voodoon.

Brit.

/ˈvuːduː/, U.S.

/ˈvuˌdu/, Caribbean English /ˈvuːˌduː/

Forms:

α. 1800s voo-doo, 1800s voodou, 1800s voudoo, 1800s– voodoo, 1800s– voudou, 1800s– voudoux (now rare), 1800s– vudu, 1900s– voodu.

β. 1800s vaudo, 1800s– vaudoo (now rare), 1800s– vaudou (now rare), 1800s– vaudoux (now rare), 1800s– vodoo, 1900s– vodou, 1900s– vodu.

Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French vaudou.

Etymology: < French vaudou, †vaudoux (1797 denoting a powerful supernatural being and a dance apparently of a religious nature; 1846 or earlier denoting the religion and its practitioners) < Fon vodun (non-Christian) god, deity (pronounced with a final nasal vowel: see vodun n.). Compare French Creole vodu, denoting the religion and (also) its practitioners.Forms with final -x reflect French †vaudoux , which appears to be formally plural, but is also attested in the singular as early as 1797. In English such forms are found in both singular and plural uses. The α. forms probably show assimilation of the vowels and may be an English innovation, but compare also the uncommon French variant voudou (1872 or earlier) and French Creole voudou . Specific senses. With sense 3 compare earlier hoodoo n. 3a and to put a hoodoo on at hoodoo n. and adj. Phrases. Potential earlier evidence. Compare the following earlier passage, although it is unclear whether vaudoo should here be interpreted as the name of a deity worshipped in this religion (compare the earliest French sense), or as a noun denoting the religion itself:1820 Louisiana Gaz. 16 Aug. 2/3 For some time past, a house in the suburb Treme, has been used as a kind of temple for certain occult practices and the idolatrous worship of an African deity, called Vaudoo.

a. Also with capital initial. A religion practised in parts of the Caribbean (esp. Haiti) and the southern United States, combining elements of Roman Catholic ritual with traditional West African magical and religious rites, and characterized by belief in sorcery and spirit possession. Also: the practice of this religion, or of rites or rituals associated with it.Occasionally also denoting the West African religion from which the practices of the Caribbean and southern United States have developed (cf. note at vodun n. 1).Sometimes passing into a broader sense of ‘witchcraft, magic, superstition’, often with pejorative implication; cf. sense 1b.The forms Vodou and Vaudou are now often used to designate the form of religion practised in Haiti.Quots. 1846 at α. and 1846 at β. are taken from different newspaper printings of the same article.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > voodoo

voodoo1846

vodun1850

voodooism1850

α.

1846 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 24 Apr. 2/3 Ex-President Pierrot has, for many years past, been the reputed chief, under the title of ‘Roi’, or ‘Papa’, of the ‘Voudoux’, a superstitious institution derived from Africa, in some respects similar to the ‘Obeah’ of Jamaica.

1888 Daily News 15 June 5/1 As generally understood, Voodoo means the persistence, in Hayti, of abominable magic, mysteries, and cannibalism, brought originally by the negroes from Africa.

1921 G. Chittenden in B. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1921 (1922) 101 I am not afraid of voodoo.

1968 Amer. Q. 20 695 Necromancing, spiritualism and types of voodoo lay beyond the scope of this definition, and Burr accordingly rejected Kittredge's more universal view of witchcraft.

1992 Face Apr. 18/3 This time, battered Cajun avenger Dave Robicheaux is caught between New Orleans mafiosi and swamp country voodoo.

2011 Independent 19 Jan. 29/1 Haitians worship at the basin of the sacred waterfalls of Saut d'Eau, an important site for the island's followers of voodoo.

β. 1846 Wisconsin Democrat 16 May 2/6 Ex President Pierrot has for many years past been the reputed chief, under the title of ‘Roi’, or ‘Papa’, of the ‘Vaudoux’, a superstitious institution derived from Africa, in some respects similar to the ‘Obeah’ of Jamaica.1900 Geogr. Jrnl. 16 316 Not the least prominent feature of Vaudoux is the drum which calls the initiated together.1977 D. Welch in Ess. for Humanist 341 Vaudou integrates into its own structure almost all of the symbols and outward forms of the Catholic church.1991 Drew Mag. Nov. 22/1 Fundamentally, Vodou is rooted in the travails of day-to-day living and not in theoretical issues of heaven and earth.2020 @bawsecooter 16 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 6 Jan. 2021) I wish more Haitian people sat down and read about Haitian history... How often our ppl chose death over slavery & how sacred Vaudou is.

b. figurative. Activity, behaviour, etc., likened in some way to voodoo, typically in being thought to be based on magic or superstition. Frequently in pejorative use: nonsense, mumbo-jumbo. Cf. hoodoo n. 1b.Recorded earliest as a modifier; cf. Compounds 1b.

