petroleusen.

Brit.

/ˌpɛtrɒˈləːz/, U.S.

/ˌpɛtrəˈləz/

Forms: 1800s pétroleuse, 1800s– petroleuse.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pétroleuse.

Etymology: < French pétroleuse (1871) < pétrole petrol n. + -euse -euse suffix. Compare slightly later petroleur n.

Now rare.

A woman or girl who uses petrol to set fire to a building or other property; spec. any of the women who set fire to public buildings in Paris during the Commune in May 1871. Cf. petroleur n.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > arson > one guilty of > specific

petroleuse1871

petroleur1875

petrolist1890

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > incendiarism > an incendiary

make-fire1560

burn-grange1568

firer1576

incendiary1606

cendiary1624

conflagrator1641

fire-raiser1678

firesetter1831

arsonist1848

arsonite1859

petroleuse1871

petroleur1875

petrolist1890

torch1938

1871 Standard 7 Sept. 4 The judgment recorded against the five Petroleuses, or petroleum-throwers, tried this week.

1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 466 The petroleuse dragged like a chained beast through the scorching streets of Paris.

1989 M. Robinson Mother Country Introd. 32 My attack will seem ill-tempered and eccentric, a veering toward anarchy, the unsettling emergence of lady novelist as petroleuse.

1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 May 52/1 Her working-class counterpart, the harridan-cum-slut and Communistic petroleuse by the name of Jones.

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

单词	petroleuse
释义	petroleusen. Brit. /ˌpɛtrɒˈləːz/, U.S. /ˌpɛtrəˈləz/ Forms: 1800s pétroleuse, 1800s– petroleuse. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pétroleuse. Etymology: < French pétroleuse (1871) < pétrole petrol n. + -euse -euse suffix. Compare slightly later petroleur n. Now rare. A woman or girl who uses petrol to set fire to a building or other property; spec. any of the women who set fire to public buildings in Paris during the Commune in May 1871. Cf. petroleur n. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > arson > one guilty of > specific petroleuse1871 petroleur1875 petrolist1890 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > incendiarism > an incendiary make-fire1560 burn-grange1568 firer1576 incendiary1606 cendiary1624 conflagrator1641 fire-raiser1678 firesetter1831 arsonist1848 arsonite1859 petroleuse1871 petroleur1875 petrolist1890 torch1938 1871 Standard 7 Sept. 4 The judgment recorded against the five Petroleuses, or petroleum-throwers, tried this week. 1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 466 The petroleuse dragged like a chained beast through the scorching streets of Paris. 1989 M. Robinson Mother Country Introd. 32 My attack will seem ill-tempered and eccentric, a veering toward anarchy, the unsettling emergence of lady novelist as petroleuse. 1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 May 52/1 Her working-class counterpart, the harridan-cum-slut and Communistic petroleuse by the name of Jones. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871
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