conchien.

Brit.

/ˈkɒnʃi/, U.S.

/ˈkɑn(t)ʃi/

Forms: 1900s– conchie, 1900s– conchie, 1900s– conchy, 1900s– conshy.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: conscientious objector n. at conscientious adj. Compounds.

Etymology: Short for conscientious objector n. at conscientious adj. Compounds (compare -y suffix⁶).

colloquial (originally and chiefly British). Frequently derogatory. Now chiefly historical.

A conscientious objector.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifist in principle

peace man1795

antipolemist1817

pacifist1906

pacificist1907

conscientious objector1916

Percy1916

conchie1917

passivist1919

war resister1935

dove1962

1916 I. Gurney Let. 27 July (1991) 120 Ladies eager to fight, or conches, and gentlemen who would..play pretty music.]

1917 Times 8 Oct. 10/3 I have just returned from visiting at Princetown, the settlement of the conscientious objectors... Many of the ‘Conchys’, to use the local appellation, are men of ability and education, many are anarchists and Socialists, some have deep, if morbid, religious views.

1917 Daily Mail 9 Oct. 2/3 The assembly of eleven hundred ‘conscientious’ objectors at one spot, Princetown, on Dartmoor, where they are known as ‘conchies’.

1918 ‘I. Hay’ Last Million vii. 93 What are yours [sc. sons] in? The Circumloosion Office, or the Conchie's Battalion?

1923 C. S. Lewis Let. 4 Feb. (1966) 85 He felt it his duty to be a ‘conchie’ if there was another war.

1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. xi. 195 Conshies and Communists and Profiteers—I'd have had 'em all against a wall.

1939 War Illustr. 14 Oct. 154/2 First German ‘Conchie’.

1943 Daily News (Perth, Austral.) 4 Mar. 5/1 Two young Christadelphian conchies, both of them stated to be fit for military service, were each gaoled for a month today.

1960 Spectator 22 Apr. 569 There were more than forty thousand of us—weirdies and beardies, colonels and conchies, Communists and Liberals.

1989 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder goes Forth in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 447/2 Now, look here, you just stop that conchie talk right now, Private.

2002 Oldie June 64/1 Conchies were made to feel deeply uncomfortable for years after the war.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conchie
释义	conchien. Brit. /ˈkɒnʃi/, U.S. /ˈkɑn(t)ʃi/ Forms: 1900s– conchie, 1900s– conchie, 1900s– conchy, 1900s– conshy. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: conscientious objector n. at conscientious adj. Compounds. Etymology: Short for conscientious objector n. at conscientious adj. Compounds (compare -y suffix⁶). colloquial (originally and chiefly British). Frequently derogatory. Now chiefly historical. A conscientious objector. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifist in principle peace man1795 antipolemist1817 pacifist1906 pacificist1907 conscientious objector1916 Percy1916 conchie1917 passivist1919 war resister1935 dove1962 1916 I. Gurney Let. 27 July (1991) 120 Ladies eager to fight, or conches, and gentlemen who would..play pretty music.] 1917 Times 8 Oct. 10/3 I have just returned from visiting at Princetown, the settlement of the conscientious objectors... Many of the ‘Conchys’, to use the local appellation, are men of ability and education, many are anarchists and Socialists, some have deep, if morbid, religious views. 1917 Daily Mail 9 Oct. 2/3 The assembly of eleven hundred ‘conscientious’ objectors at one spot, Princetown, on Dartmoor, where they are known as ‘conchies’. 1918 ‘I. Hay’ Last Million vii. 93 What are yours [sc. sons] in? The Circumloosion Office, or the Conchie's Battalion? 1923 C. S. Lewis Let. 4 Feb. (1966) 85 He felt it his duty to be a ‘conchie’ if there was another war. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. xi. 195 Conshies and Communists and Profiteers—I'd have had 'em all against a wall. 1939 War Illustr. 14 Oct. 154/2 First German ‘Conchie’. 1943 Daily News (Perth, Austral.) 4 Mar. 5/1 Two young Christadelphian conchies, both of them stated to be fit for military service, were each gaoled for a month today. 1960 Spectator 22 Apr. 569 There were more than forty thousand of us—weirdies and beardies, colonels and conchies, Communists and Liberals. 1989 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder goes Forth in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 447/2 Now, look here, you just stop that conchie talk right now, Private. 2002 Oldie June 64/1 Conchies were made to feel deeply uncomfortable for years after the war. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917
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