none-so-prettyn.

Brit.

/ˌnʌnsəʊˈprɪti/, U.S.

/ˌnənsoʊˈprɪdi/

Inflections: Plural none-so-pretties, none-so-prettys.

Forms: see none pron., so adv. and conj., and pretty adj.; also 1600s none so prettir (probably transmission error), 1700s nons aprittus (irregular, apparently plural).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: none pron., so adv. and conj., pretty adj.

Etymology: < none pron. + so adv. and conj. + pretty adj.

a. A type of fabric used in dressmaking and furnishing, probably a worsted or lightish stuff. Now historical and rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > worsted > types of

stamin?c1225

worsted1348

monk's cloth1441

set cloth1467

vesse1483

St. Thomas worsted1518

St. Omer's worsted1530

caddis1558

cloth-rash1592

Philip and Cheyney1614

none-so-pretty1622

tammy1675

cheyneyc1680

crape1682

bunting1742

beaudoy1759

wildbore1784

Princetta?1790

Circassian1824

plain-back1830

Coburg1844

Tournai1858

Tricotine1914

1622–3 in L. M. Cooper Rec. Early Eng. Drama: Chester (1979) 346 Two ounces of Silke one yard and ahalf of None so prettir to make a new Auntient.

1626 Edinb. Test. LIV. f. 25^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Nane, Naine so prettie Ane waistcot of naine so prettie.

1632 Inventory Plenishing Newark Castle f. 2, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Non-so-prettie Of grein and quhyt non so prettie.

?1804 in Jrnls. of Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) III. 494 The Baling Invoice of Sundries for Indian Presents... No 13 a Bag..10 pieces nonsoprettys.

1990 P. Muldoon Madoc ii. 166 Bolts of none-so-pretty and nankeen.

b. Chiefly North American. A kind of decorative haberdashery tape (more fully none-so-pretty tape), often woven in two colours or patterned with simple motifs, and typically used to dress furnishings. Now historical and rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > other

none-so-prettyc1700

finding1856

needle threader1863

packing-awl1875

thread clips1958

c1700 in Notes & Queries 10 88/1 Webb-Cane and Leather Hooping, Gartering of all Sorts, Nonesopretties, Pins and Needles, Inkle and Spinnel.

1759 St. Papers in Ann. Reg. 201 1 [piece] cotton romals, 4 ditto, none-so-pretties, 8 lb. coloured thread.

1771 in A. M. Earle Costume Colonial Times (1894) 173 None-so-Pretty Tapes.

1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume 248/1 None-so-pretties, fancy, decorative tapes used for trimming garments in the eighteenth century in the American Colonies.

2. Any of several garden flowers, esp. (a) London pride, Saxifraga × urbium (now rare); (b) heartsease, Viola tricolor; (c) sweet william catchfly, Silene armeria. Cf. nancy-pretty n. Now chiefly North American.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > saxifrage flowers

prattling parnel1597

pride of London1629

prince's feather1629

London pride1697

none-so-pretty1731

sanicle1760

heuchera1772

nancy-pretty1825

Bergenia1838

St. Patrick's cabbage1851

spider plant1852

strawberry geranium1880

garden gate1881

megasea1886

maiden's wreath1893

mother of thousands1910

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Geum London Pride, or None so Pretty.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. None-so-pretty, a popular name for the Geum of botanical authors.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xix. 276 Another species was also formerly much shown out at windows and balconies in smoaky towns, and hence with its being really beautiful, had the names of London Pride and None-so-pretty.

1844 New Mirror (N.Y.) 9 Mar. 354/1 You will probably see Aunt Nancy..looking with a pleased eye upon the clusters of ‘china-pinks’, ‘jump-up-johnnies’, and ‘none-so-pretty's’.

1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 850/2 None-so-pretty. One of the names of the London-pride Saxifrage.

1884 W. Black Judith Shakespeare xii Pansies, snapdragon, none-so-pretty.

1898 S. R. Crockett Standard Bearer 272 I should like to plant lads' love and none-so-pretty on her grave.

1901 Atlantic Monthly June 750/1 I warrant that even in these woods one might come across London pride and none-so-pretty and forget-me-not.

1957 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 84 129 S. armeria L. None-so-Pretty. Ramapo. Occurring as a rare escape rather than as a weed.

1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 1043/1 Silene L... Armeria L... Sweet William catchfly,..none-so-pretty.

1998 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 26 Apr. (Nassau & Suffolk ed.) g15 Pansies go by all kinds of quaint and colorful monikers like heartsease,..love-in-idleness, none-so-pretty, tickle-my-fancy.

