zitn.

Brit.

/zɪt/, U.S.

/zɪt/

Forms:

α. 1900s– zit.

β. (in sense 1) 1900s– sits (rare), 1900s– zitz.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.It is not certain that sense 1 shows the same word as the later senses; it could perhaps have originated as a call in the game described in the note at that sense (perhaps compare the colloquial pronunciations reflected by howzit int. and howzat int.). The β. forms (occasionally used with singular agreement or in the plural zitzes) originated as alternative spellings of the plural form zits.

slang (originally U.S.).

1. Chiefly U.S. (south-western). A man's facial hair, spec. a type of small, neat moustache. Chiefly in plural with singular agreement, esp. in form zitz.The word is attested earliest in the context of a game, known as zits, in which players accumulated points by spotting men with different types of facial hair, a higher value being accorded to particularly long or unusual styles (cf. quot. 1912).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun]

bristlea1300

subboscos1579

suberch1592

stubblea1596

whiskerc1600

facial hair1830

face fungus1904

zit1912

five o'clock shadow1937

shrubbery1937

the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > moustache

mustachio1551

mustachio beard1566

moustache1585

mustachiosa1593

bigote1622

dibble1631

umbrage1657

whisker1706

lip-wing1825

facial hair1830

mousetail1853

lip-hair1873

lip-thatch1892

hackles1894

mo1894

tash1894

zit1912

mouser1922

stash1940

taz1951

stache1963

mush1967

1912 Los Angeles Evening Herald 30 July (Last ed.) 2/3 (caption) Ten point zit.

1925 Madera (Calif.) Mercury 11 Sept. 2/5 Mack's ‘brush’ was that famous mustache which at one time was the only competitor in popular laugh-interest to Charlie's [sc. Charlie Chaplin] ‘zitz’.

1971 N. Cleaveland & G. Fitzpatrick Morleys 32 [He] had a zitz mustache and there was a brief case in his baggage.

2. A small, inflamed spot on the skin; a pimple. Also figurative.Now the main sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] > spot of > pimple

pimplea1398

plouk?c1425

whealc1440

knoll1499

red spota1500

knop1558

blob1597

bumb1598

pumple1601

burl1607

pimple spot1658

tiler1660

pipjenny1670

papula1694

grub1731

papilla1793

papule1828

maculopapule1900

hickey1934

zit1965

1965 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee 17 July a4/8 (advt.) ‘Zits’ Blitz!—Acne ‘sitz’ (pimples) disappear like magic with constant use of the Alphacene twins—Cleanser & Treatment, the newest, most complete treatment available today for acne and acne pimples.

1966 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 9 Apr. b6 Last Easter he brought me a big chocolate bunny and I had zits for three weeks.

1986 Open Road Spring 8/3 To know that one of the anarchist icons had her share of emotional zits and warts was very comforting.

1989 Canberra Times 4 July 19/4 The years of zits finally did disappear and we entered that wild and free period of exploration that comes with leaving school.

2011 Y. Edwards Cupboard Full of Coats iv. 76 I think I'm getting a zit. Right on the end of my nose as well.

3. An unpleasant or dirty mark or stain. Now rare.It is unclear whether quot. 1966 is a figurative use of sense 2, or conversely whether sense 2 is a specific example of the sense described in quot. 1966.

ΚΠ

1966 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) Summer 5 Zit, something bad or unpleasant... What's that zit on your coat?

1977 Amer. Speech 1975 50 69 Zit n, reddish mark caused by kissing. ‘She has a big zit on her neck.’

Compounds

zit cream n. a preparation used to treat pimples; spot cream.

ΚΠ

1968 Bluestocking (Mary Baldwin Coll., Virginia) 215 Zit cream and rollers on a date?

1997 D. Haynes All Amer. Dream Dolls xiii. 210 The zit-cream commercials with their false promises of clear skin and a happy social life.

2010 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) (Nexis) 23 June 27 You know what you'd like to do—pick, poke, prod, push and even plaster that pesky pimple with an arsenal of possibly expired zit cream.

zit-face n. derogatory (an abusive name for) a person with pimples or facial acne.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun] > person having

good face1591

chitty-face1601

dogfacea1627

Lenten chapsa1640

pretty face1675

baby face1726

slape-face1847

pinch-face1911

pizza face1964

zit-face1974

1974 Parnassus (Northern Essex Community Coll., Mass.) Fall 17/1 ‘Yaaa-hooo! Friday night and I'm gonna get laid!’ ‘Not unless you put a bag over your head, zit-face.’

