broad-brushingn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɔːdˌbrʌʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbrɔdˌbrəʃɪŋ/,

/ˈbrɑdˌbrəʃɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adj.¹, brushing n.

Etymology: < broad adj.¹ + brushing n. (although that is first attested later in the relevant sense brushing n. 5). Compare later broad-brush v., broad-brushed adj.

1. The action or technique of using broad or clearly visible brushstrokes.

1868 Daily Evening Bull. (Philadelphia) 24 July 8/1 A rapid landscape painter, wishing to represent the sky shining through his trees, often paints his tree broadly, and then with hasty spots of solid blue..introduces the heavens beyond... A lithographer, working with the point, has not the same temptation to broad brushing.

1984 Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Jrnl.-World 4 Mar. d2/4 Her acrylics have a soft but angular look, marked by broad brushing and subtle variations in tone.

2002 J. Updike in Higher Gossip (2011) 262 An olive-drab stone wall rendered with a fury of broad brushing and scrubby blotches that anticipates Abstract Expressionism.

2. The action or result of taking a general approach with little regard for the details involved. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > instance of

slovenliness1824

scamp-work1840

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > action of

slubbering1582

slobbering1649

scambling1659

skirting1687

steamboating1826

scamping1862

slur1882

1965 H. L. Richardson Slightly to Right ix. 60 When we Conservatives resort to ‘broad brushing’, we hurt conservatism, and thus our Nation. Be factual, be specific.

1985 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 29 Nov. 46 There seems to be a broad-brushing going on, where they're lumping a lot of things together.

2008 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Aug. c7/6 The broad-brushing was unfortunate, coming from a man with a research background.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	broad-brushing
释义	broad-brushingn. Brit. /ˈbrɔːdˌbrʌʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbrɔdˌbrəʃɪŋ/, /ˈbrɑdˌbrəʃɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adj.¹, brushing n. Etymology: < broad adj.¹ + brushing n. (although that is first attested later in the relevant sense brushing n. 5). Compare later broad-brush v., broad-brushed adj. 1. The action or technique of using broad or clearly visible brushstrokes. Π 1868 Daily Evening Bull. (Philadelphia) 24 July 8/1 A rapid landscape painter, wishing to represent the sky shining through his trees, often paints his tree broadly, and then with hasty spots of solid blue..introduces the heavens beyond... A lithographer, working with the point, has not the same temptation to broad brushing. 1984 Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Jrnl.-World 4 Mar. d2/4 Her acrylics have a soft but angular look, marked by broad brushing and subtle variations in tone. 2002 J. Updike in Higher Gossip (2011) 262 An olive-drab stone wall rendered with a fury of broad brushing and scrubby blotches that anticipates Abstract Expressionism. 2. The action or result of taking a general approach with little regard for the details involved. Also: an instance of this. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > instance of slovenliness1824 scamp-work1840 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > action of slubbering1582 slobbering1649 scambling1659 skirting1687 steamboating1826 scamping1862 slur1882 1965 H. L. Richardson Slightly to Right ix. 60 When we Conservatives resort to ‘broad brushing’, we hurt conservatism, and thus our Nation. Be factual, be specific. 1985 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 29 Nov. 46 There seems to be a broad-brushing going on, where they're lumping a lot of things together. 2008 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Aug. c7/6 The broad-brushing was unfortunate, coming from a man with a research background. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1868
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