new broomn.

Brit.

/ˌnjuː ˈbruːm/,

/ˌnjuː ˈbrʊm/, U.S.

/ˌn(j)u ˈbrum/,

/ˌn(j)u ˈbrʊm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: new adj., broom n.

Etymology: < new adj. + broom n., with allusion to the proverb new brooms sweep clean (see sweep v. 13b).

A person who or thing which effects fundamental or numerous alterations; esp. a newly appointed person who vigorously sets about making changes in personnel, procedures, etc.In early use sometimes simply: a person who has been recently appointed or who has only recently arrived.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > cause of transformation

forschuppild?c1225

converter1533

transformer1601

plantator1616

transformator1617

transmogrifier1676

new broom1799

transformist1799

denaturalizer1832

catalyser1904

wind (also winds) of change1905

catalyst1943

touchpaper1968

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness > a busybody > newly appointed

new broom1799

1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. iii. iv. 463 Thy new broome, that now sweepeth cleane all discontents from thee, will soone grow stubbed.

1776 G. Colman New Brooms! An Occas. Prelude i. i. 15 I am glad he is gone. Catcall. Glad! Phelim. To be sure I am glad. New Brooms, you know.]

1799 F. Reynolds Management 83 Here then I come, by rural schemes half undone, But country stumps appear new brooms in London. Egad I'll sweep all clean.

1813 J. Austen Let. 4 Feb. (1995) 204 Browning is quite a new broom & at present has no fault.

1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxiv. 207 If he hadn't been cut short [i.e. died] while I was a new broom.

1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. vii. 136 On Alaric rested the harder work of the office..and like other new brooms he had gone to it with a will.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Mod. Lover (1934) 178 The Reverend Mr. Flewitt is newly arrived on the circuit, and wants to sweep the chapel very clean of sin, being a new broom.

1969 Listener 14 Aug. 205/1 This seems to me exactly what is happening at the BBC, new brooms bustling about tidying up, rationalising and sorting out on very ill-thought-out principles.

1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 14/4 Either revolution, defeat in war or the new broom that followed liberation has allowed our neighbours to distance themselves..from their imperialist past.

Compounds

General attributive in the sense ‘displaying enthusiasm for change’.

ΚΠ

1834 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) VI. 979 Compare the Lads themselves from Eton &c with the alumni of the New-broom Institutions.

1963 Economist 7 Sept. 809/1 The new government's new-broom mentality.

1992 Jrnl. Appl. Econometrics 7 329 The new-broom Conservative Government of 1979–1987.

Derivatives

† new-broomer n. Obsolete Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1834 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. VI. 979 One constant blunder of these New-broomers..—these Penny Magazine Sages and Philanthropists.

new-ˈbroomery n. Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1990 Church Times 1 June 8/1 At Church House in London there is a developing air of new-broomery.

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

单词	new broom
释义	new broomn. Brit. /ˌnjuː ˈbruːm/, /ˌnjuː ˈbrʊm/, U.S. /ˌn(j)u ˈbrum/, /ˌn(j)u ˈbrʊm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: new adj., broom n. Etymology: < new adj. + broom n., with allusion to the proverb new brooms sweep clean (see sweep v. 13b). A person who or thing which effects fundamental or numerous alterations; esp. a newly appointed person who vigorously sets about making changes in personnel, procedures, etc.In early use sometimes simply: a person who has been recently appointed or who has only recently arrived. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > cause of transformation forschuppild?c1225 converter1533 transformer1601 plantator1616 transformator1617 transmogrifier1676 new broom1799 transformist1799 denaturalizer1832 catalyser1904 wind (also winds) of change1905 catalyst1943 touchpaper1968 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness > a busybody > newly appointed new broom1799 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. iii. iv. 463 Thy new broome, that now sweepeth cleane all discontents from thee, will soone grow stubbed. 1776 G. Colman New Brooms! An Occas. Prelude i. i. 15 I am glad he is gone. Catcall. Glad! Phelim. To be sure I am glad. New Brooms, you know.] 1799 F. Reynolds Management 83 Here then I come, by rural schemes half undone, But country stumps appear new brooms in London. Egad I'll sweep all clean. 1813 J. Austen Let. 4 Feb. (1995) 204 Browning is quite a new broom & at present has no fault. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxiv. 207 If he hadn't been cut short [i.e. died] while I was a new broom. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. vii. 136 On Alaric rested the harder work of the office..and like other new brooms he had gone to it with a will. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Mod. Lover (1934) 178 The Reverend Mr. Flewitt is newly arrived on the circuit, and wants to sweep the chapel very clean of sin, being a new broom. 1969 Listener 14 Aug. 205/1 This seems to me exactly what is happening at the BBC, new brooms bustling about tidying up, rationalising and sorting out on very ill-thought-out principles. 1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 14/4 Either revolution, defeat in war or the new broom that followed liberation has allowed our neighbours to distance themselves..from their imperialist past. Compounds General attributive in the sense ‘displaying enthusiasm for change’. ΚΠ 1834 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) VI. 979 Compare the Lads themselves from Eton &c with the alumni of the New-broom Institutions. 1963 Economist 7 Sept. 809/1 The new government's new-broom mentality. 1992 Jrnl. Appl. Econometrics 7 329 The new-broom Conservative Government of 1979–1987. Derivatives † new-broomer n. Obsolete Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1834 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. VI. 979 One constant blunder of these New-broomers..—these Penny Magazine Sages and Philanthropists. new-ˈbroomery n. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1990 Church Times 1 June 8/1 At Church House in London there is a developing air of new-broomery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1799
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