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单词 rooshian
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Rooshiann.adj.

Brit. /ˈruːʃn/, /ˈruːʃɪən/, U.S. /ˈruʃ(i)ən/, Australian English /ˈruːʃn/, /ˈruːʃiən/
Forms: 1800s– Rhoosian, 1800s– Rooshan, 1800s– Rooshian, 1800s– Roosian, 1900s– Rhooshian.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Russian n., Russian adj.
Etymology: Representing a regional or nonstandard pronunciation of Russian n. and Russian adj., frequently employed for comic effect.
Chiefly regional.
A. n.
1. = Russian n. 1a. Used humorously, but sometimes considered offensive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun]
Muscovite1535
Russ1537
Russian1538
Muscovian1577
Muscoviter1650
White Russian1659
Great Russian1783
bear1804
Rooshian1838
Soviet1920
Ivan1925
1838 J. C. Crawford Diary 15 Dec. in South Australiana (1964) Mar. 56 The bullocks..proved to be as wild as Rooshians (to use an Australian phrase).
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xix. 239 Some people..may be Rooshans, and some may be Prooshans; they are born so, and will please themselves.
1878 W. S. Gilbert H.M.S. Pinafore ii. 28 For he might have been a Roosian, A French, or Turk, or Proosian, Or perhaps Itali-an!
1914 W. de la Mare in Sat. Westm. Gaz. 22 Aug. 2/3 The Rooshans at your heel.
1974 F. Selwyn Cracksman on Velvet ii. 70 The Rhoosians couldn't stop him at Inkerman and nor will you.
1999 R. Bial One-room School 30 They were calling us Rooshians, damned Rooshians.
2. Australian. An unruly or wild bull or cow; = Russian n. 3.Cf. the simile used in quot. 1838 at sense A. 1, which may be interpreted as belonging here.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > member of livestock > unmanageable
hilding1590
Rooshian1843
Russian1845
ladino1863
pebble1888
1843 A. Caswall Hints from Jrnl. 35 If you are purchasing a team of bullocks (said to be broken-in) make your own driver unyoke and yoke them up before you conclude the bargain, or you may find you have got a set of Rooshans (so denominated).
1856 Melbourne Punch 1 123/2 In the narrower space within which the cattle were now penned, it was necessary to understand the ways of the brutes better than I did to know which really were ‘Rooshians’ and which not.
1869 R. Rowe Boy in Bush 122 The boys cracked their stockwhips, and then off went the Rooshians, shaking the ground as they thundered along.
1935 S. H. Roberts Squatting Age in Austral. 1835–47 359 Twelve-inch rails, six-high, were none too strong for what the drovers called a real Rooshian.
1971 M. H. Walker Come Wind, come Weather 82 [They] were..sorting out the cattle with long teatree saplings..every now and then some ‘rooshian’ gave a wild charge.
B. adj.
= Russian adj. 1a. Used humorously, but sometimes considered offensive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective]
Russa1525
Muscovite1577
Russian1583
Russie1589
Muscovitish1622
Russic1670
Great Russian1799
Black Russian1827
Russki1835
Rooshian1845
Soviet1920
Mordvian1953
1845 C. Lever O'Donoghue x. 76 I'm going, I'm going; it's myself would like to hear them sing a Roosian song.
1854 Punch 25 Mar. 123/1 Let me direct your attention to that gigantic and bulky kevodruped, the Rooshan Bear.
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 151 I'm off to the Cattle Market to buy one o' those little Rooshian ponies.
1936 Amer. Anthropologist 38 575 There are two masks which were worn by buffoons, before or between the dances... One of these..was said to represent a ‘Roosian man’.
1980 J. C. Haldeman Perry's Planet xi. 86 Do you have a magic rabbit to pull out of your Rooshian hat?
1999 R. Bial One-room School 31 They were calling us..Rooshian peanuts because of the sunflower seeds we all ate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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