kitschn.adj.

Brit.

/kɪtʃ/, U.S.

/kɪtʃ/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Kitsch.

Etymology: < German Kitsch (late 19th cent.), probably < kitschen to spread (mud) evenly over a surface, to scrape (something) together, to slide ( < Kitsche shovel for mud: 17th cent. or earlier as Kiez in the sense ‘basket’; also Kitze, Kütze; probably of imitative origin), with allusion to the low quality of a hastily executed piece of work.With use as adjective compare slightly earlier kitschy adj. With the probable semantic development of the German etymon compare Swedish smörja kitsch (early 19th cent.), specific use of smörja fat, oil, butter (late 16th cent.; < smörja smear v.) and Swedish skräp kitsch (18th cent.; < skrapa : see scrape v.). The suggestion that the German word is a borrowing < English sketch n. is extremely unlikely on formal grounds.

A. n.

Art, objects, design, or entertainment having popular appeal but considered to be vulgar, of low quality, or lacking artistic merit, esp. due to excessive sentimentality or garishness. Also: the quality possessed by such things; tacky, gaudy, or mawkish quality or condition.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally

decoruma1568

humoura1568

variety1597

strength1608

uniformity1625

barbarity1644

freedom1645

boldness1677

correctness1684

clinquant1711

unity1712

contrast1713

meretriciousness1727

airiness1734

pathos1739

chastity1760

vigour1774

prettyism1789

mannerism1803

serio-comic1805

actuality1812

largeness1824

local colour1829

subjectivitya1834

idealism1841

pastoralism1842

inartisticalitya1849

academicism1852

realism1856

colour contrast1858

crampedness1858

niggling1858

audacity1859

superreality1859

literalism1860

pseudo-classicism1861

sensationalism1862

sensationism1862

chocolate box1865

pseudo-classicality1867

academism1871

actualism1872

academicalism1874

ethos1875

terribilità1877

local colouring1881

neoclassicism1893

mass effect1902

attack1905

verismo1908

kitsch1921

abstraction1923

self-consciousness1932

surreality1936

tension1941

build-up1942

sprezzatura1957

1921 Nation & Athenæum 14 May 261/2 England is the great country of Kitsch.

1926 B. Howard Let. in M. J. Lancaster Brian Howard (1968) ix. 166 A healthy week..riding, chasing dogs and listening to ‘Kitsch’ on his wireless.

1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook 410 The more romantic a work of art, or a landscape, the quicker its repetitions are perceived as kitsch or ‘slush’.

1967 Spectator 29 Dec. 812/2 I have never seen such kitsch, not even in French provincial towns or Irish church bazaars.

1972 Listener 24 Aug. 236/1 A galloping fancy for Victoriana, a sophisticated and uncritical taste for Kitsch and the cute.

1989 R. Alter Pleasures of Reading ii. 64 There are passages in his books that many of us today have to read..as resounding expressions of the kitsch of his era.

1992 N.Y. Times 13 Dec. ix. 14/4 The kitsch of the disco era was more fun than the 80's.

2008 J. Labella in E. B. Maranan & L. S. Maranan-Goldstein Taste of Home 143/2 A hodge-podge of folk art and kitsch were hanging on the walls.

B. adj.

Esp. of art, objects, design, and entertainment: having popular appeal but considered to be vulgar, of low quality, or lacking artistic merit, esp. due to excessive sentimentality or garishness; tacky, gaudy, mawkish.

ΚΠ

1953 Design Aug. 21 A plaque with skilful handling of the material, but perhaps the treatment of the subject is rather kitsch.

1954 Sight & Sound Jan. 143/1 Many of the Palestinian sequences have real quality..but those dealing with Rome and Capri are incredibly kitsch.

2009 Sunday Sun (Nexis) 2 Aug. 66 The shop wanted to offer products that reflect a love of vintage and traditional design with a kitsch and quirky twist.

Compounds

C1. General use as a modifier, and in various other types of compound, as kitsch-filled, kitsch-loving, etc.

ΚΠ

1937 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 36 82 The inherent and inescapable weakness of Schlegel's plan is obvious, and must be conceded when applied to legitimate as opposed to ‘Kitsch’ dramatists.

1968 Summit (New Jersey) Herald 7 Nov. 13/1 The film satisfies a certain ‘kitsch’ value (combination highbrow-lowbrow) which many businessmen-producers feel is the certain way to have success in the entertainment industry.

1982 G. M. Berkowitz New Broadways iv. 141 The manager blindly sings the praises of its kitsch-filled decor.

1986 Variety 12 Feb. 22/4 With performances that are almost uniformly overwrought, pic will have a hard time attracting any but the most kitsch-loving viewers.

2014 K. Barnouin Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched xiii. 137 He said we don't need all that crazy bullshit, that we just need him and me and a justice of the peace, maybe an Elvis impersonator for the kitsch factor.

C2.

kitschfest n. an event, song, film, etc., characterized by an abundance of kitsch.

ΚΠ

1972 New Yorker 30 Sept. 24/3 This is one of the liveliest and most popular of their kitschfests.

1997 Guardian 3 Oct. (Friday Review section) 15/1 Baz Luhrmann's kaleidoscopic kitschfest, which dazzles the eye and deafens the ear.

