rookien.adj.

Brit.

/ˈrʊki/, U.S.

/ˈrʊki/

Forms: 1800s– rookey, 1800s– rookie, 1800s– rooky.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recruit n., -y suffix⁶; rook v.², rook n.¹, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < a shortening of recruit n. + -y suffix⁶, although if so the change in the stem vowel is difficult to explain; it may perhaps result from semantic association with rook v.² (perhaps on account of new recruits' alleged gullibility, which would make them easy to cheat), or with the first element of rookery n. (see rookery n. 3c). Alternatively, the word may perhaps be directly < either rook v.² or rook n.¹ + -y suffix⁶.

slang.

A. n.

1. A new recruit, esp. in an army or police force. Also in extended use: a novice in a particular field or profession.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner

younglingOE

new-comeOE

novice1340

ginner?c1400

beginner1470

apprentice1489

prentice1489

infant1526

freshmana1557

intrant1560

enterer1565

puny?1570

weakling1575

new comeling1587

novist1587

incipient1589

puisne1592

abecedary1596

neophyte1600

abecedarian1603

bachelor1604

novelist?1608

alphabetary1611

breeching boy1611

tiro1611

alphabetarian1614

principiant1619

unexperienced1622

velvet head1631

undergraduatea1659

young stager1664

greenhorn1672

battledore boy1693

youngster1706

tironist1716

novitiatea1734

recruit1749

griffin1793

initiate1811

Johnny Newcome1815

Johnny Raw1823

griff1829

plebe1833

Johnny-come-lately1839

new chum1851

blanc-bec1853

fledgling1856

rookie1868

elementarian1876

tenderfoot1881

shorthorn1888

new kid1894

cheechako1897

ring-neck1898

Johnny1901

rook1902

fresh meat1908

malihini1914

initiand1915

stooge1930

intakea1943

cub1966

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > recruit

besognier1584

bisogno1591

bezonian1592

besonio1603

besogne?1615

greenhorn1650

lister1678

recruit1707

rookie1868

recruity1887

recruitee1896

rook1902

boot1915

inductee1941

sprog1941

yardbird1941

skinhead1943

macker1944

red-arse1946

1868 Colburn's United Service Mag. May 87 We..rather disliked the other things being done away with, fancying..that they would say it was a lot of raw rookies who could not be trusted either to draw a sword or spur a horse.

1883 London Society Dec. 634 Meantime, being only an unfortunate ‘rookey’—dragoon English for recruit—my lines were not cast in pleasant places, I can assure you.

1891 R. Kipling in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 466/1 You can't drill, you can't walk, you can't shoot,—you,—you awful rookies!

1913 H. A. Franck Zone Policeman 88 ix. 275 From the lieutenant to the newest uniformless ‘rookie’ every member of the police was swarming in and out of the building.

1915 Literary Digest 21 Aug. 336/2 A swarm of other notables serving as rookies in the business and professional men's military-training camp at Pittsburg, N.Y.

1930 Punch 16 Apr. 443/1 The keen young rooky, just fresh from his public school.

1939 Airman's Gaz. Dec. 16/2 Who was the Rookie here who thought..Blanco was a Spanish General.

1956 ‘E. McBain’ Cop Hater (1958) ix. 81 A squad car driven by a young rookie.

1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 173 Rooky, a brand new hand.

1987 C. D. Chase Mugged on Wall St. i. i. 21 We'll follow a broker's career from his first nervous cold telephone call as a rookie to the day when he has a fat Black Book of clients.

2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) iii. 24 Fifteen years back, when she'd joined the police in Dagenham, she'd been given more than her share of the jobs everyone dreaded, just to see how this pipsqueak female rookie would cope.

