AWOLn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈeɪwɒl/, U.S.

/ˈeɪˌwɔl/,

/ˈeɪˌwɑl/

Forms: 1800s– A.W.O.L. (with points), 1900s– AWOL, 1900s– Awol, 1900s– Awol. (with point), 1900s– awol.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymons: absence without leave n. at absence n. Phrases 1; absent without leave at absent adj. and n. Phrases a.

Etymology: As noun, acronym < the initial letters of absence without leave (see absence without leave n. at absence n. Phrases 1). As adjective, acronym < the initial letters of absent without leave (see absent without leave at absent adj. and n. Phrases a).In early use sometimes an initialism; compare quot. 1949 at sense B. 2, and also:1921 Outing June 137/1 I was surprised to find one day that unless I left the following morning to rejoin my regiment I would be an ‘a-w-o-l’.1957 B. Evans & C. Evans Dict. Contemp. Amer. Usage 9/2 awol..in World War I..was pronounced as four letters; in World War II, it was pronounced as a word.

Originally U.S. Military.

A. n.

1. Military. Absence without official leave constituting a punishable offence. Also in extended use. Cf. desertion n. 2.

ΚΠ

1894 Rep. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Misc. Documents House of Representatives 1894–5 (1895) 431 November 25: Patient left the ward this date without leave. December 5: Patient returned from A. W. O. L.

1911 Amer. Jrnl. Insanity 68 285 Forty-nine desertions and 26 A. W. O. L. make 75 offences.

1919 E. W. Black Hosp. Heroes viii. 144 I was rather worried about his A.W.O.L.

1920 Jrnl. Phi Rho Sigma Fraternity Jan. 41 (header) A. W. O. L. rare at Gamma meetings.

1983 Bull. Atomic Scientists May 31/2 Soldiers know that after 24 hours awol is viewed as desertion.

2010 L. J. Morris Mil. Justice v. 66 Courts-martial for AWOL and desertion are relatively uncommon in peacetime.

2. colloquial (chiefly Military). A person who is absent without leave.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > absent without leave

absent without leave1915

AWOL1918

1918 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 3 Dec. 10/5 His eyes twinkled when he said he one day had to ‘discipline’ 35 ‘awols’. An ‘awol’ is a man ‘absent without leave’.

1919 Cent. Mag. Nov. 4/1 Most of the fellows in here are just plain drunks or awols. Awols? Why, absent without leaves.

1945 Life 12 Mar. 17/1 Usually it is an AWOL's need for money in a strange and hungry land that leads him to prison.

2009 S. King Under Dome 677 She'd been good enough at what she did in Guam and Germany—rousting drunk troops out of bars, chasing AWOLs, [etc.].

B. adj.

1. Military. Absent without official leave.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > [adjective]

absenta1325

missinga1400

truanta1550

absenteda1586

AWOL1895

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [adverb] > absent without leave

AWOL1895

adrift1919

1895 Let. from Secretary of War 24 in Executive Documents House of Representatives 1894–5 No. 342. Clothing receipts of discharged, furloughed, and A. W. O. L. members.

1904 Jrnl. 26th Ann. Encampment G. A. R. Michigan 53 Number A. W. L. and A. W. O. L., men.

1918 Chicago Tribune 1 Sept. 9 (headline) Elgin police arrest 11 Camp Grant ‘Awol.’ men.

1945 Pop. Mech. Nov. 88 Black market operators, hijackers of military vehicles, AWOL soldiers and other lawbreakers.

1973 Crisis June 209/1 A Master Sergeant ordered him to return to his barracks. This he did, but was nevertheless accused of being AWOL.

1998 G. Seymour Dead Ground 191 I could walk into the embassy and tell the Marine guard that I was AWOL, that I was a deserter.

2. colloquial. In extended use: absent from where one should be; missing, esp. intentionally.

ΚΠ

1919 N.Y. Tribune 29 Jan. 10/4 Arguing ex parte, Maybe you can tell Why I find your heart A. W. O. L.

1921 Jrnl. U.S. Artillery June 573 The whole lower half of the man's left ear had been AWOL since early youth.

1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season x. 98 Nothing sticks the gaff into your chatelaine more than a guest being constantly a.w.o.l.

1979 Guardian 16 June 9/6 A new song was needed quick and Hart was AWOL again.

2000 Time 6 Mar. 56/2 A vanload of AWOL television sets.

Phrases

colloquial. to go AWOL: to go absent without leave. Frequently in extended use.

ΚΠ

1918 Indianapolis Med. Jrnl. Dec. 619/2 It did not take our amiable superior officers long to see that something had to be done or everyone would be going A. W. O. L.

1945 A. Ginsberg Let. 12 Aug. in J. Kerouac & A. Ginsberg Lett. (2010) 13 I..don't find myself itching to knock out anybody's teeth or go A.W.O.L.

