nyoungadj.

Brit.

/njʌŋ/, U.S.

/njəŋ/, Caribbean English

/njʌŋ/

Forms: 1800s noung, 1800s– nyoung, 1800s– nyung, 1900s– nyong (Caribbean).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: young adj.

Etymology: Representing a colloquial pronunciation of young adj., with intrusive n- (see note). Compare Sranan njoen.With the addition of n- , compare etymological note at. nuse n.; compare also nuse v.

U.S. regional (southern, among African-Americans) and Caribbean. Now rare.

In speech and representations of speech: young or inexperienced.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [adjective]

innubile1642

young adult1826

nyoung1852

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > inexperienced

youngOE

unfraisted?a1400

rudec1489

raw1534

unfleshed1542

untraded1542

fresh water?1548

unpractised1551

unexperienced1569

unacquainted1581

prenticea1586

fresh-watered1590

unsifted1604

unseen1606

unexperient1609

inexperienced1626

low water1643

inexperient1670

unproficient1794

nyoung1852

punk1907

raggedy-ass1930

1852 L. B. Mackinnon Atlantic & Transatlantic 188 Ole massa, he say, will nyung massa look at 'rometer?

1861 Southern Literary Messenger 33 83 In de parlour..where be..some nyoung ladies what is goin' to be Miss Clara's bride's maids, I tinks.

1861 W. G. Hamley in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 515 Who you call ugly? My king! de hansummest nyoung sojer buckra in de harmy—he, he, ugly!!

1883 J. C. Harris Nights with Uncle Remus in Cent. Mag. Sept. 779/1 One tam, B'er Rabbit is bin lub one noung leddy.

c1905 in ‘P. Pennington’ Woman Rice Planter (1961) ix. 309 'E look nyung, 'mos' like a gal.

1922 A. E. Gonzales Black Border 228 Jis' as soon as de nyung kitten' eye' biggin fuh op'n.

1949 B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore iv. iii. 695 An intrusive n sound, as in nyoung for young, nused for used, etc., is heard occasionally among Negroes all over the South, but is particularly noticeable in the Gullah dialect.

1952 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. LePage Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 326/2 /nyong pikini/ young child.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nyoung
释义	nyoungadj. Brit. /njʌŋ/, U.S. /njəŋ/, Caribbean English /njʌŋ/ Forms: 1800s noung, 1800s– nyoung, 1800s– nyung, 1900s– nyong (Caribbean). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: young adj. Etymology: Representing a colloquial pronunciation of young adj., with intrusive n- (see note). Compare Sranan njoen.With the addition of n- , compare etymological note at. nuse n.; compare also nuse v. U.S. regional (southern, among African-Americans) and Caribbean. Now rare. In speech and representations of speech: young or inexperienced. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] innubile1642 young adult1826 nyoung1852 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > inexperienced youngOE unfraisted?a1400 rudec1489 raw1534 unfleshed1542 untraded1542 fresh water?1548 unpractised1551 unexperienced1569 unacquainted1581 prenticea1586 fresh-watered1590 unsifted1604 unseen1606 unexperient1609 inexperienced1626 low water1643 inexperient1670 unproficient1794 nyoung1852 punk1907 raggedy-ass1930 1852 L. B. Mackinnon Atlantic & Transatlantic 188 Ole massa, he say, will nyung massa look at 'rometer? 1861 Southern Literary Messenger 33 83 In de parlour..where be..some nyoung ladies what is goin' to be Miss Clara's bride's maids, I tinks. 1861 W. G. Hamley in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 515 Who you call ugly? My king! de hansummest nyoung sojer buckra in de harmy—he, he, ugly!! 1883 J. C. Harris Nights with Uncle Remus in Cent. Mag. Sept. 779/1 One tam, B'er Rabbit is bin lub one noung leddy. c1905 in ‘P. Pennington’ Woman Rice Planter (1961) ix. 309 'E look nyung, 'mos' like a gal. 1922 A. E. Gonzales Black Border 228 Jis' as soon as de nyung kitten' eye' biggin fuh op'n. 1949 B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore iv. iii. 695 An intrusive n sound, as in nyoung for young, nused for used, etc., is heard occasionally among Negroes all over the South, but is particularly noticeable in the Gullah dialect. 1952 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. LePage Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 326/2 /nyong pikini/ young child. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1852
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