seven-leagueadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɛvnliːɡ/, U.S.

/ˈsɛvənˌliɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seven adj., league n.¹

Etymology: < seven adj. + league n.¹, originally in seven-league boots, after French bottes de sept lieues, a recurring motif in fairy tales (see note).The French term bottes de sept lieues is first attested in 1692 in a work about fairy tales by C. Perrault, and appears shortly afterwards in several of his stories, such as La Belle au Bois Dormant (1696) (Sleeping Beauty) and Le Petit Poucet (1697) (Hop o' my Thumb or Tom Thumb). It has been suggested that it originated as a name for the sturdy leather boots worn by postilions on stagecoaches in the 17th cent., seven French leagues then being the average distance between staging posts in France; however, given the apparent lack of 17th-century evidence for bottes de sept lieues in that sense and the early appearance of the expression in tales which feature e.g. seven sons and seven daughters, this explanation seems doubtful.

1. Designating imaginary or hypothetical footwear that enables the wearer to travel an extremely long distance very rapidly and unimpeded by any obstacle. Originally and chiefly in seven-league boots.With allusion to fairy tales such as Tom Thumb, in which an ogre or giant owns a pair of magic boots which enable the wearer to cover a distance of seven leagues (see league n.¹) at each step.

Frequently in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > one who or that which moves swiftly

goera1586

fast-goera1628

seven-league boots1707

flyer1795

careerer1844

racehorse1854

pacer1878

spinner1881

running mate1891

wind-splitter1893

speedster1927

swiftie1945

fastie1983

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > other

voideda1539

high-topped1582

low-cuta1600

upright1608

seven-league1707

spurred?1707

japanned1750

hen-skin1846

pegged1846

stogy1847

wing-tip1872

foxed1880

brogued1894

welted1895

orthopaedic1897

tackless1907

dazzle1931

Jesus1942

pebble-grained1943

unconstructed1973

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > large

seven-league boots1707

seven-leagued boots1747

churn-boot1833

beetle-crusher1860

Conestoga1892

1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 554 Fetch me my Seven-league Boots [Fr. bottes de sept lieuës], quoth he, I'll catch the Rogues I'll warrant ye.

1772 S. Briscoe Fine Lady II. 128 A step for friendship to take, for friendship wears seven league boots.

1837 N. Hawthorne Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe in Twice-told Tales 152 The stranger on foot must have worn seven-league boots, to travel at such a rate.

1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xii. 420 With a..rapid step, as if he wanted to get his seven-league dress-shoes on, and go round the world.

1926 Sunday Times 18 July 16/5 (advt.) Do you know that wonderful healthy feeling of making giant strides in seven-league shoes?

2003 R. MacFarlane Mountains of Mind (2004) vi. 184 Maps give you seven-league boots—allow you to cover miles in seconds.

2. Of very great length or size; enormous, giant.Frequently in seven-league stride: a very large step (forward), a huge advance or amount of progress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge

unmeeteOE

unmeetlyOE

hugea1275

hideousc1330

infinitec1385

unmeasureda1398

unmeasurablec1405

hugyc1420

immeasurable1440

ingentc1450

unmeetlyc1450

giant1480

immense1490

monstrous?a1513

unmeasurely1513

hugeousa1529

unportable1537

enormous1544

enormc1560

giantly1561

immensible1579

rouncival1582

dismeasured1584

vast1585

immeasured1590

gargantuan1596

omnipotent1596

colossian1601

immane1601

prodigious1601

Polyphemian1602

Titanian1603

titanical1603

gigantical1604

immensive1604

gigantine1605

colossic1607

gigantean1611

Gogmagotical1612

gigantal?1614

Babylonian1617

leviathan1625

titanic1628

elephantine1631

gigantive1638

colossean1644

decumanal1652

immensurate1654

gigant1658

decuman1659

colossal1664

abnormous1710

Brobdingnagian1728

Brobdingnag1731

Pantagruelian1737

heroic1785

Patagonian1786

seven-league1787

Titan1793

gigantic1797

seven-leagued1799

mammoth1801

dimensionless1813

tremendous1813

gigantesque1821

monster1837

titanesque1838

monstre1840

giantlike1847

leviathanic1848

pythonic1851

Babylonic1853

supercolossal1871

giantesque1909

behemothian1910

supergiant1919

ginormous1942

big-ass1945

Ozymandian1961

fuck-off1962

mega1968

humongous1970

monstro1970

big-assed1972

big-arsed1996

1787 R. Burns Let. 30 Oct. (1985) I. 163 May that obstinate Son of Latin Prose be curst to Scotch-mile periods, and damn'd to seven-league paragraphs.

1831 Daily National Jrnl. (Washington, D.C.) 7 Sept. The Editor of the Richmond Enquirer, who seems to be making seven-league strides in misrepresentation and disingenuousness.

1887 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 2 Oct. 28 ‘White Wings’ is awfully hackneyed, I admit, but what a seven-league step it is beyond the old style of thing, considered from the musical point of view!

1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 June 421/2 The lank, shy misery of the elder George Formby appears side by side with the marionette-like grin and seven-league feet of T. E. Dumville.

2002 M. J. Pasqualetti et al. Wind Power in View ii. 24 Wind energy has made seven-league strides in the past 20 years.

Compounds

seven-league-booted adj. now rare wearing or as if wearing seven-league boots; making or characterized by extremely rapid progress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > very

seven-leagued1747

ripping1826

seven-league-booted1828

splitting1829

lightning1832

high-speed1844

double-quick1860

mile-a-minute1883

express1897

jet-propelled1947

supersonic1947

light speed1987

1828 E. F. J. Carrington Confessions Old Maid III. iv. viii. 136 It was a hasty yet extended roam, rapidly stridden over as the journey of the seven-league-booted ogre was.

