khakiadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈkɑːki/, U.S.

/ˈkæki/

Forms: Also khakee, ka(h)ki, kharki(e, karkee, etc.

Etymology: Urdu (Persian) khākī dusty, < khāk dust.

A. adj.

a. Dust-coloured; dull brownish yellow, drab.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > yellowish brown

yellow-dun1593

honey-coloured1603

cinnamon-coloured1679

cinnamon1685

lurid1767

rhubarb1792

tombac-brown1794

sherry-bay1856

khaki1863

khaki coloured1879

golden oak1883

rhubarby1885

crotal1901

brown-gold1909

Sahara1923

safari1934

1863 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 45 As to dress.. he [Capt. Cureton] confined himself to causing their clothes to be dyed khakee, or mud-colour.

1890 G. Watt Dict. Econ. Products India IV. 566 It is needless to attempt an enumeration of all the Khaki dyes of India.

1900 Daily News 24 Mar. 6/5 Stockings, gloves, sunshades, all are to be khaki.

b. (attributive use of branch B.) Made of khaki cloth.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [adjective] > cotton or woollen

shag1611

sateen1851

khaki1869

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 395 The comfortable gray or dust-coloured native Khakee cloth.

1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 2 We had to provide ourselves with..Karkee jackets.

1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 35/2 The new Khaki cloth, the material adopted by the War Office for the troops on active service.

1898 B. Burleigh Sirdar & Khalifa ix. 128 The Kharkie trousers of the Lincolns and Warwicks.

B. n.

a. A fabric of this colour now largely employed in the British army for field-uniforms. Originally of stout twilled cotton (khaki drill), but more recently made also of wool (khaki bedford, khaki serge). Also (usually plural), a uniform or garment made from this fabric.In India, khaki was used for uniforms by the Guide Corps under Lumsden and Hodson in 1848, by the troops in the Mutiny of 1857, in the Afghan campaigns of 1878–80, etc. It was worn in the Sudan Wars of 1883–98, and esp. by the British troops in South Africa in 1899–. (Quots. 1857 –1859 may mean simply the colour: cf. ‘dressed in white’.)

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > other > article of

linsey-woolsey1483

kelter1562

buffin1572

marry-muff1604

tiffany1606

camlet1623

grogram1633

pepper-and-salt1774

toilenette1790

zephyrine1820

feather-mail1843

alpaca1853

khaki1857

ramie1899

marocain1922

sharkskin1957

Ultrasuede1973

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > other

blue1590

Windsor uniform1781

plain clothes1822

khaki1857

monkey suit1914

sateen1815

khaki1857

voile1889

1857 H. B. Edwardes Let. 21 July in Lumsden & Elsmie Lumsden of Guides (1899) 200 The whole of the troops here are dressed in khâkee.

1859 Sir J. Murray Disp. 27 Apr. in Delhi Gaz. 23 June The Infantry were dressed in khakee.

1879 F. S. Bridges Round World in Six Months 203 The troops here are dressed in khaki..It is a kind of strong brown holland, and appears to me to be made of flax.

1883 Times 11 July 7 Marksmen..in the case of some of the Indian team, in the light serviceable dust-coloured khakee.

1886 Yule (at cited word) The original khakee was a stout cotton cloth, but the colour was also used in broad~cloth.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Apr. 7/1 Khaki is not showy enough except when it is new and well made up, and if constantly worn it tends to promote slovenliness.

1899 S. Crane in Cornhill Mag. Dec. 749 In came Casper, thin, yellow, and in soiled khaki.

1936 Amer. Speech 11 50 Unless he learns..to restrict the use of khaki to cotton uniforms of that shade..he is still a John [viz. a recruit].

1956 Amer. Speech 31 192 A marine's uniform wardrobe consists of greens, blues, khakis.

1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) xviii. 157 Once I sat wearing nothing but a pair of shiny starched new khakis.

