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Brit.

/ˈnjuːmərəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈnuməroʊ/

Forms: 1900s– numero, 1900s– numéro.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French numéro.

Etymology: < French numéro (1589 in Middle French; in specific sense ‘a strange or bizarre person’ dated 1901 in Robert Dict. alphabétique et analogique (1986)) < Italian numero (see numero n.¹).

= number n. (in various senses). Also: an eccentric or strange person.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > person

fantastical1589

fantastic1598

earwig brain1599

extravagant1627

fanatic1644

energumen1660

original1675

toy-pate1702

gig1777

quiz1780

quoz?1780

rum touch1800

crotcheteer1815

pistol1828

eccentric1832

case1833

originalist1835

cure1856

crotchet-monger1874

curiosity1874

crank1881

crackpot1883

faddist1883

schwärmer1884

hard case1892

finger1899

mad hatter1905

nut1908

numéro1924

screwball1933

wack1938

fruitcake1942

odd bod1942

oddball1943

ghoster1953

raver1959

kook1960

flake1968

woo-woo1972

zonky1972

wacko1977

headbanger1981

1924 Sir G. Arthur Let. 24 Oct. in Further Lett. from Man of No Importance (1932) 165 Bad luck your being away just when I am here, and these few lines must partly make amends; the sun, and I hope some successful numéros at Monte Carlo will more than do the rest.

1944 W. H. Auden For Time Being (1945) 118 George, you old numero, How did you get in the Army?

1958 L. Durrell Mountolive v. 107 Well, you can see what a numéro he is.

1961 House & Garden May 20/2 The chair he has designed... This heavy numéro seems very different from the essays in lightness with which Saarinen's name has hitherto been associated.

1978 J. Krantz Scruples (1984) v. 171 His dependable workhorse of an assistant had been replaced by some little tricky numero.

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

单词	numéro
释义	numéron.² Brit. /ˈnjuːmərəʊ/, U.S. /ˈnuməroʊ/ Forms: 1900s– numero, 1900s– numéro. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French numéro. Etymology: < French numéro (1589 in Middle French; in specific sense ‘a strange or bizarre person’ dated 1901 in Robert Dict. alphabétique et analogique (1986)) < Italian numero (see numero n.¹). = number n. (in various senses). Also: an eccentric or strange person. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > person fantastical1589 fantastic1598 earwig brain1599 extravagant1627 fanatic1644 energumen1660 original1675 toy-pate1702 gig1777 quiz1780 quoz?1780 rum touch1800 crotcheteer1815 pistol1828 eccentric1832 case1833 originalist1835 cure1856 crotchet-monger1874 curiosity1874 crank1881 crackpot1883 faddist1883 schwärmer1884 hard case1892 finger1899 mad hatter1905 nut1908 numéro1924 screwball1933 wack1938 fruitcake1942 odd bod1942 oddball1943 ghoster1953 raver1959 kook1960 flake1968 woo-woo1972 zonky1972 wacko1977 headbanger1981 1924 Sir G. Arthur Let. 24 Oct. in Further Lett. from Man of No Importance (1932) 165 Bad luck your being away just when I am here, and these few lines must partly make amends; the sun, and I hope some successful numéros at Monte Carlo will more than do the rest. 1944 W. H. Auden For Time Being (1945) 118 George, you old numero, How did you get in the Army? 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive v. 107 Well, you can see what a numéro he is. 1961 House & Garden May 20/2 The chair he has designed... This heavy numéro seems very different from the essays in lightness with which Saarinen's name has hitherto been associated. 1978 J. Krantz Scruples (1984) v. 171 His dependable workhorse of an assistant had been replaced by some little tricky numero. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1924
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