard, idler. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer lurdanc1330 player1340 moochera1425 loon?c1450 lounger?a1513 idler1534 rest man1542 holiday-woman1548 baty bummill1568 bummill baty1568 friar-fly?1577 idol1579 lingerer1579 loll1582 idleby1589 shit-rags1598 blaitie bum1602 idle1635 Lollard1635 loiterer1684 saunterer1688 scobberlotchera1697 bumble1786 quisby1789 waffler1805 shoat1808 loafer1830 bummer1855 dead beat1863 bum1864 scowbanker1864 schnorrer1875 scowbank1881 ikey1906 layabout1932 lie-about1937 spine-basher1946 limer1964 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7957 Þe clerkis þat were þare, leþir lowens [rhyme chenouns]. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2413 in Poems (1981) 90 Than lychtlie in the bukket lap the loun:..The tod come hailland vp, the volff ȝeid doun. 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 216 Fra honest folk deuoide this lathly lown. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Jiv That men shall call the malapert or dronke Or an abbey lowne, or lymner of a monke. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. G. viii b Cum here loundes, cum here tykes. 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxviii. 68 To loup on lassis, lait, and play the Lowne. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. B4 For shame subscribe, and let the lowne depart. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxiii. 36 Let not sik louns with teasings ȝou allure. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 85 He held'em [sc. breeches] sixpence all too deere, With that he cald the Taylor lowne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 11 The diuell damne thee blacke, thou cream-fac'd Loone . View more context for this quotation 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 289 Looking on with their hands folded behind their back when louns are running with the spoil of Zion on their back. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 46 The Scots say, a fausse, i.e. false Loon. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 245 But the false Loon who cou'd not work his Will By open Force, employ'd his flatt'ring Skill. 1763 C. Churchill Prophecy of Famine 18 When with a foreign loon she stole away. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iv. 203 Out upon him, the lazy loon! appositively.16.. in Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 392 Christ's minister may not preach Christ's trueth, if a loun minister neare by him have taught lies, except the Bishop give him leave so to doe. b. Of a woman: A strumpet, concubine. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman queanOE whorec1175 malkinc1275 wenchelc1300 ribalda1350 strumpeta1350 wench1362 filtha1375 parnelc1390 sinner14.. callet1415 slut?c1425 tickle-tailc1430 harlot?a1475 mignote1489 kittock?a1500 mulea1513 trulla1516 trully?1515 danta1529 miswoman1528 stewed whore1532 Tib1533 unchaghe1534 flag1535 Katy1535 jillet1541 yaud1545 housewife1546 trinkletc1550 whippet1550 Canace1551 filthy1553 Jezebel1558 kittyc1560 loonc1560 laced mutton1563 nymph1563 limmer1566 tomboy1566 Marian1567 mort1567 cockatrice1568 franion1571 blowze1573 rannell1573 rig1575 Kita1577 poplet1577 light-skirts1578 pucelle1578 harlotry1584 light o' lovea1586 driggle-draggle1588 wagtail1592 tub-tail1595 flirt-gill1597 minx1598 hilding1599 short-heels1599 bona-roba1600 flirt1600 Hiren1600 light-heels1602 roba1602 baggage1603 cousin1604 fricatrice1607 rumbelow1611 amorosa1615 jaya1616 open-taila1618 succubus1622 snaphancea1625 flap1631 buttered bun1638 puffkin1639 vizard1652 fallen woman1659 tomrigg1662 cunt1663 quaedama1670 jilt1672 crack1677 grass-girl1691 sporting girl1694 sportswoman1705 mobbed hood1707 brim1736 trollop1742 trub1746 demi-rep1749 gillyflower1757 lady of easy virtue1766 mot1773 chicken1782 gammerstang1788 buer1807 scarlet woman1816 blowen1819 fie-fie1820 shickster?1834 streel1842 charver1846 trolly1854 bad girl1855 amateur1862 anonyma1862 demi-virgin1864 pickup1871 chippy1885 wish-wife1886 tart1887 tartleta1890 flossy1893 fly girl1893 demi-mondaine1894 floozy1899 slattern1899 scrub1900 demi-vierge1908 cake1909 coozie1912 muff1914 tarty1918 yes-girl1920 radge1923 bike1945 puta1948 messer1951 cooze1955 jamette1965 skeezer1986 slutbag1987 chickenhead1988 ho1988 c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) iv. 87 The gayest grittest loun. c1600 in Gordon Fraser Wigtown (1877) 392 Bad hir swithe [printed snyithe] pack hir furthe harlot lowne. 