other halfn.

Brit.

/ˌʌðə ˈhɑːf/, U.S.

/ˈəðər ˈhæf/

Forms: see other adj. and half n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: other adj., half n.

Etymology: < other adj. + half n.With sense 2 compare earlier better half n. 2a.

1. People of a different, usually more affluent, social class or group. Chiefly in how the other half lives (also live).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > those belonging to a different class

other halfa1633

1607 Bp. J. Hall Holy Observ. 26 One half of the world knowes not how the other liues.]

a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. D7^v Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies [sic].

1786 R. Hunter Jrnl. 5 June in Quebec to Carolina (1943) (modernized text) 257 One half of the world do no know how the other half live.

1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. x. 141 It is an old proverb that ‘one half the world do not know how the other half live’. Add to it, nor where they live.

1890 J. A. Riis How Other Half Lives 1 Long ago it was said that ‘one half of the world does not know how the other half lives’.

1890 J. A. Riis How Other Half Lives 3 The sufferings and sins of the ‘other half’..are but..a just punishment upon the community that gave it no other choice.

1945 N. L. McClung Stream runs Fast xiii. 106 We were only amateurs but we did find out a few things about how the ‘other half’ lived.

1965 E. O'Brien August is Wicked Month xiii. 141 ‘Why not, see how the other half live..’ she said... They would have the pool and servants to wait on them.

1968 J. Sangster Touchfeather xiii. 140 He said if I was ever in Los Angeles to look him up. Glad I did. Talk about how the other half lives!

1970 ‘D. Shannon’ Unexpected Death (1971) ix. 141 ‘My God,’ said Higgins. ‘How the other half lives.’

1975 Times 15 Jan. 15/4 In the interests of national unity, may I support your plea to the other half (and if they do not know they are in it, that is half the trouble) to accept that the shocking conditions of the London comprehensives..are really good for their children, and for society.

1992 Equinox Aug. 96/3 Thanks to their most prominent alumni, Ahmek and Wapomeo are best known as the summer getaways where the other half plays.

2. With possessive adjective. A person's wife, husband, or partner. Cf. better half n. 2a. Now colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > spouse, consort, or partner

ferec975

matchOE

makec1175

spousea1200

lemanc1275

fellowc1350

likea1393

wed-ferea1400

partyc1443

espouse?c1450

bedfellow1490

yokefellow?1542

espousal1543

spouse1548

mate1549

marrow1554

paragon1557

yokemate1567

partner1577

better halfa1586

twin1592

moiety1611

copemate1631

consort1634

half-marrow1637

matrimonya1640

helpmeet1661

other half1667

helpmate1715

spousie1735

life companion1763

worse half1783

life partner1809

domestic partner1815

ball and chain1921

lover1969

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 481 Return fair Eve... Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim My other half .

1785 E. Lovibond Poems 136 What Plato has fabled, could Julia recover Her lost other half, from mankind.

1845 C. Dickens Let. 30 July (1977) IV. 343 Mrs. Dickens writes with me in cordial remembrances to your other half.

1979 D. Barlow Sexually Transmitted Dis. xi. 100 Husbands and girl-friends can be happy that no details will be released to their other half unless the patient specifically requests it.

1993 Mother & Baby Feb. 55/1 When I told Mike (my other half) that I'd booked a week's holiday..he said, ‘Great, who's having the boys?’

3. slang (originally Navy). A second drink, esp. when bought in return for another.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > bought in return

other half1922

1922 W. S. Maugham On Chinese Screen lii. 211 No sooner was your glass empty than he was prompt with the China phrase: ‘Ready for the other half?’

1931 C. Lithgow Simple Sailor xv. 184 You won't have the other half? Sure?

1965 R. Jeffries Dead against Lawyers vii. 69 You'll have the other half, Inspector? Two whiskies under the belt are better than one.

1975 E. Berckman Indecent Exposure viii. 101 ‘Have to be shoving off now, sorry—.’‘The other half,’ Dennison objected. ‘What were you drinking, whisky—?’

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

†b. other half: (followed by a singular noun) one and a half. Scottish in later use. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [noun] > division into two equal parts > one and a half

other halfeOE

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xxviii. 360 Se ilca Eadric oðer healf gear þæt rice hæfde.

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 9 Nim ladsar..and galpanj oþþres healfes paniȝe whit.

c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) l. 202 Oþer half hundred of riche kinges.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 939 (MED) Oþer half ȝer we abbeþ now iwend wiþ oute reste.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 16600 (MED) Half feirth of eln was þe length, And oþer half þe brede.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 687 A strike or other half a stryke Of barly mele.

a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 25 Take oþer half-pound of Flowre of Rys, iij pound of Almaundys, half an vnce of hony.

1588 Kinnaird Farm Bk. f. 71, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Off koyis off other half ȝeir aldis.

a1690 D. Monro Descr. W. Isles (1961) 64 Ane Ile, callit Iniskenȝie, other half mile lang, les nor ane mile breid.

