hard-boiledadj.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːdˈbɔɪld/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrdˈˌbɔɪld/

Forms: see hard adv. and boiled adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hard adv., boiled adj.

Etymology: < hard adv. (compare hard adv. 5, hard adv. Compounds 1d) + boiled adj. Compare later hard-boil v.

a. Of an egg: boiled till the white and yolk are solid. Cf. soft-boiled adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked (of specific food) > eggs

rearlOE

harda1425

poachedc1450

soft-boiled1577

hard-boiled1589

rare1655

rath egg1684

in the shell1692

dropped1824

rumpled1896

1589 Summarie Drakes W. Indian Voy. 14 Next within this hard shell is a white rine resembling..the white of an egge when it is hard boyled.

1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) i. ii. 86 Take the yelkes of foure very hard boyld egges, and shred them very small.

1656 tr. Marnettè Perfect Cook cxxv. 257 Garnish or set out your dish with hard boyled eggs cut in halves.

1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. S7^v Mince..the Yolks of hard boil'd Eggs.

1792 in T. Paine Misc. Articles (end matter) 36 He..would travel sixty or seventy miles with no other refreshment than a hard-boiled egg and a crust of bread.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple (new ed.) II. vi. 82 We found hard-boiled eggs, bread, and a smoked mutton-ham.

1871 Boston Jrnl. Chem. 5 134/1 A hard-boiled egg is apt to trouble the digestion.

1922 A. Jekyll Kitchen Ess. 111 The hardy sportsman would make his frugal luncheon from the remains of the ample breakfast table,..wrapping up a buttered scone with a slice of ham and a hard-boiled egg.

1968 C. Roden Bk. Middle Eastern Food 99 (heading) Fried hard-boiled eggs.

2012 New Yorker 16 Apr. 58/3 It would be mixed with chopped hard-boiled eggs as stuffing for the pig.

b. Of other types of food: thoroughly boiled. Cf. well-boiled adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > boiling or boiled > thoroughly boiling or boiled

well-boiled1381

parboiled1440

parboilinga1450

hard-boiled1813

1813 G. Green Orig. Jrnl. London to St. Petersburgh 81 Their ordinary fare is coarse black rye bread,..mushrooms, hard boiled peas [etc.].

1832 Encycl. Americana XII. 482/2 Doctor Prout specifies unfermented, heavy bread, and hard-boiled puddings or dumplings, as..disposing to the formation of urates.

1903 Weekly Irish Times 14 Nov. 6/3 Give them a little hard boiled porridge, with a little sweet milk.

1994 Guardian 30 June 26/4 Out into the glorious North-eastern sunshine. Where he fell asleep. He now resembles a hard-boiled lobster.

a. Of a fact, idea, method, etc.: exhibiting or characterized by a lack of sentiment; straightforward, pragmatic, realistic.With quot. 1834 cf. hard case n. 1a.

ΚΠ

1834 T. Hood Rope Dancer in Comic Ann. 2 'Twould be a very hard-boiled case... For gilding a brass farthing he was..to change a neckcloth for a halter [i.e. be hanged].

1897 Printers' Ink 17 Feb. 31/2 (advt.) Hard-boiled facts—convincing selling arguments, rid of prosaicness—that's what we put into our ten ads.

1931 F. Buck & E. Anthony Bring 'em back Alive 163 It is all a hard-boiled proposition of not treading on the other fellow's feet for fear he may rise up and poke his big toe in your eye.

1959 Encounter Sept. 62/2 The disregard of truth in favour of hard-boiled scientific ideals.

1994 New Yorker 2 May 93/3 The figure that Kissinger invokes most often as the embodiment of hard-boiled, interest-directed diplomacy is Cardinal Richelieu.

b. Of a person: hard-headed, shrewd, esp. in a ruthless, unsentimental manner; hardened, callous; tough and cynical. Also of a place: full of or characterized by such people. Cf. soft-boiled adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > shameless or thick-skinned

shamelessc897

hard-skinnedc1450

past shame1509

unblushing1595

steel-browed1600

thick-skinned1602

dead to shame1780

case-hardened1836

unsnubbable1847

hard-shelled1848

pachydermatous1849

hard-boiled1884

armour-plated1887

tough-minded1927

chalcenterous1946

chalcenteric1964

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective]

sharpc888

yepec1000

spacka1200

yare-witelc1275

fellc1300

yap13..