1961 Harper's Mag. Oct. 43/2 The only clothing I owned was four pairs of khakis, three sweat shirts, a tweed jacket.

1970 ‘T. Coe’ Wax Apple (1973) i. 8 He was short and wiry, dressed in khakis and T-shirt.

b. Used for a soldier clothed in khaki.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier wearing specific dress > [noun]

brigander1525

whitecoata1538

blue cap1598

green-coat1600

redcoatc1605

blue bonnet1637

greycoat1642

blackguard1745

red-jacket1828

busby-bag1868

red-clout1895

scarlet1896

khaki1899

1899 P. S. Lumsden & G. R. Elsmie Lumsden of Guides 85 There used to be a good deal of rivalry between the Guides and the 1st Punjab Rifles..the former were styled ‘Khákis’ from their dust-coloured clothing.

1901 N.E.D. at Khaki Mod. Newspr., Before daylight the Khakis were at them again.

Phrases

As adj. or adv., in such constr. as to vote khaki, etc., used in reference to the Boer War (1899–1902), and the war spirit in England at the time. Cf. Compounds 3.

ΚΠ

1900 G. Faber Speech in Yorks. Herald 5 Jan. 6/2 Are you..going to..vote solid for our Government? Or may I put it in another way,..will you vote khaki?

1900 Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 2/2 The electors at York have voted khaki, as Mr. Faber invited them to do.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 9/1 The market does not know whether the new war loan, Khakis, will be offered at 97, 98, 99, or 100.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 23 Mar. 1/3 Complications of all kinds are likely to arise as the khaki feeling dies down.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 26 May 2/2 The result in South Manchester is a great deal more khaki than that in the Isle of Wight.

1900 Dundee Advertiser 21 Aug. 4 What right has the Government to attempt to ride back to power on ‘khaki’?

1900 St. James's Gaz. 21 Sept. 6/1 Khaki and Imperialistic allusions are worked in [to a play] to the entire satisfaction of the audience.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

khaki-bound adj.

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1900 Academy 14 Apr. 313/1 A little khaki-bound collection of ditties about fighting and fighting-men.

khaki-clad adj.

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1896 C. Doyle in Westm. Gaz. 9 Apr. 2/1 We had speech with three khaki-clad men.

khaki-clothed adj.

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1899 Keene's Bath Jrnl. 2 Dec. 6/1 It was impossible to distinguish the khaki-clothed firing line.

khaki coloured adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > yellowish brown

yellow-dun1593

honey-coloured1603

cinnamon-coloured1679

cinnamon1685

lurid1767

rhubarb1792

tombac-brown1794

sherry-bay1856

khaki1863

khaki coloured1879

golden oak1883

rhubarby1885

crotal1901

brown-gold1909

Sahara1923

safari1934

1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah II. 177 Khakie-coloured cloth is the best for shooting purposes.

khaki-hued adj.

ΚΠ

1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 Feb. 3/2 The eleven will wear khaki-hued jerseys.

khaki man n.

ΚΠ

1900 Westm. Gaz. 30 Oct. 8/1 What boys they looked, some of the sunburnt khaki-men.

C2.

khaki bos n. South African (a) one of several herbs of the family Compositæ, Tagetes minuta, Inula graveolens, or Schkuhria pinata; (b) = khaki weed n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants

wild sagea1400

yellow devil's-bita1400

white golda1425

cotula1578

golden cudweed1597

golden tuft1597

rattlesnake root1682

Cape tansy?1711

hawkbit1713

ambrosia1731

cabbage tree1735

hog's eye1749

Osteospermum1754

ox-tongue1760

scentless mayweed1800

old man's beard1804

ox-eye1818

echinacea1825

sheep's beard1836

shepherd's beard1840

cat's-ear1848

goatweed1869

silversword1888

khaki bush1907

venidium1937

khaki bos1947

Namaqualand daisy1963

1947 H. C. Bosman Mafeking Road xix. 108 He seemed to have picked out all the useless bits for his pictures—a krantz and a few stones and some clumps of khaki-bos.

