White Ladyn.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪt ˈleɪdi/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪt ˈleɪdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., lady n.

Etymology: < white adj. + lady n.Earlier currency in sense 1 is implied by use in place names; compare e.g. Whitladies (1384; now White Ladies Priory, Boscobel, Shropshire), a priory of Augustinian canonesses from the 12th cent. to the 16th cent. (compare quot. 1897 at sense 1), and Whitladyaston (1481), Whiteladyeaston (1577; 987 (in an 11th cent. copy) as æt Eastune ), now the village of White Ladies Aston, Worcestershire, the manor of which was held by the Cistercian nunnery of St. Mary Magdalene, Whistones from its foundation in the mid 13th cent. until its dissolution in 1536 (compare quots. a1647 and 1820 at sense 1).

1. A female member of any of various religious orders distinguished by the wearing of a white habit; spec. a Cistercian nun; (also occasionally) an Augustinian canoness. Now historical.

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society > faith > church government > monasticism > nun > [noun]

nuneOE

sistereOE

minchenOE

nun-sisterOE

spousea1200

ladyc1275

religious1340

clergess1393

homely womana1400

monialc1400

moinesa1513

sanctimoniala1513

vowess1533

nosegent1567

votaress1589

votress1597

monkess1602

White Lady1606

cloistressa1616

sanctimony1630

religiosea1657

clergywoman1673

religieuse1682

religioso1708

vestal1717

1606 R. Chambers tr. P. Numan Miracles lately Wrought 131 [She was] presented by her parents to certaine Religious women of the whyt ladies, in the town of Huy.

a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1899) II. i. 42 The Whyte Ladyes healde of hym halfe a hyde land in Eston. The same religious weamen healde [etc.].

1789 S. Pegge in Annales Eliæ de Trickingham 101 White ladies, or nuns of the Cistercian order.

1820 J. Chambers Biogr. Illustr. Worcs. 17 Walter de Cantelupe..founded the nunnery of the White Ladies.

1897 Trans. Shropshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc. 9 p. ix Near Brewood there were convents of Black Ladies and White Ladies.

1917 F. L. Barclay White Ladies of Worcester x. 57 The dress was indeed the dress of a White Lady, but the form within it was..that of a man.

1981 F. Bottomley Abbey Explorer's Guide 192 The account book for 1414–1418 survives from the ‘White Ladies’ of Grace Dieu (Augustinian Cannonesses).

2014 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) (Nexis) 7 June 11 The White Cross..is believed to have been blessed..by a group of Cistercian nuns or White Ladies.

2. (A name given to) a ghost, fairy, or other supernatural being in the form of a woman dressed in white, often regarded as a portent of death or some other misfortune.

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1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 169/1 Fairies..were imagined to be women of an order superior to human nature.., fond of appearing in white, whence they are often called the White Ladies.

1792 Major Neuman tr. J. G. Zimmerman Select Views Frederick the Great I. viii. 123 I read somewhere that Frederick had believed in the white lady [Ger. weisse Frau]. [Translator's note A much talked of hobgoblin in the Royal palace of Berlin, whose appearance was supposed to be an ill omen to the Royal Family.].

1840 Irish Penny Jrnl. 12 Sept. 85/1 Ireland at one period was held in fee-simple by witches, warlocks, white ladies, [and] fairies.

1876 J. Orlayt Cumbe Harly's Ghost xxvi. 271 There is what they call the white lady, who walks here before anything is going to happen.

1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady xv. 156 A white lady with her head under her arm tried to get off with you, I suppose?

1970 Folklore 81 305 The White Lady..has been degraded from a form of mother goddess to a kind of fairy and finally to a ghost.