seeinga1382

far-castinga1387

sightya1400

perceivinga1425

snellc1425

politic?a1439

quickc1449

pregnant?a1475

pert1484

quick-wittedc1525

apt1535

intelligentc1540

queemc1540

ready-witted1576

political1577

of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579

conceited1583

perspicuous1584

sharp-witteda1586

shrewd1589

inseeing1590

conceived1596

acute1598

pregnate1598

agile1599

nimble-headed1601

insighted1602

nimble1604

nimble-witted1604

penetrant1605

penetrating1606

spraga1616

acuminous1619

discoursing1625

smart1639

penetrativea1641

sagacious1650

nasute1653

acuminate1654

blunt-sharpa1661

long-headed1665

smoky1688

rapid1693

keen1704

gash1706

snack1710

cute1731

mobile1778

wide awake1785

acuminated1786

quick-minded1789

kicky1790

snap1790

downy1803

snacky1806

unbaffleable1827

varmint1829

needle-sharp1836

nimble-brained1836

incisivea1850

spry1849

fast1850

snappy1871

hard-boiled1884

on the spot1903

the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [adjective] > pragmatic or practical

practical1605

untheoretic1809

rough and ready1849

no-nonsense1853

pragmatic1853

untranscendental1865

hard-boiled1884

pragmatical1896

1884 Times 11 Feb. 5/4 They would far rather see at the head of affairs a less perfect Christian and a hard-boiled man of the world, of the type of Palmerston.

1914 C. N. Williamson Shop Girl (1916) xii. 133 A hard-boiled man of business who'll do anything to succeed.

1928 Cent. Mag. May (Front Insert) A hard-boiled, two-fisted, super-sleuth of the secret service tells the story of his adventurous dealings with the underworld of all nations.

1949 R. Chandler Little Sister xxvi. 181 The grifters and con men and female bandits... The..riffraff of a big hard-boiled city.

1968 Times 27 Sept. 2/3 Mr. Heath's hard-boiled image is beginning to crack.

2009 Vanity Fair May 174/2 Hard-boiled reporters on deadline.

c. Designating a gritty, realistic style of fiction, esp. detective fiction; of or characteristic of such fiction.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [adjective] > other specific attributes

formal1592

tendency1838

unartistic1854

happy ever afterwards1858

ben trovato1883

middle-length1928

hard-boiled1929

stream of consciousness1931

plutographic1985

1929 Bookman Jan. p. xii The Set-Up..contributes a new laurel to the comparatively recent ‘hard-boiled’ school of American letters.

1934 N. Amer. Rev. May 476/2 One of the current best-sellers, James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice.., which is a very hard-boiled story of lust and murder.

1957 Billboard 22 July 2/3 One of hard-boiled fiction's best-known private eyes, Raymond Chandler's tough-talking Phillip Marlowe.

1992 Face May 16/1 The trenchcoats, jazz clubs and hard-boiled dialogue of Chandler's Manhattan.

2013 Time Out N.Y. 31 Jan. 83/1 In Laura Marks's hard-boiled and timely new drama, Crystal and Gary are in the same leaky boat: homeless people in peopleless homes.

3. U.S. Of an article of clothing: stiff, hard. Now chiefly historical. hard-boiled shirt n. a stiffly starched false shirt front.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other

