un-Southernadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsʌðn/, U.S.

/ˌənˈsəðərn/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, southern adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + southern adj.

Not southern (in various senses); esp. not characteristic or typical of, or otherwise associated with, the American South or its inhabitants.

ΚΠ

1808 F. Bates Let. 26 Mar. in Rep. Pioneer & Hist. Soc. Michigan (1886) 8 562 Where all unsouthern gentry will bring their negroes, as they cannot take them to the other territories?

1862 T. W. Higginson Army Life (1870) 9 Something so un-Southern, the camp of a regiment of black slaves.

1904 Outlook 9 Apr. 869/1 At first glance these charges seem so extravagant in statement and so unchivalrous and un-Southern in spirit as to deserve no attention.

1939 M. Mitchell Let. 30 Jan. in Gone with the Wind Lett. (1986) 244 A voice with distinctively un-Southern qualities, a New England twang, or a Mid-Western rolling ‘r’ would be out of place in a Southern film.

1954 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 53 263 To illustrate how un-Southern Waiblinger is: He is riding in a carriage through the Roman campagna with an Italian of the upper middle class.

2014 Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 16 Feb. e9 I am sure this is highly un-Southern, but I love to top this cornbread with a spoonful of strawberry jam.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	un-southern
释义	un-Southernadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsʌðn/, U.S. /ˌənˈsəðərn/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, southern adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + southern adj. Not southern (in various senses); esp. not characteristic or typical of, or otherwise associated with, the American South or its inhabitants. ΚΠ 1808 F. Bates Let. 26 Mar. in Rep. Pioneer & Hist. Soc. Michigan (1886) 8 562 Where all unsouthern gentry will bring their negroes, as they cannot take them to the other territories? 1862 T. W. Higginson Army Life (1870) 9 Something so un-Southern, the camp of a regiment of black slaves. 1904 Outlook 9 Apr. 869/1 At first glance these charges seem so extravagant in statement and so unchivalrous and un-Southern in spirit as to deserve no attention. 1939 M. Mitchell Let. 30 Jan. in Gone with the Wind Lett. (1986) 244 A voice with distinctively un-Southern qualities, a New England twang, or a Mid-Western rolling ‘r’ would be out of place in a Southern film. 1954 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 53 263 To illustrate how un-Southern Waiblinger is: He is riding in a carriage through the Roman campagna with an Italian of the upper middle class. 2014 Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 16 Feb. e9 I am sure this is highly un-Southern, but I love to top this cornbread with a spoonful of strawberry jam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1808
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