nanan.¹

Brit.

/ˈnanə/, U.S.

/ˈnɑnə/,

/ˈnænə/

Forms: 1800s– nana, 1900s– nanna. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nanny n.¹

Etymology: Probably representing a child's pronunciation of nanny n.¹, perhaps after mama n.¹

colloquial. Chiefly as a form of address or informal title.

1. A children's nurse; a nanny. Cf. nan n.² 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse

nouricec1225

nursea1325

rockera1325

nourish1340

nursha1382

nursery nurse1494

nutrice1529

nurse-girl1596

dry-nursea1616

nursey1760

bonne1771

ayah1782

nanny1785

momma1803

nursery girla1812

mammy1837

nanac1844

day nurse1855

caretaker1858

nursekin1862

Norland1894

nounou1894

nurselet1894

Plunket1909

metapelet1950

c1844 E. Pepys Diary 8 Oct. in Country Life (1972) 9 Mar. 577/1 I cut Herbert's hand..he only said ‘O, Emy you had better send for Nana.’

1869 C. M. Yonge Release ii. xi. 176 Poor dear Zélie..had been mother's nana.

1901 Punch 4 Dec. 405/2 Please, Nanna, don't turn on the dark.

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 7 Children still use, as in the nineties, and long before, mummy, daddy, nanny or nanna, nursie.

1954 Caribbean Q. 3 i. 5 The role of the nana or nurse in preserving folk songs, tales..herb lore is not to be under-estimated.

2. One's grandmother; a grandmother. Cf. nan n.² 2.Recorded in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. from many scattered localities, especially the north-eastern United States.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother

eldmotherc1000

grandamc1225

good-dame1400

grandmother1424

beldamc1440

lucky1629

granny1659

grandmama1694

lucky minnie1755

grandma1772

grandmammy1789

gran1829

babushka1834

abuela1836

grandmom1860

grandmum1861

grammy1886

dadi1888

minnie1888

grams1893

bubbe1895

nana1899

gram1923

nanny1927

lola1934

abuelita1937

oma1948

nain1954

nan1955

makulu1980

omi1988

1899 E. E. Cummings Let. 27 Nov. (1969) 3 I am sorry dear Nana but I will be a good boy.

1959 Woman's Own 2 May 9/2 Cliffie..lived with his grandparents... Sometimes he would say..‘I think I must go home today, thank you. Nana is expecting me.’

1999 C. Aherne et al. Royle Family Scripts: Series 2 (2000) ii. 37 Mam, Nana says she don't want too much meat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nanan.²

Brit.

/ˈnɑːnə/, U.S.

/ˈnænə/,

/ˈnɑnə/

Forms: 1900s– nana, 1900s– 'nana, 1900s– nanner, 1900s– 'nanner, 1900s– narna.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: banana n.

Etymology: Shortened < banana n.The form nanny in the quot. below is perhaps humorously after nanny n.¹ or nanny n.²:1894 A. B. Paterson ‘Hughey's Dog’ in C. Semmler World of ‘Banjo’ Paterson (1967) 29 ‘Off his nanny again,’ thought the boss, ‘the sooner he goes the better.’

colloquial.

1. A banana.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > banana > [noun]

finger?a1425

fig1582

banana1597

pisang1662

pisang fig1700

nana1929

1929 Sat. Evening Post 17 Aug. 136/2 I b'lieve I'm gonter go up and git me a dozen 'nanners and set down and eat myse'f a bait.

1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. a23/1 A feller come down twix the seats hollerin', ‘Apples, oranges, nanners.’

1995 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Aug. 1 c How about some complimentary peanut-butter-and-nanner sammiches?

