hotnotn.

Brit.

/ˈhɒtnɒt/, U.S.

/ˈhɑtˌnɑt/, South African English

/ˈhɒtnɒt/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: Afrikaans hotnot; Dutch Hotnot, Hottentot.

Etymology: < Afrikaans hotnot and its etymon South African Dutch Hotnot (apparently early 19th cent. or earlier: compare quot. 1812), originally a variant (apparently representing a colloquial pronunciation) of Hottentot Hottentot n., now usually distinguished in form in sense 2. With sense 1 compare earlier Hottentot n. 1a, Khoekhoe n. 1.Compare the following quot., which suggests currency of the South African Dutch word in the early 19th cent.:1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. viii. 119 A Hottentot..expects to be called Hottentot (which he pronounces Hotnot) or boy.

South African.

1. offensive. = Hottentot n. 1a. Now rare.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > Khoekhoe

Hottentot1677

hodmandod1697

Khoekhoe1801

hotnot1846

Tottie1849

1846 A. G. Bain Jrnls (1949) 201 Our sweet Hotnot ladies.

1946 P. Abrahams Mine Boy (1954) 65 She was called Hotnot Annie and claimed to be pure Hottentot.

2. derogatory and offensive. A coloured person (coloured adj. 3d).

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [adjective] > person > person white and black > in South Africa

bastard1785

Griqua1793

coloured1838

hotnot1939

Euro-African1952

1939 J. S. Marais Cape Coloured People i. 31 The ‘colloquial Afrikaans’ for Coloured People is not, as Professor Macmillan thinks,..‘Hotnots’—at any rate in the western Cape—but ‘bruin mense’. ‘Hotnot’ is a term of contempt.

1956 A. Sampson Drum xv. 201 They joked and laughed about apartheid, and about being mistaken for white men, and being called bushmen, hotnots, coolies, with compulsory wounding laughter.

2010 K. L. Seegers tr. D. Meyer 13 Hours xxxvii. 310 Are you too la-di-da working here with the whiteys and I'm just a common hotnot from Atlantis?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hotnot
释义	hotnotn. Brit. /ˈhɒtnɒt/, U.S. /ˈhɑtˌnɑt/, South African English /ˈhɒtnɒt/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: Afrikaans hotnot; Dutch Hotnot, Hottentot. Etymology: < Afrikaans hotnot and its etymon South African Dutch Hotnot (apparently early 19th cent. or earlier: compare quot. 1812), originally a variant (apparently representing a colloquial pronunciation) of Hottentot Hottentot n., now usually distinguished in form in sense 2. With sense 1 compare earlier Hottentot n. 1a, Khoekhoe n. 1.Compare the following quot., which suggests currency of the South African Dutch word in the early 19th cent.:1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. viii. 119 A Hottentot..expects to be called Hottentot (which he pronounces Hotnot) or boy. South African. 1. offensive. = Hottentot n. 1a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > Khoekhoe Hottentot1677 hodmandod1697 Khoekhoe1801 hotnot1846 Tottie1849 1846 A. G. Bain Jrnls (1949) 201 Our sweet Hotnot ladies. 1946 P. Abrahams Mine Boy (1954) 65 She was called Hotnot Annie and claimed to be pure Hottentot. 2. derogatory and offensive. A coloured person (coloured adj. 3d). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [adjective] > person > person white and black > in South Africa bastard1785 Griqua1793 coloured1838 hotnot1939 Euro-African1952 1939 J. S. Marais Cape Coloured People i. 31 The ‘colloquial Afrikaans’ for Coloured People is not, as Professor Macmillan thinks,..‘Hotnots’—at any rate in the western Cape—but ‘bruin mense’. ‘Hotnot’ is a term of contempt. 1956 A. Sampson Drum xv. 201 They joked and laughed about apartheid, and about being mistaken for white men, and being called bushmen, hotnots, coolies, with compulsory wounding laughter. 2010 K. L. Seegers tr. D. Meyer 13 Hours xxxvii. 310 Are you too la-di-da working here with the whiteys and I'm just a common hotnot from Atlantis? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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