young bloodn.

Brit.

/ˌjʌŋ ˈblʌd/, U.S.

/ˈjəŋ ˈbləd/

Forms: see young adj. and n.¹ and blood n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: young adj., blood n.

Etymology: < young adj. + blood n. With sense 1 compare young head n.² With sense 2a compare new blood at blood n. Phrases 2h.

1. A lively or energetic young person; spec. a confident, high-spirited young man; (esp. in the 18th cent.) a rake, a dandy; an unruly young aristocrat. Cf. blood n. 15a.

ΘΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [noun]

youngeOE

younglingOE

girlc1300

youtha1325

young onec1384

birdc1405

young person1438

young blood1557

primrosea1568

slip1582

juvenal1598

quat1607

airling1611

egga1616

saplinga1616

chita1657

a slip of a girla1660

juvenile1733

young adult1762

boots1806

snip1838

spring chicken1857

yob1859

kid1884

chiseller1922

juvenile adult1926

YA1974

yoof1986

the world > people > person > junior person > [noun]

youngestOE

youngerOE

juniora1530

young blood1557

puny1567

puisne1592

kid1690

minimus1848

baby1854

minor1864

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous or energetic person > young man

swankie?a1513

young blood1557

young lion1792

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [noun] > impetuous person

flumbardingc1300

young blood1557

hothead1584

hot-brain1605

warm head1684

ram-stam1823

hot-skull1835

firecracker1852

cowboy1885

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness > rash or reckless person

bayard1393

hotspur1403

hare-brain1542

young blood1557

hare-copa1566

madcap1589

rashling1594

breakneck1598

harum-scarum1784

wild cat1812

devil-may-care1839

firecracker1852

ripper1877

wild-catter1883

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. O.i Yong bloods be strong: old sires in double honour dwell.

1575 G. Gascoigne Epist. to Yong Gentlemen in Poesies sig. ¶¶iv I assure you, my yong blouds, I haue not published the same to the intent that other men hereafter might be infected with my follies.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. v. sig. C2^v Listen young blood. Tis not true valors pride, To swagger, quarrell, sweare, stampe, raue, and chide.

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 12 These Young-blouds use rather, Catiline-like, to speake much and doe little.

1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia IV. cxxxiii. 255 I expected to have seen her..encouraging the young Bloods, Bucks and Scarlets at a Riot in Drury-lane.

1778 D. Garrick Epil. Gil Blas in Theatr. Bouquet 24 Had she with our young bloods contriv'd this freak, She had been blown and ruin'd in a week.

1801 Monthly Visitor June 132 He was, in my opinion, a very constellation of genius; but in that of our young bloods a mere plodding book-worm.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xv. 150 Those four-and-twenty young bloods dieted all that day..with the Lord Abbot.

1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xiii. 107 Now, not a step do you go, my fine young blood, until you pick up every jolly lemon and put them away tidily.

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues viii. 106 He was a tall blond good-looking youngblood.

2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) vii. 71 It is a Saturday night and the young bloods from Barking..are milling around the Premier Picturehouse.

a. As a mass noun: new elements or influences which bring fresh life or energy to something; esp. young people newly admitted to a profession, society, etc., who act as an invigorating influence. Cf. blood n. Phrases 2h.Originally with reference to the idea of refreshing a bloodline by introducing new stock.

1782 T. Pitt Let. to Author of Lucubrations 28 The pouring young blood into a constitution, it was in vain to think of renovating.

1834 J. W. Croker Let. (1884) II. xviii. 248 Get, if you can, new men, young blood..and throw aside boldly the claims of all the ‘mediocrities’ with which we were overladen in our last race.

1872 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. 15 788 You would be able to select young blood and promote young Officers.

1920 Mich. Alumnus Mar. 329/1 That young blood be added to the coaching staff as deemed necessary.

1947 S. Dickson San Francisco is your Home (1948) xvi. 137 No show can keep on forever without new blood and young blood.

1995 Hongkong Standard 26 Aug. 8/3 The lack of young blood in the academic field.

b. A person new to an organization, field of activity, etc., who is regarded as an invigorating influence. Usually in plural.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun] > that which or one who refreshes or invigorates

spice?c1225

comfort1377

refresherc1450

refreshment1532

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salt1579

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fillip1699

stimulant1728

stimulation1733

yeast1769

stimulus1791

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refreshener1824

boost1825

bracer1826

young blood1830

freshener1838

invigoratorc1842

blow1849

tonic1849

elevation1850

stimulator1851

breather1876

pick-me-up1876

a shot in the arm1922

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > member > other types of member

fellowc1405

entrant1560

redemptionary1583

honorary1675

confrere1753

constituent1755

corresponding member1772

new (also fresh) blood1782

life member1813

young blood1830

old guard1841

cardholder1869

hardcore1922

fully paid-up member1960

teleocrat1971

1830 Mechanic's Free Press 19 June In forming the ticket for Commissioners, men of age and experience, of all political parties, are to be excluded..and all the young bloods of the first order, in the district, are to be supported as candidates for that office.