单词	other half
释义	other halfn. Brit. /ˌʌðə ˈhɑːf/, U.S. /ˈəðər ˈhæf/ Forms: see other adj. and half n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: other adj., half n. Etymology: < other adj. + half n.With sense 2 compare earlier better half n. 2a. 1. People of a different, usually more affluent, social class or group. Chiefly in how the other half lives (also live). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > those belonging to a different class other halfa1633 1607 Bp. J. Hall Holy Observ. 26 One half of the world knowes not how the other liues.] a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. D7^v Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies [sic]. 1786 R. Hunter Jrnl. 5 June in Quebec to Carolina (1943) (modernized text) 257 One half of the world do no know how the other half live. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. x. 141 It is an old proverb that ‘one half the world do not know how the other half live’. Add to it, nor where they live. 1890 J. A. Riis How Other Half Lives 1 Long ago it was said that ‘one half of the world does not know how the other half lives’. 1890 J. A. Riis How Other Half Lives 3 The sufferings and sins of the ‘other half’..are but..a just punishment upon the community that gave it no other choice. 1945 N. L. McClung Stream runs Fast xiii. 106 We were only amateurs but we did find out a few things about how the ‘other half’ lived. 1965 E. O'Brien August is Wicked Month xiii. 141 ‘Why not, see how the other half live..’ she said... They would have the pool and servants to wait on them. 1968 J. Sangster Touchfeather xiii. 140 He said if I was ever in Los Angeles to look him up. Glad I did. Talk about how the other half lives! 1970 ‘D. Shannon’ Unexpected Death (1971) ix. 141 ‘My God,’ said Higgins. ‘How the other half lives.’ 1975 Times 15 Jan. 15/4 In the interests of national unity, may I support your plea to the other half (and if they do not know they are in it, that is half the trouble) to accept that the shocking conditions of the London comprehensives..are really good for their children, and for society. 1992 Equinox Aug. 96/3 Thanks to their most prominent alumni, Ahmek and Wapomeo are best known as the summer getaways where the other half plays. 2. With possessive adjective. A person's wife, husband, or partner. Cf. better half n. 2a. Now colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > spouse, consort, or partner ferec975 matchOE makec1175 spousea1200 lemanc1275 fellowc1350 likea1393 wed-ferea1400 partyc1443 espouse?c1450 bedfellow1490 yokefellow?1542 espousal1543 spouse1548 mate1549 marrow1554 paragon1557 yokemate1567 partner1577 better halfa1586 twin1592 moiety1611 copemate1631 consort1634 half-marrow1637 matrimonya1640 helpmeet1661 other half1667 helpmate1715 spousie1735 life companion1763 worse half1783 life partner1809 domestic partner1815 ball and chain1921 lover1969 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 481 Return fair Eve... Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim My other half . View more context for this quotation 1785 E. Lovibond Poems 136 What Plato has fabled, could Julia recover Her lost other half, from mankind. 1845 C. Dickens Let. 30 July (1977) IV. 343 Mrs. Dickens writes with me in cordial remembrances to your other half. 1979 D. Barlow Sexually Transmitted Dis. xi. 100 Husbands and girl-friends can be happy that no details will be released to their other half unless the patient specifically requests it. 1993 Mother & Baby Feb. 55/1 When I told Mike (my other half) that I'd booked a week's holiday..he said, ‘Great, who's having the boys?’ 3. slang (originally Navy). A second drink, esp. when bought in return for another. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > bought in return other half1922 1922 W. S. Maugham On Chinese Screen lii. 211 No sooner was your glass empty than he was prompt with the China phrase: ‘Ready for the other half?’ 1931 C. Lithgow Simple Sailor xv. 184 You won't have the other half? Sure? 1965 R. Jeffries Dead against Lawyers vii. 69 You'll have the other half, Inspector? Two whiskies under the belt are better than one. 1975 E. Berckman Indecent Exposure viii. 101 ‘Have to be shoving off now, sorry—.’‘The other half,’ Dennison objected. ‘What were you drinking, whisky—?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas other half †b. other half: (followed by a singular noun) one and a half. Scottish in later use. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [noun] > division into two equal parts > one and a half other halfeOE eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xxviii. 360 Se ilca Eadric oðer healf gear þæt rice hæfde. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 9 Nim ladsar..and galpanj oþþres healfes paniȝe whit. c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) l. 202 Oþer half hundred of riche kinges. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 939 (MED) Oþer half ȝer we abbeþ now iwend wiþ oute reste. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 16600 (MED) Half feirth of eln was þe length, And oþer half þe brede. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 687 A strike or other half a stryke Of barly mele. a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 25 Take oþer half-pound of Flowre of Rys, iij pound of Almaundys, half an vnce of hony. 1588 Kinnaird Farm Bk. f. 71, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Off koyis off other half ȝeir aldis. a1690 D. Monro Descr. W. Isles (1961) 64 Ane Ile, callit Iniskenȝie, other half mile lang, les nor ane mile breid. extracted from otheradj.pron.n.adv.² < n.a1633 as lemmas
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