above stairsadv.

Brit.

/əˈbʌv ˌstɛːz/, U.S.

/əˈbəv ˌstɛ(ə)rz/

Forms: see above adv., prep., n., and adj. and stair n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: above prep., stair n.

Etymology: < above prep. + the plural of stair n. Compare earlier downstairs adv., upstairs adv. and n., below stairs adv..

Now chiefly archaic.

Upstairs. In earlier use, sometimes used to distinguish the private rooms of a household from the servants' quarters; cf. upstairs adv. and n. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [adverb] > floor or storey

below1562

downstairs1598

below stairs1600

above stairs1606

upstairs1781

1606 E. Scott Exact Disc. East Indians sig. E3 Hauing at that time a thousand pounds in Golde..in my Chest aboue stayres I ranne vp, thinking to fetch it, and to throw it into a ponde on our backe side.

1668 S. Pepys Diary 17 Nov. (1976) IX. 365 To make clean the house above stairs, the Upholsters having done there.

1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 95. ⁋9 The room above stairs is..furnished with large peer-glasses for persons to view themselves in.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. viii. 165 Tho' Tranquillity was restored above Stairs, it was not so below.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ii. 42 There now above stairs, we have a young woman who has come to take up her lodgings here.

1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina iv, in Moral Tales II. 94 Miss Hodges is above stairs—she shall be apprized directly.

1877 H. James American xix. 334 She took him to a room above-stairs.

1904 E. Wharton Ital. Villas ii. 65 The plan of using the low-studded ground floor for offices, wine-cellar and store-rooms, while the living-rooms are all above-stairs.

1988 ‘Miss Read’ World of Thrush Green (1990) (BNC) 27 Above stairs were two modest bedrooms and a bathroom with Victorian fittings.

Phrases

from above-stairs: from upstairs.

ΚΠ

1677 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 131 Captain Billop come downe from above-stairs.

1789 William & Charles I. 28 A male voice, which came from above stairs, and denoted the master, enquired ‘Who was there?’

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxi. 222 The attorney..had recognised his voice from above stairs.

1928 V. Delmar Bad Girl i. x. 106 From abovestairs a voice floated down.

2000 A. Rich in M. McQuade By Herself i. 36 Listening from above-stairs to a visitor's piano-playing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	above stairs
释义	above stairsadv. Brit. /əˈbʌv ˌstɛːz/, U.S. /əˈbəv ˌstɛ(ə)rz/ Forms: see above adv., prep., n., and adj. and stair n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: above prep., stair n. Etymology: < above prep. + the plural of stair n. Compare earlier downstairs adv., upstairs adv. and n., below stairs adv.. Now chiefly archaic. Upstairs. In earlier use, sometimes used to distinguish the private rooms of a household from the servants' quarters; cf. upstairs adv. and n. 1c. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [adverb] > floor or storey below1562 downstairs1598 below stairs1600 above stairs1606 upstairs1781 1606 E. Scott Exact Disc. East Indians sig. E3 Hauing at that time a thousand pounds in Golde..in my Chest aboue stayres I ranne vp, thinking to fetch it, and to throw it into a ponde on our backe side. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 17 Nov. (1976) IX. 365 To make clean the house above stairs, the Upholsters having done there. 1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 95. ⁋9 The room above stairs is..furnished with large peer-glasses for persons to view themselves in. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. viii. 165 Tho' Tranquillity was restored above Stairs, it was not so below. View more context for this quotation 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ii. 42 There now above stairs, we have a young woman who has come to take up her lodgings here. 1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina iv, in Moral Tales II. 94 Miss Hodges is above stairs—she shall be apprized directly. 1877 H. James American xix. 334 She took him to a room above-stairs. 1904 E. Wharton Ital. Villas ii. 65 The plan of using the low-studded ground floor for offices, wine-cellar and store-rooms, while the living-rooms are all above-stairs. 1988 ‘Miss Read’ World of Thrush Green (1990) (BNC) 27 Above stairs were two modest bedrooms and a bathroom with Victorian fittings. Phrases from above-stairs: from upstairs. ΚΠ 1677 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 131 Captain Billop come downe from above-stairs. 1789 William & Charles I. 28 A male voice, which came from above stairs, and denoted the master, enquired ‘Who was there?’ 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxi. 222 The attorney..had recognised his voice from above stairs. 1928 V. Delmar Bad Girl i. x. 106 From abovestairs a voice floated down. 2000 A. Rich in M. McQuade By Herself i. 36 Listening from above-stairs to a visitor's piano-playing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1606
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