ΚΠ

1897 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 7 Aug. 17/2 When this sort of voo-doo work—‘Come eleven—come seven—must have a new hat!’—is heard issuing from the lips of a full-grown man..whose speech elsewhither betokens sense and reason..there is something weird about it.

1934 Hearst's Internat. Jan. 98/2 ‘Why don't you go up with the others tonight and let Mother cure you?’ Alice inquired of Ball later that afternoon. ‘Too much voodoo about her stuff.’

1960 R. Davies Voice from Attic (1990) ii. 52 The yearning to give this sort of voodoo the prestige of science leads Dr. Norman Vincent Peale..to assert..that ‘the pulpit..is also a laboratory table’.

1990 Buzzworm Nov. 4/1 Just trying to get a sense of its size in real people requires the number-bending voodoo of the pollsters.

2006 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 28 Nov. e1 Any lotion or cream that promises to be enzymatically enhanced is probably a waste of money, Frankel said. It isn't going to be catalytically active. ‘Some of the stuff is just voodoo,’ Frankel said.

2015 Commentary May 62/1 Superstition was rampant on the station... Everyone in the squadron seemed to have their own voodoo—a lock of hair, a St. Christopher, a playing card, the ubiquitous rabbit foot.

2. Also with capital initial. A believer in or practitioner of voodoo. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > voodoo > spell > one who practises

gris-gris1848

voodoo1850

voodoo doctor1860

vodun1863

voodoo queen1863

voodoo king1864

voodooist1867

hoodoo1868

mamaloi1884

houngan1929

mambo1939

1850 Morning Post 17 Apr. 5/2 Some persons believing in the ceremonies of the Vaudoux.

1858 E. H. D. Domenech Missionary Adventures Texas & Mexico ii. vi. 305 A native of Louisiana, where the Vaudoux were very numerous.

1888 Daily News 15 June 5/2 Accused, like the Voodoos, of serpent-worship.

2004 M. Ward Voodoo Queen x. 148 The editor of the paper blamed the Voodoos for the chronic misfortunes of the upper class.

3. A magic spell, typically one causing harm or misfortune; a curse, a jinx. Cf. hoodoo n. 3a.Chiefly in to put (a) voodoo on; see Phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > causing or bringing misfortune > one who or that which

foota1225

woea1300

infortunec1405

infortunate1558

jettatura1822

bad medicine1857

hoodoo1882

voodoo1902

jinx1911

mock1911

mocker1923

kiss of death1948

1902 G. C. Eggleston Dorothy South xvii. 216 I'll put a Voodoo on anybody I ever heahs a callin' you a ole maid, Miss Mony.

1967 V. Brome Surgeon iii. iii. 275 My God, there was a voodoo on Mrs. Williams. First the arrest in the theater and now this.

2013 @02Hollo 26 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 25 Mar. 2021) Jeter is a baseball god. Better watch out he will put a voodoo on you!

Phrases

to put voodoo on (also to put a voodoo on, to put the voodoo on): to afflict (a person or thing) with a curse or other spell by means of voodoo; to bring bad luck to (a person or thing), to jinx. Cf. voodoo v. [Compare earlier to put a hoodoo on at hoodoo n. and adj. Phrases.]

ΚΠ

1898 Literary Digest 12 Mar. 326/2 It was a frequent threat of one negro to another, ‘If you do that, I'll put voodoo on you.’

1935 Liberty 23 Mar. 54/2 You must have put a voodoo on him.

1990 Guardian 17 Mar. 3/5 A bookmaker offered me a chance to win £25,000 with a £200 each-way bet. I didn't take it because Norton has been winning without me betting, and I didn't want to put the voodoo on him.

