soft soapn.

Brit.

/ˌsɒf(t) ˈsəʊp/, U.S.

/ˈsɔf(t) ˌsoʊp/,

/ˈsɑf(t) ˌsoʊp/

Forms: see soft adj. and soap n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: soft adj., soap n.¹

Etymology: < soft adj. + soap n.¹, originally after post-classical Latin sapo mollis (14th cent.).

1. Soap that is liquid or semi-liquid and dissolves readily, usually made from the potassium salts of fatty acids.Hard soap is usually made from the sodium salts of fatty acids; see hard soap n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > soap > form of soap

soft soap?a1425

washing-ball1538

ball1575

tablet1582

musk ball1589

liquid soap1600

soap-ball1601

wash-ball1601

savonette1702

brick soap1753

bar-soap1824

bar1834

sand-ball1846

soap powder1865

leaf1882

soap leaf1909

soap flakes1926

shower gel1970

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 152 (MED) After be it anoynted wiþ..oile rose & acete and softe sope [L. sapone molli].

?a1450 J. Arderne in 17th Internat. Congr. Med. (1914) xxiii. 120 (MED) Putte therone a ruptorye..of qwyklyme & soft sope.

1634 in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1732) XIX. 567/1 That no soft Soap be sold..for above three pence the pound.

1641 Short Relation Soap-busines 4 To make hard soape with Berilla, and soft soap without the use of fire.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Soap The Soft Soap..is either White or Green.

1753 W. Lewis New Dispensatory 200/1 The soft soaps are more penetrating and acrimonious than the hard.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 331 Potassa enters into the composition of soft soap.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. vi. §2. 371 The base..of the soft soaps is potash.

1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) vi. 164 Soft soaps contain potassium salts, principally oleate.

2006 Lush Times Spring 20/2 Buttercreams are essentially very posh soft soaps.

2. colloquial (originally U.S.). Persuasive flattery or cajoling; (also) unduly careful or deferential treatment.In early use typically as part of an extended metaphor of sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun]

fickling?c1225

flattering?c1225

oluhningc1225

glozec1290

glozing1297

losengery1303

blandishingc1305

blandingc1315

flatteryc1320

glotheringc1325

soothinga1400

honey word?1406

faginga1425

flatrisec1440

smekingc1440

blandishc1475

blandiment?1510

glavering1545

coggingc1555

good1563

milksop1577

court holy water1583

glavery1583

blandishment1591

lipsalve1591

court holy bread1592

flatter1593

colloguing1596

sooth1597

daub?1602

blandation1605

lullaby1611

court-water1616

butter1618

blandiloquy1623

oil1645

court-element1649

courtshipment1649

courtship1655

blandiloquence1656

court-creama1657

daubing1656

fleecha1700

Spanish money1699

cajole1719

whiting1721

palaver1733

butter boat1747

flummery1749

treacle1771

Spanish coin1785

blancmange1790

blarney1796

soft corn1814

whillywha1816

carney1818

buttering up1819

soft soap1821

flam1825

slaver1825

soft solder1836

soothing syrup1839

soft-soaping1840

plámás1853

sawder1854

soap1854

salve1859

taffy1878

plámásing1897

flannel1927

smarm1937

flannelling1945

sweet talk1945

schmear1950

smarming1950

1821 Military Reg. 14 Mar. 318 I'm little given to compliments I own, They're but the bubbles of our riper days, Which by the breath of flattery are blown From soft-soap froth, to pass for honest praise.

1830 Reg. Deb. Congr. U.S. 12 Apr. 774 I will not use the vulgar phrase, and say he has been pouring soft soap down the backs of the New York delegation.

1840 W. G. Simms Border Beagles I. i. 22 Tush, young man, soft soap don't tickle me at my time of life.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xvii. 313 He and I are great chums, and a little soft soap will go a long way with him.