2. Originally and chiefly North American. A new member of a sports team, esp. one playing in his or her first major league or championship.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players

server1585

free agent1649

benchwarmer1662

puncher1681

sticker1779

hard hitter1790

hitter1813

go-devil1835

beneficiaire1841

colt1846

heavyweight1857

stayer1862

left-hander1864

attack1869

cap1879

international1882

roadman1886

big leaguer1887

homester1887

sand lotter1887

badger1890

internationalist1892

repeater1893

anchorman1895

grandstander1896

stylist1897

homebrew1903

letterman1905

toss-loser1906

fouler1908

rookie1908

mudder1912

sharpshooter1912

pro-amateur1919

receiver1919

southpaw1925

freestyler1927

hotshot1927

active1931

all-timer1936

iceman1936

wild card1940

scrambler1954

rounder1955

franchise1957

call-up1960

trialist1960

non-import1964

sandbagger1965

rebel1982

wide-body1986

1906 Daily Express (San Antonio, Texas) 14 Mar. 9/5 (headline) ‘Rookies’ [app. an Army team of new recruits] held regular team down.]

1908 Washington Post 16 Mar. 8/5 Before the buds begin to bust into bloom the golf rookies will find a correspondence course.

1913 Chicago Record-Herald 1 Mar. 12/2 Cal tried out Lefty Delano, a New Brunswick southpaw rookie.

1917 C. Mathewson Second Base Sloan 271 Chris Farrel'll be sending another rookie along first thing anyone knows.

1929 Daily Express 15 Jan. 9/7 In 1915..he was a member of the Baltimore baseball team as a gawky ‘rookie’.

1966 Time 8 July 60/3 The new enlarged S. & S. will be in a more powerful position to bid for blockbusting authors, whose contracts have been escalating as rapidly as those of prize pro football rookies.

1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 1 d/1 He was rookie of the year on the Professional Golfers Association tour in 1965.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 Oct. viii. 7/1 Now, only four games into the season, Bowe is no longer the late-arriving, fumble-fingered rookie.

B. adj. (attributive).

Designating or characteristic of a new recruit or team member.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [adjective] > novice or beginner

younglinga1250

novice1530

freshmanly1568

elementary1601

neophyte1601

initiatea1616

novitious1619

abecedarian1633

tironizinga1660

novitial1778

neophytic1856

neophytish1897

rookie1902

tironic1909

Sears-Roebuck1917

1902 Our Naval Apprentice Jan. 1 A ‘rookie’ landsman recently enlisted on the Topeka.., when he discovered that he could not gain shoulder straps the first month of his service.

1918 Philadelphia Inquirer 22 Dec. 3/1 That terrible loneliness of coming into a camp among strangers, a feeling that possesses the battle-scarred veteran as it did the rookie recruit.

1920 N.Y. Times 7 Mar. 19/2 Pfeffer grabbed a fungo bat and sent long drives to rookie flychasers.

1930 E. H. Lavine Third Degree (1931) 102 The shooting of ‘rookie’ Patrolman James A. Broderick.

1944 Chicago Daily News 21 Oct. 11/1 They expressed themselves..as willing to trade..for the rookie outfielder.

1963 Listener 4 Apr. 585/1 To the eye of the rookie policeman they were as unobtrusive as the pavement stones.

1977 D. L. Altheide in J. D. Douglas & J. M. Johnson Existential Sociol. iv. 137 Rookie reporters..learn the ropes and eventually become bored with the questions of newcomers.

1988 ‘J. Norst’ Colors vii. 93 Danny thumb-cocked his hammer for single-action fire—and immediately wished he hadn't. It was a rookie thing to do.

1991 J. Grisham Firm xxvi. 329 Suddenly your rookie recruit is a very smart man.

2003 Billboard 14 June 36/1 This rookie mistake will tie the hands of any attorney that artist may hire.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Oct. b17/6 The rookie quarterback Matt Ryan took the snap with six seconds left.

Compounds

General attributive.

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1910 in H. I. Hancock High School Freshman (end matter) (advt.) The books of this series tell in story form the life of a soldier from the rookie stage until he has qualified for an officer's commission.

