Search for: 1905
3381 Etymology dictionary, p. hubba-hubba (interj.).4
… by 1905 as a call used at sea by Cornish fishermen when sighting a school of pilchard, and haba-haba is attested as circus term for a sort of side-man for an artist …
3382 Etymology dictionary, p. intelligentsia (n.).2
"the intellectual class collectively," 1905, from Russian intelligyentsiya, from Latin intelligentia "intelligence" (see intelligence ). Perhaps via Italian intelligenzia .
3383 Etymology dictionary, p. intraspecific (adj.).2
1905, from intra- + specific, here representing species (n.).
3384 Etymology dictionary, p. it (pron.).3
… Bow (1905-1965). In children's games, the meaning "the one who must tag or catch the others" is attested from 1842.
3385 Etymology dictionary, p. jack-in-the-box (n.).2
… ," London, 1905]. See Jack + box (n.1). As a type of toy involving a figure on a spring inside a box, it is attested by 1702. Also it has been used variously to mean "peddler …
3386 Etymology dictionary, p. Jamesian (adj.).2
"of or in the mode of James ," 1875 in reference to William James (1842-1910), U.S. philosopher and exponent of pragmatism; 1905 in reference to his brother Henry James (1843-1916), U.S. expatriate novelist.
3387 Etymology dictionary, p. jellybean (n.).2
"small bean-shaped sugar candy with a firm shell and a thick gel interior," 1905, from jelly (n.) + bean (n.). So called for its shape. Soon used in U.S. slang for "stupid person," probably encouraged by the slang sense of bean as "head."
3388 Etymology dictionary, p. jollification (n.).2
"mirth, scene or occasion of merrymaking," 1769, from jolly + -fication "a making or causing." Shortened form jolly (1905) led to phrase get (one's) jollies "have fun" (1957). Spenser has jolliment (1590).
3389 Etymology dictionary, p. kickback (n.).2
… ," from 1905 in various mechanical senses, from the verbal phrase (1895); see kick (v.) + back (adv.). By 1926 the verbal phrase was being used in a slang sense of "be forced …
3390 Etymology dictionary, p. kitchenette (n.).2
1905, American English, a hybrid from kitchen + -ette .
3391 Etymology dictionary, p. last (adj.).4
… by 1905.
3392 Etymology dictionary, p. lebensraum (n.).2
"territory needed for a nation's or people's natural development," 1905, from German, a compound of the genitive of leben "life" (see life ) + Raum "space" (see room (n.)).
3393 Etymology dictionary, p. listen (v.).4
The -t- probably is by influence of Old English hlystan (see list (v.2)). For vowel evolution, see bury. Intransitive sense is from c. 1200. To listen in (1905) was originally in reference to radio broadcasts.
3394 Etymology dictionary, p. Lizzie.2
pet form of fem. proper name Elizabeth, used colloquially for "a motor car" (especially an early-model Ford) from 1913; also tin lizzie (1915). From 1905 as "effeminate man;" by 1949 as "a lesbian," the past probably from the resemblance of sound.
3395 Etymology dictionary, p. loan-translation (n.).2
… (by 1905), properly "lend-translation," from lehnen "lend" (see lend (v.)). An earlier word for it was calque .
3396 Etymology dictionary, p. luge (n.).2
kind of small toboggan, 1905, from French luge "small coasting sled," from Savoy dialect, from Medieval Latin sludia "sled" (9c.), which is perhaps from a Gaulish word from the same root as English sled, slide .
3397 Etymology dictionary, p. made (adj.).3
… by 1905 in advertisements, from the verbal phrase. Grose's dictionary of slang and cant (1785) has for this word a tart definition: "MADE. Stolen. Cant. "
3398 Etymology dictionary, p. manchego (n.).2
… Spain, 1905, literally "of La Mancha ," the region in central Spain from which it takes its name. The connection of the region name with Spanish mancha "spot, stain …
3399 Etymology dictionary, p. megillah (n.).2
… ," by 1905, from Yiddish Megillah (as in a gantse Megillah "a whole megillah"), literally "roll, scroll," collective name of the five Old Testament books appointed …
3400 Etymology dictionary, p. meiosis (n.).2
in biology, "division of a cell nucleus," 1905, from Greek meiosis "a lessening," from meioun "to lessen," from meion "less," from PIE root *mei- (2) "small."