† softheadn.¹

Forms: see soft adj. and -head suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: soft adj., -head suffix.

Etymology: < soft adj. + -head suffix.Compare Middle Dutch sachtheit (Dutch zachtheid), Middle Low German sachthēit.

Obsolete.

Softness; gentleness; delicacy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [noun]

neshnesseOE

softnessOE

softc1225

neshheadc1350

softheadc1350

tendernessa1387

teneritudec1440

tenerity1623

the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [noun]

softnessa1200

softheadc1350

tendresse1390

consciencea1393

tendernessa1400

suavitude1512

soft-heartedness1571

tender-heartedness1607

meltingness1622

tenerity1623

tender1671

tendre1673

mild-heartedness1849

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > delicateness or daintiness

softheadc1350

delicateness?1529

daintethness1548

gingerliness1583

daintinessa1586

delicacya1586

subtilty1660

the blue of the plum1707

bloom1777

daintification1780

daintihood1780

fairyhood1832

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun]

sweetnessc1000

mildnessOE

lithenessc1175

mildshipa1200

softnessa1200

mildheadc1300

softheadc1350

mansuetudec1390

tendresse1390

tendernessa1400

gentleness?c1400

mansuetiea1500

suavitude1512

treatableness1526

placability1531

lenity1548

pleasableness1556

mollity1562

fair1599

lenitude1627

placableness1647

unaggressiveness1870

c1350 Ayenbite (1866) App. 267 Þer byeþ Monekes þet..Vor blake and uor harde kertles huyter þane þe snaw, and of alle zofthede and nesshede cloþinge habbeþ an.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 238 In valeys of lownes be..moysture,..softhed & neschhed.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxliv. §7. 479 The mynd of the haboundaunce of thi softhede [?c1400 Sidney Sussex sothehed; L. suauitatis] thai sall rift.

a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1980) ii. 310 (MED) Þe iacke is softe & nesche, and be his softhed & neschhed softyth & feyntyth alle strokys.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

softheadn.²

Brit.

/ˈsɒft(h)ɛd/, U.S.

/ˈsɔf(t)ˌhɛd/,

/ˈsɑf(t)ˌhɛd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., head n.¹

Etymology: < soft adj. + head n.¹With sense 2 compare slightly earlier soft-headed adj. 2.

†1. A person whose head is physically soft. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [noun] > person having

softhead1625

grout-head1706

bullet-head1723

1625 tr. F. Cardim in S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vii. i. 1296 As they goe bare-head, they haue them so hard that ours in comparison of theirs are like a Pompion, and when they will injurie any White man, they call him soft-head [Pg. cabeça molle].

2. colloquial. A person lacking intelligence or common sense; a foolish, silly, or stupid person. Cf. slightly earlier soft-headed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton

innocentc1386

greenhead1576

gonyc1580

ninnyhammer1592

chicken1600

loach1605

simplician1605

hichcock1607

smelt1607

foppasty1611

dovea1616

goslinga1616

funge1621

simplicity1633

gewgaw1634

squab1640

simpletonian1652

ninny-whoop1653

softhead1654

foppotee1663

greenhorn1672

sumph1682

sawney1699

sillyton1708

gaby?1746

gobbin?1746

green goose1768

nin-a-kin1787

Jacob1811

green1824

sillikin1832

greeny1834

softhorn1836

sucker1838

softie1850

dope1851

soft1854

verigreen1854

peanut1864

daftie1872

josser1886

naïf1891

yapc1894

barm-stick1924

knobhead1931

sook1933

nig-nog1953

sawn1953

pronk1959

stiffy1965

1654 H. Pinnell Nil Novi 33 Let the one be censured for a hard, and the other for a soft head ipso facto, till they learn more humility and discretion.

1679 J. Crown Ambitious Statesman iv. 48 Come, my Lord, be it known to you His Majesties Servants are not to be call'd Fools and Soft-heads, by e're a Peer of you all.

1729 Hell upon Earth 41 If his Tongue betrays him, and shews him a Soft-head.

1751 Constantia II. 161 With you he had a mind to pass for a soft head, and has frequently entertained me with the ralleries of Donna Isabella, who fancied he did not understand her.

1832 J. Britton Anstey's New Bath Guide (new ed.) p. xxi The blunder-heads,—the wrong-heads,—the pig-heads,—the soft-heads,—and the block-heads have prevailed in all ages.

c1872 Hartley's Yorks. Ditties 2nd Ser. 64 Shoo must be a poor little softheead.

1907 W. James in Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 197 The tough think of the tender as sentimentalists and soft-heads.

1993 P. Ouellette Deus Machine xii. 161 He has utter contempt for the softheads who have let the U.S. economy slide into its current mess.