1984 S. Townsend Growing Pains Adrian Mole 105 Forgot to send you an invite, zit face, but come anyway, dress as a warlock or you won't get in.

2008 S. Toltz Fraction of Whole iv. 380 Why are you talking to me, zitface?

zit-faced adj. derogatory (of a person) having pimples or facial acne (frequently with connotations of youth or callowness).

ΚΠ

1971 Peak (Medfield (Mass.) High School Yearbk.) 38 Down on: People being zit faced.

1978 J. Wambaugh Black Marble vi. 77 How old is the little zit-faced, coke-snorting, hash-smoking son of a bitch?

2016 J. Zafra Stories so Far 60 The rumor circulated by horny zit-faced boys suddenly deprived of their fantasy object was that she'd gotten knocked up.

Derivatives

ˈzitty adj. having or characterized by pimples or facial acne (frequently with connotations of youth or callowness).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [adjective] > pimple

ploukyc1440

blobbed1486

pimpled1506

ploukedc1540

precious1581

whealy1611

spotty1620

pimpling1628

plouky-faced?1645

ampery1736

pimply1747

poxya1758

papulous1800

papular1813

papulated1822

whelky1822

pimplous1906

zitty1971

1971 East Village Other 23 Mar. 14 Here they were, on second ave jamming in their own zitty way.

1979 Stoutonia (Univ. Wisconsin–Stout) 30 Aug. 4 As the beer ran down her body, so did her make-up, revealing a zitty pale complexion.

1985 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Amer. 16 June l2/1 Is there something lacking in women that they so rarely find zitty, wet-behind-the-ears, awkward, uncertain, tongue-tied, provincial kids less than interesting?