2020 @KKvnnz 27 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 4 Dec. 2020) Whoever put voodoo on my love life can stop it now.

Compounds

C1. General use as a modifier.

a. In sense 1a, as in voodoo ceremony, voodoo priest, voodoo ritual, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [adjective] > of or relating to voodoo

voodoo1849

voodooist1921

1849 Madison (Indiana) Weekly Courier 14 Nov. A professed scorceror [sic], who, with several priestesses, performs the ‘wangas’ of the Vaudou ceremonies.

1850 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 6 July 2/6 Adele Catharine, alias Victoire Pellebon, f.w.c. [i.e. free woman of color], and a ‘voudou woman’, was yesterday sent..before the First District Court for trial, on the charge of insulting and abusing an officer in the discharge of his duty.

1887 A. Lang Myth, Ritual & Relig. II. 240 The Voodoo-dance is consecrated as the ‘Jerusalem Jump’.

1903 W. E. B. Du Bois Souls of Black Folk x. 198 The witch-woman and the voodoo-priest became the centre of Negro group life.

1966 Punch 10 Aug. 235/3 The ‘loa’, the demon-gods who take possession of the initiates at Voodoo ceremonies and impose on them their own voice, features, and character.

1995 Focus Aug. 41/1 Saint Peter, for example,..they recognised as Legba, spirit of the crossroads, who..is invoked at the start of every voodoo ritual.

b. In sense 1b.See also voodoo economics n. at Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1897 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 7 Aug. 17/2 When this sort of voo-doo work—‘Come eleven—come seven—must have a new hat!’—is heard issuing from the lips of a full-grown man,..whose speech elsewhither betokens sense and reason..there is something weird about it.

1906 Health (N.Y.) July 396/1 He gave me a bottle of his remedy.., gave me a certificate of vaccination, and offered to produce a scar on my arm... For this voodoo treatment I gave up two dollars.

1945 J. Barzun Teacher in Amer. vii. 101 It [sc. the fact that water is H₂O] is precisely what you have to teach, unless you are willing to barter understanding for mere voodoo formulas.

2006 G. Ford Ethical Reasoning for Mental Health Professionals xi. 213 A counseling faculty member takes every opportunity to criticize projective assessment as ‘voodoo psychology’.

2011 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Nov. a3/4 In recent years, some have mocked studies showing correlations between activity on brain images and personality measures as ‘voodoo’ science.

C2.

voodoo death n. death to which fear of witchcraft, other strong emotion, or sudden stress is believed to have contributed, esp. by inducing abnormal activity of the autonomic nervous system; (as a count noun) an instance of this.Popularized by U.S. physiologist Walter B. Cannon (1871–1945) to designate this phenomenon (cf. quot. 1942); the passage from which quot. 1941 is taken cites a letter from the author to Cannon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > sudden death

voodoo death1941

1941 S. M. Lambert Yankee Doctor in Paradise ii. i. 148 Dr. A. Montague..did not believe in ‘voodoo death’, that is, death caused by fear.

1942 W. B. Cannon in Amer. Anthropologist 44 171 The possible use of poisons must be excluded before ‘voodoo’ death can be accepted as an actual consequence of sorcery or witchcraft.

1976 E. Brandon in W. D. Hand Amer. Folk Med. 227 Voodoo deaths still occur not only in Louisiana, but in other states as well.

2010 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 26 July a4 Voodoo death isn't always due to frightening situations; it can also be due to intense emotions.

voodoo doctor n. a person who is skilled in the practice of voodoo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > voodoo > spell > one who practises

gris-gris1848

voodoo1850

voodoo doctor1860

vodun1863

voodoo queen1863

voodoo king1864

voodooist1867

hoodoo1868

mamaloi1884

houngan1929

mambo1939

1860 New Orleans Daily Crescent 26 Oct. 1/6 He had been to a Voudou doctor to get a prescription for the rheumatism.

2008 W.-S. Tseng & J. Streltzer Cultural Competencies in Health Care iv. 44 Folk practitioners can be spiritual leaders, grandparents, elders of the community, voodoo doctors, or priests.

voodoo doll n. a small figure in the likeness of a real person, the tormenting or cursing of which supposedly affects that person.Figures of this kind do not play a significant role in the practice of voodoo, but are long attested in other magical traditions, including that of Britain; cf. poppet n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > other dolls

aglet babya1616

Flanders baby1782

wax doll1786

Flanders doll1801

paper doll1843

golliwog1895

Jumeau1897

voodoo doll1906

kewpie1909

Barbie1959

Barbie doll1961

Gonk1964

Ookpik1964

Action Man1966

kachina doll1968

1906 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 23 Dec. 26/2 The woman finding the voudou doll at her domicile is not the first one of her class who have invoked the police authorities of Galveston for protection against persons who were endeavoring to ‘conjur’ them.

