单词 | outsider |
释义 | outsidern. 1. a. A person who does not belong to a particular circle, community, profession, etc.; a person originating from elsewhere. Also: a person unconnected with a matter; a person lacking special knowledge of a subject. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [noun] > one outside a barrier or enclosure outsider1800 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider fremdc950 guestc950 althedyOE allophyleOE uncoutha1250 strangea1325 alienc1384 barbarc1384 barbarync1384 strangerc1385 barbaric1388 foreigna1399 outland?a1400 farandman14.. out-comelingc1400 foreigner1422 alienar1473 alienate1497 estrangec1503 new face?a1513 barbarianc1550 fremman1568 frenne1579 estranger1586 inmatea1600 outlier1606 outcomer1607 externc1610 exoteric1697 outner1721 outsider1800 unco1800 inconnu1807 outrigger1850 offcome1859 ringer1896 offcomer1898 shenzi1910 out-grouper1938 outworlder1948 1800 J. Austen Let. 20 Nov. (1995) 62 There was a whist & a casino table, & six outsiders. 1833 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 354 Those he cannot entertain, the outsiders, ‘without a home to cover them’. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House li. 492 He is only an outsider, and is not in the mysteries. a1860 Lowell Jrnl. A large number of outsiders have gone to the free-soil convention at Buffalo. 1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 31 Outsiders, you know, often see most of the game. 1944 F. Brown in B. W. Aldiss Introd. SF (1964) 69 No one knew who the Outsiders were..or from what far galaxy they came. 1972 W. Samarin Tongues Men & Angels vi. 149 This jive is a private affair, a secret inner-circle code cooked up partly to mystify the outsiders. 1992 Economist 29 Feb. 16/1 Though many names on these syndicates did well in the early 1980s, they now talk of foul play and of insiders being favoured over outsiders. 2000 P. M. Sniderman et al. Outsider (2002) ii. 26 Is everyone who has come from outside Italy, just because they have come from outside it, regarded as equally an outsider? b. A person positioned physically on the outside or fringe of a group or line; a person situated beyond a boundary. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [noun] > one positioned on outside of a group outsider1857 outside1898 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > person failing to gain admission to 'ring' outsider1902 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. v. 116 Here come two of the bulldogs, bursting through the out-siders [of a football scrummage]; in they go, straight to the heart of the scrummage. 1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 84 One day, Phillips was ‘outsider’ on his chain. That is to say, he was working nearest the shaft in a gallery... West was outsider in the adjacent gallery. 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang V. 116/1 Outsider,..(racing), a person who fails to gain admission to the ‘ring’ from pecuniary or other causes. 1991 Football Action '91 41/3 The inside linebackers form a solid unit,..but the outsiders are thin on experience. c. A person who is isolated from or not integrated into conventional society, either by choice or through some social or other constraint; a misfit. Also: spec. the archetypal artist or intellectual seen as a person isolated from the rest of society. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > one outside conventional society beard1667 come-outer1840 pagan1841 Bohemian1843 Greenwich Villager1887 weirdie1894 outsider1907 white nigger1934 beardo1935 isolate1942 weirdo1955 beat1958 beatnik1958 boho1958 beatster1959 way out1959 hippie1966 rebetis1966 homeboy1967 peanut1968 Yippie1968 suedehead1970 Goth1986 grebo1987 hipster1989 1907 ‘I. Hay’ Pip x. 322 ‘I didn't think you ought to play [golf] with him,’ said Pip coolly. ‘He's an utter outsider.’ 1946 S. Gilbert tr. A. Camus (title) The outsider. 1956 C. Wilson Outsider i. 14 Many great artists have none of the characteristics of the Outsider. Shakespeare, Dante, Keats were all apparently normal and socially well-adjusted. 1958 J. Raymond England's on Anvil! 40 Like Proust the Jew, Pope the Roman Catholic son of a linen-draper was an outsider. 1966 C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush xiv. 201 I remember an odd fellow when I was in Nigeria. Bit of an outsider, really, but do anything with snakes. 1990 J. Masson Final Anal. (1991) vi. 118 I was a true outsider, and I suspect this trait appealed to Eissler. I had no fear of expressing myself. 2001 G. Falk Stigma ii. 41 Evidently, then, unreasonable people including the mentally ill are viewed..as outsiders who challenge the very basis on which American civilization rests. 