Wellerismn.

Brit.

/ˈwɛlərɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈwɛləˌrɪz(ə)m/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Weller , -ism suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Sam Weller and his father, Tony, two celebrated characters in Dickens's Pickwick Papers (1837) + -ism suffix.

An expression or form of speech used by or characteristic of the Dickens character Sam Weller or his father, Tony; (usually) spec. a kind of a proverbial expression in which a statement, such as a familiar saying or proverb, is given a humorous or ironic twist by being incongruously or punningly attributed to a particular speaker, typically in a specific situation (see, e.g., quots. 1846, 1975, and cf. as the —— said to the —— at as conj. 9c).

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > ideas, etc., characteristic of specific writer > of specific character or work

Shandyism1761

Pantagruelism1835

Wellerism1838

1837 Belfast News-let. 8 Sept. 4/4 (heading) Sam Wellerisms.]

1838 Macon (Georgia) Tel. 2 Oct. 2 Professional Wellerisms—You are a wery nice man; tisnt every day we see the likes of you, as the heditor said to his subscriber, who called at the office to pay his subscription in hadvance.

1839 Boston Morning Post 9 Jan. 2/2 Wellerisms.—‘It does one's heart good to look at you,’ as the fox said to the chickens, when he found he couldn't get over the barn-yard wall, to eat them.

1846 New World 1 283/3 Wellerism—‘I blush at the very thought,’ as the lobster said when he was boiled.

1886 (title) Wellerisms from ‘Pickwick’ and ‘Master Humphrey's Clock’.

1931 A. Taylor Proverb iv. 219 Wellerisms involving a temporal clause, e.g. ‘Much noise and little wool,’ said the Devil when he sheared a pig, are largely used of women.

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren v. 82 A craze for Wellerisms is apt to develop in a school in the same way that there are still sometimes crazes for limericks, Little Audrey jokes, Knock-knocks, and Shaggy-dog stories.

1975 New Society 25 Dec. 685/1 Sam Weller has joined Dr Spooner and fathered the wellerism: ‘Meet you at the corner as one wall said to another,’ but the wellerism can also be transformed into a riddle.

2013 J.-O. Östman & G. Trousdale in T. Hoffmann & G. Trousdale Oxf. Handbk. Constr. Gram. xxvi. 485 In the case of Wellerisms we have a fairly rigid formulaic type of expression that is licensed by..particular, very strictly defined contexts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wellerism
释义	Wellerismn. Brit. /ˈwɛlərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈwɛləˌrɪz(ə)m/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Weller , -ism suffix. Etymology: < the name of Sam Weller and his father, Tony, two celebrated characters in Dickens's Pickwick Papers (1837) + -ism suffix. An expression or form of speech used by or characteristic of the Dickens character Sam Weller or his father, Tony; (usually) spec. a kind of a proverbial expression in which a statement, such as a familiar saying or proverb, is given a humorous or ironic twist by being incongruously or punningly attributed to a particular speaker, typically in a specific situation (see, e.g., quots. 1846, 1975, and cf. as the —— said to the —— at as conj. 9c). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > ideas, etc., characteristic of specific writer > of specific character or work Shandyism1761 Pantagruelism1835 Wellerism1838 1837 Belfast News-let. 8 Sept. 4/4 (heading) Sam Wellerisms.] 1838 Macon (Georgia) Tel. 2 Oct. 2 Professional Wellerisms—You are a wery nice man; tisnt every day we see the likes of you, as the heditor said to his subscriber, who called at the office to pay his subscription in hadvance. 1839 Boston Morning Post 9 Jan. 2/2 Wellerisms.—‘It does one's heart good to look at you,’ as the fox said to the chickens, when he found he couldn't get over the barn-yard wall, to eat them. 1846 New World 1 283/3 Wellerism—‘I blush at the very thought,’ as the lobster said when he was boiled. 1886 (title) Wellerisms from ‘Pickwick’ and ‘Master Humphrey's Clock’. 1931 A. Taylor Proverb iv. 219 Wellerisms involving a temporal clause, e.g. ‘Much noise and little wool,’ said the Devil when he sheared a pig, are largely used of women. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren v. 82 A craze for Wellerisms is apt to develop in a school in the same way that there are still sometimes crazes for limericks, Little Audrey jokes, Knock-knocks, and Shaggy-dog stories. 1975 New Society 25 Dec. 685/1 Sam Weller has joined Dr Spooner and fathered the wellerism: ‘Meet you at the corner as one wall said to another,’ but the wellerism can also be transformed into a riddle. 2013 J.-O. Östman & G. Trousdale in T. Hoffmann & G. Trousdale Oxf. Handbk. Constr. Gram. xxvi. 485 In the case of Wellerisms we have a fairly rigid formulaic type of expression that is licensed by..particular, very strictly defined contexts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1838
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