smalleOE

lightc1230

round1402

side-necked1430

wanton1489

Spanish1530

tucked1530

lustya1555

civil1582

open-breasted1598

full1601

everlasting1607

sheeten1611

nothinga1616

burly1651

pin-up1677

slouching1691

double-breasted1701

negligée1718

translated1727

uniform1746

undress1777

single-breasted1796

unworn1798

mamalone1799

costumic1801

safeguard1822

Tom and Jerry1830

lightweight1837

fancy dress1844

wrap-1845

hen-skin1846

Mary Stuart1846

well-cut1849

mousquetaire1851

empire1852

costumary1853

solid1859

spring weight1869

Henri II1870

western1881

hard-boiled1882

man-of-war1883

Henley1886

demi-season1890

Gretchen1890

toreador1892

crossover1893

French cut1896

drifty1897

boxy1898

Buster Brown1902

Romney1903

modistic1907

Peter Pan1908

classic1909

Fauntleroy1911

baby doll1912

flared1928

flare1929

tuck-in1929

unpressed1932

Edwardian1934

swingy1937

topless1937

wraparound1937

dressed-down1939

cover-up1942

Sun Yat-sen1942

utility1942

non-utility1948

sudsable1951

off-the-shoulder1953

peasant1953

flareless1954

A-line1955

matador1955

stretch1956

wash-and-wear1959

layered1962

Tom Jones1964

Carnaby Street1965

Action Man1966

Mao-style1967

wear-dated1968

thermal1970

bondage1980

swaggery1980

hoochie1990

mitumba1990

kinderwhore1994

1882 Sunday Republican-Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 17 Dec. 12/1 He used to wear a hard-boiled hat, set squarely on top of his head.

1887 Sporting Times 23 July 6/2 Beautiful slate-coloured wedding garments,..silk socks, and a hard-boiled shirt.

1919 S. Lewis Free Air 86 To Claire, traveling men were merely commercial persons in hard-boiled suits.

1948 New Castle (Pa.) News 1 June 4/3 President Coolidge standing in a western stream in high rubber boots, blue serge suit, hard-boiled collar and silk necktie, and fishing for trout.

2010 F. Inglis Short Hist. Celebrity vi. 149 These were the Bright Young Things, which is to say, heartless hedonists in whose soft bosoms and hard-boiled shirts appetite replaced desire.

Derivatives

ˌhard-ˈboiledly adv. now somewhat rare in a ruthless, unsentimental manner or way; pragmatically.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > callously or hard-heartedly

hard-heartedly1583

callously1756

unfeelingly1768

heartlessly1806

flintily1879

stonily1899

hard-boiledly1920

1920 D. E. Compere Army Frowns & Smiles 37 Private Wood..was not under my command and I could not treat him; therefore, hard boiledly, cold bloodedly speaking I should not have counted his unconscious respiration.

1975 Sun-Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) 25 May c12/3 McCarry..has seized on this series of events to present a theory which is hard-boiledly reasonable in its concept.

ˌhard-ˈboiledness n. the quality or condition of being hard-boiled (chiefly in sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > quality of being thick-skinned or shameless

stupiditya1631

pachydermatousness1854

hard-boiledness1912

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun]

sharpnessc897

yepshipc1000

insightc1175

yepleȝȝcc1175

yephedea1250

wit1297

fellnessa1382

policyc1440

discerningc1450

policec1450

inspectiona1527

perceivance1534

aptitude1548

sagacity1548

acuity?1549

nimbleness1561

acumen1579

seeing eye1579

esprit1591

acuteness1601

depth1605

penetration1605

knowingness1611

shrewdnessa1616

piercingnessa1628

discernment1646

sharpwittedness1647

nasuteness1660

arguteness1662

sagaciousness1678

perceptivity1700

keenness1707

cuteness1768

intuition1780

recollectedness1796

long-headedness1818

perceptiveness1823

kokum1848

incision1862

incisiveness1865

penetrativeness1873

flair1881

hard-boiledness1912

smart1964

spikiness1977

sus1979

the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [noun] > pragmatism or practicality

practicalness1657

pragmaticality1836

practicality1841

practicalism1843

pragmatism1872

thinginess1891

Kitchenerism1901

hard-boiledness1912

1912 Good Housek. Mag. 780/1 I wish you prepare lunch of delicious hard-boiledness to include egg, chicken, more eggs, [etc.].

1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer i. vii. 86 He dreaded for her the influence of so much cynicism and hardboiledness.