2. Originally Horse Racing. A horse generally expected not to win or be placed in a particular race, and against which long odds are laid. Now also in extended use: a competitor, candidate, applicant, etc., considered unlikely to succeed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance lightweight1773 sticker1779 maiden1807 favourite1813 mile-horse1829 outsider1836 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 stoner1862 rank outsider1869 pick1872 pot1874 timer1881 resurrectionist1883 short head1883 pea1888 cert1889 stiffa1890 wrong 'un1889 on the mark1890 place horse1890 top-weight1892 miler1894 also-ran1895 selection1901 loser1902 hotpot1904 roughie1908 co-favourite1922 readier1922 springer1922 fav1935 scratch1938 no-hoper1943 shoo-in1950 scorer1974 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > outsider outsider1836 caravanner1838 rank outsider1869 stiff one1871 stiffa1890 roughie1908 no-hoper1943 1836 R. S. Surtees Let. in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1839) IV. ix. 185 An unfortunate outsider, called Astracan, was handed up to him for disposal... He begged us to dismiss from our mind all the previous recommendations he had made of other horses. 1836 Spirit of Times 5 Mar. 20/1 The Brother to Maria, the Babel colt, and Taishteer, are a shade worse, owing, no doubt, to the money laid out upon Brother to Nell Gwynne. No change amongst the outsiders. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone xxv It was evident he was still the favourite, and that all others were complete ‘outsiders’. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxviii. 273 As an outsider from an unknown stable may falsify all prognostications about a Derby favourite. 1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xxi. 315 He had no more hope of winning now; his one thought was that he would like to show Fay that he..was not a hopeless outsider at this queer game. 1973 J. Brooke King George III iii. 81 The future Queen Charlotte appeared at the end of the list almost as an afterthought, and very much an outsider in the matrimonial stakes. 1991 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 31/3 Vauxhall League side Woking are the outsiders at 5,000–1. 3. In plural. Criminals' slang. A pair of long nippers or pincers which can be inserted into a keyhole from the outside so as to grasp and turn the key on the inside. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > tongs or pincers > for turning a key outsiders1846 oustiti1941 1846 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 18 July 391/4 Three of their terrible instruments, called outsiders, of different sizes, with which they worked their way into houses and rooms... They somewhat resemble a pair of long pincers with the end round and hollow, with sharp teeth, and are calculated to grasp firmly the end of the key towards the outside of the door, and turn it, when the door is easily and silently opened. 1896 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 15 Jan. 1/8 The burglary must have been well planned. Three of the doors..were opened by means of outsiders. 1909 F. H. Tillotson How to be Detective 94 Outsider, a pair of nippers to turn keys from the outside. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > with seats facing the side jaunting-car1805 sidecar1845 outside car1849 outsider1900 1900 Westm. Gaz. 19 Jan. 10/2 If we are to judge by the figures set out by the Chief Commissioner of the Dublin Police in his latest report, the popularity of the ‘outsider’ is on the wane. In a single year the number of cars has been reduced by sixty-two. Compounds outsider art n. art produced by untrained artists (esp. social misfits) who are not part of the mainstream tradition. ΚΠ 1972 R. Cardinal (title) Outsider art. 1988 Mod. Painters Autumn 33/2 Rego is..too sane to work at the obsessive space-filling that is typical of most outsider art. 2001 Independent 22 Mar. ii. 12/1 The concept of Outsider Art often carries with it a baggage of notions about the improving, transformative effect of artistic expression on individuals from beyond the pale of ‘normal’ life. outsider artist n. a person who creates outsider art. ΚΠ 1990 Artnews Apr. 38/4 Critics have always had a hard time pegging Zush—some regard him as an ‘outsider artist’... Others prefer to link him to..art-historical antecedents. 2001 N.Y. Times 2 May h26/2 The obsessive books and double-sided drawings by the great outsider artist Henry Darger will be displayed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1800 |
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