snowmann.

Forms: Also snow-man.

Etymology: < snow n.¹ Compare Frisian snieman, German schneeman, Danish snemand.

a. A mass of snow made into the figure of a man. Also transferred, a man dressed so as to represent or imitate this.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > three-dimensional representation > [noun] > model of a human

woman1509

manikin1535

malkinc1565

man1600

kirn-baby1777

maid1794

knack1813

snowman1827

moggie1896

1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 3 Making rude forms of various names, Snow-men, or aught his fancy frames.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 26 Sept. 7/2 Six men, dressed in wadding and representing musical snowmen.

attributive and in other combinations.1902 Academy 27 Dec. 712/1 The daylight passed in snowman-making on the meadow.

b. Archaeology. Used attributively and absol. to designate a technique of clay-modelling (see quot. 1955) or the figurines so produced.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [adjective] > clay technique

snowman1908

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > model > in terra-cotta or clay

terra-cotta1810

snowman1908

image toy1956

1908 S. A. Cook Relig. Anc. Palestine iii. 31 Small idols..in the clumsy ‘snow-man’ technique.

1955 L. Woolley Alalakh viii. 244 The vast majority [of figurines]..were hand~modelled more or less in the round in what is called the ‘snow-man’ technique, i.e. the clay is pinched into shape with the fingers and details are added by sticking on small pellets of clay, as well as by incision with a blunt stick or..by dotted lines made with a roulette.

1962 D. Harden Phoenicians ii. 42 The site..has produced remains of the seventh century, including some surprisingly primitive snow-man figurines of clay.

1974 J. Chesterman Classical Terracotta Figures ii. 29 A group from Cyprus.., known as ‘snowmen’, was being produced in relative abundance... I think they are jolly little fellows with their peaked caps, pointed beards and stumpy arms.

c. Used attributively and absol. to designate a type of pottery figure (see quot. 1957).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > painting > glaze > specific type

snowman1931

1931 D. MacAlister in William Duesbury's London Account Bk. 1751–53 p. xxv I have illustrated several figures in white porcelain... Certain figures of the ‘snow~man’ type belong to this class.

1933 Trans. Eng. Ceramic Circle I. 46 The ‘snow man’ bag-piper... Another ‘snow man’ in white porcelain... He looks like a poilu, but may be meant for a Chinaman.

1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 205/1 ‘Snowman’ figures, porcelain figures heavily glazed with a thick, opaque, glassy glaze, obscuring the modelling,..now known..to be the production of William Littler of Longton Hall, or of Jenkinson at the same works.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 303/2 Snowman porcelain... Called snowmen because of their thick white enveloping glaze, they include figures of human beings and animals.

2. dialect. The snow-bunting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > plectrophenax nivalis (snow-bunting)

snow-fleck1683

snow-bird1694

snowflake1770

snow-bunting1771

mountain bunting1776

oat-fowl1793

snow-fowl1813

snowman1893

1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 49.

3. = Abominable Snowman n.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > abominable snowman

Abominable Snowman1921

snowman1931

yeti1937

1931 J. Cannan Ithuriel's Hour iv. 131 His gods, to say nothing of hairless Snow Men, and the shades of his ancestors.

1937 Times 31 Dec. 8/3 Mr. Smythe says that the snowman superstition is known only to the Tibetan or semi-Tibetan peoples.

1959 Times 8 Jan. 13/5 In the case of the famous Himalayan ‘snowman’ the evidence..seems to point to the existence of perhaps two unknown species..of anthropoid ape.