khaki bush n. = khaki bos n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants

wild sagea1400

yellow devil's-bita1400

white golda1425

cotula1578

golden cudweed1597

golden tuft1597

rattlesnake root1682

Cape tansy?1711

hawkbit1713

ambrosia1731

cabbage tree1735

hog's eye1749

Osteospermum1754

ox-tongue1760

scentless mayweed1800

old man's beard1804

ox-eye1818

echinacea1825

sheep's beard1836

shepherd's beard1840

cat's-ear1848

goatweed1869

silversword1888

khaki bush1907

venidium1937

khaki bos1947

Namaqualand daisy1963

1907 R. W. Thornton in Agric. Jrnl. Cape Good Hope Jan. 76 The Khaki Bush is a species of Aplopappus... The plant is an annual shrub, rising on a straight main stem to a height of about from two to three feet, with fine pointed leaves and light yellow flowers, which yield an enormous quantity of fine seed.

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 258 Khakibush. A species of Aplopappus. The name has reference to the dull fawn colour the withered leaves assume... The name is also applied to Alternanthera Achyrantha, R. Br., a troublesome weed now spread widely throughout South Africa, the seeds having been introduced from the Argentine Republic with imported fodder. The name was given to this plant because it made its appearance in military camps during the late war in places where it was previously unknown.

1932 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. III. ii. 239 Species [of Schkuhria] 12, one as a weed in S.A., S. bonariensis, Tr., khaki bush.

1932 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 192 Inula graveolens Desf., Khaki bush, Khaki weed, Stinkweed (Australia) is an introduced species.

1932 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 195 Tagetes minuta L., an introduced weed, known as Khaki bush, Mexican marigold, and Kakiebos, is frequently referred to in the daily Press as an excellent parasiticide for cattle.

1956 A. G. McRae Hill called Grazing ii. 15 I had never in all my life seen such a profusion of cockle burr, Scotch thistle and ‘khaki bush’.

khaki weed n. Alternanthera repens, a member of the family Amaranthaceæ which has spread from South America to South Africa and Australia.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > other weeds

zizanya1400

hog's fennel1525

zizania1526

eyebright1578

henbit1578

red eye-bright1657

common orache1728

sitfast1762

winter weed1787

dubbeltjie1795

red bartsia1805

tread-softly1814

rattlesnake leaf1822

popple1855

horse-nettle1860

Cape weed1878

tree-tobacco1895

king devil1898

khaki weed1907

white top1909

three-corner jack1919

1907 H. G. Mundy in Transvaal Agric. Jrnl. 5 939 Khaki-weed or Amaranthus weed (Alternanthera echinata).

1932 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. III. ii. 239 Species [of Tagetes] about 40, Amer., one as a weed in S.A., T. minuta (khaki weed).

1953 ‘P. Lanham’ & A. S. Mopeli-Paulus Blanket Boy's Moon ii. vi. 131 Matekoane is a weed resembling the khaki weed.

1958 N. Gordimer World of Strangers xiv. 212 Khaki-weed, the growth of neglect and desolation, standing dead and high.

1965 Austral. Encycl. I. 167/2 The South American annual needle burr (Amaranthus spinosus) and khaki weed (Alternanthera repens) have become serious pests in Queensland.

C3. Designating wartime policies, sentiments, etc., esp. with reference to the Boer War (1899–1902) and the First World War (1914–1918). Cf. Phrases.

khaki election n. a general election regarded as influenced by war; used esp. of the general elections of 1900, 1918, and 1931.

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > general election > specific

khaki election1913

khaki vote1918

1913 Everyday Phrases Explained 164 The Khaki Election. This was the General Election of 1900, when the Government appealed successfully to the country for its approval of the South African War.

1917 G. B. Shaw What I really wrote about War (1930) x. 273 You may look forward with exultation to a century of triumphant khaki elections.

1918 Times 23 Aug. 8/4 Parliament clearly contemplated a khaki election in the best sense, with every soldier, sailor,..and Red Cross worker voting on the sole but splendid qualification of national service.

