red-tapishadj.

Brit.

/rɛdˈteɪpɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˌrɛdˈteɪpɪʃ/

Forms: 1800s– red-tapish, 1900s– red-tapeish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: red tape n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < red tape n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier red-taped adj., and also earlier red-tapery n., red-tapism n.

Characterized or affected by red-tapism.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > [adjective] > bureaucratic

functionary1668

bureaucratic1800

tape-tying1832

bureaucrat1849

red-tapish1850

red-tapey1860

tape-bound1900

tape-tied1900

striped-trouser(ed)1934

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iii. 30 One Intellect still really human, and not redtapish.

1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 635 Close bodies tend to become narrow and red-tapish.

1916 Manitoba Free Press 2 Dec. 17/5 It seemed unnecessary and red-tapish to interfere with the admirable organizations and individual efforts which..had managed to supply so many prisoners without which they would certainly have died of starvation.

1953 Times 13 Aug. 7/2 Mr. Herbert Morrison..thought the proposal would tend to develop ‘a rather red-tapeish, unadventurous and conventionally Civil Service frame of mind’.

1993 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 29 May s14 He has announced a 100-day plan that clips hundreds of red-tapish regulations and allows companies easier access to credit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red-tapish
释义	red-tapishadj. Brit. /rɛdˈteɪpɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌrɛdˈteɪpɪʃ/ Forms: 1800s– red-tapish, 1900s– red-tapeish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: red tape n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < red tape n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier red-taped adj., and also earlier red-tapery n., red-tapism n. Characterized or affected by red-tapism. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [adjective] > bureaucratic functionary1668 bureaucratic1800 tape-tying1832 bureaucrat1849 red-tapish1850 red-tapey1860 tape-bound1900 tape-tied1900 striped-trouser(ed)1934 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iii. 30 One Intellect still really human, and not redtapish. 1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 635 Close bodies tend to become narrow and red-tapish. 1916 Manitoba Free Press 2 Dec. 17/5 It seemed unnecessary and red-tapish to interfere with the admirable organizations and individual efforts which..had managed to supply so many prisoners without which they would certainly have died of starvation. 1953 Times 13 Aug. 7/2 Mr. Herbert Morrison..thought the proposal would tend to develop ‘a rather red-tapeish, unadventurous and conventionally Civil Service frame of mind’. 1993 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 29 May s14 He has announced a 100-day plan that clips hundreds of red-tapish regulations and allows companies easier access to credit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1850
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