2009 J. Belanger World's Most Haunted Places xxiv. 201 No self-respecting English castle would be complete without some accounts of a White Lady.

a. A cocktail made of two parts of dry gin, one of orange liqueur, and one of lemon juice.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > gin cocktail

gin sling1790

thunder and lightning1802

Tom Collins1876

Martini1884

silver-fizz1901

pahit1902

pink gin1903

Clover Club1925

gimlet1928

gin and it1929

pink lady1929

Alexander1930

Gibson1930

silver bullet1930

Singapore sling1930

White Lady1930

pink1942

negroni1947

pinkers1961

dirty martini1991

1930 H. Craddock Savoy Cocktail Bk. i. 175 White Lady Cocktail. ¹/ ₄ Lemon Juice, ¹/ ₄ Cointreau, ¹/ ₂ Dry Gin.

1952 B. Hamilton So Sad, so Fresh xviii. 117 He indicated a cocktail cabinet..and proceeded to mix two ‘White Ladies’.

1978 M. Dickens Open Bk. vi. 49 Once or twice at cocktail parties, I saw someone I knew and had to..keep my head down as I cruised the crowd with my tray of sidecars and white ladies.

2007 Independent 15 Oct. (Extra section) 3/1 Butlers of the old school—the ones who..could mix a mean white lady, draw a bath, iron a newspaper, [etc.].

b. Australian and New Zealand slang. A drink of methylated spirits, sometimes mixed with another ingredient.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > methylated spirit drink

pink-eye1900

jake1926

red biddy1926

metho1933

White Lady1935

biddy1940

1935 K. Tennant Tiburon 19 Two old men in the corner lying stupefied over a mixture of ‘white lady’—boiled methylated spirit with a dash of boot polish and iodine.

1964 Telegraph (Brisbane) 24 Sept. 5/2 Aborigines..used to swill cheap wines and other concoctions like ‘White Lady’—a fiendish brew of methylated spirit and powdered milk.

1975 R. Beilby Brown Land Crying 225 ‘Ya was on the White Lady at the finish, mixin' it with Coke.’.. ‘But jees, meths'n Coca Cola.’

1988 Dominion Sunday Times (Wellington) 14 Feb. 19 Meths is blue or white lady, and steam is a mixture of meths and sherry.