1862 Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 159 To give the young bloods of the present day a notion of what the Northern Circuit was in the year 1825.

1907 Gas World 2 Nov. 518/1 We hope the ‘young bloods’ will score over the ‘old parliamentary hands’.

1979 N.Y. Times Mag. 30 Sept. 28/4 The fault always lay with..veterans rather than the youngbloods that Willis himself had drafted.

2011 Kent & Sussex Courier (Nexis) 21 Jan. 20 A lot of his colleagues were ex-Army, very pompous, they all knew everybody, and Tommy was the first young blood to challenge them.

c. slang. In African-American usage: a young man, esp. one who is perceived to be relatively inexperienced or naive. Chiefly as a form of address. In quot. 1967 as a facetious surname.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]

frumberdlingc1000

young manOE

childc1225

hind1297

pagec1300

youtha1325

fawnc1369

swainc1386

stripling1398

boy1440

springaldc1450

jovencel1490

younkera1522

speara1529

gorrel1530

lad1535

hobbledehoy1540

cockerel1547

waga1556

spring1559

loonc1560

hensure1568

youngster1577

imp1578

pigsney1581

cocklinga1586

demy1589

muchacho1591

shaver1592

snipper-snappera1593

callant1597

spaught1598

stubble boy1598

ghillie1603

codling1612

cuba1616

skippera1616

man-boy1637

sprig1646

callow1651

halflang1660

stubbed boy1683

gossoon1684

gilpie1718

stirraha1722

young lion1792

halfling1794

pubescent1795

young man1810

sixteener1824

señorito1843

tad1845

boysie1846

shaveling1854

ephebe1880

boychick1921

lightie1946

young blood1967

studmuffin1986

1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp iii. 42 Well kiss my dead mammy's ass, if it ain't Macking Youngblood.