1714 A. Ramsay Elegy John Cowper vii He ken'd the bawds and louns fou well. 1802 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border II. 68 I trow some may has plaid the lown. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 35 Thou art too low to be their lawful love, and too high to be their unlawful loon. 2. A man of low birth or condition; in phrase lord and loon. Now only archaic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > person swaina1150 ladc1300 loon1535 blue coat1583 gaffer1589 snake1590 meaner1596 frock1612 groundling1630 frock-man1657 coolie1803 simple1824 yellow dog1862 Harry1874 smock-frock1898 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 45 Thus for ane loun than lichlyit is ane lord. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. I viii b The Lurdein was, in a maner, all one wyth the Lorde, and the Lounde wyth the Larde. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xix. 26 Wee should haue both Lorde and Lowne, if the peeuish baggadge would but giue way to customers. View more context for this quotation a1650 Capt. Carr in Furnivall Percy Folio I. 81 ‘I will not geve over my hous,’ she saithe, ‘Neither for lord nor lowne.’ 1840 R. H. Barham ‘Monstre’ Balloon in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 297 The peer and the peasant, the lord and the loon. 3. A boor, lout, clown; an untaught, ill-bred person. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lout or boor > [noun] carter1509 clumpertonc1534 club1542 pig1546 lout1548 clinchpoop1555 clout-shoe1563 loose-breech1575 hoyden1593 clunch1602 clod1607 camel1609 clusterfist1611 loon1619 Grobian1621 clota1637 hoyde1636 Hottentot1710 yahoo1726 polisson1866 mucker1884 bohunk1908 hairy ape1931 cafone1949 trog1956 oafo1959 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > unrefined manners or behaviour > person bearc1395 carter1509 kensy?a1513 clumpertonc1534 club1542 lout1548 clinchpoop1555 clout-shoe1563 loose-breech1575 clown1583 hoyden1593 boor1598 kill-courtesy1600 rustic1600 clunch1602 loblolly1604 camel1609 clusterfist1611 loon1619 Grobian1621 rough diamonda1625 hoyde1636 clodhopper1699 roughhead1726 indelicate1741 vulgarian1809 snob1838 vulgarist1847 yahoo1861 cave-dweller1865 polisson1866 mucker1884 caveman1907 wampus1912 yobbo1922 yenta1923 yob1927 rude1946 cafone1949 no-neck1961 ocker1971 1619 R. West Schoole of Vertue: 2nd Pt. sig. A8 With manlike cheere, Not like a rusticke Lowne. 1784 Unfortunate Sensibility I. 133 I contrasted him with the ill-bred loons who had addressed my mother in my behalf. 1790 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 550 [He] Cam shaking hands wi' wabster-louns. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 6 Now get thee hence, thou grey-beard Loon. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 178 Go to your Provost, you borrel loons. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 49 A titled loon of high degree. 4. A fellow, man, ‘chap’. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] churla800 werec900 rinkeOE wapmanc950 heOE wyeOE gomeOE ledeOE seggeOE shalkOE manOE carmanlOE mother bairnc1225 hemea1250 mother sona1250 hind1297 buck1303 mister mana1325 piecec1325 groomc1330 man of mouldc1330 hathela1350 sire1362 malea1382 fellowa1393 guestc1394 sergeant?a1400 tailarda1400 tulka1400 harlotc1405 mother's sona1470 frekea1475 her1488 masculinea1500 gentlemana1513 horse?a1513 mutton?a1513 merchant1549 child1551 dick1553 sorrya1555 knavea1556 dandiprat1556 cove1567 rat1571 manling1573 bird1575 stone-horse1580 loona1586 shaver1592 slave1592 copemate1593 tit1594 dog1597 hima1599 prick1598 dingle-dangle1605 jade1608 dildoa1616 Roger1631 Johnny1648 boy1651 cod1653 cully1676 son of a bitch1697 cull1698 feller1699 chap1704 buff1708 son of a gun1708 buffer1749 codger1750 Mr1753 he-man1758 fella1778 gilla1790 gloak1795 joker1811 gory1819 covey1821 chappie1822 Charley1825 hombre1832 brother-man1839 rooster1840 blokie1841 hoss1843 Joe1846 guy1847 plug1848 chal1851 rye1851 omee1859 bloke1861 guffin1862 gadgie1865 mug1865 kerel1873 stiff1882 snoozer1884 geezer1885 josser1886 dude1895 gazabo1896 jasper1896 prairie dog1897 sport1897 crow-eater1899 papa1903 gink1906 stud1909 scout1912 head1913 beezer1914 jeff1917 pisser1918 bimbo1919 bozo1920 gee1921 mush1936 rye mush1936 basher1942 okie1943 mugger1945 cat1946 ou1949 tess1952 oke1970 bra1974 muzhik1993 a1586 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 152 The wyffis..fand lyff in the loun. 1726 W. Starrat Pastoral in Praise A. Ramsay (single sheet) And learn'd the Latin Loones sic Springs to play, As gares the Warld gang dancing to this Day. 1901 Scotsman 28 Feb. 8/3 Wherever Moray loons may gather. 