1966 Life 18 Nov. 38 Some of the Hickory Hill gang gave Kennedy an L.B.J. voodoo doll in which to stick pins.

2002 B July 26/2 I put hexes on the writers. I curse them. I have a little voodoo doll!

voodoo economics n. depreciative (originally and chiefly U.S.) an economic policy perceived as being unrealistic and ill-advised, esp. a policy of maintaining or increasing levels of public spending while reducing taxation.Popularized by U.S. politician George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) in his 1980 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, as a criticism of the economic proposals of Ronald Reagan (cf. Reaganomics n.).Quot. 1930 appears to be an isolated early use.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > an economic policy > specific policies and actions

protection1719

co-operation1817

tariff-reform1859

monetary union1866

border protection1875

rationalization1875

tariffication1892

tariffade1904

inflationism1919

NEP1923

war communism1928

voodoo economics1930

substantivism1931

sterilization1938

deficit spending1941

deficit financing1943

tax-and-spend1956

indexation1960

stop-go1964

incomes policy1965

scala mobile1965

quantitative easing1966

jawboning1969

Nixonomics1969

developmentalism1970

degrowth1971

inflation-proofing1973

NEB1973

dollarization1982

fiscal engineering1982

Rogernomics1985

1930 Pittsburgh Courier 17 May (Special Extra Four Star ed.) (Editorial Page)/3 Some few of the organizations have..placed their insurance departments on a real scientific basis, but far too many of them have just muddled along, hoping against hope that luck would be with them. This is what might be called voodoo economics or rabbit's foot business.

1980 Philadelphia Inquirer 11 Apr. 12 a/3 Bush warned a friendly crowd of students not to be deceived by Reagan's ‘voodoo economics’.

2003 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 233/1 Criticizing Bush's cut of dividend taxes as welfare for the rich, ‘voodoo economics’, and ‘Enron-style accounting’.

voodoo king n. a man who is very skilled or pre-eminent in the practice of voodoo. [Compare French roi , literally ‘king’ (cited in this sense in quot. 1846 at sense 1aα. , in an English context).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > voodoo > spell > one who practises

gris-gris1848

voodoo1850

voodoo doctor1860

vodun1863

voodoo queen1863

voodoo king1864

voodooist1867

hoodoo1868

mamaloi1884

houngan1929

mambo1939

1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele I. iv. 98 The abominable orgies enacted before the ‘Vaudoux King and Queen’.

2020 @HaitianBhaddie 15 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 4 Dec. 2020) A family member go to a voodoo king to get answers and revenge.

voodoo queen n. a woman who is very skilled or pre-eminent in the practice of voodoo. [Compare French reine, literally ‘queen’ (1858 or earlier in this sense).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > voodoo > spell > one who practises

gris-gris1848

voodoo1850

voodoo doctor1860

vodun1863

voodoo queen1863

voodoo king1864

voodooist1867

hoodoo1868

mamaloi1884

houngan1929

mambo1939

1863 Daily True Delta (New Orleans) 1 Aug. 3/5 Some strange fluid, said to have been expressly imported by the Voudou queen from Congo and other African rivers.

2003 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 69 675 The case studies on latter-day spiritual workers are fascinating, especially as juxtaposed with Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau and other legendary root doctors.

