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单词 blue rinse
释义

blue rinsen.

Brit. /bluː ˈrɪns/, U.S. /ˈˌblu ˈrɪns/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., rinse n.
Etymology: < blue adj. + rinse n.
A preparation used as a rinse, esp. on grey or white hair, so as to give a temporary blue tint or to mask yellowing; an application of this preparation. Also: hair which has been treated with this.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > colouring > application of a colour
Whitechapel shave1863
blue rinse1924
lowlighting1936
rinse1942
tint1979
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > colours
wash1670
permanent dye1815
blondine1888
hair lightener1892
washable distemper1894
reng1901
tint1921
blue rinse1924
rinse1928
permanent tint1960
powder colour1966
toner1966
1924 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 26 Nov. 4/2 The blue rinse for white hair is made from laundry bluing and the water should be about the same tint as used for white material.
1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax x. 93 I think I'll have a blue rinse to-day.
1955 ‘Miss Read’ Village School xxii. 211 And if madam ever indulged in a blue rinse, the effect would be quite, quite electrifying.
1981 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Feb. vi. 82/1 Another French shampoo..acts as a blue rinse on the hair.
1991 A. Roddick Body & Soul iv. 102 She had a hairnet tied over her blue rinse.
2006 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 15/1 After decades of tireless service to millions of women of a certain age, the era of the blue rinse is over.

Compounds

General attributive.
C1. With the sense ‘of, relating to, or designating elderly women (as typical users of a blue rinse)’, as blue-rinse brigade, blue-rinse set, blue-rinse vote, etc.; frequently with allusion to conservative views attributed to this group.
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the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [adjective]
old-wivish1535
anilea1624
grannamish1673
old-woman-like1721
tabby1748
old-womanish1764
old-wifelya1799
old-womanly1826
blue rinse1955
1955 C. Beaton Diary Nov. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xxi. 299 My experiences of a lecture tour on the blue-rinse circuit.
1964 Punch 28 Oct. 633/2 The blue-rinse vote went down the drain, and..the Northern liberals..went with 'em.
1977 New Yorker 3 Jan. 46/3 The Sydney Green Bans..originated in an unlikely coalition of affluent communities, led by embattled suburban matrons known as ‘the blue rinse set’.
1982 Financial Times 14 Apr. ii. 17/1 The Liberal Party: that great grey mass of middle-class small businessmen, shopkeepers,..blue-rinse ladies, widows, [etc.].
2004 S. Hancock Two of Us xviii. 251 A truly shocking speech..which would not have looked out of place at a Nuremberg rally. The blue-rinse brigade lapped it up.
C2. With the sense ‘treated with a blue rinse’, as blue rinse hair, blue rinse hairstyle, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > coloured
hennaed1853
blondine1867
blondined1890
peroxided1904
blue-rinsed1936
silver blond1951
blue rinse1959
1959 Spectator 24 Sept. 394/3 Women..with bitter-sweet smiles and blue-rinse bobs.
1974 Bennington (Vermont) Banner 30 May 4/3 Looking over the well-dressed, comfortable gathering, with blue-rinse hair-dos, one has the feeling that all's well with America.
1996 M. Crichton Airframe (1997) 77 Norma sat by the door, a heavyset woman of indeterminate age, with blue-rinse hair.
2006 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 15/1 The blue rinse hairstyle became popular in Britain in the 1930s, but grew to its peak after the war.

Derivatives

blue-ˈrinsed adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > coloured
hennaed1853
blondine1867
blondined1890
peroxided1904
blue-rinsed1936
silver blond1951
blue rinse1959
1936 Canad. Poetry Mag. 1 29 Thick-necked bulls, their tails blue-rinsed and braided.
1944 Rhinelander (Wisconsin) Daily News 24 Oct. 3/1 The now retired Mrs. Frank Burk is heckled by her daughter to get her silvery hair blue-rinsed and swirled.
1968 Listener 31 Oct. 565/3 ‘Is this what you call an education?’ said a blue-rinsed Manhattan matron.
1992 D. Spoto Laurence Olivier xvii. 401 There were filthy stories aplenty and raucous, loud laughter—much to the shock of the blue-rinsed ladies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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