adderboltn.

Brit.

/ˈadəbəʊlt/, U.S.

/ˈædərˌboʊlt/

Forms:

α. late Middle English adderbolte, 1600s–1800s adderbolt; English regional 1800s edderbowt, 1800s– edderbout, 1800s– edtherbowt (Cheshire).

β. 1600s–1700s addersboult, 1700s addersbolt.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: adder n.¹, bolt n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms < adder n.¹ + bolt n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of adder n.¹ + bolt n.¹Probably so called on account of its resemblance to a winged dragon (see adder n.¹ 1c; compare dragonfly n.), or perhaps on account of its being regarded as venomous (although evidence for this belief can only be found much later; compare adder n.¹ 3). The second element probably arose from the resemblance of the insect's body to a crossbow bolt (see bolt n.¹ 1).

In later use English regional (chiefly north-western).

A dragonfly. Cf. adder n.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Odonata > member of (dragonfly)

adderbolt1483

dragonfly1626

bolt-head1668

libella1694

devil's needle1745

mayfly1747

horse-stinger1773

devil's darning-needle1809

demoiselle1835

adder1876

odonate1890

odonatan1944

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lvij/2 The eygth our lord sente to them locustes whiche is a maner grete flye callyd in somme place an adder bolte.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 176 Other Animals I observ'd to have yet a greater number [of ‘pearls’, i.e. ommatidia, in the eye], as the Dragon-fly or Adderbolt.

1677 W. Charleton Exercitationes de Differrentiis et Nominibus Animalium (ed. 2) 39 The Dragon Fly, aut Adders-Boult, & Water-Butterflies.

1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 394 Nature in that Place has wonderfully contrived a Transparent Lanthorn..whose Superficies very exactly resembles the great Eyes of our large Libellæ, or Adderbolts.

1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. p. xxxvii I observed in Carolina..the Adder-bolt, the Cicada.

1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. (1792) 62 Of the astonishing variety of insects found in America, we will mention the Glow worm,..Adder bolt.

1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects i. 308 Dragon-Flies, Adder-bolts, Horse-stingers.

1857 J. T. Staton Bobby Shuttle 64 A chapter on the natural history uv cockroaches, edderbowts, un crickets.

1875 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. I 116 It'll sting like an edder-bout.

1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester 113 Edther bowt, the dragonfly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adderbolt
释义	adderboltn. Brit. /ˈadəbəʊlt/, U.S. /ˈædərˌboʊlt/ Forms: α. late Middle English adderbolte, 1600s–1800s adderbolt; English regional 1800s edderbowt, 1800s– edderbout, 1800s– edtherbowt (Cheshire). β. 1600s–1700s addersboult, 1700s addersbolt. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: adder n.¹, bolt n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < adder n.¹ + bolt n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of adder n.¹ + bolt n.¹Probably so called on account of its resemblance to a winged dragon (see adder n.¹ 1c; compare dragonfly n.), or perhaps on account of its being regarded as venomous (although evidence for this belief can only be found much later; compare adder n.¹ 3). The second element probably arose from the resemblance of the insect's body to a crossbow bolt (see bolt n.¹ 1). In later use English regional (chiefly north-western). A dragonfly. Cf. adder n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Odonata > member of (dragonfly) adderbolt1483 dragonfly1626 bolt-head1668 libella1694 devil's needle1745 mayfly1747 horse-stinger1773 devil's darning-needle1809 demoiselle1835 adder1876 odonate1890 odonatan1944 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lvij/2 The eygth our lord sente to them locustes whiche is a maner grete flye callyd in somme place an adder bolte. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 176 Other Animals I observ'd to have yet a greater number [of ‘pearls’, i.e. ommatidia, in the eye], as the Dragon-fly or Adderbolt. 1677 W. Charleton Exercitationes de Differrentiis et Nominibus Animalium (ed. 2) 39 The Dragon Fly, aut Adders-Boult, & Water-Butterflies. 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 394 Nature in that Place has wonderfully contrived a Transparent Lanthorn..whose Superficies very exactly resembles the great Eyes of our large Libellæ, or Adderbolts. 1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. p. xxxvii I observed in Carolina..the Adder-bolt, the Cicada. 1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. (1792) 62 Of the astonishing variety of insects found in America, we will mention the Glow worm,..Adder bolt. 1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects i. 308 Dragon-Flies, Adder-bolts, Horse-stingers. 1857 J. T. Staton Bobby Shuttle 64 A chapter on the natural history uv cockroaches, edderbowts, un crickets. 1875 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. I 116 It'll sting like an edder-bout. 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester 113 Edther bowt, the dragonfly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1483
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