1918 W. Faulkner Let. 11 Aug. in Thinking of Home (1992) 89 This is my ‘rookie’ uniform and was literally thrown at me.

1954 L. Armstrong Satchmo 37 They gave me the rooky greeting saying, ‘Welcome, Newcomer’.

1985 Cincinnati Enquirer 18 Oct. b5/1 Dailey was treated for drug abuse after his rookie year and was fined by the team..for missing a game.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Jan. viii. 9/1 Martin Brodeur has been the rock-solid foundation of the Devils since his rookie season in 1993–94.

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

单词	rookie
释义	rookien.adj. Brit. /ˈrʊki/, U.S. /ˈrʊki/ Forms: 1800s– rookey, 1800s– rookie, 1800s– rooky. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recruit n., -y suffix⁶; rook v.², rook n.¹, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < a shortening of recruit n. + -y suffix⁶, although if so the change in the stem vowel is difficult to explain; it may perhaps result from semantic association with rook v.² (perhaps on account of new recruits' alleged gullibility, which would make them easy to cheat), or with the first element of rookery n. (see rookery n. 3c). Alternatively, the word may perhaps be directly < either rook v.² or rook n.¹ + -y suffix⁶. slang. A. n. 1. A new recruit, esp. in an army or police force. Also in extended use: a novice in a particular field or profession. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > recruit besognier1584 bisogno1591 bezonian1592 besonio1603 besogne?1615 greenhorn1650 lister1678 recruit1707 rookie1868 recruity1887 recruitee1896 rook1902 boot1915 inductee1941 sprog1941 yardbird1941 skinhead1943 macker1944 red-arse1946 1868 Colburn's United Service Mag. May 87 We..rather disliked the other things being done away with, fancying..that they would say it was a lot of raw rookies who could not be trusted either to draw a sword or spur a horse. 1883 London Society Dec. 634 Meantime, being only an unfortunate ‘rookey’—dragoon English for recruit—my lines were not cast in pleasant places, I can assure you. 1891 R. Kipling in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 466/1 You can't drill, you can't walk, you can't shoot,—you,—you awful rookies! 1913 H. A. Franck Zone Policeman 88 ix. 275 From the lieutenant to the newest uniformless ‘rookie’ every member of the police was swarming in and out of the building. 1915 Literary Digest 21 Aug. 336/2 A swarm of other notables serving as rookies in the business and professional men's military-training camp at Pittsburg, N.Y. 1930 Punch 16 Apr. 443/1 The keen young rooky, just fresh from his public school. 1939 Airman's Gaz. Dec. 16/2 Who was the Rookie here who thought..Blanco was a Spanish General. 1956 ‘E. McBain’ Cop Hater (1958) ix. 81 A squad car driven by a young rookie. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 173 Rooky, a brand new hand. 1987 C. D. Chase Mugged on Wall St. i. i. 21 We'll follow a broker's career from his first nervous cold telephone call as a rookie to the day when he has a fat Black Book of clients. 2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) iii. 24 Fifteen years back, when she'd joined the police in Dagenham, she'd been given more than her share of the jobs everyone dreaded, just to see how this pipsqueak female rookie would cope. 2. Originally and chiefly North American. A new member of a sports team, esp. one playing in his or her first major league or championship. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players server1585 free agent1649 benchwarmer1662 puncher1681 sticker1779 hard hitter1790 hitter1813 go-devil1835 beneficiaire1841 colt1846 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 left-hander1864 attack1869 cap1879 international1882 roadman1886 big leaguer1887 homester1887 sand lotter1887 badger1890 internationalist1892 repeater1893 anchorman1895 grandstander1896 stylist1897 homebrew1903 letterman1905 toss-loser1906 fouler1908 rookie1908 mudder1912 sharpshooter1912 pro-amateur1919 receiver1919 southpaw1925 freestyler1927 hotshot1927 active1931 all-timer1936 iceman1936 wild card1940 scrambler1954 rounder1955 franchise1957 call-up1960 trialist1960 non-import1964 sandbagger1965 rebel1982 wide-body1986 1906 Daily Express (San Antonio, Texas) 14 Mar. 9/5 (headline) ‘Rookies’ [app. an Army team of new recruits] held regular team down.] 1908 Washington Post 16 Mar. 8/5 Before the buds begin to bust into bloom the golf rookies will find a correspondence course. 