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

单词	voodoo
释义	voodoon. Brit. /ˈvuːduː/, U.S. /ˈvuˌdu/, Caribbean English /ˈvuːˌduː/ Forms: α. 1800s voo-doo, 1800s voodou, 1800s voudoo, 1800s– voodoo, 1800s– voudou, 1800s– voudoux (now rare), 1800s– vudu, 1900s– voodu. β. 1800s vaudo, 1800s– vaudoo (now rare), 1800s– vaudou (now rare), 1800s– vaudoux (now rare), 1800s– vodoo, 1900s– vodou, 1900s– vodu. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French vaudou. Etymology: < French vaudou, †vaudoux (1797 denoting a powerful supernatural being and a dance apparently of a religious nature; 1846 or earlier denoting the religion and its practitioners) < Fon vodun (non-Christian) god, deity (pronounced with a final nasal vowel: see vodun n.). Compare French Creole vodu, denoting the religion and (also) its practitioners.Forms with final -x reflect French †vaudoux , which appears to be formally plural, but is also attested in the singular as early as 1797. In English such forms are found in both singular and plural uses. The α. forms probably show assimilation of the vowels and may be an English innovation, but compare also the uncommon French variant voudou (1872 or earlier) and French Creole voudou . Specific senses. With sense 3 compare earlier hoodoo n. 3a and to put a hoodoo on at hoodoo n. and adj. Phrases. Potential earlier evidence. Compare the following earlier passage, although it is unclear whether vaudoo should here be interpreted as the name of a deity worshipped in this religion (compare the earliest French sense), or as a noun denoting the religion itself:1820 Louisiana Gaz. 16 Aug. 2/3 For some time past, a house in the suburb Treme, has been used as a kind of temple for certain occult practices and the idolatrous worship of an African deity, called Vaudoo. 1. a. Also with capital initial. A religion practised in parts of the Caribbean (esp. Haiti) and the southern United States, combining elements of Roman Catholic ritual with traditional West African magical and religious rites, and characterized by belief in sorcery and spirit possession. Also: the practice of this religion, or of rites or rituals associated with it.Occasionally also denoting the West African religion from which the practices of the Caribbean and southern United States have developed (cf. note at vodun n. 1).Sometimes passing into a broader sense of ‘witchcraft, magic, superstition’, often with pejorative implication; cf. sense 1b.The forms Vodou and Vaudou are now often used to designate the form of religion practised in Haiti.Quots. 1846 at α. and 1846 at β. are taken from different newspaper printings of the same article. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > voodoo voodoo1846 vodun1850 voodooism1850 α. 1846 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 24 Apr. 2/3 Ex-President Pierrot has, for many years past, been the reputed chief, under the title of ‘Roi’, or ‘Papa’, of the ‘Voudoux’, a superstitious institution derived from Africa, in some respects similar to the ‘Obeah’ of Jamaica. 1888 Daily News 15 June 5/1 As generally understood, Voodoo means the persistence, in Hayti, of abominable magic, mysteries, and cannibalism, brought originally by the negroes from Africa. 1921 G. Chittenden in B. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1921 (1922) 101 I am not afraid of voodoo. 1968 Amer. Q. 20 695 Necromancing, spiritualism and types of voodoo lay beyond the scope of this definition, and Burr accordingly rejected Kittredge's more universal view of witchcraft. 1992 Face Apr. 18/3 This time, battered Cajun avenger Dave Robicheaux is caught between New Orleans mafiosi and swamp country voodoo. 2011 Independent 19 Jan. 29/1 Haitians worship at the basin of the sacred waterfalls of Saut d'Eau, an important site for the island's followers of voodoo. β. 1846 Wisconsin Democrat 16 May 2/6 Ex President Pierrot has for many years past been the reputed chief, under the title of ‘Roi’, or ‘Papa’, of the ‘Vaudoux’, a superstitious institution derived from Africa, in some respects similar to the ‘Obeah’ of Jamaica.1900 Geogr. Jrnl. 16 316 Not the least prominent feature of Vaudoux is the drum which calls the initiated together.1977 D. Welch in Ess. for Humanist 341 Vaudou integrates into its own structure almost all of the symbols and outward forms of the Catholic church.1991 Drew Mag. Nov. 22/1 Fundamentally, Vodou is rooted in the travails of day-to-day living and not in theoretical issues of heaven and earth.2020 @bawsecooter 16 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 6 Jan. 2021) I wish more Haitian people sat down and read about Haitian history... How often our ppl chose death over slavery & how sacred Vaudou is. b. figurative. Activity, behaviour, etc., likened in some way to voodoo, typically in being thought to be based on magic or superstition. Frequently in pejorative use: nonsense, mumbo-jumbo. Cf. hoodoo n. 1b.Recorded earliest as a modifier; cf. Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1897 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 7 Aug. 17/2 When this sort of voo-doo work—‘Come eleven—come seven—must have a new hat!’—is heard issuing from the lips of a full-grown man..whose speech elsewhither betokens sense and reason..there is something weird about it. 1934 Hearst's Internat. Jan. 98/2 ‘Why don't you go up with the others tonight and let Mother cure you?’ Alice inquired of Ball later that afternoon. ‘Too much voodoo about her stuff.’ 1960 R. Davies Voice from Attic (1990) ii. 52 The yearning to give this sort of voodoo the prestige of science leads Dr. Norman Vincent Peale..to assert..that ‘the pulpit..is also a laboratory table’. 1990 Buzzworm Nov. 4/1 Just trying to get a sense of its size in real people requires the number-bending voodoo of the pollsters. 2006 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 28 Nov. e1 Any lotion or cream that promises to be enzymatically enhanced is probably a waste of money, Frankel said. It isn't going to be catalytically active. ‘Some of the stuff is just voodoo,’ Frankel said. 2015 Commentary May 62/1 Superstition was rampant on the station... Everyone in the squadron seemed to have their own voodoo—a lock of hair, a St. Christopher, a playing card, the ubiquitous rabbit foot. 2. Also with capital initial. A believer in or practitioner of voodoo. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > voodoo > spell > one who practises gris-gris1848 voodoo1850 voodoo doctor1860 vodun1863 voodoo queen1863 voodoo king1864 voodooist1867 hoodoo1868 mamaloi1884 houngan1929 mambo1939 1850 Morning Post 17 Apr. 5/2 Some persons believing in the ceremonies of the Vaudoux. 1858 E. H. D. Domenech Missionary Adventures Texas & Mexico ii. vi. 305 A native of Louisiana, where the Vaudoux were very numerous. 1888 Daily News 15 June 5/2 Accused, like the Voodoos, of serpent-worship. 2004 M. Ward Voodoo Queen x. 148 The editor of the paper blamed the Voodoos for the chronic misfortunes of the upper class. 3. A magic spell, typically one causing harm or misfortune; a curse, a jinx. Cf. hoodoo n. 3a.Chiefly in to put (a) voodoo on; see Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > causing or bringing misfortune > one who or that which foota1225 woea1300 infortunec1405 infortunate1558 jettatura1822 bad medicine1857 hoodoo1882 voodoo1902 jinx1911 mock1911 mocker1923 kiss of death1948 1902 G. C. Eggleston Dorothy South xvii. 216 I'll put a Voodoo on anybody I ever heahs a callin' you a ole maid, Miss Mony. 1967 V. Brome Surgeon iii. iii. 275 My God, there was a voodoo on Mrs. Williams. First the arrest in the theater and now this. 2013 @02Hollo 26 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 25 Mar. 2021) Jeter is a baseball god. Better watch out he will put a voodoo on you! Phrases to put voodoo on (also to put a voodoo on, to put the voodoo on): to afflict (a person or thing) with a curse or other spell by means of voodoo; to bring bad luck to (a person or thing), to jinx. Cf. voodoo v. [Compare earlier to put a hoodoo on at hoodoo n. and adj. Phrases.] ΚΠ 1898 Literary Digest 12 Mar. 326/2 It was a frequent threat of one negro to another, ‘If you do that, I'll put voodoo on you.’ 1935 Liberty 23 Mar. 54/2 You must have put a voodoo on him. 1990 Guardian 17 Mar. 3/5 A bookmaker offered me a chance to win £25,000 with a £200 each-way bet. I didn't take it because Norton has been winning without me betting, and I didn't want to put the voodoo on him. 2020 @KKvnnz 27 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 4 Dec. 2020) Whoever put voodoo on my love life can stop it now. Compounds C1. General use as a modifier. a. In sense 1a, as in voodoo ceremony, voodoo priest, voodoo ritual, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [adjective] > of or relating to voodoo voodoo1849 voodooist1921 1849 Madison (Indiana) Weekly Courier 14 Nov. A professed scorceror [sic], who, with several priestesses, performs the ‘wangas’ of the Vaudou ceremonies. 