2. A foolish or silly person; an idiot.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]

dizzyc825

cang?c1225

foolc1225

apec1330

mopc1330

saddle-goosec1346

mis-feelinga1382

foltc1390

mopec1390

fona1400

buffardc1430

fopc1440

joppec1440

fonda1450

fondlinga1450

insipienta1513

plume of feathers1530

bobolynec1540

dizzard1546

Little Witham?1548

nodc1563

dawkin1565

cocknel1566

nigion1570

niddicock1577

nodcock1577

cuckoo1581

Jack with the feather1581

niddipol1582

noddyship?1589

stirkc1590

fonkin1591

Gibraltar1593

fopper1598

noddypeak1598

coxcombry1600

simple1600

gowka1605

nup1607

fooliaminy1608

silly ass1608

dosser-head1612

dor1616

glow-worm1624

liripipea1625

doodle1629

sop1637

spalt1639

fool's head1650

buffle1655

Jack Adams1656

bufflehead1659

nincompoopc1668

bavian1678

nokes1679

foolanea1681

cod1699

hulver-head1699

nigmenog1699

single ten1699

mud1703

dowf1722

foolatum1740

silly billy1749

tommy noddy1774

arsec1785

nincom1800

silly1807

slob1810

omadhaun1818

potwalloper1820

mosy1824

amadan1825

gump1825

gype1825

oonchook1825

prawn1845

suck-egg1851

goosey1852

nowmun1854

pelican1856

poppy-show1860

buggerlugs1861

damfool1881

mudhead1882

yob1886

peanut head1891

haggis bag1892

poop1893

gazob1906

mush1906

wump1908

zob1911

gorm1912

goof1916

goofus1916

gubbins1916

dumb cluck1922

twat1922

B.F.1925

goofer1925

bird brain1926

berk1929

Berkeley1929

Berkeley Hunt1929

ding1929

loogan1929

stupido1929

poop-stick1930

nelly1931

droop1932

diddy1933

slappy1937

goof ball1938

get1940

poon1940

tonk1941

clot1942

yuck1943

possum1945

gobdaw1947

momo1953

nig-nog1953

plonker1955

weenie1956

nong-nong1959

Berkshire Hunt1960

balloon1965

doofus1965

dork1965

nana1965

shit-for-brains1966

schmoll1967

tosspot1967

lunchbox1969

doof1971

tonto1973

dorkus1979

motorhead1979

mouth-breather1979

wally1980

wally brain1981

der-brain1983

langer1983

numpty1985

sotong1988

fanny1995

fannybaws2000

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai ix. 148 Although he was obviously a gent, he was not a ‘tonk’ or a ‘nana’.

1989 M. Amis London Fields iv. 50 An adoring baldy or four-eyes—some wally, wimp, nerd or narna—might be sleeping..on the floor, like a dog.

1995 Empire May 58/1 Hogan [was] made to look a complete 'nana as he tried to penetrate that mysterious world hitherto reserved for fiancées.

3. Originally and chiefly Australian. The head. Chiefly in to do (also lose) one's nana: to lose one's temper. Also to be off one's nana: to be mad. Cf. to do one's nut at nut n.¹ 12c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun]

nolleOE

headOE

topa1225

copc1264

scalpa1300

chiefc1330

crownc1330

jowla1400

poll?a1400

testea1400

ball in the hoodc1400

palleta1425

noddle?1507

costard?1515

nab?1536

neck1560

coxcomb1567

sconce1567

now1568

headpiece1579

mazer1581

mazardc1595

cockcomb1602

costrel1604

cranion1611

pasha1616

noddle pate1622

block1635

cranium1647

sallet1652

poundrel1664

nob1699

crany?1730

knowledge box1755

noodle1762

noggin1769

napper1785

garret1796

pimple1811

knowledge-casket1822

coco1828

cobbra1832

coconut1834

top-piece1838

nut1841

barnet1857

twopenny1859

chump1864

topknot1869

conk1870

masthead1884

filbert1886

bonce1889

crumpet1891

dome1891

roof1897

beanc1905

belfry1907

hat rack1907

melon1907

box1908

lemon1923

loaf1925

pound1933

sconec1945

nana1966

1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) 293 Lose one's nana.., an equivalent of lose (or do) one's block.

1968 Coast to Coast 1967–8 9 Arright, Mister Mighty Boss. Don't do your nana.

1974 Telegraph (Brisbane) 22 Apr. 2/4 The baby started crying again. I did my nana and I hit him.

1975 Australian 8 Feb. 13 We've all learned to laugh at ourselves and our predicament... If we hadn't we'd all be off our nanas.

1998 P. Grace Baby No-eyes (1999) vi. 55 Kura and Niecy were talking to a doctor. Shane's younger brother was there doing his nana.

Compounds

nana haircut n. (also nana cut) Australian (now rare) a style of haircut in which the back of the head is closely shaved.

ΚΠ

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 48 Nana (hair)cut, a utilitarian haircut in which the back of the head is closely shaved.