2002 Amer. Prospect (Nexis) 11 Mar. 29 Amir retains his P.I.-ish hard-boiledness even after he has infiltrated the multicultural cell.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hard-boiled
释义	hard-boiledadj. Brit. /ˌhɑːdˈbɔɪld/, U.S. /ˈhɑrdˈˌbɔɪld/ Forms: see hard adv. and boiled adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hard adv., boiled adj. Etymology: < hard adv. (compare hard adv. 5, hard adv. Compounds 1d) + boiled adj. Compare later hard-boil v. 1. a. Of an egg: boiled till the white and yolk are solid. Cf. soft-boiled adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked (of specific food) > eggs rearlOE harda1425 poachedc1450 soft-boiled1577 hard-boiled1589 rare1655 rath egg1684 in the shell1692 dropped1824 rumpled1896 1589 Summarie Drakes W. Indian Voy. 14 Next within this hard shell is a white rine resembling..the white of an egge when it is hard boyled. 1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) i. ii. 86 Take the yelkes of foure very hard boyld egges, and shred them very small. 1656 tr. Marnettè Perfect Cook cxxv. 257 Garnish or set out your dish with hard boyled eggs cut in halves. 1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. S7^v Mince..the Yolks of hard boil'd Eggs. 1792 in T. Paine Misc. Articles (end matter) 36 He..would travel sixty or seventy miles with no other refreshment than a hard-boiled egg and a crust of bread. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple (new ed.) II. vi. 82 We found hard-boiled eggs, bread, and a smoked mutton-ham. 1871 Boston Jrnl. Chem. 5 134/1 A hard-boiled egg is apt to trouble the digestion. 1922 A. Jekyll Kitchen Ess. 111 The hardy sportsman would make his frugal luncheon from the remains of the ample breakfast table,..wrapping up a buttered scone with a slice of ham and a hard-boiled egg. 1968 C. Roden Bk. Middle Eastern Food 99 (heading) Fried hard-boiled eggs. 2012 New Yorker 16 Apr. 58/3 It would be mixed with chopped hard-boiled eggs as stuffing for the pig. b. Of other types of food: thoroughly boiled. Cf. well-boiled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > boiling or boiled > thoroughly boiling or boiled well-boiled1381 parboiled1440 parboilinga1450 hard-boiled1813 1813 G. Green Orig. Jrnl. London to St. Petersburgh 81 Their ordinary fare is coarse black rye bread,..mushrooms, hard boiled peas [etc.]. 1832 Encycl. Americana XII. 482/2 Doctor Prout specifies unfermented, heavy bread, and hard-boiled puddings or dumplings, as..disposing to the formation of urates. 1903 Weekly Irish Times 14 Nov. 6/3 Give them a little hard boiled porridge, with a little sweet milk. 1994 Guardian 30 June 26/4 Out into the glorious North-eastern sunshine. Where he fell asleep. He now resembles a hard-boiled lobster. 2. a. Of a fact, idea, method, etc.: exhibiting or characterized by a lack of sentiment; straightforward, pragmatic, realistic.With quot. 1834 cf. hard case n. 1a. ΚΠ 1834 T. Hood Rope Dancer in Comic Ann. 2 'Twould be a very hard-boiled case... For gilding a brass farthing he was..to change a neckcloth for a halter [i.e. be hanged]. 1897 Printers' Ink 17 Feb. 31/2 (advt.) Hard-boiled facts—convincing selling arguments, rid of prosaicness—that's what we put into our ten ads. 1931 F. Buck & E. Anthony Bring 'em back Alive 163 It is all a hard-boiled proposition of not treading on the other fellow's feet for fear he may rise up and poke his big toe in your eye. 1959 Encounter Sept. 62/2 The disregard of truth in favour of hard-boiled scientific ideals. 