5. A boy, lad, youth. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] frumberdlingc1000 young manOE childc1225 hind1297 pagec1300 youtha1325 fawnc1369 swainc1386 stripling1398 boy1440 springaldc1450 jovencel1490 younkera1522 speara1529 gorrel1530 lad1535 hobbledehoy1540 cockerel1547 waga1556 spring1559 loonc1560 hensure1568 youngster1577 imp1578 pigsney1581 cocklinga1586 demy1589 muchacho1591 shaver1592 snipper-snappera1593 callant1597 spaught1598 stubble boy1598 ghillie1603 codling1612 cuba1616 skippera1616 man-boy1637 sprig1646 callow1651 halflang1660 stubbed boy1683 gossoon1684 gilpie1718 stirraha1722 young lion1792 halfling1794 pubescent1795 young man1810 sixteener1824 señorito1843 tad1845 boysie1846 shaveling1854 ephebe1880 boychick1921 lightie1946 young blood1967 studmuffin1986 the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun] knightc893 knapec1000 knaveOE knape childc1175 knave-childa1225 groom?c1225 knight-bairnc1275 pagec1300 mana1382 swainc1386 knave-bairna1400 little mana1425 man-childa1438 boy1440 little boya1475 lad1535 boykin1540 tomboya1556 urchin1556 loonc1560 kinchin-co(ve)1567 big boy1572 dandiprat1582 pricket1582 boy child1584 callant1597 suck-egg1609 nacketc1618 custrel1668 hospital-boy1677 whelp1710 laddie1721 charity-boy1723 pam-child1760 chappie1822 bo1825 boyo1835 wagling1837 shirttail boy1840 boysie1846 umfaan1852 nipper1859 yob1859 fellow-my-lad?1860 laddo1870 chokra1875 shegetz1885 spalpeen1891 spadger1899 bug1900 boychick1921 sonny boy1928 sonny1939 okie1943 lightie1946 outjie1961 oke1970 c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) ii. 107 For thair wes nowdir lad not loun Mycht eit ane baikin loche For fowness. 1785 J. Boswell Jrnl. Tour Hebrides 17 Sept. 1773, 263 The usual figure of a Sky-boy, is a lown with bare legs and feet. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 75 Urging each lown to leave his sports in fear. 1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 127 As when ye roamed, a hardy loon, Upon the banks o' May. 1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister (1894) 202 The family..consisted of three loons and a lassie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). loonn.² Brit. /luːn/, U.S. /lun/ Etymology: Apparently an alteration of loom n.², perhaps by assimilation to loon n.¹ A name for certain aquatic birds. 1. a. Any bird of the genus Colymbus, esp. the Great Northern Diver ( C. glacialis), remarkable for its loud cry. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Gariidae (divers and loons) > gavia immer (common loon) loon1634 ember1744 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. viii. 31 The Loone is an ill shap'd thing like a Cormorant. 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 12 The Loone is a Water Fowl, alike in shape to the Wobble. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 341 Greatest speckled-Diver, or Loon. 1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. I. Biberg Oeconomy Nature in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 75 The diver or loon..lays also two eggs. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 414 On the Thames they [sc. grey speckled divers] are called sprat loons, for they attend that fish during its continuance in the river. 1831 R. Jameson Wilson & Bonaparte's Amer. Ornithol. (rev. ed.) III. 255 Colymbus glacialis..Great Northern Diver, or Loon. 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. I. 187 Listening to the whistling of the solitary loon. 1860 All Year Round 29 Sept. 586 The loons hallooed and laughed at our approach. 