doldrumn.

/ˈdɒldrəm/

Forms: Usually in plural doldrums.

Etymology: apparently in its origin a slang term, probably a derivative of dold adj., or of dol , dull adj. For the form compare tantrum.

†1. slang. A dullard; a dull, drowsy, or sluggish fellow. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness > person

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1812 Examiner 7 Sept. 571/1 A doldrum is, we believe, the cant word for a long sleeper.

1824 W. Scott Let. 22 Oct. (1935) VIII. 412 I hope you will make your way to the clever fellows and not put up with Doldrums.

1842 R. H. Barham Row in Omnibus in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 211 Dol-drum the Manager sits in his chair.]

2. plural the doldrums.

a. A condition of dullness or drowsiness; dumps, low spirits, depression.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > fit of

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1811 Morning Herald 13 Apr. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1812) XV. 175 I am now in the doldrums; but when I get better, I will send you [etc.].

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. xi. 195 ‘Come, father, old Dictionary is in the doldrums; rouse him up with another stave.’

1862 Athenæum 30 Aug. 266 A glass of brandy-and-water is a panacea for the doldrums.

1886 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) xi. 363 The great thing is to evade ‘the Doldrums’.

b. The condition of a ship in which, either from calms, or from baffling winds, she makes no headway; a becalmed state.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > becalmed state

doldrum1823

1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. xxi. 44 From the bluff-head, where I watched to-day, I saw her in the doldrums; for the wind Was light and baffling.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. v. 71 As we ran along the coast, I perceived a vessel under the high land, in what the sailors called the doldrums; this is, almost becalmed, or her sails flapping about in every direction with the eddying winds.

figurative.1883 Times (Weekly ed.) 16 Feb. 10 The ship of State has escaped the tornado, but seems becalmed in a kind of political and financial doldrums.1895 Sir T. Sutherland in Westm. Gaz. 11 July 1/3 At the present moment the trade appears to be in the doldrums.

c. An intellectually non-plussed condition.

1871 G. Meredith in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 154 My wits are in the doldrums.

1878 J. R. O'Flanagan Irish Bar (1879) 142 The Counsellor's questions put him in a doldrum.

3. transferred. A region in which ships are specially liable to be becalmed; spec. ( equatorial doldrums), the region of calms and light baffling winds near the equator, where the trade winds meet and neutralize each other.Apparently due to a misunderstanding of the phrase ‘in the doldrums’, the state being taken as a locality.

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the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > latitude > equator > area of equatorial calm

doldrum1855

1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea x. §583 The ‘equatorial doldrums’ is another of these calm places. Besides being a region of calms and baffling winds, it is a region noted for its rains.

1883 E. F. Knight Cruise of ‘Falcon’ I. iv. 44 The sultry doldrums, where a ship may lie for weeks..a region of unbearable calm, broken occasionally by violent squalls.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	doldrum
释义	doldrumn. /ˈdɒldrəm/ Forms: Usually in plural doldrums. Etymology: apparently in its origin a slang term, probably a derivative of dold adj., or of dol , dull adj. For the form compare tantrum. †1. slang. A dullard; a dull, drowsy, or sluggish fellow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness > person sluggard1398 slugc1425 dawa1500 belly huddroun?a1513 slowbelly1526 luggard?1528 heavy arse1530 slugger1539 druggard1569 slowback1577 snaila1593 slugplum1593 druggle1611 dawdlea1764 laggard1808 doldrum1812 dawdler1818 slowcoach1828 lag-last1830 slowpoke1847 morepork1874 slob1876 slow boat to China1919 schlump1941 1812 Examiner 7 Sept. 571/1 A doldrum is, we believe, the cant word for a long sleeper. 1824 W. Scott Let. 22 Oct. (1935) VIII. 412 I hope you will make your way to the clever fellows and not put up with Doldrums. 1842 R. H. Barham Row in Omnibus in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 211 Dol-drum the Manager sits in his chair.] 2. plural the doldrums. a. A condition of dullness or drowsiness; dumps, low spirits, depression. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > fit of gloominga1400 dumpa1535 mubble fubbles1589 mulligrubs1599 mumps1599 mood1609 blues1741 mopes1742 gloom1744 humdrums1757 dismals1764 horror1768 mournfuls1794 doldrum1811 doleful1822 glumps1825 jim-jams1896 katzenjammer1897 the sniffles1903 mopery1907 joes1916 woofits1918 cafard1924 jimmies1928 the blahs1969 downer1970 1811 Morning Herald 13 Apr. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1812) XV. 175 I am now in the doldrums; but when I get better, I will send you [etc.]. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. xi. 195 ‘Come, father, old Dictionary is in the doldrums; rouse him up with another stave.’ 1862 Athenæum 30 Aug. 266 A glass of brandy-and-water is a panacea for the doldrums. 1886 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) xi. 363 The great thing is to evade ‘the Doldrums’. b. The condition of a ship in which, either from calms, or from baffling winds, she makes no headway; a becalmed state. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > becalmed state doldrum1823 1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. xxi. 44 From the bluff-head, where I watched to-day, I saw her in the doldrums; for the wind Was light and baffling. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. v. 71 As we ran along the coast, I perceived a vessel under the high land, in what the sailors called the doldrums; this is, almost becalmed, or her sails flapping about in every direction with the eddying winds. figurative.1883 Times (Weekly ed.) 16 Feb. 10 The ship of State has escaped the tornado, but seems becalmed in a kind of political and financial doldrums.1895 Sir T. Sutherland in Westm. Gaz. 11 July 1/3 At the present moment the trade appears to be in the doldrums. c. An intellectually non-plussed condition. Π 1871 G. Meredith in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 154 My wits are in the doldrums. 1878 J. R. O'Flanagan Irish Bar (1879) 142 The Counsellor's questions put him in a doldrum. 3. transferred. A region in which ships are specially liable to be becalmed; spec. ( equatorial doldrums), the region of calms and light baffling winds near the equator, where the trade winds meet and neutralize each other.Apparently due to a misunderstanding of the phrase ‘in the doldrums’, the state being taken as a locality. ΘΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > latitude > equator > area of equatorial calm doldrum1855 1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea x. §583 The ‘equatorial doldrums’ is another of these calm places. Besides being a region of calms and baffling winds, it is a region noted for its rains. 1883 E. F. Knight Cruise of ‘Falcon’ I. iv. 44 The sultry doldrums, where a ship may lie for weeks..a region of unbearable calm, broken occasionally by violent squalls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1811
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