yellow periln.

Brit.

/ˌjɛləʊ ˈpɛrᵻl/,

/ˌjɛləʊ ˈpɛrl̩/, U.S.

/ˌjɛloʊ ˈpɛrəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: yellow adj., peril n.

Etymology: < yellow adj. + peril n., after French péril jaune (1888 or earlier).

1. offensive. Chiefly with the. The political or military threat regarded as being posed by certain peoples of East and South-East Asia, esp. the Chinese; people of East or South-East Asia regarded as posing such a threat. Cf. yellow adj. 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > danger from specific peoples or countries

yellow peril1895

red peril1897

red menace1925

1895 tr. in Standard 20 Apr. 5/3 The Western Powers' interest is to net in concert..to cope with the yellow peril (le péril jaune) which is now menacing Europe.

1900 Daily News 21 July 3/5 The ‘yellow peril’ in its most serious form.

1902 Boston Sunday Globe 27 Apr. 6/6 Connell, Bumpus and Griscomb, slaughtered at Balangiga, and Riley and Liscum killed by the yellow peril in the trenches at Pekin.

1959 Times of India 8 Dec. 8/7 Not a day passes..without a meeting at which Congress or Opposition leaders support Mr. Nehru's efforts to ‘thwart the yellow peril’.

1966 Listener 17 Mar. 401/1 The setting is..England now, with a cold war and a yellow peril.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xv. 348 But Japan was Asia, part of the Yellow Peril poised like a descending pendulum above Australia's rich, empty, underpopulated pit.

2002 Irish Times 19 Oct. 11/7 Australian-Indonesian relations have been uneasy for decades, with Australians fearing the ‘yellow peril’ to their north and Indonesians sensing a sniffy superiority to their south.

2. In extended use. Any of various yellow objects, substances, etc., regarded as a threat.

1899 Punch 1 Nov. 216/3 This ‘Yellow Peril’ [sc. London fog] will, Wheresoe'er you 're dwelling, Constitute a saffron ill.

1900 World (N.Y.) 13 Dec. 6/3 ‘White Devil’, ‘White Terror’, ‘Yellow Peril’ and other apt nicknames sufficiently indicate the apprehension with which the public regards the fast-flying automobiles of reckless millionaires.

1904 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 14 Apr. 6/5 Yellow perils are again on sale at the shoe stores.

1923 O. Onions Peace in our Time i. iii. 30 It was stupid..the way fellows rotted about, filling themselves up with a lot of drinks..and smoking too many yellow perils.

1930 Mercury (Hobart) 20 May 2/4 Ragwort..has spread so fast and so far that men on the land in various localities have become seriously alarmed lest the ‘yellow peril’ should become ineradicable.

1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xiv. 129 The motorist, having found an illegal parking spot, refers angrily to the traffic warden who books him, as a disease, yellow peril.

2006 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 25 Aug. 3 Those yellow perils [sc. JCB diggers] always seem to appear just when you're in a bit of a hurry to get to an important appointment.

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

单词	yellow peril
释义	yellow periln. Brit. /ˌjɛləʊ ˈpɛrᵻl/, /ˌjɛləʊ ˈpɛrl̩/, U.S. /ˌjɛloʊ ˈpɛrəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: yellow adj., peril n. Etymology: < yellow adj. + peril n., after French péril jaune (1888 or earlier). 1. offensive. Chiefly with the. The political or military threat regarded as being posed by certain peoples of East and South-East Asia, esp. the Chinese; people of East or South-East Asia regarded as posing such a threat. Cf. yellow adj. 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > danger from specific peoples or countries yellow peril1895 red peril1897 red menace1925 1895 tr. in Standard 20 Apr. 5/3 The Western Powers' interest is to net in concert..to cope with the yellow peril (le péril jaune) which is now menacing Europe. 1900 Daily News 21 July 3/5 The ‘yellow peril’ in its most serious form. 1902 Boston Sunday Globe 27 Apr. 6/6 Connell, Bumpus and Griscomb, slaughtered at Balangiga, and Riley and Liscum killed by the yellow peril in the trenches at Pekin. 1959 Times of India 8 Dec. 8/7 Not a day passes..without a meeting at which Congress or Opposition leaders support Mr. Nehru's efforts to ‘thwart the yellow peril’. 1966 Listener 17 Mar. 401/1 The setting is..England now, with a cold war and a yellow peril. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xv. 348 But Japan was Asia, part of the Yellow Peril poised like a descending pendulum above Australia's rich, empty, underpopulated pit. 2002 Irish Times 19 Oct. 11/7 Australian-Indonesian relations have been uneasy for decades, with Australians fearing the ‘yellow peril’ to their north and Indonesians sensing a sniffy superiority to their south. 2. In extended use. Any of various yellow objects, substances, etc., regarded as a threat. Π 1899 Punch 1 Nov. 216/3 This ‘Yellow Peril’ [sc. London fog] will, Wheresoe'er you 're dwelling, Constitute a saffron ill. 1900 World (N.Y.) 13 Dec. 6/3 ‘White Devil’, ‘White Terror’, ‘Yellow Peril’ and other apt nicknames sufficiently indicate the apprehension with which the public regards the fast-flying automobiles of reckless millionaires. 1904 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 14 Apr. 6/5 Yellow perils are again on sale at the shoe stores. 1923 O. Onions Peace in our Time i. iii. 30 It was stupid..the way fellows rotted about, filling themselves up with a lot of drinks..and smoking too many yellow perils. 1930 Mercury (Hobart) 20 May 2/4 Ragwort..has spread so fast and so far that men on the land in various localities have become seriously alarmed lest the ‘yellow peril’ should become ineradicable. 1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xiv. 129 The motorist, having found an illegal parking spot, refers angrily to the traffic warden who books him, as a disease, yellow peril. 2006 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 25 Aug. 3 Those yellow perils [sc. JCB diggers] always seem to appear just when you're in a bit of a hurry to get to an important appointment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1895
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