transvestistn.adj.

Brit.

/tranzˈvɛstɪst/,

/trɑːnzˈvɛstɪst/,

/transˈvɛstɪst/,

/trɑːnsˈvɛstɪst/, U.S.

/trænzˈvɛstəst/,

/træn(t)sˈvɛstəst/

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: transvestite n.

Etymology: Probably an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ist suffix) of transvestite n. Compare transvest v., which, although being first attested considerably earlier, does not appear to be in use in the 1920s or early 1930s. Compare also earlier transvestism n.

Originally Psychology. Now dated and rare.

A. n.

A person who dresses in clothes conventionally associated with the opposite sex; (Psychology) a person (esp. a man) who derives sexual pleasure from cross-dressing. Cf. transvestite n. Now rare.Never as frequently used as transvestite n.

ΚΠ

1928 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex VII. i. 105 It ought not to be doubtful to anyone that he was in his own life a transvestist.

1944 ‘M. Innes’ Weight of Evid. viii. 88 One of those portraits of her in page's costume. She must have been what they call a transvestist nowadays.

1972 Daily Tel. 23 Mar. 8/1 He was a clothes fetishist and eventually a transvestist.

1983 M. Gelder et al. Oxf. Textbk. Psychiatry (1984) xv. 476 Most transvestists are heterosexual. Unlike the transsexuals described later, they have no doubt that they are really men.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characterized by cross-dressing or people who cross-dress. Also sometimes: designating a person (esp. a man) who cross-dresses. Cf. transvestite adj.Never as frequently used as transvestite adj.

ΚΠ

1933 Urol. & Cutaneous Rev. 37 602/2 In this fantasy we see the masochistic, homosexual and transvestist components.

1935 J. Rodker tr. M. Hirschfeld Sex in Human Relationships xii. 86 A..marriage..with an actress who strikingly resembled the transvestist dancer of his first love.

1953 Times 18 Sept. 7/4 Mme. Alice Zimmermann..successfully evaded the many pitfalls of a transvestist role.

1962 C. Allen Textbk. Psychosexual Disorders xii. 248 Those [women] who do wear men's clothing are usually frankly homosexual and probably do not obtain the excitement which the transvestist man feels.

2004 J. Jagodzinski Music in Youth Culture iii. 199 Lavigne's transvestist attire, especially her cravat as a stolen signifier, embodies her alter ego.

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

单词	transvestist
释义	transvestistn.adj. Brit. /tranzˈvɛstɪst/, /trɑːnzˈvɛstɪst/, /transˈvɛstɪst/, /trɑːnsˈvɛstɪst/, U.S. /trænzˈvɛstəst/, /træn(t)sˈvɛstəst/ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: transvestite n. Etymology: Probably an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ist suffix) of transvestite n. Compare transvest v., which, although being first attested considerably earlier, does not appear to be in use in the 1920s or early 1930s. Compare also earlier transvestism n. Originally Psychology. Now dated and rare. A. n. A person who dresses in clothes conventionally associated with the opposite sex; (Psychology) a person (esp. a man) who derives sexual pleasure from cross-dressing. Cf. transvestite n. Now rare.Never as frequently used as transvestite n. ΚΠ 1928 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex VII. i. 105 It ought not to be doubtful to anyone that he was in his own life a transvestist. 1944 ‘M. Innes’ Weight of Evid. viii. 88 One of those portraits of her in page's costume. She must have been what they call a transvestist nowadays. 1972 Daily Tel. 23 Mar. 8/1 He was a clothes fetishist and eventually a transvestist. 1983 M. Gelder et al. Oxf. Textbk. Psychiatry (1984) xv. 476 Most transvestists are heterosexual. Unlike the transsexuals described later, they have no doubt that they are really men. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characterized by cross-dressing or people who cross-dress. Also sometimes: designating a person (esp. a man) who cross-dresses. Cf. transvestite adj.Never as frequently used as transvestite adj. ΚΠ 1933 Urol. & Cutaneous Rev. 37 602/2 In this fantasy we see the masochistic, homosexual and transvestist components. 1935 J. Rodker tr. M. Hirschfeld Sex in Human Relationships xii. 86 A..marriage..with an actress who strikingly resembled the transvestist dancer of his first love. 1953 Times 18 Sept. 7/4 Mme. Alice Zimmermann..successfully evaded the many pitfalls of a transvestist role. 1962 C. Allen Textbk. Psychosexual Disorders xii. 248 Those [women] who do wear men's clothing are usually frankly homosexual and probably do not obtain the excitement which the transvestist man feels. 2004 J. Jagodzinski Music in Youth Culture iii. 199 Lavigne's transvestist attire, especially her cravat as a stolen signifier, embodies her alter ego. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.adj.1928
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