1958 Times 15 Feb. 8/4 In November, 1918, she was adopted..as a candidate for Parliament. At the ‘khaki election’ she stood as a Coalition candidate.

1963 Times 6 Feb. 15/1 The ‘khaki election’ of 1900, when the Conservatives swept the country.

1968 A. Marwick Brit. in Cent. of Total War iii. 94 The election of 14 December 1918..was a ‘Khaki’ election in which the dominant element was patriotic hysteria.

1971 D. Ayerst Guardian xxx. 472 Sir Warren Fisher..remained at the Treasury..and Ramsay Macdonald at 10 Downing St. He decided to hold a khaki election.

khaki loan n.

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1900 Westm. Gaz. 10 Mar. 2/2 The financial aspects of the ‘Khaki’ Loan of £30,000,000.

khaki policy n.

khaki vote n. = khaki election n.

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > general election > specific

khaki election1913

khaki vote1918

1918 Times 23 Aug. 8/4 Above all, in 1900 there was no khaki vote. That is the great dividing line which the Reform Act has drawn between 1900 and 1918.

Derivatives

Hence (often with capital initial; all temporary)

ˈkhakied adj.

/ˈkɑːkɪd/ dressed in khaki; figurative possessed by a militant spirit.

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1900 Daily Express 26 June 5 in Encycl. Dict. Suppl. The departure of khakied troops for the front.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 19 Nov. 2/1 The last election, when certainly the confidence-trick was indeed played on a Khakied nation.

1945 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 34 These millions of Khakied citizens run the whole gamut of traditional military gradation.

ˈkhakiism n. militant spirit or policy.

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1900 National Rev. June 535 There is no reason to suppose that Lord Salisbury has, so far, surrendered to Khakiism.

ˈkhakiite n. an enthusiast for a war policy.

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1900 National Rev. June 535 The Khakiites are strenuous and determined.

ˈkhakiness n. = khakiism n.