1913 Chicago Record-Herald 1 Mar. 12/2 Cal tried out Lefty Delano, a New Brunswick southpaw rookie. 1917 C. Mathewson Second Base Sloan 271 Chris Farrel'll be sending another rookie along first thing anyone knows. 1929 Daily Express 15 Jan. 9/7 In 1915..he was a member of the Baltimore baseball team as a gawky ‘rookie’. 1966 Time 8 July 60/3 The new enlarged S. & S. will be in a more powerful position to bid for blockbusting authors, whose contracts have been escalating as rapidly as those of prize pro football rookies. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 1 d/1 He was rookie of the year on the Professional Golfers Association tour in 1965. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 Oct. viii. 7/1 Now, only four games into the season, Bowe is no longer the late-arriving, fumble-fingered rookie. B. adj. (attributive). Designating or characteristic of a new recruit or team member. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [adjective] > novice or beginner younglinga1250 novice1530 freshmanly1568 elementary1601 neophyte1601 initiatea1616 novitious1619 abecedarian1633 tironizinga1660 novitial1778 neophytic1856 neophytish1897 rookie1902 tironic1909 Sears-Roebuck1917 1902 Our Naval Apprentice Jan. 1 A ‘rookie’ landsman recently enlisted on the Topeka.., when he discovered that he could not gain shoulder straps the first month of his service. 1918 Philadelphia Inquirer 22 Dec. 3/1 That terrible loneliness of coming into a camp among strangers, a feeling that possesses the battle-scarred veteran as it did the rookie recruit. 1920 N.Y. Times 7 Mar. 19/2 Pfeffer grabbed a fungo bat and sent long drives to rookie flychasers. 1930 E. H. Lavine Third Degree (1931) 102 The shooting of ‘rookie’ Patrolman James A. Broderick. 1944 Chicago Daily News 21 Oct. 11/1 They expressed themselves..as willing to trade..for the rookie outfielder. 1963 Listener 4 Apr. 585/1 To the eye of the rookie policeman they were as unobtrusive as the pavement stones. 1977 D. L. Altheide in J. D. Douglas & J. M. Johnson Existential Sociol. iv. 137 Rookie reporters..learn the ropes and eventually become bored with the questions of newcomers. 1988 ‘J. Norst’ Colors vii. 93 Danny thumb-cocked his hammer for single-action fire—and immediately wished he hadn't. It was a rookie thing to do. 1991 J. Grisham Firm xxvi. 329 Suddenly your rookie recruit is a very smart man. 2003 Billboard 14 June 36/1 This rookie mistake will tie the hands of any attorney that artist may hire. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Oct. b17/6 The rookie quarterback Matt Ryan took the snap with six seconds left. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1910 in H. I. Hancock High School Freshman (end matter) (advt.) The books of this series tell in story form the life of a soldier from the rookie stage until he has qualified for an officer's commission. 1918 W. Faulkner Let. 11 Aug. in Thinking of Home (1992) 89 This is my ‘rookie’ uniform and was literally thrown at me. 1954 L. Armstrong Satchmo 37 They gave me the rooky greeting saying, ‘Welcome, Newcomer’. 1985 Cincinnati Enquirer 18 Oct. b5/1 Dailey was treated for drug abuse after his rookie year and was fined by the team..for missing a game. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Jan. viii. 9/1 Martin Brodeur has been the rock-solid foundation of the Devils since his rookie season in 1993–94. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1868
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