Jack the Rippern.

Brit.

/ˌdʒak ðə ˈrɪpə/, U.S.

/ˌdʒæk ðə ˈrɪpər/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with English elements. Etymons: proper name Jack , the adj., ripper n.

Etymology: < the male forename Jack (see Jack n.²) + the adj. + ripper n., a popular name for a murderer of women in London in 1888, who mutilated the bodies of his victims. The name first appeared in a letter claiming to be written by the murderer and published in newspapers on 1 October 1888: see quot. 1888¹ at main sense.

allusive.

A serial killer, a brutal murderer; (in extended use) a merciless or unscrupulous person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin > types of

assassin1340

Old Man of the Mountain1579

fedai1723

thug1810

nasty man1863

Jack the Ripper1888

ripper1909

trunk murderer1925

sex killer1935

mass-murderer1943

serial murderer1947

psycho-killer1949

serial killer1967

spree killer1983

1888 Daily Tel. 1 Oct. 3/6 Yours truly, Jack the Ripper. Don't mind me giving the trade name.]

1888 Bristol Mercury 10 Oct. 8/2 (headline) A Cardiff Jack the Ripper.

1889 Sat. Rev. 12 Jan. 30/2 A Whitechapel staircase with a Jack-the-Ripper at work upon it.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 29 June 5/2 Those mysterious political Jack-the-Rippers designated by the name of the Confederates.

1958 H. M. Hayward & M. Harari tr. B. Pasternak Dr. Zhivago ii. ix. 268 I expected to see a bashi-bazook or a revolutionary Jack the Ripper, but he was neither.

1972 A. E. Lindop Journey into Stone (1973) ii. 21 There's a lousy fog... It's a Jack the Ripper's paradise.

2010 D. McFadden Why are you so Long & Sweet? 218 No more Jack the Rippers!.. But we need scary stuff in order to live.

Compounds

attributive, with the sense ‘relating to or characteristic of Jack the Ripper’.

ΚΠ

1888 Dundee Courier & Argus 12 Oct. 4/3 Reprehensible conduct of a man in the West End—A ‘Jack the Ripper’ Craze.

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Mar. 5/1 A Jack the Ripper outrage at Moscow.

1919 C. P. Thompson Cocktails 17 If only the officer would let him have a whack at her over the open sights, he'd do the Jack-the-ripper act on her in half a tick.

1947 D. Kent in F. Owen Fireside Myst. Bk. 238 Shannon gave him another of those Jack-the-Ripper looks and began a systematic search of the body.

1977 P. H. Capstick Death in Long Grass iv. 158 The African Cape buffalo..has enjoyed a Jack the Ripper reputation since the first European thwacked one with a muzzle loader.

2017 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 15 Sept. a54 A Jack the Ripper style murderer is killing and mutilating young women.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jack the ripper
释义	Jack the Rippern. Brit. /ˌdʒak ðə ˈrɪpə/, U.S. /ˌdʒæk ðə ˈrɪpər/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with English elements. Etymons: proper name Jack , the adj., ripper n. Etymology: < the male forename Jack (see Jack n.²) + the adj. + ripper n., a popular name for a murderer of women in London in 1888, who mutilated the bodies of his victims. The name first appeared in a letter claiming to be written by the murderer and published in newspapers on 1 October 1888: see quot. 1888¹ at main sense. allusive. A serial killer, a brutal murderer; (in extended use) a merciless or unscrupulous person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin > types of assassin1340 Old Man of the Mountain1579 fedai1723 thug1810 nasty man1863 Jack the Ripper1888 ripper1909 trunk murderer1925 sex killer1935 mass-murderer1943 serial murderer1947 psycho-killer1949 serial killer1967 spree killer1983 1888 Daily Tel. 1 Oct. 3/6 Yours truly, Jack the Ripper. Don't mind me giving the trade name.] 1888 Bristol Mercury 10 Oct. 8/2 (headline) A Cardiff Jack the Ripper. 1889 Sat. Rev. 12 Jan. 30/2 A Whitechapel staircase with a Jack-the-Ripper at work upon it. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 29 June 5/2 Those mysterious political Jack-the-Rippers designated by the name of the Confederates. 1958 H. M. Hayward & M. Harari tr. B. Pasternak Dr. Zhivago ii. ix. 268 I expected to see a bashi-bazook or a revolutionary Jack the Ripper, but he was neither. 1972 A. E. Lindop Journey into Stone (1973) ii. 21 There's a lousy fog... It's a Jack the Ripper's paradise. 2010 D. McFadden Why are you so Long & Sweet? 218 No more Jack the Rippers!.. But we need scary stuff in order to live. Compounds attributive, with the sense ‘relating to or characteristic of Jack the Ripper’. ΚΠ 1888 Dundee Courier & Argus 12 Oct. 4/3 Reprehensible conduct of a man in the West End—A ‘Jack the Ripper’ Craze. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Mar. 5/1 A Jack the Ripper outrage at Moscow. 1919 C. P. Thompson Cocktails 17 If only the officer would let him have a whack at her over the open sights, he'd do the Jack-the-ripper act on her in half a tick. 1947 D. Kent in F. Owen Fireside Myst. Bk. 238 Shannon gave him another of those Jack-the-Ripper looks and began a systematic search of the body. 1977 P. H. Capstick Death in Long Grass iv. 158 The African Cape buffalo..has enjoyed a Jack the Ripper reputation since the first European thwacked one with a muzzle loader. 2017 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 15 Sept. a54 A Jack the Ripper style murderer is killing and mutilating young women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888
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