1900 B. Delannoy ‘£19,000’ xxxix. 296 ‘You're the most sensible woman I've ever met.’ ‘None of your soft-soap now!’

1958 R. Silverberg Invaders from Earth v. 44 ‘Soft-soap won't answer my questions, Alf.’ ‘This isn't soft-soap. It's fact, plain hard fact.’

2003 T. Litt Finding Myself 332 Don't come the soft soap with me.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (in sense 1), e.g. soft-soap manufacturer.

ΚΠ

1753 W. Lewis New Dispensatory 280/2 A pint of the common leys of our soft soap makers weighs more than sixteen ounces.

1794 Morning Chron. 12 Nov. (advt.) Messrs. Neave and Aislabie, Merchants and Soft Soap Manufacturers.

1892 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 444/1 The soft soap treatment is effective but must be carefully supervised.

1908 W. H. Simmons & H. A. Appleton Handbk. Soap Manuf. 53 The Soft Soap Manufacturers' Convention of Holland stipulate that the materials used in soft-soap making must not contain more than 5 per cent. rosin.

1991 Garden Apr. 169/1 Good old-fashioned home-made quassia and soft soap mixtures are not Ministry Approved.

C2. attributive (in sense 2) with the sense ‘characterized by the use of persuasive flattery or cajoling’.Cf. also quot. 1821 at sense 2.

ΚΠ

1835 Times 18 Aug. 5/3 Compare the ‘Prosperity Budget’ with the ‘Soft-soap Budget’.

1934 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Nov. 2/2 Assailing Governor Lehman for his ‘soft soap’ manner of campaign, the park commissioner..renewed his assault on the Lehman banking family.

1961 Radio Times 6 Apr. 21/2 ‘Nobody likes to watch a soft-soap interview. People want the facts and they can take them,’ says Robin Day.

1989 Under Five Nov. 85/2 When the same thing happened a third time, I gave up on the soft soap approach and dealt her a very swift, sharp smack across her legs.