ΚΠ

1900 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 2/2 The Portsmouth electors..did not allow themselves to be persuaded..into khakiness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	khaki
释义	khakiadj.n. Brit. /ˈkɑːki/, U.S. /ˈkæki/ Forms: Also khakee, ka(h)ki, kharki(e, karkee, etc. Etymology: Urdu (Persian) khākī dusty, < khāk dust. A. adj. a. Dust-coloured; dull brownish yellow, drab. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > yellowish brown yellow-dun1593 honey-coloured1603 cinnamon-coloured1679 cinnamon1685 lurid1767 rhubarb1792 tombac-brown1794 sherry-bay1856 khaki1863 khaki coloured1879 golden oak1883 rhubarby1885 crotal1901 brown-gold1909 Sahara1923 safari1934 1863 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 45 As to dress.. he [Capt. Cureton] confined himself to causing their clothes to be dyed khakee, or mud-colour. 1890 G. Watt Dict. Econ. Products India IV. 566 It is needless to attempt an enumeration of all the Khaki dyes of India. 1900 Daily News 24 Mar. 6/5 Stockings, gloves, sunshades, all are to be khaki. b. (attributive use of branch B.) Made of khaki cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [adjective] > cotton or woollen shag1611 sateen1851 khaki1869 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 395 The comfortable gray or dust-coloured native Khakee cloth. 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 2 We had to provide ourselves with..Karkee jackets. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 35/2 The new Khaki cloth, the material adopted by the War Office for the troops on active service. 1898 B. Burleigh Sirdar & Khalifa ix. 128 The Kharkie trousers of the Lincolns and Warwicks. B. n. a. A fabric of this colour now largely employed in the British army for field-uniforms. Originally of stout twilled cotton (khaki drill), but more recently made also of wool (khaki bedford, khaki serge). Also (usually plural), a uniform or garment made from this fabric.In India, khaki was used for uniforms by the Guide Corps under Lumsden and Hodson in 1848, by the troops in the Mutiny of 1857, in the Afghan campaigns of 1878–80, etc. It was worn in the Sudan Wars of 1883–98, and esp. by the British troops in South Africa in 1899–. (Quots. 1857 –1859 may mean simply the colour: cf. ‘dressed in white’.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > other > article of linsey-woolsey1483 kelter1562 buffin1572 marry-muff1604 tiffany1606 camlet1623 grogram1633 pepper-and-salt1774 toilenette1790 zephyrine1820 feather-mail1843 alpaca1853 khaki1857 ramie1899 marocain1922 sharkskin1957 Ultrasuede1973 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > other blue1590 Windsor uniform1781 plain clothes1822 khaki1857 monkey suit1914 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > cotton or woollen > specific sateen1815 khaki1857 voile1889 1857 H. B. Edwardes Let. 21 July in Lumsden & Elsmie Lumsden of Guides (1899) 200 The whole of the troops here are dressed in khâkee. 1859 Sir J. Murray Disp. 27 Apr. in Delhi Gaz. 23 June The Infantry were dressed in khakee. 1879 F. S. Bridges Round World in Six Months 203 The troops here are dressed in khaki..It is a kind of strong brown holland, and appears to me to be made of flax. 1883 Times 11 July 7 Marksmen..in the case of some of the Indian team, in the light serviceable dust-coloured khakee. 1886 Yule (at cited word) The original khakee was a stout cotton cloth, but the colour was also used in broad~cloth. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Apr. 7/1 Khaki is not showy enough except when it is new and well made up, and if constantly worn it tends to promote slovenliness. 1899 S. Crane in Cornhill Mag. Dec. 749 In came Casper, thin, yellow, and in soiled khaki. 1936 Amer. Speech 11 50 Unless he learns..to restrict the use of khaki to cotton uniforms of that shade..he is still a John [viz. a recruit]. 1956 Amer. Speech 31 192 A marine's uniform wardrobe consists of greens, blues, khakis. 1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) xviii. 157 Once I sat wearing nothing but a pair of shiny starched new khakis. 1961 Harper's Mag. Oct. 43/2 The only clothing I owned was four pairs of khakis, three sweat shirts, a tweed jacket. 1970 ‘T. Coe’ Wax Apple (1973) i. 8 He was short and wiry, dressed in khakis and T-shirt. b. Used for a soldier clothed in khaki. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier wearing specific dress > [noun] brigander1525 whitecoata1538 blue cap1598 green-coat1600 redcoatc1605 blue bonnet1637 greycoat1642 blackguard1745 red-jacket1828 busby-bag1868 red-clout1895 scarlet1896 khaki1899 1899 P. S. Lumsden & G. R. Elsmie Lumsden of Guides 85 There used to be a good deal of rivalry between the Guides and the 1st Punjab Rifles..the former were styled ‘Khákis’ from their dust-coloured clothing. 