offscumn.

Brit.

/ˈɒfskʌm/, U.S.

/ˈɔfˈskəm/,

/ˈɑfˈskəm/

Forms: see off- prefix and scum n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, scum n.

Etymology: < off- prefix + scum n.

Now rare.

That which is skimmed off; scum, dross, refuse. Chiefly in figurative use: that which is rejected as vile or worthless, esp. a contemptible person or group of people; scum, offscourings.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun] > as rubbish

offscum1579

waste1592

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively)

chenaille1340

offal?a1425

putaylea1425

ribaldail1489

abject1526

offscouring1526

dreg1531

outsweeping1535

braggery1548

ribaldry1550

raff1557

sink1574

cattle1579

offscum1579

rabble1579

baggagery1589

scum1590

waste1592

menialty1593

baggage1603

froth1603

refuse1603

tag-rag1609

retriment1615

trasha1616

recrement1622

silts1636

garbage1648

riffle-raffle1668

raffle1670

riff-raff1678

scurf1688

mob1693

scouring1721

ribble-rabble1771

sweeping1799

clamjamphrie1816

ragabash1823

scruff1836

residuum1851

talent1882

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > scum > as removed

skimmingc1450

scumming1530

offscum1579

despumations1669

1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 1 I fynd it [sc. a pamphlet] the offscome [printed oftscome] of imperfections.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 40 b The ofscombe of that unsavory schoolkitchen.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 66 These Off-scums all at once Too-idlely pamper'd, plot Rebellions.

1618 G. Mynshul Ess. Prison 30 Iaylors..are..indeed for the most part the very off-scum of the rascall multitude.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 161 The roguy off-scum in the streets of Westminster talk'd so loud.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music iii. 28 The Off-scum of civilized Nations.

1830 J. Rayson Misc. Poems, Songs, & Ballads 38 He is just e'en the offscum o' the county.

1838 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 7 The offscum and the offscouring of the very dregs of your society.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Off-scum The very off-scum o' the country, I should think.

1945 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 39 1040 Calling in Hitler and similar notorious criminals, by raising them from the status of offscum to that of ‘statesmen’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	offscum
释义	offscumn. Brit. /ˈɒfskʌm/, U.S. /ˈɔfˈskəm/, /ˈɑfˈskəm/ Forms: see off- prefix and scum n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, scum n. Etymology: < off- prefix + scum n. Now rare. That which is skimmed off; scum, dross, refuse. Chiefly in figurative use: that which is rejected as vile or worthless, esp. a contemptible person or group of people; scum, offscourings. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun] > as rubbish offscum1579 waste1592 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively) chenaille1340 offal?a1425 putaylea1425 ribaldail1489 abject1526 offscouring1526 dreg1531 outsweeping1535 braggery1548 ribaldry1550 raff1557 sink1574 cattle1579 offscum1579 rabble1579 baggagery1589 scum1590 waste1592 menialty1593 baggage1603 froth1603 refuse1603 tag-rag1609 retriment1615 trasha1616 recrement1622 silts1636 garbage1648 riffle-raffle1668 raffle1670 riff-raff1678 scurf1688 mob1693 scouring1721 ribble-rabble1771 sweeping1799 clamjamphrie1816 ragabash1823 scruff1836 residuum1851 talent1882 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > scum > as removed skimmingc1450 scumming1530 offscum1579 despumations1669 1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 1 I fynd it [sc. a pamphlet] the offscome [printed oftscome] of imperfections. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 40 b The ofscombe of that unsavory schoolkitchen. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 66 These Off-scums all at once Too-idlely pamper'd, plot Rebellions. 1618 G. Mynshul Ess. Prison 30 Iaylors..are..indeed for the most part the very off-scum of the rascall multitude. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 161 The roguy off-scum in the streets of Westminster talk'd so loud. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music iii. 28 The Off-scum of civilized Nations. 1830 J. Rayson Misc. Poems, Songs, & Ballads 38 He is just e'en the offscum o' the county. 1838 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 7 The offscum and the offscouring of the very dregs of your society. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Off-scum The very off-scum o' the country, I should think. 1945 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 39 1040 Calling in Hitler and similar notorious criminals, by raising them from the status of offscum to that of ‘statesmen’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579
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