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单词 sitzfleisch
释义

sitzfleischn.

Brit. /ˈsɪtsflʌɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈsɪtsˌflaɪʃ/
Forms:

α. 1800s– sitzfleisch, 1900s– sitsfleisch, 1900s– sitsfleish, 1900s– sitzfleish.

β. 1900s– zitsflaish, 1900s– zitsflaysh, 1900s– zitsfleisch, 1900s– zitsfleish, 1900s– zitsfleysh, 1900s– zitzflaish, 1900s– zitzfleisch, 1900s– zitzfleish, 1900s– zitzfleysh.

Also with capital initial.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from German. Partly a borrowing from Yiddish. Etymons: German Sitzfleisch; Yiddish zitsfleysh.
Etymology: Originally < German Sitzfleisch endurance, perseverance (late 17th cent. as Sitzefleisch ), the buttocks (1858 or earlier) < sitz- , combining form of sitzen sit v. + Fleisch flesh n. In β. forms < Yiddish zitsfleysh < German Sitzfleisch.Compare the following earlier use of the German noun in an English context:1846 I. Golovine Russia under Autocrat, Nicholas the First I. vi. 188 The Germans..owe their success to their characteristic perseverance, and this is accounted for by the state of destitution which nails them to their post, a species of capacity which is admirably expressed by the German word sitzfleisch.
1. The ability to persist in an activity which requires sitting for a long period of time; endurance, persistence.In quot. 18771 translated from German in imitation of a German speaker speaking English.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun] > staying power
lastingnessa1398
unweariness1611
unweariednessa1617
last1622
indefatigationa1646
unweariableness1647
unwearisomeness1649
indefatigability1651
indefatigableness1653
infatigability1709
lasting1762
stamina1803
unweariability1853
staying qualities1856
stickability1858
staying power1859
sitzfleisch1877
bounceback1959
1877 Internat. Rev. Mar. 197 With state functionary more depends on sitzfleisch than on complexion.
1877 Unitarian Rev. Apr. 398 His industry and facility and goodly store of sitzfleisch, or power of sedentary endurance, enabled him to continue his reasearches [sic].
a1930 D. H. Lawrence Lovely Lady (1932) 165 They simply hadn't enough Sitzfleisch to squat under a bho-tree.
1971 Atlantic Monthly May 106 It takes not only special training but a liberal endowment of Sitzfleisch to hear one of his [sc. Messiaen's] pieces out from one end to the other.
2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 July a27 These games..teach sitzfleisch, the ability to focus on a complicated skill for the length of time it takes to master it.
2. colloquial. The buttocks, the bottom.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [noun]
flitcha700
arse-endseOE
culec1220
buttockc1300
tail1303
toutec1305
nagea1325
fundamentc1325
tail-end1377
brawna1382
buma1387
bewschers?a1400
crouponc1400
rumplec1430
lendc1440
nachec1440
luddocka1475
rearwarda1475
croupc1475
rumpc1475
dock1508
hurdies1535
bunc1538
sitting place1545
bottom?c1550
prat1567
nates1581
backside1593
crupper1594
posteriorums1596
catastrophe1600
podex1601
posterior1605
seat1607
poop1611
stern1631
cheek1639
breeka1642
doup1653
bumkin1658
bumfiddle1661
assa1672
butt1675
quarter1678
foundation1681
toby1681
bung1691
rear1716
fud1722
moon1756
derrière1774
rass1790
stern-post1810
sit-down1812
hinderland1817
hinderling1817
nancy1819
ultimatum1823
behinda1830
duff?1837
botty1842
rear end1851
latter end1852
hinder?1857
sit1862
sit-me-down1866
stern-works1879
tuchus1886
jacksy-pardy1891
sit-upon1910
can1913
truck-end1913
sitzfleisch1916
B.T.M.1919
fanny1919
bot1922
heinie1922
beam1929
yas yas1929
keister1931
batty1935
bim1935
arse-end1937
twat1937
okole1938
bahookie1939
bohunkus1941
quoit1941
patoot1942
rusty-dusty1942
dinger1943
jacksie1943
zatch1950
ding1957
booty1959
patootie1959
buns1960
wazoo1961
tush1962
1916 Sat. Rev. 1 Jan. 10/2 It is expedient..to persist in the use of the beneficent bradawl, prodding them [sc. politicians] in their Sitzfleisch whenever they hesitate to move on along the straight path to our hard-earned victory.
1975 S. Perelman Vinegar Puss 186 I chanced to observe a quite formidable scar on his Sitzfleisch.
2014 Sunday Times (Nexis) 25 May (Culture section) Octavian uses the emblematic silver rose, rather than his sword, to stab Ochs in his Sitzfleisch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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