2002 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Sept. 19 A time machine that works. A device that can transport us from one age to another..do you know what this means? we can skip the zitty teenage years!!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zit
释义	zitn. Brit. /zɪt/, U.S. /zɪt/ Forms: α. 1900s– zit. β. (in sense 1) 1900s– sits (rare), 1900s– zitz. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.It is not certain that sense 1 shows the same word as the later senses; it could perhaps have originated as a call in the game described in the note at that sense (perhaps compare the colloquial pronunciations reflected by howzit int. and howzat int.). The β. forms (occasionally used with singular agreement or in the plural zitzes) originated as alternative spellings of the plural form zits. slang (originally U.S.). 1. Chiefly U.S. (south-western). A man's facial hair, spec. a type of small, neat moustache. Chiefly in plural with singular agreement, esp. in form zitz.The word is attested earliest in the context of a game, known as zits, in which players accumulated points by spotting men with different types of facial hair, a higher value being accorded to particularly long or unusual styles (cf. quot. 1912). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] bristlea1300 subboscos1579 suberch1592 stubblea1596 whiskerc1600 facial hair1830 face fungus1904 zit1912 five o'clock shadow1937 shrubbery1937 the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > moustache mustachio1551 mustachio beard1566 moustache1585 mustachiosa1593 bigote1622 dibble1631 umbrage1657 whisker1706 lip-wing1825 facial hair1830 mousetail1853 lip-hair1873 lip-thatch1892 hackles1894 mo1894 tash1894 zit1912 mouser1922 stash1940 taz1951 stache1963 mush1967 1912 Los Angeles Evening Herald 30 July (Last ed.) 2/3 (caption) Ten point zit. 1925 Madera (Calif.) Mercury 11 Sept. 2/5 Mack's ‘brush’ was that famous mustache which at one time was the only competitor in popular laugh-interest to Charlie's [sc. Charlie Chaplin] ‘zitz’. 1971 N. Cleaveland & G. Fitzpatrick Morleys 32 [He] had a zitz mustache and there was a brief case in his baggage. 2. A small, inflamed spot on the skin; a pimple. Also figurative.Now the main sense. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] > spot of > pimple pimplea1398 plouk?c1425 whealc1440 knoll1499 red spota1500 knop1558 blob1597 bumb1598 pumple1601 burl1607 pimple spot1658 tiler1660 pipjenny1670 papula1694 grub1731 papilla1793 papule1828 maculopapule1900 hickey1934 zit1965 1965 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee 17 July a4/8 (advt.) ‘Zits’ Blitz!—Acne ‘sitz’ (pimples) disappear like magic with constant use of the Alphacene twins—Cleanser & Treatment, the newest, most complete treatment available today for acne and acne pimples. 1966 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 9 Apr. b6 Last Easter he brought me a big chocolate bunny and I had zits for three weeks. 1986 Open Road Spring 8/3 To know that one of the anarchist icons had her share of emotional zits and warts was very comforting. 1989 Canberra Times 4 July 19/4 The years of zits finally did disappear and we entered that wild and free period of exploration that comes with leaving school. 2011 Y. Edwards Cupboard Full of Coats iv. 76 I think I'm getting a zit. Right on the end of my nose as well. 3. An unpleasant or dirty mark or stain. Now rare.It is unclear whether quot. 1966 is a figurative use of sense 2, or conversely whether sense 2 is a specific example of the sense described in quot. 1966. ΚΠ 1966 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) Summer 5 Zit, something bad or unpleasant... What's that zit on your coat? 1977 Amer. Speech 1975 50 69 Zit n, reddish mark caused by kissing. ‘She has a big zit on her neck.’ Compounds zit cream n. a preparation used to treat pimples; spot cream. ΚΠ 1968 Bluestocking (Mary Baldwin Coll., Virginia) 215 Zit cream and rollers on a date? 1997 D. Haynes All Amer. Dream Dolls xiii. 210 The zit-cream commercials with their false promises of clear skin and a happy social life. 2010 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) (Nexis) 23 June 27 You know what you'd like to do—pick, poke, prod, push and even plaster that pesky pimple with an arsenal of possibly expired zit cream. zit-face n. derogatory (an abusive name for) a person with pimples or facial acne. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun] > person having good face1591 chitty-face1601 dogfacea1627 Lenten chapsa1640 pretty face1675 baby face1726 slape-face1847 pinch-face1911 pizza face1964 zit-face1974 1974 Parnassus (Northern Essex Community Coll., Mass.) Fall 17/1 ‘Yaaa-hooo! Friday night and I'm gonna get laid!’ ‘Not unless you put a bag over your head, zit-face.’ 1984 S. Townsend Growing Pains Adrian Mole 105 Forgot to send you an invite, zit face, but come anyway, dress as a warlock or you won't get in. 2008 S. Toltz Fraction of Whole iv. 380 Why are you talking to me, zitface? zit-faced adj. derogatory (of a person) having pimples or facial acne (frequently with connotations of youth or callowness). ΚΠ 1971 Peak (Medfield (Mass.) High School Yearbk.) 38 Down on: People being zit faced. 1978 J. Wambaugh Black Marble vi. 77 How old is the little zit-faced, coke-snorting, hash-smoking son of a bitch? 2016 J. Zafra Stories so Far 60 The rumor circulated by horny zit-faced boys suddenly deprived of their fantasy object was that she'd gotten knocked up. Derivatives ˈzitty adj. having or characterized by pimples or facial acne (frequently with connotations of youth or callowness). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [adjective] > pimple ploukyc1440 blobbed1486 pimpled1506 ploukedc1540 precious1581 whealy1611 spotty1620 pimpling1628 plouky-faced?1645 ampery1736 pimply1747 poxya1758 papulous1800 papular1813 papulated1822 whelky1822 pimplous1906 zitty1971 1971 East Village Other 23 Mar. 14 Here they were, on second ave jamming in their own zitty way. 1979 Stoutonia (Univ. Wisconsin–Stout) 30 Aug. 4 As the beer ran down her body, so did her make-up, revealing a zitty pale complexion. 1985 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Amer. 16 June l2/1 Is there something lacking in women that they so rarely find zitty, wet-behind-the-ears, awkward, uncertain, tongue-tied, provincial kids less than interesting? 2002 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Sept. 19 A time machine that works. A device that can transport us from one age to another..do you know what this means? we can skip the zitty teenage years!! 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