1850 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 6 July 2/6 Adele Catharine, alias Victoire Pellebon, f.w.c. [i.e. free woman of color], and a ‘voudou woman’, was yesterday sent..before the First District Court for trial, on the charge of insulting and abusing an officer in the discharge of his duty. 1887 A. Lang Myth, Ritual & Relig. II. 240 The Voodoo-dance is consecrated as the ‘Jerusalem Jump’. 1903 W. E. B. Du Bois Souls of Black Folk x. 198 The witch-woman and the voodoo-priest became the centre of Negro group life. 1966 Punch 10 Aug. 235/3 The ‘loa’, the demon-gods who take possession of the initiates at Voodoo ceremonies and impose on them their own voice, features, and character. 1995 Focus Aug. 41/1 Saint Peter, for example,..they recognised as Legba, spirit of the crossroads, who..is invoked at the start of every voodoo ritual. b. In sense 1b.See also voodoo economics n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1897 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 7 Aug. 17/2 When this sort of voo-doo work—‘Come eleven—come seven—must have a new hat!’—is heard issuing from the lips of a full-grown man,..whose speech elsewhither betokens sense and reason..there is something weird about it. 1906 Health (N.Y.) July 396/1 He gave me a bottle of his remedy.., gave me a certificate of vaccination, and offered to produce a scar on my arm... For this voodoo treatment I gave up two dollars. 1945 J. Barzun Teacher in Amer. vii. 101 It [sc. the fact that water is H₂O] is precisely what you have to teach, unless you are willing to barter understanding for mere voodoo formulas. 2006 G. Ford Ethical Reasoning for Mental Health Professionals xi. 213 A counseling faculty member takes every opportunity to criticize projective assessment as ‘voodoo psychology’. 2011 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Nov. a3/4 In recent years, some have mocked studies showing correlations between activity on brain images and personality measures as ‘voodoo’ science. C2. voodoo death n. death to which fear of witchcraft, other strong emotion, or sudden stress is believed to have contributed, esp. by inducing abnormal activity of the autonomic nervous system; (as a count noun) an instance of this.Popularized by U.S. physiologist Walter B. Cannon (1871–1945) to designate this phenomenon (cf. quot. 1942); the passage from which quot. 1941 is taken cites a letter from the author to Cannon. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > sudden death voodoo death1941 1941 S. M. Lambert Yankee Doctor in Paradise ii. i. 148 Dr. A. Montague..did not believe in ‘voodoo death’, that is, death caused by fear. 1942 W. B. Cannon in Amer. Anthropologist 44 171 The possible use of poisons must be excluded before ‘voodoo’ death can be accepted as an actual consequence of sorcery or witchcraft. 1976 E. Brandon in W. D. Hand Amer. Folk Med. 227 Voodoo deaths still occur not only in Louisiana, but in other states as well. 2010 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 26 July a4 Voodoo death isn't always due to frightening situations; it can also be due to intense emotions. voodoo doctor n. a person who is skilled in the practice of voodoo. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > voodoo > spell > one who practises gris-gris1848 voodoo1850 voodoo doctor1860 vodun1863 voodoo queen1863 voodoo king1864 voodooist1867 hoodoo1868 mamaloi1884 houngan1929 mambo1939 1860 New Orleans Daily Crescent 26 Oct. 1/6 He had been to a Voudou doctor to get a prescription for the rheumatism. 2008 W.-S. Tseng & J. Streltzer Cultural Competencies in Health Care iv. 44 Folk practitioners can be spiritual leaders, grandparents, elders of the community, voodoo doctors, or priests. voodoo doll n. a small figure in the likeness of a real person, the tormenting or cursing of which supposedly affects that person.Figures of this kind do not play a significant role in the practice of voodoo, but are long attested in other magical traditions, including that of Britain; cf. poppet n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > other dolls aglet babya1616 Flanders baby1782 wax doll1786 Flanders doll1801 paper doll1843 golliwog1895 Jumeau1897 voodoo doll1906 kewpie1909 Barbie1959 Barbie doll1961 Gonk1964 Ookpik1964 Action Man1966 kachina doll1968 1906 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 23 Dec. 26/2 The woman finding the voudou doll at her domicile is not the first one of her class who have invoked the police authorities of Galveston for protection against persons who were endeavoring to ‘conjur’ them. 1966 Life 18 Nov. 38 Some of the Hickory Hill gang gave Kennedy an L.B.J. voodoo doll in which to stick