2006 M. Daheim Alpine Recluse ii. 26 Maybe she could use her coaxing soft-soap manner.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	soft soap
释义	soft soapn. Brit. /ˌsɒf(t) ˈsəʊp/, U.S. /ˈsɔf(t) ˌsoʊp/, /ˈsɑf(t) ˌsoʊp/ Forms: see soft adj. and soap n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: soft adj., soap n.¹ Etymology: < soft adj. + soap n.¹, originally after post-classical Latin sapo mollis (14th cent.). 1. Soap that is liquid or semi-liquid and dissolves readily, usually made from the potassium salts of fatty acids.Hard soap is usually made from the sodium salts of fatty acids; see hard soap n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > soap > form of soap soft soap?a1425 washing-ball1538 ball1575 tablet1582 musk ball1589 liquid soap1600 soap-ball1601 wash-ball1601 savonette1702 brick soap1753 bar-soap1824 bar1834 sand-ball1846 soap powder1865 leaf1882 soap leaf1909 soap flakes1926 shower gel1970 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 152 (MED) After be it anoynted wiþ..oile rose & acete and softe sope [L. sapone molli]. ?a1450 J. Arderne in 17th Internat. Congr. Med. (1914) xxiii. 120 (MED) Putte therone a ruptorye..of qwyklyme & soft sope. 1634 in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1732) XIX. 567/1 That no soft Soap be sold..for above three pence the pound. 1641 Short Relation Soap-busines 4 To make hard soape with Berilla, and soft soap without the use of fire. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Soap The Soft Soap..is either White or Green. 1753 W. Lewis New Dispensatory 200/1 The soft soaps are more penetrating and acrimonious than the hard. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 331 Potassa enters into the composition of soft soap. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. vi. §2. 371 The base..of the soft soaps is potash. 1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) vi. 164 Soft soaps contain potassium salts, principally oleate. 2006 Lush Times Spring 20/2 Buttercreams are essentially very posh soft soaps. 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). Persuasive flattery or cajoling; (also) unduly careful or deferential treatment.In early use typically as part of an extended metaphor of sense 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] fickling?c1225 flattering?c1225 oluhningc1225 glozec1290 glozing1297 losengery1303 blandishingc1305 blandingc1315 flatteryc1320 glotheringc1325 soothinga1400 honey word?1406 faginga1425 flatrisec1440 smekingc1440 blandishc1475 blandiment?1510 glavering1545 coggingc1555 good1563 milksop1577 court holy water1583 glavery1583 blandishment1591 lipsalve1591 court holy bread1592 flatter1593 colloguing1596 sooth1597 daub?1602 blandation1605 lullaby1611 court-water1616 butter1618 blandiloquy1623 oil1645 court-element1649 courtshipment1649 courtship1655 blandiloquence1656 court-creama1657 daubing1656 fleecha1700 Spanish money1699 cajole1719 whiting1721 palaver1733 butter boat1747 flummery1749 treacle1771 Spanish coin1785 blancmange1790 blarney1796 soft corn1814 whillywha1816 carney1818 buttering up1819 soft soap1821 flam1825 slaver1825 soft solder1836 soothing syrup1839 soft-soaping1840 plámás1853 sawder1854 soap1854 salve1859 taffy1878 plámásing1897 flannel1927 smarm1937 flannelling1945 sweet talk1945 schmear1950 smarming1950 1821 Military Reg. 14 Mar. 318 I'm little given to compliments I own, They're but the bubbles of our riper days, Which by the breath of flattery are blown From soft-soap froth, to pass for honest praise. 1830 Reg. Deb. Congr. U.S. 12 Apr. 774 I will not use the vulgar phrase, and say he has been pouring soft soap down the backs of the New York delegation. 1840 W. G. Simms Border Beagles I. i. 22 Tush, young man, soft soap don't tickle me at my time of life. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xvii. 313 He and I are great chums, and a little soft soap will go a long way with him. 1900 B. Delannoy ‘£19,000’ xxxix. 296 ‘You're the most sensible woman I've ever met.’ ‘None of your soft-soap now!’ 1958 R. Silverberg Invaders from Earth v. 44 ‘Soft-soap won't answer my questions, Alf.’ ‘This isn't soft-soap. It's fact, plain hard fact.’ 2003 T. Litt Finding Myself 332 Don't come the soft soap with me. Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense 1), e.g. soft-soap manufacturer. ΚΠ 1753 W. Lewis New Dispensatory 280/2 A pint of the common leys of our soft soap makers weighs more than sixteen ounces. 1794 Morning Chron. 12 Nov. (advt.) Messrs. Neave and Aislabie, Merchants and Soft Soap Manufacturers. 1892 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 444/1 The soft soap treatment is effective but must be carefully supervised. 1908 W. H. Simmons & H. A. Appleton Handbk. Soap Manuf. 53 The Soft Soap Manufacturers' Convention of Holland stipulate that the materials used in soft-soap making must not contain more than 5 per cent. rosin. 1991 Garden Apr. 169/1 Good old-fashioned home-made quassia and soft soap mixtures are not Ministry Approved. C2. attributive (in sense 2) with the sense ‘characterized by the use of persuasive flattery or cajoling’.Cf. also quot. 1821 at sense 2. ΚΠ 1835 Times 18 Aug. 5/3 Compare the ‘Prosperity Budget’ with the ‘Soft-soap Budget’. 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Nov. 2/2 Assailing Governor Lehman for his ‘soft soap’ manner of campaign, the park commissioner..renewed his assault on the Lehman banking family. 1961 Radio Times 6 Apr. 21/2 ‘Nobody likes to watch a soft-soap interview. People want the facts and they can take them,’ says Robin Day. 1989 Under Five Nov. 85/2 When the same thing happened a third time, I gave up on the soft soap approach and dealt her a very swift, sharp smack across her legs. 2006 M. Daheim Alpine Recluse ii. 26 Maybe she could use her coaxing soft-soap manner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
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