bolshien.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbɒlʃi/, U.S.

/ˈboʊlʃi/

Forms: Also Bolshy, Bolshie.

Etymology: -y suffix⁶.

A. n. A jocular or contemptuous name for a Bolshevik.

Also transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > Russian politics > [noun] > Bolshevism > Bolshevik

maximalist1907

Bolshevik1917

Bolshevist1917

Bolo1919

bolshie1920

1920 John Bull 28 Aug. 1 We can quite understand the Bolshies' repugnance to labour—except with the jaw.

1920 Punch 10 Nov. 373/1 Mr. Stanton could think of no better retort than the stereotyped ‘Bolshie!’

1921 R. Hichens Spirit of Time xii Those Russians.. breed more princesses than we do..but they seem to be giving them toko over there—the Bolshies, I mean.

1923 D. H. Lawrence Kangaroo i. 1 A comical-looking bloke! Perhaps a Bolshy.

1940 ‘G. Orwell’ in Horizon Mar. 187 If the Russian Revolution is anywhere referred to it will be indirectly, in the word ‘Bolshy’ (meaning a person of violent disagreeable habits).

B. adj.

(a) = Bolshevik adj. (b) transferred and figurative. Left-wing; uncooperative, recalcitrant.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant

unbuxoma1250

unbowsomec1290

sturdy13..

wildc1350

stubbornc1386

unbaina1400

stoutc1410

kimeta1450

staffish?a1513

untractable1538

intractable1545

sullen1577

restiff1578

indocile1603

resty1603

hot-mouthed1609

immorigerous1623

intractive1623

uncompliable1626

restivea1628

non-complying1649

uncompliant1659

incompliant1706

unobliging1707

recalcitrant1797

unbiddable1825

stocky1836

recalcitrary1861

calcitrant1866

non-cooperative1867

recalcitrating1870

ropeable1870

non-cooperating1895

bolshie1918

society > authority > rule or government > politics > Russian politics > [adjective] > principles or policies

nihilistic1868

nihilist1872

Bolshevik1907

bolshie1918

Menshevik1918

Bolshevistic1920

Bolshevized1920

red1920

1918 D. H. Lawrence Lett. (1962) I. 565 The railway people, when one travels, seem rather independent and Bolshy.

1922 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1939) 382 My nature doesn't second the demands of discipline very well, and unless I keep working at something I get Bolshie!

1930 H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham iii. vi. 208 The young men of science, the clever ones, are all going Bolshy or worse.

1930 H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham iv. iv. 296 Street-corner boys and Bolshie agitators.

1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks (new ed.) ii, in Too True to be Good 231 Lenin and Stalin and Trotsky and all that Bolshy lot.

1966 New Statesman 1 Apr. 473/1 The neglected dullards not unnaturally turn bolshy.

1969 D. Clark Nobody's Perfect v. 156 You can stop looking so bolshie, because I think you've done what you did well enough.

Derivatives

ˈbolshiness n. obstructive or recalcitrant behaviour; political or temperamental disinclination to obey authority.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance

unbowsomeness1340

wincing1426

restiness?c1550

restiffness?1561

restiveness?1561

intractability1579

untractablenessa1600

indocility1648

non-compliance1648

intractableness1664

non-complying1687

uncompliableness1687

incompliance1708

non-cooperation1795

recalcitrancy1844

recalcitrance1845

uncompliability1880

bolshiness1975

1975 Economist 14 June 22/2 Trading off bolshiness on these outstanding issues—and on EEC quotas and prices for New Zealand butter..—against good behaviour on others will be hard.

1985 Times 12 Apr. 2/3 Poor production at the three pits has been caused by ‘bolshiness’ at the end of the miners' strike.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bolshie
释义	bolshien.adj. Brit. /ˈbɒlʃi/, U.S. /ˈboʊlʃi/ Forms: Also Bolshy, Bolshie. Etymology: -y suffix⁶. A. n. A jocular or contemptuous name for a Bolshevik. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Russian politics > [noun] > Bolshevism > Bolshevik maximalist1907 Bolshevik1917 Bolshevist1917 Bolo1919 bolshie1920 1920 John Bull 28 Aug. 1 We can quite understand the Bolshies' repugnance to labour—except with the jaw. 1920 Punch 10 Nov. 373/1 Mr. Stanton could think of no better retort than the stereotyped ‘Bolshie!’ 1921 R. Hichens Spirit of Time xii Those Russians.. breed more princesses than we do..but they seem to be giving them toko over there—the Bolshies, I mean. 1923 D. H. Lawrence Kangaroo i. 1 A comical-looking bloke! Perhaps a Bolshy. 1940 ‘G. Orwell’ in Horizon Mar. 187 If the Russian Revolution is anywhere referred to it will be indirectly, in the word ‘Bolshy’ (meaning a person of violent disagreeable habits). B. adj. (a) = Bolshevik adj. (b) transferred and figurative. Left-wing; uncooperative, recalcitrant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant unbuxoma1250 unbowsomec1290 sturdy13.. wildc1350 stubbornc1386 unbaina1400 stoutc1410 kimeta1450 staffish?a1513 untractable1538 intractable1545 sullen1577 restiff1578 indocile1603 resty1603 hot-mouthed1609 immorigerous1623 intractive1623 uncompliable1626 restivea1628 non-complying1649 uncompliant1659 incompliant1706 unobliging1707 recalcitrant1797 unbiddable1825 stocky1836 recalcitrary1861 calcitrant1866 non-cooperative1867 recalcitrating1870 ropeable1870 non-cooperating1895 bolshie1918 society > authority > rule or government > politics > Russian politics > [adjective] > principles or policies nihilistic1868 nihilist1872 Bolshevik1907 bolshie1918 Menshevik1918 Bolshevistic1920 Bolshevized1920 red1920 1918 D. H. Lawrence Lett. (1962) I. 565 The railway people, when one travels, seem rather independent and Bolshy. 1922 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1939) 382 My nature doesn't second the demands of discipline very well, and unless I keep working at something I get Bolshie! 1930 H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham iii. vi. 208 The young men of science, the clever ones, are all going Bolshy or worse. 1930 H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham iv. iv. 296 Street-corner boys and Bolshie agitators. 1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks (new ed.) ii, in Too True to be Good 231 Lenin and Stalin and Trotsky and all that Bolshy lot. 1966 New Statesman 1 Apr. 473/1 The neglected dullards not unnaturally turn bolshy. 1969 D. Clark Nobody's Perfect v. 156 You can stop looking so bolshie, because I think you've done what you did well enough. Derivatives ˈbolshiness n. obstructive or recalcitrant behaviour; political or temperamental disinclination to obey authority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance unbowsomeness1340 wincing1426 restiness?c1550 restiffness?1561 restiveness?1561 intractability1579 untractablenessa1600 indocility1648 non-compliance1648 intractableness1664 non-complying1687 uncompliableness1687 incompliance1708 non-cooperation1795 recalcitrancy1844 recalcitrance1845 uncompliability1880 bolshiness1975 1975 Economist 14 June 22/2 Trading off bolshiness on these outstanding issues—and on EEC quotas and prices for New Zealand butter..—against good behaviour on others will be hard. 1985 Times 12 Apr. 2/3 Poor production at the three pits has been caused by ‘bolshiness’ at the end of the miners' strike. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1918
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