sundowningn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌnˌdaʊnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsənˌdaʊnɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sundown n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < sundown n. + -ing suffix¹, after sundowner n.

1. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. The action or habit of arriving at a sheep station, farm, etc., in the evening under the pretence of seeking work, so as to obtain food and shelter; the way of life of a sundowner (sundowner n. 2). Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp > the practice of

monkerya1790

sundowning1873

1873 Melbourne Punch 5 June 177/2 A melodious Bushman who is anxious to get up a few operatic airs to enliven the station hands when sundowning.

1891 E. Kinglake Austral. at Home 133 A certain gang of bushrangers..caused it to be known that tramps and such like were under their special protection... The effect of this was to make sundowning an intolerable nuisance within the district.

1907 W. H. Koebel Return of Joe 18 No more sundowning for me;..I hate it, boss, I hate it.

1949 Times 5 Nov. 7/6 After a few months sundowning in Australia he joined the Army.

1983 J. Trollope Britannia's Daughters x. 211 The splendid Australian tradition of sundowning.

2. Originally North American. A marked increase in symptoms, such as confusion, disorientation, agitation, etc., towards the end of the day or during the night in a person suffering from dementia, typically Alzheimer's in the middle stages. Cf. sundowner syndrome n. at sundowner n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delusion > types of delusion

lycanthropy1584

cynanthropy1594

hob-thrush1658

wolf-madness1663

syphilomania1815

hippanthropy1847

zoanthropy1856

boanthropy1864

megalomania1885

plutomania1890

uranomania1890

micromania1892

delusions of grandeur1909

omnipotence1916

nihilism1927

apophenia1959

apophany1960

sundowner1974

sundowning1978

1978 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 78 1496/1 During the night, decreased sensory stimulation may cause patients with an already marginal cerebral reserve to become more confused, commonly called ‘sundowning’.

1993 C. Orlock Inner Time xix. 167 For some Alzheimer's patients..exposure to bright light cuts down on night wandering and ‘sundowning’, a pattern of late afternoon and evening agitation.

2015 Sc. Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 Apr. 56 Two thirds of those with Alzheimer's disease experience sundowning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sundowning
释义	sundowningn. Brit. /ˈsʌnˌdaʊnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsənˌdaʊnɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sundown n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < sundown n. + -ing suffix¹, after sundowner n. 1. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. The action or habit of arriving at a sheep station, farm, etc., in the evening under the pretence of seeking work, so as to obtain food and shelter; the way of life of a sundowner (sundowner n. 2). Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp > the practice of monkerya1790 sundowning1873 1873 Melbourne Punch 5 June 177/2 A melodious Bushman who is anxious to get up a few operatic airs to enliven the station hands when sundowning. 1891 E. Kinglake Austral. at Home 133 A certain gang of bushrangers..caused it to be known that tramps and such like were under their special protection... The effect of this was to make sundowning an intolerable nuisance within the district. 1907 W. H. Koebel Return of Joe 18 No more sundowning for me;..I hate it, boss, I hate it. 1949 Times 5 Nov. 7/6 After a few months sundowning in Australia he joined the Army. 1983 J. Trollope Britannia's Daughters x. 211 The splendid Australian tradition of sundowning. 2. Originally North American. A marked increase in symptoms, such as confusion, disorientation, agitation, etc., towards the end of the day or during the night in a person suffering from dementia, typically Alzheimer's in the middle stages. Cf. sundowner syndrome n. at sundowner n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delusion > types of delusion lycanthropy1584 cynanthropy1594 hob-thrush1658 wolf-madness1663 syphilomania1815 hippanthropy1847 zoanthropy1856 boanthropy1864 megalomania1885 plutomania1890 uranomania1890 micromania1892 delusions of grandeur1909 omnipotence1916 nihilism1927 apophenia1959 apophany1960 sundowner1974 sundowning1978 1978 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 78 1496/1 During the night, decreased sensory stimulation may cause patients with an already marginal cerebral reserve to become more confused, commonly called ‘sundowning’. 1993 C. Orlock Inner Time xix. 167 For some Alzheimer's patients..exposure to bright light cuts down on night wandering and ‘sundowning’, a pattern of late afternoon and evening agitation. 2015 Sc. Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 Apr. 56 Two thirds of those with Alzheimer's disease experience sundowning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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