prairie firen.

Brit.

/ˈprɛːrɪ ˌfʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈprɛri ˌfaɪ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prairie n., fire n.

Etymology: < prairie n. + fire n.

1. A wildfire on a prairie. Frequently in similative use, esp. as the type of something that spreads uncontrollably (cf. sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > destructive > bush or forest fire

prairie fire1824

bush-fire1847

brush-fire1850

crown fire1893

red steer1936

1824 W. Owen in Indiana Hist. Soc. Publ. (1906) 4 i. 83 We then rode on to the prairie and rode twice through the prairie fire, which..moved very slowly.

1840 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 10 Mar. The withered and withering grass of Locofocoism is licked up, as the prairie fire licks up every thing that cumbers the broad savannah.

1892 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 10 Oct. 9/3 By back-firing, the people..saved their town from being destroyed by the great prairie-fire.

1922 Beaver Oct. 17/2 One of the most..terrible sights of those early days was a stampede of hundreds of buffalo fleeing before a prairie fire.

1934 Mod. Psychologist June 17/1 The teachings of Freud and his disciples..ran like prairie fire over the world.

1987 P. C. Newman Caesars of Wilderness i. vii. 172 Like a prairie fire, news of the destruction of Fort Gibraltar raced from post to post.

2004 J. Orsi Hazardous Metropolis 170 The top of Cerro Grande Mountain..was a grassy meadow maintained by prairie fires that had historically swept the area and prevented the growth of more than a few scattered trees.

2. figurative. Something which spreads or develops rapidly or uncontrollably.

ΚΠ

1899 Daily News 20 Mar. 8/3 Since ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin’ there has been no such prairie fire in fiction as Mr. Charles M. Sheldon's ‘In His Steps’.

1946 H. Becker German Youth iv. 57 His example set off a veritable prairie fire of youthful rebellion throughout all of Germany.

2001 L. Gross Up from Invisibility xi. 184 Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique had sparked the prairie fire of women's liberation.

Compounds

attributive. With allusion to the rapid or uncontrollable spread of a prairie fire.

ΚΠ

1927 E. A. Ross Standing Room Only? v. 47 The prairie-fire spread of cholera, once attributed to wind-borne infection, is now seen to be always along the lines of human movement.

1963 A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex iii. 27 ‘The prairie fire’ view of homosexual contact—that..if it were allowed legally and morally everyone would turn to it.

1996 J. Sanger Compleat Observer? iv. 35 I..spent time among the worst offenders in football crowds, with my tape running unseen, picking up the prairie fire progress of new football chants.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prairie fire
释义	prairie firen. Brit. /ˈprɛːrɪ ˌfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈprɛri ˌfaɪ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prairie n., fire n. Etymology: < prairie n. + fire n. 1. A wildfire on a prairie. Frequently in similative use, esp. as the type of something that spreads uncontrollably (cf. sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > destructive > bush or forest fire prairie fire1824 bush-fire1847 brush-fire1850 crown fire1893 red steer1936 1824 W. Owen in Indiana Hist. Soc. Publ. (1906) 4 i. 83 We then rode on to the prairie and rode twice through the prairie fire, which..moved very slowly. 1840 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 10 Mar. The withered and withering grass of Locofocoism is licked up, as the prairie fire licks up every thing that cumbers the broad savannah. 1892 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 10 Oct. 9/3 By back-firing, the people..saved their town from being destroyed by the great prairie-fire. 1922 Beaver Oct. 17/2 One of the most..terrible sights of those early days was a stampede of hundreds of buffalo fleeing before a prairie fire. 1934 Mod. Psychologist June 17/1 The teachings of Freud and his disciples..ran like prairie fire over the world. 1987 P. C. Newman Caesars of Wilderness i. vii. 172 Like a prairie fire, news of the destruction of Fort Gibraltar raced from post to post. 2004 J. Orsi Hazardous Metropolis 170 The top of Cerro Grande Mountain..was a grassy meadow maintained by prairie fires that had historically swept the area and prevented the growth of more than a few scattered trees. 2. figurative. Something which spreads or develops rapidly or uncontrollably. ΚΠ 1899 Daily News 20 Mar. 8/3 Since ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin’ there has been no such prairie fire in fiction as Mr. Charles M. Sheldon's ‘In His Steps’. 1946 H. Becker German Youth iv. 57 His example set off a veritable prairie fire of youthful rebellion throughout all of Germany. 2001 L. Gross Up from Invisibility xi. 184 Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique had sparked the prairie fire of women's liberation. Compounds attributive. With allusion to the rapid or uncontrollable spread of a prairie fire. ΚΠ 1927 E. A. Ross Standing Room Only? v. 47 The prairie-fire spread of cholera, once attributed to wind-borne infection, is now seen to be always along the lines of human movement. 1963 A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex iii. 27 ‘The prairie fire’ view of homosexual contact—that..if it were allowed legally and morally everyone would turn to it. 1996 J. Sanger Compleat Observer? iv. 35 I..spent time among the worst offenders in football crowds, with my tape running unseen, picking up the prairie fire progress of new football chants. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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