单词 | rooty |
释义 | rootyn. British Military slang. Now rare. Bread; (later more generally) food, rations.Originally in contexts relating to the British Army in India. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] breadeOE loafc950 painc1400 pannam1567 the staff of life1638 batch1648 buster1835 rooty1846 breadstuff1856 needle and thread1859 punk1891 1846 J. M. MacMullen Camp & Barrack-room ix. 96 The prospect of a feed of fresh brown rootie and coffee was extremely pleasant. 1883 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 7 July 3/3 At least eight years ago I heard of a private soldier complaining..that he had not had his ‘proper section of rooty’. 1900 R. Kipling in J. Ralph War's Brighter Side (1901) xv. 253 And the 'umble loaf of ‘rootey’ Costs a tanner, or a bob. 1917 J. Lee Work-a-day Warriors 36 Fall in—bolt down your bit o' breakfast rootie, You who expect to go to England. 1957 M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More (1960) 14 Hey, Antonio, where's me rooty? And make it juldy, see? 1959 Listener 5 Mar. 406/1 Eight ounces of ‘rooty’—that is bread. 1989 C. H. Sisson On Look-out ii. 139 Sling over the rooti, chum. Compounds rooty gong n. now historical (a nickname for) a medal for long service and good conduct awarded to members of the British Army; cf. gong n.2 2a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > decorations or orders Order of St Michael1530 Legion of Honour1802 clasp1813 Iron Cross1813 medal1813 star1844 Victoria Cross1856 V.C.1859 Medal of Honour1861 bar1864 yellow jacket1864 V.D.1901 Croix de Guerre1915 Military Cross1915 C.G.M.1916 Military Medal1916 pip1917 M.M.1918 purple heart1918 Maconochie Cross1919 Maconochie Medal1919 wound-stripe1919 T.D.1924 rooty gong1925 Silver Star1932 Ritterkreuz1940 Africa Star1943 ruptured duck1945 Spam medal1945 screaming eagle1946 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 245 Rooty gong, long service Medal. 1936 F. Richards Old-Soldier Sahib vi. 108 The Good Conduct medal or ‘Rooty Gong’..was so called because it was a regular ration-issue, like bread or meat or boots. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 157 Rooty gong,..Rooti is the Indian Army word for bread, the implication being that the wearer has eaten a tremendous aggregate of Service loaves and therefore deserves it. 1990 J. Ayto Glutton's Gloss. 248 The long-service medal awarded to British soldiers in India in the early twentieth century was colloquially known as the rooty gong. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rootyadj. Full of roots; consisting of roots; relating to or suggestive of roots. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > plant defined by roots > [adjective] > having or not having roots rootlessa1413 rooty?c1475 well-rooted1577 rooted1712 rooting1731 radicant1753 rhizomatous1812 own-root1881 rhizogenetic1884 rhizogenic1884 the world > plants > part of plant > root > [adjective] > of or belonging to root tuberous1668 stemmy1728 radical1753 radicous?1764 radicellar1819 rhizoid1859 rhizomatic1864 rhizomic1898 rooty1905 stocky1915 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 106v Ruty, radicosus. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvii. 654 As a syluane hill Thrusts backe a torrent... Nor can [it] with all the confluence breake through his rootie sides. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxviii. 195 Lands above measure hard rooty, rushey, twitchey, or any way unfeacible. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. x. i. 458 Such Vegetables as are weak..support themselves..by striking in their rooty Feet. 1796 E. Smith William & Ellen 5 He oft' among the willows lay, Beneath the rooty brows. 1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 197 There was..not a tree, beneath whose rooty shade He had not with his tamed leopards play'd. 1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 176 Some embers which smouldered dimly round a huge rooty log. 1884 T. Hardy Interlopers at Knap in Eng. Illustr. Mag. May 509/2 He retired down the rooty slope. 1905 E. F. Benson Image in Sand xviii. 292 The warm wind bore with it..the good, moist, rooty smell of the dusky heather. 1956 R. Sutcliff Shield Ring x. 116 The voice of running water was all about her..and the rooty smell of bog, and the pipits calling. 2001 D. Mitchell Number 9 Dream 69 Freshwater crabs skitter into rooty cracks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846adj.?c1475 |
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