transvestv.

Brit.

/trɑːnzˈvɛst/,

/tranzˈvɛst/,

/trɑːnsˈvɛst/,

/transˈvɛst/, U.S.

/trænzˈvɛst/,

/træn(t)sˈvɛst/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation; perhaps originally modelled on a French lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: trans- prefix, vest v., Latin vestīre.

Etymology: < trans- prefix + either vest v. or its etymon classical Latin vestīre to clothe, perhaps originally after French travestir (see travesty adj.). Compare slightly later travest v., travesty v.Re-formed in the mid 20th cent., influenced by transvestite n.

Now somewhat rare.

transitive. To change (a person's) dress or appearance, (now) esp. to dress in clothes conventionally worn by the opposite sex. Also (and in earliest use) figurative. Cf. travest v., travesty v.In quot. 1649 referring to the translation of a text from one language into another.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > conceal by disguise [verb (transitive)]

beclout?c1225

disguisea1375

veilc1384

dissimule1485

counterfeit1490

dissemble?1507

guisea1510

wry1567

discountenance1574

conceal1598

belie1610

dislikena1616

obvolve1623

transvest1649

travesty1665

mask1847

camouflage1917

1649 in tr. R. Descartes Disc. Method To Understanding Reader The thoughts of so clear a Minde, being so extremely fine, That as the choisest words are too grosse, and fall short fully to expresse such sublime Notions; So it cannot be, but being transvested, it must necessarily lose very much of its native Lustre.

1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox ii. 42 How often did shee please her fancy with the imagination of transvesting herself [Fr. se trauestir en homme], and by the help of a Man's disguise deceiving the eyes of those that watched her deportments?

1654 tr. M. Martini Bellum Tartaricum 199 No Man but some horrid wild Beast, or rather..some Devill transvested in our humane Nature [L. carne humana indutum daemonem].

1952 E. Kris Psychoanal. Explor. in Art 34 The final harmony between those who were the late embodiment of the infantile beating fantasy, the father, the knight, and the daughter transvested as the noble youth, was..anticipated but not described.

1970 E. Wilson Jrnl. in Sixties: Last Jrnl. (1993) 866 He had come into a room and found his parents transvested in one another's clothes.

2015 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. (Nexis) 20 Sept. 31 In conditions of censorship, ideas must be transvested if they are to be expressed at all.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	transvest
释义	transvestv. Brit. /trɑːnzˈvɛst/, /tranzˈvɛst/, /trɑːnsˈvɛst/, /transˈvɛst/, U.S. /trænzˈvɛst/, /træn(t)sˈvɛst/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation; perhaps originally modelled on a French lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: trans- prefix, vest v., Latin vestīre. Etymology: < trans- prefix + either vest v. or its etymon classical Latin vestīre to clothe, perhaps originally after French travestir (see travesty adj.). Compare slightly later travest v., travesty v.Re-formed in the mid 20th cent., influenced by transvestite n. Now somewhat rare. transitive. To change (a person's) dress or appearance, (now) esp. to dress in clothes conventionally worn by the opposite sex. Also (and in earliest use) figurative. Cf. travest v., travesty v.In quot. 1649 referring to the translation of a text from one language into another. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > conceal by disguise [verb (transitive)] beclout?c1225 disguisea1375 veilc1384 dissimule1485 counterfeit1490 dissemble?1507 guisea1510 wry1567 discountenance1574 conceal1598 belie1610 dislikena1616 obvolve1623 transvest1649 travesty1665 mask1847 camouflage1917 1649 in tr. R. Descartes Disc. Method To Understanding Reader The thoughts of so clear a Minde, being so extremely fine, That as the choisest words are too grosse, and fall short fully to expresse such sublime Notions; So it cannot be, but being transvested, it must necessarily lose very much of its native Lustre. 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox ii. 42 How often did shee please her fancy with the imagination of transvesting herself [Fr. se trauestir en homme], and by the help of a Man's disguise deceiving the eyes of those that watched her deportments? 1654 tr. M. Martini Bellum Tartaricum 199 No Man but some horrid wild Beast, or rather..some Devill transvested in our humane Nature [L. carne humana indutum daemonem]. 1952 E. Kris Psychoanal. Explor. in Art 34 The final harmony between those who were the late embodiment of the infantile beating fantasy, the father, the knight, and the daughter transvested as the noble youth, was..anticipated but not described. 1970 E. Wilson Jrnl. in Sixties: Last Jrnl. (1993) 866 He had come into a room and found his parents transvested in one another's clothes. 2015 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. (Nexis) 20 Sept. 31 In conditions of censorship, ideas must be transvested if they are to be expressed at all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < v.1649
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