4. U.S. slang. One who snows (snow v. 4b) someone.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > [noun] > one who speaks deceitfully

losenger1303

fodea1529

inveigler1549

snowman1967

1967 P. McGerr Murder is Absurd iii. 44 You're a great snow man, Warren. But I'm not in dreamland yet.

1977 Amer. Speech 1975 50 66 Snowman, male who easily wins the affections of females.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	snowman
释义	snowmann. Forms: Also snow-man. Etymology: < snow n.¹ Compare Frisian snieman, German schneeman, Danish snemand. 1. a. A mass of snow made into the figure of a man. Also transferred, a man dressed so as to represent or imitate this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > three-dimensional representation > [noun] > model of a human woman1509 manikin1535 malkinc1565 man1600 kirn-baby1777 maid1794 knack1813 snowman1827 moggie1896 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 3 Making rude forms of various names, Snow-men, or aught his fancy frames. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 26 Sept. 7/2 Six men, dressed in wadding and representing musical snowmen. attributive and in other combinations.1902 Academy 27 Dec. 712/1 The daylight passed in snowman-making on the meadow. b. Archaeology. Used attributively and absol. to designate a technique of clay-modelling (see quot. 1955) or the figurines so produced. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [adjective] > clay technique snowman1908 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > model > in terra-cotta or clay terra-cotta1810 snowman1908 image toy1956 1908 S. A. Cook Relig. Anc. Palestine iii. 31 Small idols..in the clumsy ‘snow-man’ technique. 1955 L. Woolley Alalakh viii. 244 The vast majority [of figurines]..were hand~modelled more or less in the round in what is called the ‘snow-man’ technique, i.e. the clay is pinched into shape with the fingers and details are added by sticking on small pellets of clay, as well as by incision with a blunt stick or..by dotted lines made with a roulette. 1962 D. Harden Phoenicians ii. 42 The site..has produced remains of the seventh century, including some surprisingly primitive snow-man figurines of clay. 1974 J. Chesterman Classical Terracotta Figures ii. 29 A group from Cyprus.., known as ‘snowmen’, was being produced in relative abundance... I think they are jolly little fellows with their peaked caps, pointed beards and stumpy arms. c. Used attributively and absol. to designate a type of pottery figure (see quot. 1957). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > painting > glaze > specific type snowman1931 1931 D. MacAlister in William Duesbury's London Account Bk. 1751–53 p. xxv I have illustrated several figures in white porcelain... Certain figures of the ‘snow~man’ type belong to this class. 1933 Trans. Eng. Ceramic Circle I. 46 The ‘snow man’ bag-piper... Another ‘snow man’ in white porcelain... He looks like a poilu, but may be meant for a Chinaman. 1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 205/1 ‘Snowman’ figures, porcelain figures heavily glazed with a thick, opaque, glassy glaze, obscuring the modelling,..now known..to be the production of William Littler of Longton Hall, or of Jenkinson at the same works. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 303/2 Snowman porcelain... Called snowmen because of their thick white enveloping glaze, they include figures of human beings and animals. 2. dialect. The snow-bunting. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > plectrophenax nivalis (snow-bunting) snow-fleck1683 snow-bird1694 snowflake1770 snow-bunting1771 mountain bunting1776 oat-fowl1793 snow-fowl1813 snowman1893 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 49. 3. = Abominable Snowman n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > abominable snowman Abominable Snowman1921 snowman1931 yeti1937 1931 J. Cannan Ithuriel's Hour iv. 131 His gods, to say nothing of hairless Snow Men, and the shades of his ancestors. 1937 Times 31 Dec. 8/3 Mr. Smythe says that the snowman superstition is known only to the Tibetan or semi-Tibetan peoples. 1959 Times 8 Jan. 13/5 In the case of the famous Himalayan ‘snowman’ the evidence..seems to point to the existence of perhaps two unknown species..of anthropoid ape. 4. U.S. slang. One who snows (snow v. 4b) someone. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > [noun] > one who speaks deceitfully losenger1303 fodea1529 inveigler1549 snowman1967 1967 P. McGerr Murder is Absurd iii. 44 You're a great snow man, Warren. But I'm not in dreamland yet. 1977 Amer. Speech 1975 50 66 Snowman, male who easily wins the affections of females. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1827
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