1968 E. Cleaver Soul on Ice iv. 160 Does all this sound like I'm making it up, youngblood?

1981 J. E. Wideman Hiding Place 58 Couldn't tell those young bloods nothing.

1994 P. Baker Blood Posse vi. 67 Hey, young blood. Gimme one of them there devil soups.

2011 L. Schroff Invisible Thread (2012) iv. 32 Yo, youngblood... I want you to do something for me.

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

单词	young blood
释义	young bloodn. Brit. /ˌjʌŋ ˈblʌd/, U.S. /ˈjəŋ ˈbləd/ Forms: see young adj. and n.¹ and blood n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: young adj., blood n. Etymology: < young adj. + blood n. With sense 1 compare young head n.² With sense 2a compare new blood at blood n. Phrases 2h. 1. A lively or energetic young person; spec. a confident, high-spirited young man; (esp. in the 18th cent.) a rake, a dandy; an unruly young aristocrat. Cf. blood n. 15a. ΘΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] youngeOE younglingOE girlc1300 youtha1325 young onec1384 birdc1405 young person1438 young blood1557 primrosea1568 slip1582 juvenal1598 quat1607 airling1611 egga1616 saplinga1616 chita1657 a slip of a girla1660 juvenile1733 young adult1762 boots1806 snip1838 spring chicken1857 yob1859 kid1884 chiseller1922 juvenile adult1926 YA1974 yoof1986 the world > people > person > junior person > [noun] youngestOE youngerOE youngerOE juniora1530 young blood1557 puny1567 puisne1592 kid1690 minimus1848 baby1854 minor1864 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous or energetic person > young man swankie?a1513 young blood1557 young lion1792 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [noun] > impetuous person flumbardingc1300 young blood1557 hothead1584 hot-brain1605 warm head1684 ram-stam1823 hot-skull1835 firecracker1852 cowboy1885 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness > rash or reckless person bayard1393 hotspur1403 hare-brain1542 young blood1557 hare-copa1566 madcap1589 rashling1594 breakneck1598 harum-scarum1784 wild cat1812 devil-may-care1839 firecracker1852 ripper1877 wild-catter1883 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. O.i Yong bloods be strong: old sires in double honour dwell. 1575 G. Gascoigne Epist. to Yong Gentlemen in Poesies sig. ¶¶iv I assure you, my yong blouds, I haue not published the same to the intent that other men hereafter might be infected with my follies. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. v. sig. C2^v Listen young blood. Tis not true valors pride, To swagger, quarrell, sweare, stampe, raue, and chide. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 12 These Young-blouds use rather, Catiline-like, to speake much and doe little. 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia IV. cxxxiii. 255 I expected to have seen her..encouraging the young Bloods, Bucks and Scarlets at a Riot in Drury-lane. 1778 D. Garrick Epil. Gil Blas in Theatr. Bouquet 24 Had she with our young bloods contriv'd this freak, She had been blown and ruin'd in a week. 1801 Monthly Visitor June 132 He was, in my opinion, a very constellation of genius; but in that of our young bloods a mere plodding book-worm. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xv. 150 Those four-and-twenty young bloods dieted all that day..with the Lord Abbot. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xiii. 107 Now, not a step do you go, my fine young blood, until you pick up every jolly lemon and put them away tidily. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues viii. 106 He was a tall blond good-looking youngblood. 2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) vii. 71 It is a Saturday night and the young bloods from Barking..are milling around the Premier Picturehouse. 2. a. As a mass noun: new elements or influences which bring fresh life or energy to something; esp. young people newly admitted to a profession, society, etc., who act as an invigorating influence. Cf. blood n. Phrases 2h.Originally with reference to the idea of refreshing a bloodline by introducing new stock. Π 1782 T. Pitt Let. to Author of Lucubrations 28 The pouring young blood into a constitution, it was in vain to think of renovating. 1834 J. W. Croker Let. (1884) II. xviii. 248 Get, if you can, new men, young blood..and throw aside boldly the claims of all the ‘mediocrities’ with which we were overladen in our last race. 1872 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. 15 788 You would be able to select young blood and promote young Officers. 1920 Mich. Alumnus Mar. 329/1 That young blood be added to the coaching staff as deemed necessary. 1947 S. Dickson San Francisco is your Home (1948) xvi. 137 No show can keep on forever without new blood and young blood. 1995 Hongkong Standard 26 Aug. 8/3 The lack of young blood in the academic field. b. A person new to an organization, field of activity, etc., who is regarded as an invigorating influence. Usually in plural. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun] > that which or one who refreshes or invigorates spice?c1225 comfort1377 refresherc1450 refreshment1532 reviver1542 sauce1561 salt1579 refocillation1608 whettera1625 fillip1699 stimulant1728 stimulation1733 yeast1769 stimulus1791 inspiriter1821 stimulatory1821 refreshener1824 boost1825 bracer1826 young blood1830 freshener1838 invigoratorc1842 blow1849 tonic1849 elevation1850 stimulator1851 breather1876 pick-me-up1876 a shot in the arm1922 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > member > other types of member fellowc1405 entrant1560 redemptionary1583 honorary1675 confrere1753 constituent1755 corresponding member1772 new (also fresh) blood1782 life member1813 young blood1830 old guard1841 cardholder1869 hardcore1922 fully paid-up member1960 teleocrat1971 1830 Mechanic's Free Press 19 June In forming the ticket for Commissioners, men of age and experience, of all political parties, are to be excluded..and all the young bloods of the first order, in the district, are to be supported as candidates for that office. 1862 Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 159 To give the young bloods of the present day a notion of what the Northern Circuit was in the year 1825. 1907 Gas World 2 Nov. 518/1 We hope the ‘young bloods’ will score over the ‘old parliamentary hands’. 1979 N.Y. Times Mag. 30 Sept. 28/4 The fault always lay with..veterans rather than the youngbloods that Willis himself had drafted. 2011 Kent & Sussex Courier (Nexis) 21 Jan. 20 A lot of his colleagues were ex-Army, very pompous, they all knew everybody, and Tommy was the first young blood to challenge them. c. slang. In African-American usage: a young man, esp. one who is perceived to be relatively inexperienced or naive. Chiefly as a form of address. In quot. 1967 as a facetious surname. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] frumberdlingc1000 young manOE childc1225 hind1297 pagec1300 youtha1325 fawnc1369 swainc1386 stripling1398 boy1440 springaldc1450 jovencel1490 younkera1522 speara1529 gorrel1530 lad1535 hobbledehoy1540 cockerel1547 waga1556 spring1559 loonc1560 hensure1568 youngster1577 imp1578 pigsney1581 cocklinga1586 demy1589 muchacho1591 shaver1592 snipper-snappera1593 callant1597 spaught1598 stubble boy1598 ghillie1603 codling1612 cuba1616 skippera1616 man-boy1637 sprig1646 callow1651 halflang1660 stubbed boy1683 gossoon1684 gilpie1718 stirraha1722 young lion1792 halfling1794 pubescent1795 young man1810 sixteener1824 señorito1843 tad1845 boysie1846 shaveling1854 ephebe1880 boychick1921 lightie1946 young blood1967 studmuffin1986 1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp iii. 42 Well kiss my dead mammy's ass, if it ain't Macking Youngblood. 1968 E. Cleaver Soul on Ice iv. 160 Does all this sound like I'm making it up, youngblood? 1981 J. E. Wideman Hiding Place 58 Couldn't tell those young bloods nothing. 1994 P. Baker Blood Posse vi. 67 Hey, young blood. Gimme one of them there devil soups. 2011 L. Schroff Invisible Thread (2012) iv. 32 Yo, youngblood... I want you to do something for me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1557
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