how-do-you-dohow-d'ye-dophr.n.

Forms: Also 1600s howdee do, 1800s how-d'y-do, how-de-do, how d'you do

1. A phrase inquiring after the health or welfare of the person addressed: see do v. 13b.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting

God give you good dayc1275

hail be thou (also ye)c1275

pax vobisc1275

how do ye?1570

(good, fair) time of day (to you)1597

how goes it?1598

I salute youa1616

savea1616

how do you find yourself?a1646

how-do-you-do1697

how do?1886

how are you popping (up)?1894

how's (less frequently how are) tricks?1915

how's (or how are) things (or, originally Australia and New Zealand, tricks?)1926

how's life?1931

1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop ii. i There, how d'ye do now?

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 1 How do you do, Tom?

1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. xxx I looked in to say how-d'ye-do, but it isn't a serious call.

2. n. Used as a name for the inquiry (which is often used as a mere greeting or salutation); = how-do-ye phr. and n. 2. (In quot. 1632 applied to the inquirer.)

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > specific greeting or salutation

dieugardc1380

good day?a1439

hail?a1513

good morrow1528

good even1534

how-do-ye1575

all hail?1589

good evening1606

ave1611

good morninga1616

how-do-you-do1632

good afternoon1771

recollections1816

chin chin1822

chi-hike1859

cheero1909

wagwan1983

1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse i. vi, in Wks. (1873) III. 15 This Howdee do I mean with a cast Gown to put in apparel, and make my Gentleman Usher.

1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 301 The pacifick bearer of your ‘how do you does’.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 40 Welcomes and how-d'ye-dos were pouring both at once on either side.

1832 J. R. Underwood Jrnl. in Filson Club Hist. Q. (1941) XV. 43 Joel Yancey..was always ready with a how d'ye do.

1928 D. H. Lawrence Let. 27 Mar. (1962) II. 1049 Goethe began millions of intimacies, and never got beyond the how-do-you-do stage.

1938 J. Cary Castle Corner iv. 213 When he came..to make love as carelessly as how d'you do, he felt betrayed and lost.

3. A ‘business’; an embarrassing or awkward state of things. [Compare do n.¹, to-do n.]

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things

hard casec1325

box1546

pass1560

little-ease1589

a fine kettle1741

mess1812

how-do-you-do1835

hot mess1867

bed of nails1872

shitter1958

strife1963

1835 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1837) 1st Ser. xxvi. 280 Thinks I, here's a pretty how do you do; I'm in for it now, that's a fact.

1885 W. S. Gilbert Mikado ii, in Orig. Comic Operas (1886) 31 Here's a pretty state of things! Here's a pretty how-de-do!

1890 Harper's Weekly 24 May 406/2 Here was a pretty how-d'ye-do! Going off with a silver spoon in his pocket.

Derivatives

how-d'ye do v. to say ‘How d'ye do?’ to.

1802 G. Colman Broad Grins 56 She met them, every day, Good morninging, and how d'ye doing.

1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 143 One half in How-d'y-doing goes.

1831 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) II. 89 [She] Bon jours and how-d'ye-does all the visitors much more audibly and busily than I do myself.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	how-do-you-do
释义	how-do-you-dohow-d'ye-dophr.n. Forms: Also 1600s howdee do, 1800s how-d'y-do, how-de-do, how d'you do 1. A phrase inquiring after the health or welfare of the person addressed: see do v. 13b. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting God give you good dayc1275 hail be thou (also ye)c1275 pax vobisc1275 how do ye?1570 (good, fair) time of day (to you)1597 how goes it?1598 I salute youa1616 savea1616 how do you find yourself?a1646 how-do-you-do1697 how do?1886 how are you popping (up)?1894 how's (less frequently how are) tricks?1915 how's (or how are) things (or, originally Australia and New Zealand, tricks?)1926 how's life?1931 1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop ii. i There, how d'ye do now? 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 1 How do you do, Tom? 1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. xxx I looked in to say how-d'ye-do, but it isn't a serious call. 2. n. Used as a name for the inquiry (which is often used as a mere greeting or salutation); = how-do-ye phr. and n. 2. (In quot. 1632 applied to the inquirer.) ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > specific greeting or salutation dieugardc1380 good day?a1439 hail?a1513 good morrow1528 good even1534 how-do-ye1575 all hail?1589 good evening1606 ave1611 good morninga1616 how-do-you-do1632 good afternoon1771 recollections1816 chin chin1822 chi-hike1859 cheero1909 wagwan1983 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse i. vi, in Wks. (1873) III. 15 This Howdee do I mean with a cast Gown to put in apparel, and make my Gentleman Usher. 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 301 The pacifick bearer of your ‘how do you does’. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 40 Welcomes and how-d'ye-dos were pouring both at once on either side. 1832 J. R. Underwood Jrnl. in Filson Club Hist. Q. (1941) XV. 43 Joel Yancey..was always ready with a how d'ye do. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Let. 27 Mar. (1962) II. 1049 Goethe began millions of intimacies, and never got beyond the how-do-you-do stage. 1938 J. Cary Castle Corner iv. 213 When he came..to make love as carelessly as how d'you do, he felt betrayed and lost. 3. A ‘business’; an embarrassing or awkward state of things. [Compare do n.¹, to-do n.] ΘΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things hard casec1325 box1546 pass1560 little-ease1589 a fine kettle1741 mess1812 how-do-you-do1835 hot mess1867 bed of nails1872 shitter1958 strife1963 1835 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1837) 1st Ser. xxvi. 280 Thinks I, here's a pretty how do you do; I'm in for it now, that's a fact. 1885 W. S. Gilbert Mikado ii, in Orig. Comic Operas (1886) 31 Here's a pretty state of things! Here's a pretty how-de-do! 1890 Harper's Weekly 24 May 406/2 Here was a pretty how-d'ye-do! Going off with a silver spoon in his pocket. Derivatives how-d'ye do v. to say ‘How d'ye do?’ to. Π 1802 G. Colman Broad Grins 56 She met them, every day, Good morninging, and how d'ye doing. 1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 143 One half in How-d'y-doing goes. 1831 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) II. 89 [She] Bon jours and how-d'ye-does all the visitors much more audibly and busily than I do myself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < phr.n.1632
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