1967 Coast to Coast 1965–6 35 If you..horror of horrors, had a nana haircut.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nana
释义	nanan.¹ Brit. /ˈnanə/, U.S. /ˈnɑnə/, /ˈnænə/ Forms: 1800s– nana, 1900s– nanna. Also with capital initial. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nanny n.¹ Etymology: Probably representing a child's pronunciation of nanny n.¹, perhaps after mama n.¹ colloquial. Chiefly as a form of address or informal title. 1. A children's nurse; a nanny. Cf. nan n.² 1. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse nouricec1225 nursea1325 rockera1325 nourish1340 nursha1382 nursery nurse1494 nutrice1529 nurse-girl1596 dry-nursea1616 nursey1760 bonne1771 ayah1782 nanny1785 momma1803 nursery girla1812 mammy1837 nanac1844 day nurse1855 caretaker1858 nursekin1862 Norland1894 nounou1894 nurselet1894 Plunket1909 metapelet1950 c1844 E. Pepys Diary 8 Oct. in Country Life (1972) 9 Mar. 577/1 I cut Herbert's hand..he only said ‘O, Emy you had better send for Nana.’ 1869 C. M. Yonge Release ii. xi. 176 Poor dear Zélie..had been mother's nana. 1901 Punch 4 Dec. 405/2 Please, Nanna, don't turn on the dark. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 7 Children still use, as in the nineties, and long before, mummy, daddy, nanny or nanna, nursie. 1954 Caribbean Q. 3 i. 5 The role of the nana or nurse in preserving folk songs, tales..herb lore is not to be under-estimated. 2. One's grandmother; a grandmother. Cf. nan n.² 2.Recorded in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. from many scattered localities, especially the north-eastern United States. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother eldmotherc1000 grandamc1225 good-dame1400 grandmother1424 beldamc1440 lucky1629 granny1659 grandmama1694 lucky minnie1755 grandma1772 grandmammy1789 gran1829 babushka1834 abuela1836 grandmom1860 grandmum1861 grammy1886 dadi1888 minnie1888 grams1893 bubbe1895 nana1899 gram1923 nanny1927 lola1934 abuelita1937 oma1948 nain1954 nan1955 makulu1980 omi1988 1899 E. E. Cummings Let. 27 Nov. (1969) 3 I am sorry dear Nana but I will be a good boy. 1959 Woman's Own 2 May 9/2 Cliffie..lived with his grandparents... Sometimes he would say..‘I think I must go home today, thank you. Nana is expecting me.’ 1999 C. Aherne et al. Royle Family Scripts: Series 2 (2000) ii. 37 Mam, Nana says she don't want too much meat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nanan.² Brit. /ˈnɑːnə/, U.S. /ˈnænə/, /ˈnɑnə/ Forms: 1900s– nana, 1900s– 'nana, 1900s– nanner, 1900s– 'nanner, 1900s– narna. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: banana n. Etymology: Shortened < banana n.The form nanny in the quot. below is perhaps humorously after nanny n.¹ or nanny n.²:1894 A. B. Paterson ‘Hughey's Dog’ in C. Semmler World of ‘Banjo’ Paterson (1967) 29 ‘Off his nanny again,’ thought the boss, ‘the sooner he goes the better.’ colloquial. 1. A banana. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > banana > [noun] finger?a1425 fig1582 banana1597 pisang1662 pisang fig1700 nana1929 1929 Sat. Evening Post 17 Aug. 136/2 I b'lieve I'm gonter go up and git me a dozen 'nanners and set down and eat myse'f a bait. 1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. a23/1 A feller come down twix the seats hollerin', ‘Apples, oranges, nanners.’ 1995 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Aug. 1 c How about some complimentary peanut-butter-and-nanner sammiches? 2. A foolish or silly person; an idiot. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] dizzyc825 cang?c1225 foolc1225 apec1330 mopc1330 saddle-goosec1346 mis-feelinga1382 foltc1390 mopec1390 fona1400 buffardc1430 fopc1440 joppec1440 fonda1450 fondlinga1450 insipienta1513 plume of feathers1530 bobolynec1540 dizzard1546 Little Witham?1548 nodc1563 dawkin1565 cocknel1566 nigion1570 niddicock1577 nodcock1577 cuckoo1581 Jack with the feather1581 niddipol1582 noddyship?1589 stirkc1590 fonkin1591 Gibraltar1593 fopper1598 noddypeak1598 coxcombry1600 simple1600 gowka1605 nup1607 fooliaminy1608 silly ass1608 dosser-head1612 dor1616 glow-worm1624 liripipea1625 doodle1629 sop1637 spalt1639 fool's head1650 buffle1655 Jack Adams1656 bufflehead1659 nincompoopc1668 bavian1678 nokes1679 foolanea1681 cod1699 hulver-head1699 nigmenog1699 single ten1699 mud1703 dowf1722 foolatum1740 silly billy1749 tommy noddy1774 arsec1785 nincom1800 silly1807 slob1810 omadhaun1818 potwalloper1820 mosy1824 amadan1825 gump1825 gype1825 oonchook1825 prawn1845 suck-egg1851 goosey1852 nowmun1854 pelican1856 poppy-show1860 buggerlugs1861 damfool1881 mudhead1882 yob1886 peanut head1891 haggis bag1892 poop1893 gazob1906 mush1906 wump1908 zob1911 gorm1912 goof1916 goofus1916 gubbins1916 dumb cluck1922 twat1922 B.F.1925 goofer1925 bird brain1926 berk1929 Berkeley1929 Berkeley Hunt1929 ding1929 loogan1929 stupido1929 poop-stick1930 nelly1931 droop1932 diddy1933 slappy1937 goof ball1938 get1940 poon1940 tonk1941 clot1942 yuck1943 possum1945 gobdaw1947 momo1953 nig-nog1953 plonker1955 weenie1956 nong-nong1959 Berkshire Hunt1960 balloon1965 doofus1965 dork1965 nana1965 shit-for-brains1966 schmoll1967 tosspot1967 lunchbox1969 doof1971 tonto1973 dorkus1979 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 wally1980 wally brain1981 der-brain1983 langer1983 numpty1985 sotong1988 fanny1995 fannybaws2000 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai ix. 148 Although he was obviously a gent, he was not a ‘tonk’ or a ‘nana’. 1989 M. Amis London Fields iv. 50 An adoring baldy or four-eyes—some wally, wimp, nerd or narna—might be sleeping..on the floor, like a dog. 1995 Empire May 58/1 Hogan [was] made to look a complete 'nana as he tried to penetrate that mysterious world hitherto reserved for fiancées. 3. Originally and chiefly Australian. The head. Chiefly in to do (also lose) one's nana: to lose one's temper. Also to be off one's nana: to be mad. Cf. to do one's nut at nut n.¹ 12c. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun] nolleOE headOE topa1225 copc1264 scalpa1300 chiefc1330 crownc1330 jowla1400 poll?a1400 testea1400 ball in the hoodc1400 palleta1425 noddle?1507 costard?1515 nab?1536 neck1560 coxcomb1567 sconce1567 now1568 headpiece1579 mazer1581 mazardc1595 cockcomb1602 costrel1604 cranion1611 pasha1616 noddle pate1622 block1635 cranium1647 sallet1652 poundrel1664 nob1699 crany?1730 knowledge box1755 noodle1762 noggin1769 napper1785 garret1796 pimple1811 knowledge-casket1822 coco1828 cobbra1832 coconut1834 top-piece1838 nut1841 barnet1857 twopenny1859 chump1864 topknot1869 conk1870 masthead1884 filbert1886 bonce1889 crumpet1891 dome1891 roof1897 beanc1905 belfry1907 hat rack1907 melon1907 box1908 lemon1923 loaf1925 pound1933 sconec1945 nana1966 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) 293 Lose one's nana.., an equivalent of lose (or do) one's block. 1968 Coast to Coast 1967–8 9 Arright, Mister Mighty Boss. Don't do your nana. 1974 Telegraph (Brisbane) 22 Apr. 2/4 The baby started crying again. I did my nana and I hit him. 1975 Australian 8 Feb. 13 We've all learned to laugh at ourselves and our predicament... If we hadn't we'd all be off our nanas. 1998 P. Grace Baby No-eyes (1999) vi. 55 Kura and Niecy were talking to a doctor. Shane's younger brother was there doing his nana. Compounds nana haircut n. (also nana cut) Australian (now rare) a style of haircut in which the back of the head is closely shaved. ΚΠ 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 48 Nana (hair)cut, a utilitarian haircut in which the back of the head is closely shaved. 1967 Coast to Coast 1965–6 35 If you..horror of horrors, had a nana haircut. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹c1844n.²1929
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Compounds

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