1880 M. Fitzgibbon Trip to Manitoba ix. 101 The weird cry of the loon diving. b. In phrases with loon's (see quots.). Also frequently as crazy as a loon (in reference to its actions in escaping from danger and its wild cry) and variants; so, as drunk as a loon; to hunt the loon (see quot. 1880). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] dizzyc825 unwisec825 redelessOE unwittyc1000 daftlikec1175 witlessc1175 canga1225 adoted?c1225 cangun?c1225 egedec1225 cangeda1250 foola1250 snepea1250 aerwittec1275 sotlyc1275 unslyc1275 unwitterc1275 unwilya1300 nicec1300 goosishc1374 unskilfulc1374 follyc1380 lewdc1380 mis-feelinga1382 dottlec1390 foltedc1390 peevishc1400 fona1425 fonnishc1425 foliousa1450 foolisha1450 daft?c1450 doitedc1450 dotyc1450 daffish1470 insapientc1470 gucked?a1500 wanwittya1500 furious1526 insipient1528 seelya1529 dawish?1529 foolage1545 momish1546 base-wittedc1547 stultitiousa1549 follifulc1550 senseless1565 mopish1568 fondish1579 unsensiblea1586 fondly1587 dizzardly1594 follial1596 featlessc1598 fopperly1599 gowkeda1605 inept1604 simple1604 anserine1607 foppish1608 silly ass1608 unsage1608 wisdomless1608 fool-beggeda1616 Gotham1621 noddy1645 badot1653 dosser-headed1655 infrunite1657 nonsensicalc1661 slight1663 sappy1670 datelessa1686 noddy-peaked1694 nizy1709 dottled1772 gypit1804 shay-brained1806 folly-stricken1807 fool-like1811 goosy1811 spoony1813 niddle-noddle1821 gumptionless1823 daftish1825 anserous1826 as crazy as a loon1830 spoonish1833 cheese-headed1836 dotty1860 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 dilly1873 gormless1883 daffy1884 monkey-doodle1886 mosy1887 jay1891 pithecanthropic1897 peanut-headed1906 dinlo1907 boob1911 goofy1921 ding-a-ling1935 jerky1944 jerk1947 jerkish1948 pointy-headed1950 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 nerkish1975 numpty1992 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350 to-drunka1382 as drunk as the devilc1400 sow-drunk1509 fish-drunk1591 swine-drunk1592 gone1603 far gone1616 reeling drunk1620 soda1625 souseda1625 blind1630 full1631 drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652 as full (or tight) as a tick1678 clear1688 drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700 as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727 as drunk as a piper1728 blind-drunkc1775 bitch foua1796 blootered1820 whole-seas over1820 three sheets in the wind1821 as drunk as a loon1830 shellaced1881 as drunk as a boiled owl1886 stinking1887 steaming drunk1892 steaming with drink1897 footless1901 legless1903 plastered1912 legless drunk1926 stinko1927 drunk as a pissant1930 kaylied1937 langers1949 stoned1952 smashed1962 shit-faced1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 trashed1966 faced1968 stoned1968 steaming1973 langered1979 annihilated1980 obliterated1984 wankered1992 muntered1998 1830 Kentucky Intelligencer (Flemingsburg) 29 May 4 Patton informed me that McLaughlin had just gone from Elizabethville, and was ‘drunk as a loon’. 1833 Lett. President's Tour by Major Jack Downing xvii. 64 I saw thru' it in a minute, and made it all as strait as a loon's leg. 1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing 110 He begun to sing out like a loon for us to come and take him. 1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer I. i. xi. 129 After tramposing for twenty-four hours on a stretch, with not even a loon's nap at the end of it. 1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 83 Why, you're both as crazy as loons! 1848 J. Jones Sketches Trav. 102 A body what never seed a opery before would swar they was every one either drunk or crazy as loons. 1865 ‘M. Twain’ in Harte & ‘Twain’ Sk. Sixties (1926) 163 Our reserve..came filing down the street as drunk as loons. 1880 Harper's Mag. Dec. 31 Miss Lois had been hunting the loon with a hand-net—a Northern way of phrasing the wearing of the willow. 1888 C. D. Ferguson Experiences of Forty-niner ix. 121 The next morning Costler was as crazy as a loon..the mountain fever had attacked him. 1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary vi. 57 You're as crazy as a loon. 1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan xxiv. 398 Jesus, I'm drunk as a loon. I'm drunk, Kelly. Drunk. 