1980 Black Belt Apr. 40 We not only dealt with the enemy, but with American servicemen who had gone AWOL.

1997 A. Wood EastEnders (BBC TV script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 561. 18 Well it's not only Joe who's gone AWOL. Kathy's supposed to be back but she hasn't set foot in here.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	awol
释义	AWOLn.adj. Brit. /ˈeɪwɒl/, U.S. /ˈeɪˌwɔl/, /ˈeɪˌwɑl/ Forms: 1800s– A.W.O.L. (with points), 1900s– AWOL, 1900s– Awol, 1900s– Awol. (with point), 1900s– awol. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymons: absence without leave n. at absence n. Phrases 1; absent without leave at absent adj. and n. Phrases a. Etymology: As noun, acronym < the initial letters of absence without leave (see absence without leave n. at absence n. Phrases 1). As adjective, acronym < the initial letters of absent without leave (see absent without leave at absent adj. and n. Phrases a).In early use sometimes an initialism; compare quot. 1949 at sense B. 2, and also:1921 Outing June 137/1 I was surprised to find one day that unless I left the following morning to rejoin my regiment I would be an ‘a-w-o-l’.1957 B. Evans & C. Evans Dict. Contemp. Amer. Usage 9/2 awol..in World War I..was pronounced as four letters; in World War II, it was pronounced as a word. Originally U.S. Military. A. n. 1. Military. Absence without official leave constituting a punishable offence. Also in extended use. Cf. desertion n. 2. ΚΠ 1894 Rep. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Misc. Documents House of Representatives 1894–5 (1895) 431 November 25: Patient left the ward this date without leave. December 5: Patient returned from A. W. O. L. 1911 Amer. Jrnl. Insanity 68 285 Forty-nine desertions and 26 A. W. O. L. make 75 offences. 1919 E. W. Black Hosp. Heroes viii. 144 I was rather worried about his A.W.O.L. 1920 Jrnl. Phi Rho Sigma Fraternity Jan. 41 (header) A. W. O. L. rare at Gamma meetings. 1983 Bull. Atomic Scientists May 31/2 Soldiers know that after 24 hours awol is viewed as desertion. 2010 L. J. Morris Mil. Justice v. 66 Courts-martial for AWOL and desertion are relatively uncommon in peacetime. 2. colloquial (chiefly Military). A person who is absent without leave. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > absent without leave absent without leave1915 AWOL1918 1918 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 3 Dec. 10/5 His eyes twinkled when he said he one day had to ‘discipline’ 35 ‘awols’. An ‘awol’ is a man ‘absent without leave’. 1919 Cent. Mag. Nov. 4/1 Most of the fellows in here are just plain drunks or awols. Awols? Why, absent without leaves. 1945 Life 12 Mar. 17/1 Usually it is an AWOL's need for money in a strange and hungry land that leads him to prison. 2009 S. King Under Dome 677 She'd been good enough at what she did in Guam and Germany—rousting drunk troops out of bars, chasing AWOLs, [etc.]. B. adj. 1. Military. Absent without official leave. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > [adjective] absenta1325 missinga1400 truanta1550 absenteda1586 AWOL1895 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [adverb] > absent without leave AWOL1895 adrift1919 1895 Let. from Secretary of War 24 in Executive Documents House of Representatives 1894–5 No. 342. Clothing receipts of discharged, furloughed, and A. W. O. L. members. 1904 Jrnl. 26th Ann. Encampment G. A. R. Michigan 53 Number A. W. L. and A. W. O. L., men. 1918 Chicago Tribune 1 Sept. 9 (headline) Elgin police arrest 11 Camp Grant ‘Awol.’ men. 1945 Pop. Mech. Nov. 88 Black market operators, hijackers of military vehicles, AWOL soldiers and other lawbreakers. 1973 Crisis June 209/1 A Master Sergeant ordered him to return to his barracks. This he did, but was nevertheless accused of being AWOL. 1998 G. Seymour Dead Ground 191 I could walk into the embassy and tell the Marine guard that I was AWOL, that I was a deserter. 2. colloquial. In extended use: absent from where one should be; missing, esp. intentionally. ΚΠ 1919 N.Y. Tribune 29 Jan. 10/4 Arguing ex parte, Maybe you can tell Why I find your heart A. W. O. L. 1921 Jrnl. U.S. Artillery June 573 The whole lower half of the man's left ear had been AWOL since early youth. 1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season x. 98 Nothing sticks the gaff into your chatelaine more than a guest being constantly a.w.o.l. 1979 Guardian 16 June 9/6 A new song was needed quick and Hart was AWOL again. 2000 Time 6 Mar. 56/2 A vanload of AWOL television sets. Phrases colloquial. to go AWOL: to go absent without leave. Frequently in extended use. ΚΠ 1918 Indianapolis Med. Jrnl. Dec. 619/2 It did not take our amiable superior officers long to see that something had to be done or everyone would be going A. W. O. L. 1945 A. Ginsberg Let. 12 Aug. in J. Kerouac & A. Ginsberg Lett. (2010) 13 I..don't find myself itching to knock out anybody's teeth or go A.W.O.L. 1980 Black Belt Apr. 40 We not only dealt with the enemy, but with American servicemen who had gone AWOL. 1997 A. Wood EastEnders (BBC TV script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 561. 18 Well it's not only Joe who's gone AWOL. Kathy's supposed to be back but she hasn't set foot in here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1894
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