Rip Van Winkleishadj.

Brit.

/ˌrɪp van ˈwɪŋklɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˌrɪp vən ˈwɪŋk(ə)lɪʃ/

Forms: 1800s– Rip Van Winkleish, 1800s– Rip Van Winklish. Also with lower-case initial in the second element.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rip Van Winkle , -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < the name of Rip Van Winkle (see Rip Van Winkle n.) + -ish suffix¹.

Characteristic of or resembling Rip Van Winkle; not aware of or alert to present (esp. social and political) conditions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > of persons, views, etc.

old-fashioned1596

musty1603

mildewed1605

fusty1609

wormy1611

frumpy1746

fossila1770

arriéré1814

has-been1819

Rip Van Winkleish1829

frumpish1847

archaistic1850

fogey1852

fogeyish1852

old fogeyish1853

rusty-fusty1864

mossbacked1876

dead-handed1928

Victorian1934

unhep1939

unhip1939

dinosaurian1943

square1946

dinosaur-like1947

dinosauric1977

analogue1993

1829 Mechanic's Press (Utica, N.Y.) 5 Dec. 28/1 His Rip Van Winkleish habits asked no more than to pursue ‘the even tenor of their way’.

1852 Harper's Mag. Aug. 420/2 A Pilgrim from the backwoods..had just been awakened from a Rip-Van-Winkleish existence of a quarter of a century by the steam-whistle of the Erie Railroad.

1861 Macphail's Edinb. Eccl. Jrnl. Nov. 210 This is surely Spanish or Italian rule, or a Rip-Van-Winklish sleep has fallen on some of the men who lived before Clive.

1911 M. Beerbohm Lett. to R. Turner (1964) 195 It made me feel very Rip-Van-Winkleish to find no Alfred Douglas.

1947 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 60 326 It is more likely that the tales of retreat underground and Rip Van Winkleish slumbers..are in the main part of Pythagorean and Orphic mumbo jumbo.

2002 Boston Herald (Nexis) 16 May 45 In these scenes, the old Lucas stirs from his Rip Van Winkleish slumber.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rip van winkleish
释义	Rip Van Winkleishadj. Brit. /ˌrɪp van ˈwɪŋklɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌrɪp vən ˈwɪŋk(ə)lɪʃ/ Forms: 1800s– Rip Van Winkleish, 1800s– Rip Van Winklish. Also with lower-case initial in the second element. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rip Van Winkle , -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < the name of Rip Van Winkle (see Rip Van Winkle n.) + -ish suffix¹. Characteristic of or resembling Rip Van Winkle; not aware of or alert to present (esp. social and political) conditions. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > of persons, views, etc. old-fashioned1596 musty1603 mildewed1605 fusty1609 wormy1611 frumpy1746 fossila1770 arriéré1814 has-been1819 Rip Van Winkleish1829 frumpish1847 archaistic1850 fogey1852 fogeyish1852 old fogeyish1853 rusty-fusty1864 mossbacked1876 dead-handed1928 Victorian1934 unhep1939 unhip1939 dinosaurian1943 square1946 dinosaur-like1947 dinosauric1977 analogue1993 1829 Mechanic's Press (Utica, N.Y.) 5 Dec. 28/1 His Rip Van Winkleish habits asked no more than to pursue ‘the even tenor of their way’. 1852 Harper's Mag. Aug. 420/2 A Pilgrim from the backwoods..had just been awakened from a Rip-Van-Winkleish existence of a quarter of a century by the steam-whistle of the Erie Railroad. 1861 Macphail's Edinb. Eccl. Jrnl. Nov. 210 This is surely Spanish or Italian rule, or a Rip-Van-Winklish sleep has fallen on some of the men who lived before Clive. 1911 M. Beerbohm Lett. to R. Turner (1964) 195 It made me feel very Rip-Van-Winkleish to find no Alfred Douglas. 1947 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 60 326 It is more likely that the tales of retreat underground and Rip Van Winkleish slumbers..are in the main part of Pythagorean and Orphic mumbo jumbo. 2002 Boston Herald (Nexis) 16 May 45 In these scenes, the old Lucas stirs from his Rip Van Winkleish slumber. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1829
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