seventiesn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsɛvntɪz/, U.S.

/ˈsɛvən(t)iz/

Forms: 1800s– 70s, 1800s– '70s (in senses A. 2 and B.), 1800s– seventies, 1900s– 70's.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: seventy n.

Etymology: < the plural of seventy n., in specific uses.In senses relating to a decade of a particular century (compare A. 2 and B.), often understood as an abbreviation of the full numerical year date 1870s , 1970s , etc. and written '70s.

A. n.

1. Chiefly with possessive adjective. The years of a person's life between turning seventy and eighty. Also with modifying word indicating a particular part of this decade, as early, late, etc.

ΚΠ

1828 Canton Reg. 3 Nov. 3/2 Birth-days. The tens, sixties, and seventies, of a man's age are kept with very great pomp and splendor by the rich.

1865 ‘C. Bede’ Rook's Garden 96 I have heard the word sparrowgrass from the lips of a real Lady—but then she was in her seventies.

2003 Independent 1 Sept. 6/4 Liberal activists of 40 years ago, who persist in their radicalism and demand for equal rights as they approach their seventies.

2005 J. Fredston Snowstruck vi. 179 A wizened sprite of a man in his late seventies.

2. With the. The years from seventy to seventy-nine inclusive in a particular century (esp. the nineteenth or twentieth). Also with modifying word indicating a particular part of the decade, as early, late, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > decade > specific decade in a century or person's life

seventies1845

nineties1871

twenties1874

the fifties1880

the thirties1880

the forties1885

sixties1964

zeros1989

1845 Fife Herald 9 Oct. 212/4 He was shearing early among the ‘seventies’, and was a man in his prime when plying the sickle among the drifting snow in the ‘snowy harvest of '82’.

1887 W. E. S. Fales Brooklyn's Guardians iv. 57 Before the ‘Seventies’, Brooklyn was essentially a city of homes.

1895 G. Saintsbury Corrected Impressions 173 It was not easy to reconcile these two laws in the late seventies and early eighties with regard to Mr. Anthony Trollope.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 600 The tattoo..was all the go in the seventies or thereabouts, even in the House of Lords.

1965 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 12 Sept. 22/3 Project Apollo executives are trying short-cuts, improvisations and ‘work-arounds’ to keep the moon schedule from slipping out of the '60s and into the '70s.

2015 B. Stanley Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! (U.S. ed.) xxx. 273 Most of the teenybop artists of the seventies weren't old enough to buy a pint.

B. adj.

1. In attributive use: of, relating to, or characteristic of the years from seventy to seventy-nine inclusive in a particular century (esp. the nineteenth or twentieth). Also with modifying word indicating a particular part of the decade, as early, late, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years

quattrocento1855

twelfth-century1867

fin de siècle1890

seventies1901

ninetyish1909

dix-huitième1920

nineties1933

twentyish1940

thirtyish1962

1901 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 19 Feb. While Miss Ethel Barrymore was whisking about..the other night in New York the long bunch of ringlets that dangle from her chignon in the true ‘early seventies’ style dropped off.

1977 Daily Mail 17 Sept. 13/1 [Marc Bolan's] switch to electric guitar..made him the instigator of seventies glitter rock.

2012 J. Moyes Me before You (e-book ed.) ‘The signature dish is duck in orange sauce,’ I told the two men. ‘It's Seventies retro, apparently.’

2. In predicative use: characteristic of the years from seventy to seventy-nine inclusive in a particular century (esp. the twentieth).

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1970 N.Y. Times 28 Jan. 5/1 (advt.) The Trevira^® era arrives in a tri-colored costume. Very Seventies. Very Frank Adams.

2006 Argus (Brighton) (Nexis) 14 Jan. (Guide section) It's as Seventies as flares and fondue but Saturday Night Fever has never gone out of fashion.

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

单词	seventies
释义	seventiesn.adj. Brit. /ˈsɛvntɪz/, U.S. /ˈsɛvən(t)iz/ Forms: 1800s– 70s, 1800s– '70s (in senses A. 2 and B.), 1800s– seventies, 1900s– 70's. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: seventy n. Etymology: < the plural of seventy n., in specific uses.In senses relating to a decade of a particular century (compare A. 2 and B.), often understood as an abbreviation of the full numerical year date 1870s , 1970s , etc. and written '70s. A. n. 1. Chiefly with possessive adjective. The years of a person's life between turning seventy and eighty. Also with modifying word indicating a particular part of this decade, as early, late, etc. ΚΠ 1828 Canton Reg. 3 Nov. 3/2 Birth-days. The tens, sixties, and seventies, of a man's age are kept with very great pomp and splendor by the rich. 1865 ‘C. Bede’ Rook's Garden 96 I have heard the word sparrowgrass from the lips of a real Lady—but then she was in her seventies. 2003 Independent 1 Sept. 6/4 Liberal activists of 40 years ago, who persist in their radicalism and demand for equal rights as they approach their seventies. 2005 J. Fredston Snowstruck vi. 179 A wizened sprite of a man in his late seventies. 2. With the. The years from seventy to seventy-nine inclusive in a particular century (esp. the nineteenth or twentieth). Also with modifying word indicating a particular part of the decade, as early, late, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > decade > specific decade in a century or person's life seventies1845 nineties1871 twenties1874 the fifties1880 the thirties1880 the forties1885 sixties1964 zeros1989 1845 Fife Herald 9 Oct. 212/4 He was shearing early among the ‘seventies’, and was a man in his prime when plying the sickle among the drifting snow in the ‘snowy harvest of '82’. 1887 W. E. S. Fales Brooklyn's Guardians iv. 57 Before the ‘Seventies’, Brooklyn was essentially a city of homes. 1895 G. Saintsbury Corrected Impressions 173 It was not easy to reconcile these two laws in the late seventies and early eighties with regard to Mr. Anthony Trollope. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 600 The tattoo..was all the go in the seventies or thereabouts, even in the House of Lords. 1965 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 12 Sept. 22/3 Project Apollo executives are trying short-cuts, improvisations and ‘work-arounds’ to keep the moon schedule from slipping out of the '60s and into the '70s. 2015 B. Stanley Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! (U.S. ed.) xxx. 273 Most of the teenybop artists of the seventies weren't old enough to buy a pint. B. adj. 1. In attributive use: of, relating to, or characteristic of the years from seventy to seventy-nine inclusive in a particular century (esp. the nineteenth or twentieth). Also with modifying word indicating a particular part of the decade, as early, late, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years quattrocento1855 twelfth-century1867 fin de siècle1890 seventies1901 ninetyish1909 dix-huitième1920 nineties1933 twentyish1940 thirtyish1962 1901 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 19 Feb. While Miss Ethel Barrymore was whisking about..the other night in New York the long bunch of ringlets that dangle from her chignon in the true ‘early seventies’ style dropped off. 1977 Daily Mail 17 Sept. 13/1 [Marc Bolan's] switch to electric guitar..made him the instigator of seventies glitter rock. 2012 J. Moyes Me before You (e-book ed.) ‘The signature dish is duck in orange sauce,’ I told the two men. ‘It's Seventies retro, apparently.’ 2. In predicative use: characteristic of the years from seventy to seventy-nine inclusive in a particular century (esp. the twentieth). ΚΠ 1970 N.Y. Times 28 Jan. 5/1 (advt.) The Trevira^® era arrives in a tri-colored costume. Very Seventies. Very Frank Adams. 2006 Argus (Brighton) (Nexis) 14 Jan. (Guide section) It's as Seventies as flares and fondue but Saturday Night Fever has never gone out of fashion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1828
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