1994 New Yorker 2 May 93/3 The figure that Kissinger invokes most often as the embodiment of hard-boiled, interest-directed diplomacy is Cardinal Richelieu. b. Of a person: hard-headed, shrewd, esp. in a ruthless, unsentimental manner; hardened, callous; tough and cynical. Also of a place: full of or characterized by such people. Cf. soft-boiled adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > shameless or thick-skinned shamelessc897 hard-skinnedc1450 past shame1509 unblushing1595 steel-browed1600 thick-skinned1602 dead to shame1780 case-hardened1836 unsnubbable1847 hard-shelled1848 pachydermatous1849 hard-boiled1884 armour-plated1887 tough-minded1927 chalcenterous1946 chalcenteric1964 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] sharpc888 yepec1000 spacka1200 yare-witelc1275 fellc1300 yap13.. seeinga1382 far-castinga1387 sightya1400 perceivinga1425 snellc1425 politic?a1439 quickc1449 pregnant?a1475 pert1484 quick-wittedc1525 apt1535 intelligentc1540 queemc1540 ready-witted1576 political1577 of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579 conceited1583 perspicuous1584 sharp-witteda1586 shrewd1589 inseeing1590 conceived1596 acute1598 pregnate1598 agile1599 nimble-headed1601 insighted1602 nimble1604 nimble-witted1604 penetrant1605 penetrating1606 spraga1616 acuminous1619 discoursing1625 smart1639 penetrativea1641 sagacious1650 nasute1653 acuminate1654 blunt-sharpa1661 long-headed1665 smoky1688 rapid1693 keen1704 gash1706 snack1710 cute1731 mobile1778 wide awake1785 acuminated1786 quick-minded1789 kicky1790 snap1790 downy1803 snacky1806 unbaffleable1827 varmint1829 needle-sharp1836 nimble-brained1836 incisivea1850 spry1849 fast1850 snappy1871 hard-boiled1884 on the spot1903 the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [adjective] > pragmatic or practical practical1605 untheoretic1809 rough and ready1849 no-nonsense1853 pragmatic1853 untranscendental1865 hard-boiled1884 pragmatical1896 1884 Times 11 Feb. 5/4 They would far rather see at the head of affairs a less perfect Christian and a hard-boiled man of the world, of the type of Palmerston. 1914 C. N. Williamson Shop Girl (1916) xii. 133 A hard-boiled man of business who'll do anything to succeed. 1928 Cent. Mag. May (Front Insert) A hard-boiled, two-fisted, super-sleuth of the secret service tells the story of his adventurous dealings with the underworld of all nations. 1949 R. Chandler Little Sister xxvi. 181 The grifters and con men and female bandits... The..riffraff of a big hard-boiled city. 1968 Times 27 Sept. 2/3 Mr. Heath's hard-boiled image is beginning to crack. 2009 Vanity Fair May 174/2 Hard-boiled reporters on deadline. c. Designating a gritty, realistic style of fiction, esp. detective fiction; of or characteristic of such fiction. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [adjective] > other specific attributes formal1592 tendency1838 unartistic1854 happy ever afterwards1858 ben trovato1883 middle-length1928 hard-boiled1929 stream of consciousness1931 plutographic1985 1929 Bookman Jan. p. xii The Set-Up..contributes a new laurel to the comparatively recent ‘hard-boiled’ school of American letters. 1934 N. Amer. Rev. May 476/2 One of the current best-sellers, James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice.., which is a very hard-boiled story of lust and murder. 1957 Billboard 22 July 2/3 One of hard-boiled fiction's best-known private eyes, Raymond Chandler's tough-talking Phillip Marlowe. 1992 Face May 16/1 The trenchcoats, jazz clubs and hard-boiled dialogue of Chandler's Manhattan. 2013 Time Out N.Y. 31 Jan. 83/1 In Laura Marks's hard-boiled and timely new drama, Crystal and Gary are in the same leaky boat: homeless people in peopleless homes. 3. U.S. Of an article of clothing: stiff, hard. Now chiefly historical. hard-boiled shirt n. a stiffly starched false shirt front. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other smalleOE lightc1230 round1402 side-necked1430 wanton1489 Spanish1530 tucked1530 lustya1555 civil1582 open-breasted1598 full1601 everlasting1607 sheeten1611 nothinga1616 burly1651 pin-up1677 slouching1691 double-breasted1701 negligée1718 translated1727 uniform1746 undress1777 single-breasted1796 unworn1798 mamalone1799 costumic1801 safeguard1822 Tom and Jerry1830 lightweight1837 fancy dress1844 wrap-1845 hen-skin1846 Mary Stuart1846 well-cut1849 mousquetaire1851 empire1852 costumary1853 solid1859 spring weight1869 Henri II1870 western1881 hard-boiled1882 man-of-war1883 Henley1886 demi-season1890 Gretchen1890 toreador1892 crossover1893 French cut1896 drifty1897 boxy1898 Buster Brown1902 Romney1903 modistic1907 Peter Pan1908 classic1909 Fauntleroy1911 baby doll1912 flared1928 flare1929 tuck-in1929 unpressed1932 Edwardian1934 swingy1937 topless1937 wraparound1937 dressed-down1939 cover-up1942 Sun Yat-sen1942 utility1942 non-utility1948 sudsable1951 off-the-shoulder1953 peasant1953 flareless1954 A-line1955 matador1955 stretch1956 wash-and-wear1959 layered1962 Tom Jones1964 Carnaby Street1965 Action Man1966 Mao-style1967 wear-dated1968 thermal1970 bondage1980 swaggery1980 hoochie1990 mitumba1990 kinderwhore1994 1882 Sunday Republican-Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 17 Dec. 12/1 He used to wear a hard-boiled hat, set squarely on top of his head. 1887 Sporting Times 23 July 6/2 Beautiful slate-coloured wedding garments,..silk socks, and a hard-boiled shirt. 1919 S. Lewis Free Air 86 To Claire, traveling men were merely commercial persons in hard-boiled suits. 1948 New Castle (Pa.) News 1 June 4/3 President Coolidge standing in a western stream in high rubber boots, blue serge suit, hard-boiled collar and silk necktie, and fishing for trout. 2010 F. Inglis Short Hist. Celebrity vi. 149 These were the Bright Young Things, which is to say, heartless hedonists in whose soft bosoms and hard-boiled shirts appetite replaced desire. Derivatives ˌhard-ˈboiledly adv. now somewhat rare in a ruthless, unsentimental manner or way; pragmatically. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > callously or hard-heartedly hard-heartedly1583 callously1756 unfeelingly1768 heartlessly1806 flintily1879 stonily1899 hard-boiledly1920 1920 D. E. Compere Army Frowns & Smiles 37 Private Wood..was not under my command and I could not treat him; therefore, hard boiledly, cold bloodedly speaking I should not have counted his unconscious respiration. 1975 Sun-Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) 25 May c12/3 McCarry..has seized on this series of events to present a theory which is hard-boiledly reasonable in its concept. ˌhard-ˈboiledness n. the quality or condition of being hard-boiled (chiefly in sense 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > quality of being thick-skinned or shameless stupiditya1631 pachydermatousness1854 hard-boiledness1912 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] sharpnessc897 yepshipc1000 insightc1175 yepleȝȝcc1175 yephedea1250 wit1297 fellnessa1382 policyc1440 discerningc1450 policec1450 inspectiona1527 perceivance1534 aptitude1548 sagacity1548 acuity?1549 nimbleness1561 acumen1579 seeing eye1579 esprit1591 acuteness1601 depth1605 penetration1605 knowingness1611 shrewdnessa1616 piercingnessa1628 discernment1646 sharpwittedness1647 nasuteness1660 arguteness1662 sagaciousness1678 perceptivity1700 keenness1707 cuteness1768 intuition1780 recollectedness1796 long-headedness1818 perceptiveness1823 kokum1848 incision1862 incisiveness1865 penetrativeness1873 flair1881 hard-boiledness1912 smart1964 spikiness1977 sus1979 the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [noun] > pragmatism or practicality practicalness1657 pragmaticality1836 practicality1841 practicalism1843 pragmatism1872 thinginess1891 Kitchenerism1901 hard-boiledness1912 1912 Good Housek. Mag. 780/1 I wish you prepare lunch of delicious hard-boiledness to include egg, chicken, more eggs, [etc.]. 1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer i. vii. 86 He dreaded for her the influence of so much cynicism and hardboiledness. 2002 Amer. Prospect (Nexis) 11 Mar. 29 Amir retains his P.I.-ish hard-boiledness even after he has infiltrated the multicultural cell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1589
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