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

单词	softhead
释义	† softheadn.¹ Forms: see soft adj. and -head suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: soft adj., -head suffix. Etymology: < soft adj. + -head suffix.Compare Middle Dutch sachtheit (Dutch zachtheid), Middle Low German sachthēit. Obsolete. Softness; gentleness; delicacy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [noun] neshnesseOE softnessOE softc1225 neshheadc1350 softheadc1350 tendernessa1387 teneritudec1440 tenerity1623 the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [noun] softnessa1200 softheadc1350 tendresse1390 consciencea1393 tendernessa1400 suavitude1512 soft-heartedness1571 tender-heartedness1607 meltingness1622 tenerity1623 tender1671 tendre1673 mild-heartedness1849 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > delicateness or daintiness softheadc1350 delicateness?1529 daintethness1548 gingerliness1583 daintinessa1586 delicacya1586 subtilty1660 the blue of the plum1707 bloom1777 daintification1780 daintihood1780 fairyhood1832 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] sweetnessc1000 mildnessOE lithenessc1175 mildshipa1200 softnessa1200 mildheadc1300 softheadc1350 mansuetudec1390 tendresse1390 tendernessa1400 gentleness?c1400 mansuetiea1500 suavitude1512 treatableness1526 placability1531 lenity1548 pleasableness1556 mollity1562 fair1599 lenitude1627 placableness1647 unaggressiveness1870 c1350 Ayenbite (1866) App. 267 Þer byeþ Monekes þet..Vor blake and uor harde kertles huyter þane þe snaw, and of alle zofthede and nesshede cloþinge habbeþ an. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 238 In valeys of lownes be..moysture,..softhed & neschhed. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxliv. §7. 479 The mynd of the haboundaunce of thi softhede [?c1400 Sidney Sussex sothehed; L. suauitatis] thai sall rift. a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1980) ii. 310 (MED) Þe iacke is softe & nesche, and be his softhed & neschhed softyth & feyntyth alle strokys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). softheadn.² Brit. /ˈsɒft(h)ɛd/, U.S. /ˈsɔf(t)ˌhɛd/, /ˈsɑf(t)ˌhɛd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., head n.¹ Etymology: < soft adj. + head n.¹With sense 2 compare slightly earlier soft-headed adj. 2. †1. A person whose head is physically soft. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [noun] > person having softhead1625 grout-head1706 bullet-head1723 1625 tr. F. Cardim in S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vii. i. 1296 As they goe bare-head, they haue them so hard that ours in comparison of theirs are like a Pompion, and when they will injurie any White man, they call him soft-head [Pg. cabeça molle]. 2. colloquial. A person lacking intelligence or common sense; a foolish, silly, or stupid person. Cf. slightly earlier soft-headed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton innocentc1386 greenhead1576 gonyc1580 ninnyhammer1592 chicken1600 loach1605 simplician1605 hichcock1607 smelt1607 foppasty1611 dovea1616 goslinga1616 funge1621 simplicity1633 gewgaw1634 squab1640 simpletonian1652 ninny-whoop1653 softhead1654 foppotee1663 greenhorn1672 sumph1682 sawney1699 sillyton1708 gaby?1746 gobbin?1746 green goose1768 nin-a-kin1787 Jacob1811 green1824 sillikin1832 greeny1834 softhorn1836 sucker1838 softie1850 dope1851 soft1854 verigreen1854 peanut1864 daftie1872 josser1886 naïf1891 yapc1894 barm-stick1924 knobhead1931 sook1933 nig-nog1953 sawn1953 pronk1959 stiffy1965 1654 H. Pinnell Nil Novi 33 Let the one be censured for a hard, and the other for a soft head ipso facto, till they learn more humility and discretion. 1679 J. Crown Ambitious Statesman iv. 48 Come, my Lord, be it known to you His Majesties Servants are not to be call'd Fools and Soft-heads, by e're a Peer of you all. 1729 Hell upon Earth 41 If his Tongue betrays him, and shews him a Soft-head. 1751 Constantia II. 161 With you he had a mind to pass for a soft head, and has frequently entertained me with the ralleries of Donna Isabella, who fancied he did not understand her. 1832 J. Britton Anstey's New Bath Guide (new ed.) p. xxi The blunder-heads,—the wrong-heads,—the pig-heads,—the soft-heads,—and the block-heads have prevailed in all ages. c1872 Hartley's Yorks. Ditties 2nd Ser. 64 Shoo must be a poor little softheead. 1907 W. James in Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 197 The tough think of the tender as sentimentalists and soft-heads. 1993 P. Ouellette Deus Machine xii. 161 He has utter contempt for the softheads who have let the U.S. economy slide into its current mess. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1350n.²1625
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