red-tapistn.

Brit.

/rɛdˈteɪpɪst/, U.S.

/ˌrɛdˈteɪpᵻst/

Forms: 1800s– red-tapeist, 1800s– red-tapist.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: red tape n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < red tape n. + -ist suffix. Compare slightly later red-tapism n.

depreciative.

A person who adheres strictly or mechanically to official rules and formalities.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > officious or petty

Jack in office1652

red-tapist1832

red-taper1837

Bumble1846

red tapeworm1851

tapist1852

jobsworth1970

1832 Manch. Times & Gaz. 31 Mar. The old red-tapist..may plead the imprescriptible right of such persons to rat without giving any explanation.

1842 R. Ford in W. I. Knapp Life G. Borrow (1899) II. App. i. 315 Red-tapists hatched in the hotbeds of jobbery.

1884 Fortn. Rev. June 817 The official red-tapeists who seek to carry minutes, memoranda, and returns into every department of life.

1902 Times 14 Jan. 6/1 Inspectors should be first-class men who had had at least ten years' practical experience as teachers. Such men would not be very liable to become red-tapists.

1945 S. H. Steinberg Short Hist. Germany v. 154 Frederick..stands out favourably against the pedestrian race of martinets, clod-hoppers and red-tapists with whom the dynasty of Hohenzollern abounded.

1991 Guardian 26 Feb. 36/1 Prospective adopters complain bitterly that the authorities have been at best unhelpful, at worst hostile, but they will not put their names to complaints for fear of punishment by the red tapists.

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

单词	red-tapist
释义	red-tapistn. Brit. /rɛdˈteɪpɪst/, U.S. /ˌrɛdˈteɪpᵻst/ Forms: 1800s– red-tapeist, 1800s– red-tapist. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: red tape n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < red tape n. + -ist suffix. Compare slightly later red-tapism n. depreciative. A person who adheres strictly or mechanically to official rules and formalities. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > officious or petty Jack in office1652 red-tapist1832 red-taper1837 Bumble1846 red tapeworm1851 tapist1852 jobsworth1970 1832 Manch. Times & Gaz. 31 Mar. The old red-tapist..may plead the imprescriptible right of such persons to rat without giving any explanation. 1842 R. Ford in W. I. Knapp Life G. Borrow (1899) II. App. i. 315 Red-tapists hatched in the hotbeds of jobbery. 1884 Fortn. Rev. June 817 The official red-tapeists who seek to carry minutes, memoranda, and returns into every department of life. 1902 Times 14 Jan. 6/1 Inspectors should be first-class men who had had at least ten years' practical experience as teachers. Such men would not be very liable to become red-tapists. 1945 S. H. Steinberg Short Hist. Germany v. 154 Frederick..stands out favourably against the pedestrian race of martinets, clod-hoppers and red-tapists with whom the dynasty of Hohenzollern abounded. 1991 Guardian 26 Feb. 36/1 Prospective adopters complain bitterly that the authorities have been at best unhelpful, at worst hostile, but they will not put their names to complaints for fear of punishment by the red tapists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
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