1951 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xv. 66 Crazy as a loon. c. transferred. A crazy person; a simpleton.Perhaps influenced by loony adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person Jack foolc1405 drivel1478 idiotc1480 nidiot1533 hare-brain1542 hare-copa1566 nidget1579 lunatic1602 flight-head1605 moonling1631 driveller1682 tomfool1683 niddy-noddy1722 imbecile1781 puggle1783 gype1825 eejit1853 nowmun1854 dinlo1873 loon1885 ratbag1890 doughbakea1895 ding-a-ling1899 feeb1914 dingbat1915 bodoh1922 diddy1933 Nimrod1933 pranny1949 momo1953 head-the-ball1958 flake1968 fuckwit1969 tattie-bogle1969 div1975 tube1975 wazzock1976 gonzo1977 motorhead1979 prannet1979 twonk1981 dough ball1983 numpty1985 divvy1987 1885 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Great Smoky Mountains xii. 230 But ye air a smart man ter that loon, fur..he dunno he air a loon. 1918 C. Sandburg Cornhuskers 99 I am a loon about the sea. 1945 Coast to Coast 1944 72 There we were, bottled up in camp because the loon in charge couldn't get the order signed for the trucks to leave. 2. a. The Great Crested Grebe ( Podiceps cristatus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Podicipediformes (grebes) > podiceps cristatus (crested grebe) cargoose1677 loon1678 water witch1709 great crested grebe1873 muffler1889 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 339 The greater Loon or Arsfoot. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 395 The Grebe..Greater Loon, or Arsfoot. 1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 131 P[odiceps] cristatus,..Greater Loon. b. The Little Grebe or Dabchick ( P. fluviatilis or minor). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Podicipediformes (grebes) > podiceps ruficollis (dabchick) dive-dapa1000 doppe13.. dumping1393 dippera1425 didapperc1440 dopperc1440 ducker?a1500 dabchickc1520 dive-dapper1559 arsefoot1598 loon1678 penny bird1823 helldiver1839 Tom Pudding1848 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 340 The Didapper, or Dipper, or Dobchick, or small Doucker, Loon, or Arsfoot. 1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 132 P. minor,..Small Loon. 1880 Times 28 Sept. 4/4 Loon is a name for a small bird of the grebe tribe, and much better known as the dabchick. 3. An early type of guided missile developed by the U.S. Navy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > types of loon1947 seeker1949 Honest John1952 Nike1952 heat-seeker1956 anti-ballistic missile1957 Polaris1957 Pershing1958 SAM1958 cruise missile1959 sea-cat1959 minuteman1961 ABM1963 lance1964 Exocet1970 trident1972 MX missile1973 stinger1975 cruise1976 tomahawk1976 silo buster1977 Euromissile1979 Brilliant Pebbles1988 1947 Newsweek 17 Mar. 64/2 The Navy also displayed a ‘bat bomb’ and a ‘loon’, two hitherto secret radio-controlled missiles. 1951 J. Coggins & F. Pratt Rockets, Jets, Guided Missiles & Space Ships iii. [28/1] Later the [U.S.] Navy built its own improved version of the V-1, called the ‘Loon’. It can be launched from a submarine far at sea in a surprise attack against a harbor or convoy. 1952 Jane's Fighting Ships 1952–53 410/1 ‘Loon’ missile is contained in a watertight steel hangar and takes off from a ramp fixed to the submarine's deck. 4. attributive, as loon-skin. ΚΠ 1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 166 Some have robes made of muskrat skins..and I saw some of loon-skins. Derivatives ˈlooning n. the cry of the loon.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 230 This of the loon—I do not mean its laugh, but its looning—is a long-drawn call, as it were, sometimes singularly human to my ear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). loonn.³ Brit. /luːn/, U.S. /lun/ Forms: Also 1600s lound, loone, 1800s (? erroneous) loom. Etymology: ? Corruption of lond land n.¹ dialect. (Cheshire). = land n.¹ 7. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land > arable or ploughed land > divisions of ploughed land ridgeOE butt1304 landc1400 rig1428 sheth1431 shed1473 stitch1493 loon1611 furlong1660 size-land1744 slit1775 kench1799 stimpart1896 1611 Will (Cheshire) in 31st Rep. Comm. Inq. Charities (1837) 361 Two butts of ground containing one lound. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 136/2 Butt is half the quantity of a Loon. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 137/1 Land, or Lond, or Launde, in some places called a Loone, it is as much as two large Buts. 1844 Palin in Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 62 A large portion of the flat clay-land has been formed, ages ago, into butts or loons, varying in width from 15 to 50 feet. 1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. (Gloss.) 