2000 D. Crookes Someday Soon 281 We call it ‘white lady’. Knocks your socks off, doesn't it? It's made from methylated spirits.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white lady
释义	White Ladyn. Brit. /ˌwʌɪt ˈleɪdi/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪt ˈleɪdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., lady n. Etymology: < white adj. + lady n.Earlier currency in sense 1 is implied by use in place names; compare e.g. Whitladies (1384; now White Ladies Priory, Boscobel, Shropshire), a priory of Augustinian canonesses from the 12th cent. to the 16th cent. (compare quot. 1897 at sense 1), and Whitladyaston (1481), Whiteladyeaston (1577; 987 (in an 11th cent. copy) as æt Eastune ), now the village of White Ladies Aston, Worcestershire, the manor of which was held by the Cistercian nunnery of St. Mary Magdalene, Whistones from its foundation in the mid 13th cent. until its dissolution in 1536 (compare quots. a1647 and 1820 at sense 1). 1. A female member of any of various religious orders distinguished by the wearing of a white habit; spec. a Cistercian nun; (also occasionally) an Augustinian canoness. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > nun > [noun] nuneOE sistereOE minchenOE nun-sisterOE spousea1200 ladyc1275 religious1340 clergess1393 homely womana1400 monialc1400 moinesa1513 sanctimoniala1513 vowess1533 nosegent1567 votaress1589 votress1597 monkess1602 White Lady1606 cloistressa1616 sanctimony1630 religiosea1657 clergywoman1673 religieuse1682 religioso1708 vestal1717 1606 R. Chambers tr. P. Numan Miracles lately Wrought 131 [She was] presented by her parents to certaine Religious women of the whyt ladies, in the town of Huy. a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1899) II. i. 42 The Whyte Ladyes healde of hym halfe a hyde land in Eston. The same religious weamen healde [etc.]. 1789 S. Pegge in Annales Eliæ de Trickingham 101 White ladies, or nuns of the Cistercian order. 1820 J. Chambers Biogr. Illustr. Worcs. 17 Walter de Cantelupe..founded the nunnery of the White Ladies. 1897 Trans. Shropshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc. 9 p. ix Near Brewood there were convents of Black Ladies and White Ladies. 1917 F. L. Barclay White Ladies of Worcester x. 57 The dress was indeed the dress of a White Lady, but the form within it was..that of a man. 1981 F. Bottomley Abbey Explorer's Guide 192 The account book for 1414–1418 survives from the ‘White Ladies’ of Grace Dieu (Augustinian Cannonesses). 2014 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) (Nexis) 7 June 11 The White Cross..is believed to have been blessed..by a group of Cistercian nuns or White Ladies. 2. (A name given to) a ghost, fairy, or other supernatural being in the form of a woman dressed in white, often regarded as a portent of death or some other misfortune. ΚΠ 1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 169/1 Fairies..were imagined to be women of an order superior to human nature.., fond of appearing in white, whence they are often called the White Ladies. 1792 Major Neuman tr. J. G. Zimmerman Select Views Frederick the Great I. viii. 123 I read somewhere that Frederick had believed in the white lady [Ger. weisse Frau]. [Translator's note A much talked of hobgoblin in the Royal palace of Berlin, whose appearance was supposed to be an ill omen to the Royal Family.]. 1840 Irish Penny Jrnl. 12 Sept. 85/1 Ireland at one period was held in fee-simple by witches, warlocks, white ladies, [and] fairies. 1876 J. Orlayt Cumbe Harly's Ghost xxvi. 271 There is what they call the white lady, who walks here before anything is going to happen. 1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady xv. 156 A white lady with her head under her arm tried to get off with you, I suppose? 1970 Folklore 81 305 The White Lady..has been degraded from a form of mother goddess to a kind of fairy and finally to a ghost. 2009 J. Belanger World's Most Haunted Places xxiv. 201 No self-respecting English castle would be complete without some accounts of a White Lady. 3. a. A cocktail made of two parts of dry gin, one of orange liqueur, and one of lemon juice. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > gin cocktail gin sling1790 thunder and lightning1802 Tom Collins1876 Martini1884 silver-fizz1901 pahit1902 pink gin1903 Clover Club1925 gimlet1928 gin and it1929 pink lady1929 Alexander1930 Gibson1930 silver bullet1930 Singapore sling1930 White Lady1930 pink1942 negroni1947 pinkers1961 dirty martini1991 1930 H. Craddock Savoy Cocktail Bk. i. 175 White Lady Cocktail. ¹/ ₄ Lemon Juice, ¹/ ₄ Cointreau, ¹/ ₂ Dry Gin. 1952 B. Hamilton So Sad, so Fresh xviii. 117 He indicated a cocktail cabinet..and proceeded to mix two ‘White Ladies’. 1978 M. Dickens Open Bk. vi. 49 Once or twice at cocktail parties, I saw someone I knew and had to..keep my head down as I cruised the crowd with my tray of sidecars and white ladies. 2007 Independent 15 Oct. (Extra section) 3/1 Butlers of the old school—the ones who..could mix a mean white lady, draw a bath, iron a newspaper, [etc.]. b. Australian and New Zealand slang. A drink of methylated spirits, sometimes mixed with another ingredient. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > methylated spirit drink pink-eye1900 jake1926 red biddy1926 metho1933 White Lady1935 biddy1940 1935 K. Tennant Tiburon 19 Two old men in the corner lying stupefied over a mixture of ‘white lady’—boiled methylated spirit with a dash of boot polish and iodine. 1964 Telegraph (Brisbane) 24 Sept. 5/2 Aborigines..used to swill cheap wines and other concoctions like ‘White Lady’—a fiendish brew of methylated spirit and powdered milk. 1975 R. Beilby Brown Land Crying 225 ‘Ya was on the White Lady at the finish, mixin' it with Coke.’.. ‘But jees, meths'n Coca Cola.’ 1988 Dominion Sunday Times (Wellington) 14 Feb. 19 Meths is blue or white lady, and steam is a mixture of meths and sherry. 2000 D. Crookes Someday Soon 281 We call it ‘white lady’. Knocks your socks off, doesn't it? It's made from methylated spirits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1606
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