Search for: 1905
3361 Etymology dictionary, p. Fulbright (n.).2
in education, a reference to U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright (1905-1995) of Arkansas, especially to the Fulbright Act of 1946, which authorized proceeds from sales of U.S. war surplus materials to be used to fund higher education overseas.
3362 Etymology dictionary, p. gas (n.2).2
short for gasoline, American English, by 1905. Gas-pump is from 1925; gas-pedal "automobile accelerator" is by 1908; gas-station "fueling station for an automobile" is from 1916.
3363 Etymology dictionary, p. Garbo.2
screen surname of Swedish actress Greta Gustaffson (1905-1990); her name was used allusively to indicate aloofness by 1934; her legendary avoidance of publicity began with her retirement from films in the mid-40s. Related: Garbo-esque .
3364 Etymology dictionary, p. gene (n.).2
1911, from German Gen, coined 1905 by Danish scientist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927), from Greek genea "generation, race" (from PIE root *gene- "give birth, beget"). De Vries had earlier called them pangenes. Gene pool is attested from 1946.
3365 Etymology dictionary, p. gig (n.2).2
… c. 1905; of uncertain origin. As a verb, by 1939. Among the earlier meanings of gig was "combination of numbers in betting games" (1847). Gig-economy is attested from …
3366 Etymology dictionary, p. gun-metal (n.).2
type of bronze or other alloy formerly used in the manufacture of light cannons (since superseded by steel), 1540s, from gun (n.) + metal. Used attributively of a dull blue-gray color since 1905.
3367 Etymology dictionary, p. ham (n.1).3
Ham-fisted (adj.) in reference to hard-hitting characters is from 1905; ham-handed "coarse, clumsy" is by 1896. With hammen ifalden "with folded hams" was a Middle English way of saying "kneeling."
3368 Etymology dictionary, p. handbook (n.).2
… Present," 1905].
3369 Etymology dictionary, p. haploid (adj.).2
"having a single set of unpaired chromosomes," 1908, from German haploid (Strasburger, 1905), from Greek haploos "single, simple" (see haplo- ) + -oid .
3370 Etymology dictionary, p. happening (n.).2
mid-15c., "chance, luck," verbal noun from happen (v.); meaning "an occurrence" is 1550s. Sense of "spontaneous event or display" is from 1959 in the argot of artists. Happenings "events" was noted by Fowler as a vogue word from c. 1905.
3371 Etymology dictionary, p. Harley.2
… , U.S., 1905 by engine designer William S. Harley (1880-1943) and Arthur Davidson .
3372 Etymology dictionary, p. haywire (n.).2
… " is 1905, American English, from the sense of something held together only with haywire, particularly said to be from use of the stuff in New England lumber …
3373 Etymology dictionary, p. hiding (n.2).2
… (by 1905) referred to a situation where there was disgrace in defeat and no honor in victory.
3374 Etymology dictionary, p. higher.3
Higher-up (n.) "one in a superior post" is from 1905, American English.
3375 Etymology dictionary, p. hirsutism (n.).2
1905, as a human condition, from hirsute + -ism .
3376 Etymology dictionary, p. hissy (adj.).2
1905, from hiss (n.) + -y (2). Hissy fit is attested by 1983.
3377 Etymology dictionary, p. homogenization (n.).2
1803 (specifically of milk, 1905); see homogenize + noun ending -ation .
3378 Etymology dictionary, p. hood (n.1).3
… by 1905 (in U.K. generally called a bonnet ). Little Red Riding Hood (1729) translates Charles Perrault's Petit Chaperon Rouge ( "Contes du Temps Passé" 1697).
3379 Etymology dictionary, p. hormone (n.).2
… behavior," 1905, from Greek hormon "that which sets in motion," present participle of horman "impel, urge on," from horme "onset, impulse," from PIE *or-sma-, from root *er …
3380 Etymology dictionary, p. hotelier (n.).2
"proprietor of a hotel," 1905, from French hôtelier "hotelkeeper," from Old French ostelier, hostelier (12c.), from hostel "a lodging" (see hostel ). Compare hostler .