1901 N.E.D. at Khaki Mod. Newspr., Before daylight the Khakis were at them again. Phrases As adj. or adv., in such constr. as to vote khaki, etc., used in reference to the Boer War (1899–1902), and the war spirit in England at the time. Cf. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1900 G. Faber Speech in Yorks. Herald 5 Jan. 6/2 Are you..going to..vote solid for our Government? Or may I put it in another way,..will you vote khaki? 1900 Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 2/2 The electors at York have voted khaki, as Mr. Faber invited them to do. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 9/1 The market does not know whether the new war loan, Khakis, will be offered at 97, 98, 99, or 100. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 23 Mar. 1/3 Complications of all kinds are likely to arise as the khaki feeling dies down. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 26 May 2/2 The result in South Manchester is a great deal more khaki than that in the Isle of Wight. 1900 Dundee Advertiser 21 Aug. 4 What right has the Government to attempt to ride back to power on ‘khaki’? 1900 St. James's Gaz. 21 Sept. 6/1 Khaki and Imperialistic allusions are worked in [to a play] to the entire satisfaction of the audience. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. khaki-bound adj. ΚΠ 1900 Academy 14 Apr. 313/1 A little khaki-bound collection of ditties about fighting and fighting-men. khaki-clad adj. ΚΠ 1896 C. Doyle in Westm. Gaz. 9 Apr. 2/1 We had speech with three khaki-clad men. khaki-clothed adj. ΚΠ 1899 Keene's Bath Jrnl. 2 Dec. 6/1 It was impossible to distinguish the khaki-clothed firing line. khaki coloured adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > yellowish brown yellow-dun1593 honey-coloured1603 cinnamon-coloured1679 cinnamon1685 lurid1767 rhubarb1792 tombac-brown1794 sherry-bay1856 khaki1863 khaki coloured1879 golden oak1883 rhubarby1885 crotal1901 brown-gold1909 Sahara1923 safari1934 1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah II. 177 Khakie-coloured cloth is the best for shooting purposes. khaki-hued adj. ΚΠ 1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 Feb. 3/2 The eleven will wear khaki-hued jerseys. b. khaki man n. ΚΠ 1900 Westm. Gaz. 30 Oct. 8/1 What boys they looked, some of the sunburnt khaki-men. C2. khaki bos n. South African (a) one of several herbs of the family Compositæ, Tagetes minuta, Inula graveolens, or Schkuhria pinata; (b) = khaki weed n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants wild sagea1400 yellow devil's-bita1400 white golda1425 cotula1578 golden cudweed1597 golden tuft1597 rattlesnake root1682 Cape tansy?1711 hawkbit1713 ambrosia1731 cabbage tree1735 hog's eye1749 Osteospermum1754 ox-tongue1760 scentless mayweed1800 old man's beard1804 ox-eye1818 echinacea1825 sheep's beard1836 shepherd's beard1840 cat's-ear1848 goatweed1869 silversword1888 khaki bush1907 venidium1937 khaki bos1947 Namaqualand daisy1963 1947 H. C. Bosman Mafeking Road xix. 108 He seemed to have picked out all the useless bits for his pictures—a krantz and a few stones and some clumps of khaki-bos. khaki bush n. = khaki bos n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants wild sagea1400 yellow devil's-bita1400 white golda1425 cotula1578 golden cudweed1597 golden tuft1597 rattlesnake root1682 Cape tansy?1711 hawkbit1713 ambrosia1731 cabbage tree1735 hog's eye1749 Osteospermum1754 ox-tongue1760 scentless mayweed1800 old man's beard1804 ox-eye1818 echinacea1825 sheep's beard1836 shepherd's beard1840 cat's-ear1848 goatweed1869 silversword1888 khaki bush1907 venidium1937 khaki bos1947 Namaqualand daisy1963 1907 R. W. Thornton in Agric. Jrnl. Cape Good Hope Jan. 76 The Khaki Bush is a species of Aplopappus... The plant is an annual shrub, rising on a straight main stem to a height of about from two to three feet, with fine pointed leaves and light yellow flowers, which yield an enormous quantity of fine seed. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 258 Khakibush. A species of Aplopappus. The name has reference to the dull fawn colour the withered leaves assume... The name is also applied to Alternanthera Achyrantha, R. Br., a troublesome weed now spread widely throughout South Africa, the seeds having been introduced from the Argentine Republic with imported fodder. The name was given to this plant because it made its appearance in military camps during the late war in places where it was previously unknown. 1932 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. III. ii. 239 Species [of Schkuhria] 12, one as a weed in S.A., S. bonariensis, Tr., khaki bush. 1932 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 192 Inula graveolens Desf., Khaki bush, Khaki weed, Stinkweed (Australia) is an introduced species. 