1864 A. J. Warden Linen Trade 240 The rapid progress in this seven-league-booted century.

2004 M. Pritchard Late Bloomer i. 81 Fiona..was taking her first seven-league-booted step down the snake-ridden path of men.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	seven-league
释义	seven-leagueadj. Brit. /ˈsɛvnliːɡ/, U.S. /ˈsɛvənˌliɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seven adj., league n.¹ Etymology: < seven adj. + league n.¹, originally in seven-league boots, after French bottes de sept lieues, a recurring motif in fairy tales (see note).The French term bottes de sept lieues is first attested in 1692 in a work about fairy tales by C. Perrault, and appears shortly afterwards in several of his stories, such as La Belle au Bois Dormant (1696) (Sleeping Beauty) and Le Petit Poucet (1697) (Hop o' my Thumb or Tom Thumb). It has been suggested that it originated as a name for the sturdy leather boots worn by postilions on stagecoaches in the 17th cent., seven French leagues then being the average distance between staging posts in France; however, given the apparent lack of 17th-century evidence for bottes de sept lieues in that sense and the early appearance of the expression in tales which feature e.g. seven sons and seven daughters, this explanation seems doubtful. 1. Designating imaginary or hypothetical footwear that enables the wearer to travel an extremely long distance very rapidly and unimpeded by any obstacle. Originally and chiefly in seven-league boots.With allusion to fairy tales such as Tom Thumb, in which an ogre or giant owns a pair of magic boots which enable the wearer to cover a distance of seven leagues (see league n.¹) at each step. Frequently in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > one who or that which moves swiftly goera1586 fast-goera1628 seven-league boots1707 flyer1795 careerer1844 racehorse1854 pacer1878 spinner1881 running mate1891 wind-splitter1893 speedster1927 swiftie1945 fastie1983 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > other voideda1539 high-topped1582 low-cuta1600 upright1608 seven-league1707 spurred?1707 japanned1750 hen-skin1846 pegged1846 stogy1847 wing-tip1872 foxed1880 brogued1894 welted1895 orthopaedic1897 tackless1907 dazzle1931 Jesus1942 pebble-grained1943 unconstructed1973 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > large seven-league boots1707 seven-leagued boots1747 churn-boot1833 beetle-crusher1860 Conestoga1892 1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 554 Fetch me my Seven-league Boots [Fr. bottes de sept lieuës], quoth he, I'll catch the Rogues I'll warrant ye. 1772 S. Briscoe Fine Lady II. 128 A step for friendship to take, for friendship wears seven league boots. 1837 N. Hawthorne Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe in Twice-told Tales 152 The stranger on foot must have worn seven-league boots, to travel at such a rate. 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xii. 420 With a..rapid step, as if he wanted to get his seven-league dress-shoes on, and go round the world. 1926 Sunday Times 18 July 16/5 (advt.) Do you know that wonderful healthy feeling of making giant strides in seven-league shoes? 2003 R. MacFarlane Mountains of Mind (2004) vi. 184 Maps give you seven-league boots—allow you to cover miles in seconds. 2. Of very great length or size; enormous, giant.Frequently in seven-league stride: a very large step (forward), a huge advance or amount of progress. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge unmeeteOE unmeetlyOE hugea1275 hideousc1330 infinitec1385 unmeasureda1398 unmeasurablec1405 hugyc1420 immeasurable1440 ingentc1450 unmeetlyc1450 giant1480 immense1490 monstrous?a1513 unmeasurely1513 hugeousa1529 unportable1537 enormous1544 enormc1560 giantly1561 immensible1579 rouncival1582 dismeasured1584 vast1585 immeasured1590 gargantuan1596 omnipotent1596 colossian1601 immane1601 prodigious1601 Polyphemian1602 Titanian1603 titanical1603 gigantical1604 immensive1604 gigantine1605 colossic1607 gigantean1611 Gogmagotical1612 gigantal?1614 Babylonian1617 leviathan1625 titanic1628 elephantine1631 gigantive1638 colossean1644 decumanal1652 immensurate1654 gigant1658 decuman1659 colossal1664 abnormous1710 Brobdingnagian1728 Brobdingnag1731 Pantagruelian1737 heroic1785 Patagonian1786 seven-league1787 Titan1793 gigantic1797 seven-leagued1799 mammoth1801 dimensionless1813 tremendous1813 gigantesque1821 monster1837 titanesque1838 monstre1840 giantlike1847 leviathanic1848 pythonic1851 Babylonic1853 supercolossal1871 giantesque1909 behemothian1910 supergiant1919 ginormous1942 big-ass1945 Ozymandian1961 fuck-off1962 mega1968 humongous1970 monstro1970 big-assed1972 big-arsed1996 1787 R. Burns Let. 30 Oct. (1985) I. 163 May that obstinate Son of Latin Prose be curst to Scotch-mile periods, and damn'd to seven-league paragraphs. 1831 Daily National Jrnl. (Washington, D.C.) 7 Sept. The Editor of the Richmond Enquirer, who seems to be making seven-league strides in misrepresentation and disingenuousness. 1887 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 2 Oct. 28 ‘White Wings’ is awfully hackneyed, I admit, but what a seven-league step it is beyond the old style of thing, considered from the musical point of view! 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 June 421/2 The lank, shy misery of the elder George Formby appears side by side with the marionette-like grin and seven-league feet of T. E. Dumville. 2002 M. J. Pasqualetti et al. Wind Power in View ii. 24 Wind energy has made seven-league strides in the past 20 years. Compounds seven-league-booted adj. now rare wearing or as if wearing seven-league boots; making or characterized by extremely rapid progress. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > very seven-leagued1747 ripping1826 seven-league-booted1828 splitting1829 lightning1832 high-speed1844 double-quick1860 mile-a-minute1883 express1897 jet-propelled1947 supersonic1947 light speed1987 1828 E. F. J. Carrington Confessions Old Maid III. iv. viii. 136 It was a hasty yet extended roam, rapidly stridden over as the journey of the seven-league-booted ogre was. 1864 A. J. Warden Linen Trade 240 The rapid progress in this seven-league-booted century. 2004 M. Pritchard Late Bloomer i. 81 Fiona..was taking her first seven-league-booted step down the snake-ridden path of men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1707
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