pins. 2002 B July 26/2 I put hexes on the writers. I curse them. I have a little voodoo doll! voodoo economics n. depreciative (originally and chiefly U.S.) an economic policy perceived as being unrealistic and ill-advised, esp. a policy of maintaining or increasing levels of public spending while reducing taxation.Popularized by U.S. politician George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) in his 1980 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, as a criticism of the economic proposals of Ronald Reagan (cf. Reaganomics n.).Quot. 1930 appears to be an isolated early use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > an economic policy > specific policies and actions protection1719 co-operation1817 tariff-reform1859 monetary union1866 border protection1875 rationalization1875 tariffication1892 tariffade1904 inflationism1919 NEP1923 war communism1928 voodoo economics1930 substantivism1931 sterilization1938 deficit spending1941 deficit financing1943 tax-and-spend1956 indexation1960 stop-go1964 incomes policy1965 scala mobile1965 quantitative easing1966 jawboning1969 Nixonomics1969 developmentalism1970 degrowth1971 inflation-proofing1973 NEB1973 dollarization1982 fiscal engineering1982 Rogernomics1985 1930 Pittsburgh Courier 17 May (Special Extra Four Star ed.) (Editorial Page)/3 Some few of the organizations have..placed their insurance departments on a real scientific basis, but far too many of them have just muddled along, hoping against hope that luck would be with them. This is what might be called voodoo economics or rabbit's foot business. 1980 Philadelphia Inquirer 11 Apr. 12 a/3 Bush warned a friendly crowd of students not to be deceived by Reagan's ‘voodoo economics’. 2003 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 233/1 Criticizing Bush's cut of dividend taxes as welfare for the rich, ‘voodoo economics’, and ‘Enron-style accounting’. voodoo king n. a man who is very skilled or pre-eminent in the practice of voodoo. [Compare French roi , literally ‘king’ (cited in this sense in quot. 1846 at sense 1aα. , in an English context).] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > voodoo > spell > one who practises gris-gris1848 voodoo1850 voodoo doctor1860 vodun1863 voodoo queen1863 voodoo king1864 voodooist1867 hoodoo1868 mamaloi1884 houngan1929 mambo1939 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele I. iv. 98 The abominable orgies enacted before the ‘Vaudoux King and Queen’. 2020 @HaitianBhaddie 15 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 4 Dec. 2020) A family member go to a voodoo king to get answers and revenge. voodoo queen n. a woman who is very skilled or pre-eminent in the practice of voodoo. [Compare French reine, literally ‘queen’ (1858 or earlier in this sense).] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > voodoo > spell > one who practises gris-gris1848 voodoo1850 voodoo doctor1860 vodun1863 voodoo queen1863 voodoo king1864 voodooist1867 hoodoo1868 mamaloi1884 houngan1929 mambo1939 1863 Daily True Delta (New Orleans) 1 Aug. 3/5 Some strange fluid, said to have been expressly imported by the Voudou queen from Congo and other African rivers. 2003 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 69 675 The case studies on latter-day spiritual workers are fascinating, especially as juxtaposed with Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau and other legendary root doctors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). voodoov. Brit. /ˈvuːduː/, U.S. /ˈvuˌdu/ Forms: see voodoo n. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: voodoo n. Etymology: < voodoo n. transitive. To afflict (a person or thing) with a curse or other spell by means of voodoo; to bring bad luck to (a person or thing), to jinx. Cf. to put voodoo on at voodoo n. Phrases, hoodoo v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [verb (transitive)] > practise voodoo on voodoo1866 1866 Flake's Daily Galveston (Texas) Bull. 19 Oct. 5/1 The other negroes say he is either voodooed or else is voodooing somebody. 1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 117 Averring that they had been ‘voudoued’ and nearly killed by the..fish. 1950 Evening Tel. (Dundee) 6 June 10/1 Dazed by Irina's advice to leave Sugar Island, if someone is trying to ‘voodoo’ her. 2010 L. L. Fields in J. Bové Wild with Child 52 For three days we read, sang Mother Goose with the kids, nursed and voodooed our heat sources. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1846v.1866
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