nubian.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːbɪə/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)ubiə/

Forms:

α. 1800s nube, 1800s nubie, 1900s– newby, 1900s– nibby, 1900s– nooby, 1900s– nubi, 1900s– nuby.

β. 1800s– nubia.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish nube.

Etymology: < Spanish nube cloud (1220–50), scarf (only recorded from 1936 in this sense) < classical Latin nūbēs cloud (see nubilous adj.).

U.S. Now historical.

A soft fleecy scarf for the head and neck, usually worn by women.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > clothing for neck and other parts > neck and head or face

muffler1536

muffle1539

nubia1852

Balaclava helmet1881

α.

1852 S. Clappe Let. 5 July in C. I. Wheat Shirley Lett. (1949) xviii. 157 Her wealth of floating curls turbaned in a snowy nubie, and her white dress set off by a crimson scarf.

1856 Harper's Mag. Sept. 448/2 The lake was entirely hidden by a thick coverlet of white mist, which lay upon its surface almost as palpable as if it had been..an extensive worsted nube.

1904 E. Glasgow Deliverance 29 The same evening that I got this pink crochetted [sic] nuby.

1968 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 831/1 Nooby, head scarf.

β. 1854 J. E. Cooke Leather Stocking & Silk iii. xviii. 335 Caroline's merry face and dancing eyes were already half buried in a huge ‘nubia’.1864 Hist. North-Western Soldiers' Fair, Chicago 126 [Donations include] 1 elegant worsted nubia [etc.].1894 New Eng. Mag. Feb. 754/2 She went into the bedroom and, putting on her shawl and ‘nubia’, slipped out, unperceived, by the side door.1908 Z. Gale Friendship Village 234 Her bare shoulders [were] wound in the rosy ‘nubia’ that had been her mother's.1977 Greenfield Recorder (Mass.) 5 Mar. 8 The 1870's or 80's women had long, rather narrow soft scarves..called ‘nubias’.

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

单词	nubia
释义	nubian. Brit. /ˈnjuːbɪə/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ubiə/ Forms: α. 1800s nube, 1800s nubie, 1900s– newby, 1900s– nibby, 1900s– nooby, 1900s– nubi, 1900s– nuby. β. 1800s– nubia. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish nube. Etymology: < Spanish nube cloud (1220–50), scarf (only recorded from 1936 in this sense) < classical Latin nūbēs cloud (see nubilous adj.). U.S. Now historical. A soft fleecy scarf for the head and neck, usually worn by women. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > clothing for neck and other parts > neck and head or face muffler1536 muffle1539 nubia1852 Balaclava helmet1881 α. 1852 S. Clappe Let. 5 July in C. I. Wheat Shirley Lett. (1949) xviii. 157 Her wealth of floating curls turbaned in a snowy nubie, and her white dress set off by a crimson scarf. 1856 Harper's Mag. Sept. 448/2 The lake was entirely hidden by a thick coverlet of white mist, which lay upon its surface almost as palpable as if it had been..an extensive worsted nube. 1904 E. Glasgow Deliverance 29 The same evening that I got this pink crochetted [sic] nuby. 1968 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 831/1 Nooby, head scarf. β. 1854 J. E. Cooke Leather Stocking & Silk iii. xviii. 335 Caroline's merry face and dancing eyes were already half buried in a huge ‘nubia’.1864 Hist. North-Western Soldiers' Fair, Chicago 126 [Donations include] 1 elegant worsted nubia [etc.].1894 New Eng. Mag. Feb. 754/2 She went into the bedroom and, putting on her shawl and ‘nubia’, slipped out, unperceived, by the side door.1908 Z. Gale Friendship Village 234 Her bare shoulders [were] wound in the rosy ‘nubia’ that had been her mother's.1977 Greenfield Recorder (Mass.) 5 Mar. 8 The 1870's or 80's women had long, rather narrow soft scarves..called ‘nubias’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852
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