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

单词	none-so-pretty
释义	none-so-prettyn. Brit. /ˌnʌnsəʊˈprɪti/, U.S. /ˌnənsoʊˈprɪdi/ Inflections: Plural none-so-pretties, none-so-prettys. Forms: see none pron., so adv. and conj., and pretty adj.; also 1600s none so prettir (probably transmission error), 1700s nons aprittus (irregular, apparently plural). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: none pron., so adv. and conj., pretty adj. Etymology: < none pron. + so adv. and conj. + pretty adj. 1. a. A type of fabric used in dressmaking and furnishing, probably a worsted or lightish stuff. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > worsted > types of stamin?c1225 worsted1348 monk's cloth1441 set cloth1467 vesse1483 St. Thomas worsted1518 St. Omer's worsted1530 caddis1558 cloth-rash1592 Philip and Cheyney1614 none-so-pretty1622 tammy1675 cheyneyc1680 crape1682 bunting1742 beaudoy1759 wildbore1784 Princetta?1790 Circassian1824 plain-back1830 Coburg1844 Tournai1858 Tricotine1914 1622–3 in L. M. Cooper Rec. Early Eng. Drama: Chester (1979) 346 Two ounces of Silke one yard and ahalf of None so prettir to make a new Auntient. 1626 Edinb. Test. LIV. f. 25^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Nane, Naine so prettie Ane waistcot of naine so prettie. 1632 Inventory Plenishing Newark Castle f. 2, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Non-so-prettie Of grein and quhyt non so prettie. ?1804 in Jrnls. of Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) III. 494 The Baling Invoice of Sundries for Indian Presents... No 13 a Bag..10 pieces nonsoprettys. 1990 P. Muldoon Madoc ii. 166 Bolts of none-so-pretty and nankeen. b. Chiefly North American. A kind of decorative haberdashery tape (more fully none-so-pretty tape), often woven in two colours or patterned with simple motifs, and typically used to dress furnishings. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > other none-so-prettyc1700 finding1856 needle threader1863 packing-awl1875 thread clips1958 c1700 in Notes & Queries 10 88/1 Webb-Cane and Leather Hooping, Gartering of all Sorts, Nonesopretties, Pins and Needles, Inkle and Spinnel. 1759 St. Papers in Ann. Reg. 201 1 [piece] cotton romals, 4 ditto, none-so-pretties, 8 lb. coloured thread. 1771 in A. M. Earle Costume Colonial Times (1894) 173 None-so-Pretty Tapes. 1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume 248/1 None-so-pretties, fancy, decorative tapes used for trimming garments in the eighteenth century in the American Colonies. 2. Any of several garden flowers, esp. (a) London pride, Saxifraga × urbium (now rare); (b) heartsease, Viola tricolor; (c) sweet william catchfly, Silene armeria. Cf. nancy-pretty n. Now chiefly North American. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > saxifrage flowers prattling parnel1597 pride of London1629 prince's feather1629 London pride1697 none-so-pretty1731 sanicle1760 heuchera1772 nancy-pretty1825 Bergenia1838 St. Patrick's cabbage1851 spider plant1852 strawberry geranium1880 garden gate1881 megasea1886 maiden's wreath1893 mother of thousands1910 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Geum London Pride, or None so Pretty. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. None-so-pretty, a popular name for the Geum of botanical authors. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xix. 276 Another species was also formerly much shown out at windows and balconies in smoaky towns, and hence with its being really beautiful, had the names of London Pride and None-so-pretty. 1844 New Mirror (N.Y.) 9 Mar. 354/1 You will probably see Aunt Nancy..looking with a pleased eye upon the clusters of ‘china-pinks’, ‘jump-up-johnnies’, and ‘none-so-pretty's’. 1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 850/2 None-so-pretty. One of the names of the London-pride Saxifrage. 1884 W. Black Judith Shakespeare xii Pansies, snapdragon, none-so-pretty. 1898 S. R. Crockett Standard Bearer 272 I should like to plant lads' love and none-so-pretty on her grave. 1901 Atlantic Monthly June 750/1 I warrant that even in these woods one might come across London pride and none-so-pretty and forget-me-not. 1957 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 84 129 S. armeria L. None-so-Pretty. Ramapo. Occurring as a rare escape rather than as a weed. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 1043/1 Silene L... Armeria L... Sweet William catchfly,..none-so-pretty. 1998 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 26 Apr. (Nassau & Suffolk ed.) g15 Pansies go by all kinds of quaint and colorful monikers like heartsease,..love-in-idleness, none-so-pretty, tickle-my-fancy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1622
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