1932 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 195 Tagetes minuta L., an introduced weed, known as Khaki bush, Mexican marigold, and Kakiebos, is frequently referred to in the daily Press as an excellent parasiticide for cattle. 1956 A. G. McRae Hill called Grazing ii. 15 I had never in all my life seen such a profusion of cockle burr, Scotch thistle and ‘khaki bush’. khaki weed n. Alternanthera repens, a member of the family Amaranthaceæ which has spread from South America to South Africa and Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > other weeds zizanya1400 hog's fennel1525 zizania1526 eyebright1578 henbit1578 red eye-bright1657 common orache1728 sitfast1762 winter weed1787 dubbeltjie1795 red bartsia1805 tread-softly1814 rattlesnake leaf1822 popple1855 horse-nettle1860 Cape weed1878 tree-tobacco1895 king devil1898 khaki weed1907 white top1909 three-corner jack1919 1907 H. G. Mundy in Transvaal Agric. Jrnl. 5 939 Khaki-weed or Amaranthus weed (Alternanthera echinata). 1932 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. III. ii. 239 Species [of Tagetes] about 40, Amer., one as a weed in S.A., T. minuta (khaki weed). 1953 ‘P. Lanham’ & A. S. Mopeli-Paulus Blanket Boy's Moon ii. vi. 131 Matekoane is a weed resembling the khaki weed. 1958 N. Gordimer World of Strangers xiv. 212 Khaki-weed, the growth of neglect and desolation, standing dead and high. 1965 Austral. Encycl. I. 167/2 The South American annual needle burr (Amaranthus spinosus) and khaki weed (Alternanthera repens) have become serious pests in Queensland. C3. Designating wartime policies, sentiments, etc., esp. with reference to the Boer War (1899–1902) and the First World War (1914–1918). Cf. Phrases. khaki election n. a general election regarded as influenced by war; used esp. of the general elections of 1900, 1918, and 1931. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > general election > specific khaki election1913 khaki vote1918 1913 Everyday Phrases Explained 164 The Khaki Election. This was the General Election of 1900, when the Government appealed successfully to the country for its approval of the South African War. 1917 G. B. Shaw What I really wrote about War (1930) x. 273 You may look forward with exultation to a century of triumphant khaki elections. 1918 Times 23 Aug. 8/4 Parliament clearly contemplated a khaki election in the best sense, with every soldier, sailor,..and Red Cross worker voting on the sole but splendid qualification of national service. 1958 Times 15 Feb. 8/4 In November, 1918, she was adopted..as a candidate for Parliament. At the ‘khaki election’ she stood as a Coalition candidate. 1963 Times 6 Feb. 15/1 The ‘khaki election’ of 1900, when the Conservatives swept the country. 1968 A. Marwick Brit. in Cent. of Total War iii. 94 The election of 14 December 1918..was a ‘Khaki’ election in which the dominant element was patriotic hysteria. 1971 D. Ayerst Guardian xxx. 472 Sir Warren Fisher..remained at the Treasury..and Ramsay Macdonald at 10 Downing St. He decided to hold a khaki election. khaki loan n. ΚΠ 1900 Westm. Gaz. 10 Mar. 2/2 The financial aspects of the ‘Khaki’ Loan of £30,000,000. khaki policy n. khaki vote n. = khaki election n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > general election > specific khaki election1913 khaki vote1918 1918 Times 23 Aug. 8/4 Above all, in 1900 there was no khaki vote. That is the great dividing line which the Reform Act has drawn between 1900 and 1918. Derivatives Hence (often with capital initial; all temporary) ˈkhakied adj. /ˈkɑːkɪd/ dressed in khaki; figurative possessed by a militant spirit. ΚΠ 1900 Daily Express 26 June 5 in Encycl. Dict. Suppl. The departure of khakied troops for the front. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 19 Nov. 2/1 The last election, when certainly the confidence-trick was indeed played on a Khakied nation. 1945 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 34 These millions of Khakied citizens run the whole gamut of traditional military gradation. ˈkhakiism n. militant spirit or policy. ΚΠ 1900 National Rev. June 535 There is no reason to suppose that Lord Salisbury has, so far, surrendered to Khakiism. ˈkhakiite n. an enthusiast for a war policy. ΚΠ 1900 National Rev. June 535 The Khakiites are strenuous and determined. ˈkhakiness n. = khakiism n. ΚΠ 1900 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 2/2 The Portsmouth electors..did not allow themselves to be persuaded..into khakiness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1857
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