724/2 Looms, (Chesh.), are wide lands, wider than butts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). loonn.⁴ Brit. /luːn/, U.S. /lun/ Etymology: < loon v. colloquial. plural. A style of close-fitting casual trousers widely flared from the knees to the ankles. Also (in singular) attributive, as loon pants, loon trousers. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose > flared sailor trousers1851 bell-bottoms1898 Oxford bags1925 Oxford trousers1925 Oxfords1929 sailor pants1931 bell1948 flare1964 loons1971 1971 Melody Maker 13 Nov. 50 (advt.) New velvet and cord loon pants with 28″ flare... New cotton drill loons and military trousers. 1972 Guardian 15 Aug. 17/3 As dead as tucked up loon pants. 1974 ‘D. Craig’ Whose Little Girl are You? v. 94 They had bloody long-hairs in the police now and kids in loon trousers. 1974 D. Winsor Death Convention xii. 98 I wriggled into a pair of brown velvet loons, dropped a cream lace tunic over them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). loonv. Brit. /luːn/, U.S. /lun/ Etymology: Etymology unknown. intransitive. Esp. of young people: to spend one's leisure time in a pleasurable way, e.g. by dancing to popular music; to lie about or wander about. Cf. loon n.⁴ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (intransitive)] playeOE glewc900 gameOE lakec1300 solace1340 bourdc1440 dallyc1440 sporta1450 to make sportc1475 disport1480 to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1509 toy?1521 pastime1523 recreate1589 jest1597 feast1609 deliciate1633 divert1670 carpe diem1817 hobby-horse1819 popjoy1853 that'll be the day1916 to play around1929 loon1969 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf luskc1330 lubber1530 to play the truant, -s1560 lazea1592 lazy1612 meecha1625 lounge1671 saunter1672 sloungea1682 slive1707 soss1711 lolpoop1722 muzz1758 shack1787 hulkc1793 creolize1802 maroon1808 shackle1809 sidle1828 slinge1834 sossle1837 loaf1838 mike1838 to sit around1844 hawm1847 wanton1847 sozzle1848 mooch1851 slosh1854 bum1857 flane1876 slummock1877 dead-beat1881 to lop about1881 scow1901 scowbank1901 stall1916 doss1937 plotz1941 lig1960 loon1969 1969 It 4 July 12/2 It's sort of music essentially to loon about to. 1969 Daily Tel. 14 July 11 (heading) Long enough to loon in. 1971 It 2 June 21/3 Children and the younger adults alike looning about in wonderful costumes. Derivatives ˈlooner n. one who loons. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > one engaged in amusement or entertainment player1340 dalliera1568 pastimer1608 recreationist1819 pleasure-seeker1825 pleasurer1833 the tired businessman1913 looner1969 1969 Melody Maker 13 Sept. 12/4 In the company of looners like Eric Burdon and Brian Auger, Zoot was the king looner. Zoot became a much beloved symbol of good fun and good time music. ˈlooning n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] gleea700 playeOE gameeOE lakec1175 skentingc1175 wil-gomenc1275 solacec1290 deduit1297 envesurec1300 playingc1300 disport1303 spilea1325 laking1340 solacingc1384 bourdc1390 mazec1390 welfarea1400 recreationc1400 solancec1400 sporta1425 sportancea1450 sportingc1475 deport1477 recreancea1500 shurting15.. ebate?1518 recreating1538 abatementc1550 pleasuring1556 comfortmenta1558 disporting1561 pastiming1574 riec1576 joyance1595 spleen1598 merriment1600 amusement1603 amusing1603 entertainment1612 spleena1616 divertisement1651 diversion1653 disportment1660 sporting of nature1666 fun1726 délassement1804 gammock1841 pleasurement1843 dallying1889 rec1922 good, clean fun1923 cracka1966 looning1966 shoppertainment1993 1966 Melody Maker 30 July 8/6 The younger members of the MM staff spend a lot of time doing something called ‘looning’. To judge by their general condition the next morning I gather this is what used to be known as ‘raving’. 1969 Daily Tel. 14 July 11 A fashion designer..has just completed his first collection of clothes aimed purely for after work. He calls them ‘looning’ clothes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹?c1450n.²1634n.³1611n.⁴1971v.1966
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