rosbifn.

Brit.

/rɒzˈbiːf/, U.S.

/ˌrɔzˈbif/

Forms: 1800s– rosbif, 1800s– rosbeef (rare). Also with capital initial.

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

Etymology: < French rosbif, rosbeef roast beef (1755; compare earlier ros de bif (1691)), English person (1774; earlier in the name of the fictional character Jacques Rosbif (1727 in a comedy by L. de Boissy); compare quot. 1777 at sense 2) < English roast beef n.

Now chiefly humorous.

1. Esp. in non-English-speaking countries: beef (or occasionally other meat) roasted in the English manner. Also with postmodifier.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > roasted meat

bredea1000

roasteda1398

roasta1400

Easter lambc1400

hasterya1475

roast meat1528

roast beef1564

rib roast1627

rôti1771

rosbif1822

Sunday joint1844

buccan1862

sauerbraten1889

crown roast1901

schooner on the rocks1916

porchetta1929

sour beef1935

siu mei1960

nyama choma1980

1822 New Monthly Mag. 4 260 I next called for ‘Rosbif’; and the slender portion which they gave me of that being quickly disposed of, I ran my eye over the carte for some other English dish.

1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xi. 120 Our true love for the ros-bif of old England.

1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 7 In the most popular cookery books of France..roast mutton and lamb are designated Rosbif de Mouton, and Rosbif d'agneau.

1878 All Year Round 17 Aug. 155/2 So I eat my rosbif and find it tough.

1897 A. Beardsley Let. 15 Apr. (1970) 303 She..has been lecturing me about diet. Hot water and rosbif make up her programme.

1972 J. Aiken Butterfly Picnic i. 19 How about a nice grilled steak—chicken—rosbif?

1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 163 The Italians do a wonderful pasta sauce which is really just the meat juices left in the roasting pan after their particularly flavoursome way of cooking rosbif.

2. Among French-speakers: (a pejorative term for) an Englishman.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England

EnglishmaneOE

EnglishOE

startc1438

Southron1488

Englander1610

knife-man1643

Englisher1652

southern1721

John Bull1772

Saxon1810

Sassenach1815

rosbif1826

Goddam1830

Angrezi1866

Angrez1877

Percy1916

Limey1918

woodbine1918

homie1926

kipper1946

1777 tr. J. J. Rutledge Englishman's Fortnight in Paris 159 Every effort by petarades..to wake the torpid and motionless Jacques Rosbif.]

1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. v. 179 From sheer envy, they hooted, hissed, hustled, and called me ‘rosbif’ and ‘goddam’.

1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians (1859) II. iii. 23 Only my white cockade and coat had saved me from the fate which the other canaille of Rosbifs had deservedly met with.

1874 New Monthly Mag. Sept. 278 I make you my compliments, old rosbif!

1955 R. Farn tr. P. Daninos Major Thompson lives in France xiii. 165 My vis-à-vis pulling up just short of me, assailed me point blank: ‘Completely cracked, you old idiot? Think you're still among the rosbifs?’

1981 ‘M. Hebden’ Pel is Puzzled xiv. 147 I'm a bit exhausted with talking rosbif..but then, if one visits the land of Rosbifs, I suppose one has to accept that.

2003 Sunday Times 10 Aug. (News Review) 4/6 The fate of the vehicle is to be owned by a rosbif.

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

单词	rosbif
释义	rosbifn. Brit. /rɒzˈbiːf/, U.S. /ˌrɔzˈbif/ Forms: 1800s– rosbif, 1800s– rosbeef (rare). Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rosbif. Etymology: < French rosbif, rosbeef roast beef (1755; compare earlier ros de bif (1691)), English person (1774; earlier in the name of the fictional character Jacques Rosbif (1727 in a comedy by L. de Boissy); compare quot. 1777 at sense 2) < English roast beef n. Now chiefly humorous. 1. Esp. in non-English-speaking countries: beef (or occasionally other meat) roasted in the English manner. Also with postmodifier. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > roasted meat bredea1000 roasteda1398 roasta1400 Easter lambc1400 hasterya1475 roast meat1528 roast beef1564 rib roast1627 rôti1771 rosbif1822 Sunday joint1844 buccan1862 sauerbraten1889 crown roast1901 schooner on the rocks1916 porchetta1929 sour beef1935 siu mei1960 nyama choma1980 1822 New Monthly Mag. 4 260 I next called for ‘Rosbif’; and the slender portion which they gave me of that being quickly disposed of, I ran my eye over the carte for some other English dish. 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xi. 120 Our true love for the ros-bif of old England. 1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 7 In the most popular cookery books of France..roast mutton and lamb are designated Rosbif de Mouton, and Rosbif d'agneau. 1878 All Year Round 17 Aug. 155/2 So I eat my rosbif and find it tough. 1897 A. Beardsley Let. 15 Apr. (1970) 303 She..has been lecturing me about diet. Hot water and rosbif make up her programme. 1972 J. Aiken Butterfly Picnic i. 19 How about a nice grilled steak—chicken—rosbif? 1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 163 The Italians do a wonderful pasta sauce which is really just the meat juices left in the roasting pan after their particularly flavoursome way of cooking rosbif. 2. Among French-speakers: (a pejorative term for) an Englishman. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England EnglishmaneOE EnglishOE startc1438 Southron1488 Englander1610 knife-man1643 Englisher1652 southern1721 John Bull1772 Saxon1810 Sassenach1815 rosbif1826 Goddam1830 Angrezi1866 Angrez1877 Percy1916 Limey1918 woodbine1918 homie1926 kipper1946 1777 tr. J. J. Rutledge Englishman's Fortnight in Paris 159 Every effort by petarades..to wake the torpid and motionless Jacques Rosbif.] 1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. v. 179 From sheer envy, they hooted, hissed, hustled, and called me ‘rosbif’ and ‘goddam’. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians (1859) II. iii. 23 Only my white cockade and coat had saved me from the fate which the other canaille of Rosbifs had deservedly met with. 1874 New Monthly Mag. Sept. 278 I make you my compliments, old rosbif! 1955 R. Farn tr. P. Daninos Major Thompson lives in France xiii. 165 My vis-à-vis pulling up just short of me, assailed me point blank: ‘Completely cracked, you old idiot? Think you're still among the rosbifs?’ 1981 ‘M. Hebden’ Pel is Puzzled xiv. 147 I'm a bit exhausted with talking rosbif..but then, if one visits the land of Rosbifs, I suppose one has to accept that. 2003 Sunday Times 10 Aug. (News Review) 4/6 The fate of the vehicle is to be owned by a rosbif. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822
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