noble savagen.

Brit.

/ˌnəʊbl ˈsavɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˌnoʊb(ə)l ˈsævɪdʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: noble adj., savage n.¹

Etymology: < noble adj. + savage n.¹The concept of the noble savage has been applied by some modern commentators to the ideas of Rousseau. No closely corresponding phrase was, however, used by Rousseau. Compare French bon sauvage (1868; 1613 denoting a particular American Indian).

Primitive man, conceived of or idealized as morally superior to civilized man; a person supposedly of this type.

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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > uncivilized person > as morally superior

noble savage1677

1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. i. i. 7 I am as free as Nature first made man 'Ere the base Laws of Servitude began When wild in woods the noble Savage ran.]

1677 Counterfeit Bridegroom iv. i. 38 Pox on Kindred—like noble Savage, I wou'd range and choose my Mistress where I pleas'd.

1726 A. Ramsay Wks. (1961) III. 105 No more we'll hear the Noble Savage moan But see him scoure the Plains were heretofore his own.

1793 H. Boyd Poems 381 The noble savage must be roused to rage, Else he would ne'er be tempted to the snare.

1846 H. Melville Typee (rev. ed.) xi. 75 The noble savage [sc. Mehevi] seemed to be in the same pleasant mood..as before.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxiv. 167 Doubtless, this noble savage [sc. Daggoo] fed strong and drank deep of the abounding element of air; and through his dilated nostrils snuffed in the sublime life of the worlds.

1887 J. Fiske Let. 3 June (1940) 539 Here for the first time I saw wild Indians. At the station I saw a noble savage, with his squaw and two small sons.

1933 J. Cary Amer. Visitor vii. 72 Her publisher..belonged to the most modern school of anthropologists and believed in the Golden Age, the noble savage, and all the other resuscitated fancies of Rousseau.

1971 G. Steiner In Bluebeard's Castle iii. 52 The myth of the noble savage had interiorized a powerful hierarchic dogma.

1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Dec. 60/1 There is a bitter feud between Mrs. Blake's degraded, illiterate son Christopher—a Heathcliffian noble savage—and the overseer's family.

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

单词	noble savage
释义	noble savagen. Brit. /ˌnəʊbl ˈsavɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˌnoʊb(ə)l ˈsævɪdʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: noble adj., savage n.¹ Etymology: < noble adj. + savage n.¹The concept of the noble savage has been applied by some modern commentators to the ideas of Rousseau. No closely corresponding phrase was, however, used by Rousseau. Compare French bon sauvage (1868; 1613 denoting a particular American Indian). Primitive man, conceived of or idealized as morally superior to civilized man; a person supposedly of this type. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > uncivilized person > as morally superior noble savage1677 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. i. i. 7 I am as free as Nature first made man 'Ere the base Laws of Servitude began When wild in woods the noble Savage ran.] 1677 Counterfeit Bridegroom iv. i. 38 Pox on Kindred—like noble Savage, I wou'd range and choose my Mistress where I pleas'd. 1726 A. Ramsay Wks. (1961) III. 105 No more we'll hear the Noble Savage moan But see him scoure the Plains were heretofore his own. 1793 H. Boyd Poems 381 The noble savage must be roused to rage, Else he would ne'er be tempted to the snare. 1846 H. Melville Typee (rev. ed.) xi. 75 The noble savage [sc. Mehevi] seemed to be in the same pleasant mood..as before. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxiv. 167 Doubtless, this noble savage [sc. Daggoo] fed strong and drank deep of the abounding element of air; and through his dilated nostrils snuffed in the sublime life of the worlds. 1887 J. Fiske Let. 3 June (1940) 539 Here for the first time I saw wild Indians. At the station I saw a noble savage, with his squaw and two small sons. 1933 J. Cary Amer. Visitor vii. 72 Her publisher..belonged to the most modern school of anthropologists and believed in the Golden Age, the noble savage, and all the other resuscitated fancies of Rousseau. 1971 G. Steiner In Bluebeard's Castle iii. 52 The myth of the noble savage had interiorized a powerful hierarchic dogma. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Dec. 60/1 There is a bitter feud between Mrs. Blake's degraded, illiterate son Christopher—a Heathcliffian noble savage—and the overseer's family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1677
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