parrot-housen.

Brit.

/ˈparəthaʊs/, U.S.

/ˈpɛrətˌ(h)aʊs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: parrot n.¹, house n.¹

Etymology: < parrot n.¹ + house n.¹

A building, esp. in a zoo, for housing parrots. Also figurative: a room, building, etc., filled with loud or raucous chatter.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] > parrot-house

parrot-house1850

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > sound

ganglinga1387

noise?a1425

jarring1555

jangling1581

discord1589

caterwauling1594

latration1623

tingle-tanglea1635

jar1669

crank1786

jangle1795

discordancy1796

inharmony1799

discordance1801

parrot-house1850

soundclash1925

ear-bender1940

1850 Fraser's Mag. June 654/2 The siren had lived for many years in the parrot-house, domiciled in a vessel of pond water, with a bottom of deep mud.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. ii. xv. 251 Our chat would be thin and eager, as if delivered from a camp-stool in a parrot-house.

1881 Times 2 May 6/1 The thorough repair and reconstruction of the parrot-house.

1923 H. C. Bailey Mr. Fortune's Pract. vii. 186 It is an old-fashioned orphanage..as noisy as the parrot house.

1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited ii. i. 216 The parrot-house fever of my wife's party.

1977 ‘M. Underwood’ Murder with Malice xxiii. 209 The courtroom became a parrot-house of chatter as people pushed towards the exits.

2002 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 4 Apr. 4 Thieves stole the blue and gold macaw after forcing a door to the Parrot House at Chester Zoo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parrot-house
释义	parrot-housen. Brit. /ˈparəthaʊs/, U.S. /ˈpɛrətˌ(h)aʊs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: parrot n.¹, house n.¹ Etymology: < parrot n.¹ + house n.¹ A building, esp. in a zoo, for housing parrots. Also figurative: a room, building, etc., filled with loud or raucous chatter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] > parrot-house parrot-house1850 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > sound ganglinga1387 noise?a1425 jarring1555 jangling1581 discord1589 caterwauling1594 latration1623 tingle-tanglea1635 jar1669 crank1786 jangle1795 discordancy1796 inharmony1799 discordance1801 parrot-house1850 soundclash1925 ear-bender1940 1850 Fraser's Mag. June 654/2 The siren had lived for many years in the parrot-house, domiciled in a vessel of pond water, with a bottom of deep mud. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. ii. xv. 251 Our chat would be thin and eager, as if delivered from a camp-stool in a parrot-house. 1881 Times 2 May 6/1 The thorough repair and reconstruction of the parrot-house. 1923 H. C. Bailey Mr. Fortune's Pract. vii. 186 It is an old-fashioned orphanage..as noisy as the parrot house. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited ii. i. 216 The parrot-house fever of my wife's party. 1977 ‘M. Underwood’ Murder with Malice xxiii. 209 The courtroom became a parrot-house of chatter as people pushed towards the exits. 2002 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 4 Apr. 4 Thieves stole the blue and gold macaw after forcing a door to the Parrot House at Chester Zoo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850
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