white-handedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪtˈhandᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪtˈhæn(d)əd/

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

Etymology: < white adj. + handed adj. With the use in animal names compare scientific Latin albimanus (from 1781 as a specific name; from 1812 (in Lemur albimanus) in scientific names of mammals).

Having white or pale hands. Frequently with connotations of gentility, refinement, or effeminacy. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > types of

fair-handed1505

steadfast1535

white-handed1598

hard-handed1600

horny1693

large-handed1712

red-handed1827

lily-handed1847

talon-like1883

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 230 White handed Mistres, one sweet word with thee.

1637 J. Milton Comus 8 O welcome pure-ey'd Faith, white-handed Hope.

1743 Ld. Hardwicke et al. Athenian Lett. IV. cli. 44 White-handed Probity and dove-like Peace of Mind seemed on the wing to some more happy region.

1773 Hist. Miss Pamela Howard I. viii. 103 I'll have no smock-faced, white-handed Fribbles in our family; but Men.

1828 Western Monthly Rev. Oct. 253 White handed young gentlemen of the counter.

1842 C. H. Smith Introd. Mammalia (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia XIII) 108 L. albimanus, Geoff.—White-handed Lemur.—Greyish-brown above, belly and hands white.

1861 Robin Goodfellow 21 Sept. 360/1 A white-handed wife will preside at my table, and pour out my tea from a silver teapot.

1909 Motorcycle Illustr. 15 Dec. 14/2 The clerical, bookkeeping, whitehanded, officy class are taking up motorcycling, which makes us merry.

1987 PMLA 102 351 The white-handed reader in the comfortable armchair.

Compounds

white-handed gibbon n. a gibbon with white hands and feet and a ring of white fur around the face, Hylobates lar, native to Thailand and adjacent areas of South-East Asia; also called lar gibbon.

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1833 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Monkeys (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia I) 205 H[ylobates] albimana, White-handed Gibbon.

1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo iii. 25 We put him at first in the big cage occupied by..Bob and Bill, two white-handed gibbons.

2000 A. J. Whitten et al. Ecol. Sumatra (new ed.) i. 49 Thomas' leaf monkey is more or less the ecological equivalent of the banded leaf monkey, as the white-handed gibbon is to the dark-handed gibbon.

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

单词	white-handed
释义	white-handedadj. Brit. /ˌwʌɪtˈhandᵻd/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪtˈhæn(d)əd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., handed adj. Etymology: < white adj. + handed adj. With the use in animal names compare scientific Latin albimanus (from 1781 as a specific name; from 1812 (in Lemur albimanus) in scientific names of mammals). Having white or pale hands. Frequently with connotations of gentility, refinement, or effeminacy. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > types of fair-handed1505 steadfast1535 white-handed1598 hard-handed1600 horny1693 large-handed1712 red-handed1827 lily-handed1847 talon-like1883 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 230 White handed Mistres, one sweet word with thee. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton Comus 8 O welcome pure-ey'd Faith, white-handed Hope. 1743 Ld. Hardwicke et al. Athenian Lett. IV. cli. 44 White-handed Probity and dove-like Peace of Mind seemed on the wing to some more happy region. 1773 Hist. Miss Pamela Howard I. viii. 103 I'll have no smock-faced, white-handed Fribbles in our family; but Men. 1828 Western Monthly Rev. Oct. 253 White handed young gentlemen of the counter. 1842 C. H. Smith Introd. Mammalia (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia XIII) 108 L. albimanus, Geoff.—White-handed Lemur.—Greyish-brown above, belly and hands white. 1861 Robin Goodfellow 21 Sept. 360/1 A white-handed wife will preside at my table, and pour out my tea from a silver teapot. 1909 Motorcycle Illustr. 15 Dec. 14/2 The clerical, bookkeeping, whitehanded, officy class are taking up motorcycling, which makes us merry. 1987 PMLA 102 351 The white-handed reader in the comfortable armchair. Compounds white-handed gibbon n. a gibbon with white hands and feet and a ring of white fur around the face, Hylobates lar, native to Thailand and adjacent areas of South-East Asia; also called lar gibbon. ΚΠ 1833 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Monkeys (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia I) 205 H[ylobates] albimana, White-handed Gibbon. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo iii. 25 We put him at first in the big cage occupied by..Bob and Bill, two white-handed gibbons. 2000 A. J. Whitten et al. Ecol. Sumatra (new ed.) i. 49 Thomas' leaf monkey is more or less the ecological equivalent of the banded leaf monkey, as the white-handed gibbon is to the dark-handed gibbon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1598
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