2017 Guardian (Nexis) 13 May Dancing gorillas, glittering divas, yodelling rappers..come together for the annual kitschfest that is Eurovision on Saturday.

Derivatives

ˈkitschness n. the quality of being kitsch.

ΚΠ

1966 H. A. Reinhold Liturgy & Art vi. 81 The sloppy execution of this art can only add to its kitschness.

1990 Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire) 14 June 47/3 I started to understand the pull of its [sc. country music] rooted emotions, while also appreciating its kitschness.

2019 Times 13 July (Mag.) 51 It's the tongue-in-cheek kitschness of it all that has lit up 100,000 Instagram accounts. The [restaurant's] look is knowingly old-fashioned, with net curtains,..and dated crockery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	kitsch
释义	kitschn.adj. Brit. /kɪtʃ/, U.S. /kɪtʃ/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Kitsch. Etymology: < German Kitsch (late 19th cent.), probably < kitschen to spread (mud) evenly over a surface, to scrape (something) together, to slide ( < Kitsche shovel for mud: 17th cent. or earlier as Kiez in the sense ‘basket’; also Kitze, Kütze; probably of imitative origin), with allusion to the low quality of a hastily executed piece of work.With use as adjective compare slightly earlier kitschy adj. With the probable semantic development of the German etymon compare Swedish smörja kitsch (early 19th cent.), specific use of smörja fat, oil, butter (late 16th cent.; < smörja smear v.) and Swedish skräp kitsch (18th cent.; < skrapa : see scrape v.). The suggestion that the German word is a borrowing < English sketch n. is extremely unlikely on formal grounds. A. n. Art, objects, design, or entertainment having popular appeal but considered to be vulgar, of low quality, or lacking artistic merit, esp. due to excessive sentimentality or garishness. Also: the quality possessed by such things; tacky, gaudy, or mawkish quality or condition. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally decoruma1568 humoura1568 variety1597 strength1608 uniformity1625 barbarity1644 freedom1645 boldness1677 correctness1684 clinquant1711 unity1712 contrast1713 meretriciousness1727 airiness1734 pathos1739 chastity1760 vigour1774 prettyism1789 mannerism1803 serio-comic1805 actuality1812 largeness1824 local colour1829 subjectivitya1834 idealism1841 pastoralism1842 inartisticalitya1849 academicism1852 realism1856 colour contrast1858 crampedness1858 niggling1858 audacity1859 superreality1859 literalism1860 pseudo-classicism1861 sensationalism1862 sensationism1862 chocolate box1865 pseudo-classicality1867 academism1871 actualism1872 academicalism1874 ethos1875 terribilità1877 local colouring1881 neoclassicism1893 mass effect1902 attack1905 verismo1908 kitsch1921 abstraction1923 self-consciousness1932 surreality1936 tension1941 build-up1942 sprezzatura1957 1921 Nation & Athenæum 14 May 261/2 England is the great country of Kitsch. 1926 B. Howard Let. in M. J. Lancaster Brian Howard (1968) ix. 166 A healthy week..riding, chasing dogs and listening to ‘Kitsch’ on his wireless. 1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook 410 The more romantic a work of art, or a landscape, the quicker its repetitions are perceived as kitsch or ‘slush’. 1967 Spectator 29 Dec. 812/2 I have never seen such kitsch, not even in French provincial towns or Irish church bazaars. 1972 Listener 24 Aug. 236/1 A galloping fancy for Victoriana, a sophisticated and uncritical taste for Kitsch and the cute. 1989 R. Alter Pleasures of Reading ii. 64 There are passages in his books that many of us today have to read..as resounding expressions of the kitsch of his era. 1992 N.Y. Times 13 Dec. ix. 14/4 The kitsch of the disco era was more fun than the 80's. 2008 J. Labella in E. B. Maranan & L. S. Maranan-Goldstein Taste of Home 143/2 A hodge-podge of folk art and kitsch were hanging on the walls. B. adj. Esp. of art, objects, design, and entertainment: having popular appeal but considered to be vulgar, of low quality, or lacking artistic merit, esp. due to excessive sentimentality or garishness; tacky, gaudy, mawkish. ΚΠ 1953 Design Aug. 21 A plaque with skilful handling of the material, but perhaps the treatment of the subject is rather kitsch. 1954 Sight & Sound Jan. 143/1 Many of the Palestinian sequences have real quality..but those dealing with Rome and Capri are incredibly kitsch. 2009 Sunday Sun (Nexis) 2 Aug. 66 The shop wanted to offer products that reflect a love of vintage and traditional design with a kitsch and quirky twist. Compounds C1. General use as a modifier, and in various other types of compound, as kitsch-filled, kitsch-loving, etc. ΚΠ 1937 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 36 82 The inherent and inescapable weakness of Schlegel's plan is obvious, and must be conceded when applied to legitimate as opposed to ‘Kitsch’ dramatists. 1968 Summit (New Jersey) Herald 7 Nov. 13/1 The film satisfies a certain ‘kitsch’ value (combination highbrow-lowbrow) which many businessmen-producers feel is the certain way to have success in the entertainment industry. 1982 G. M. Berkowitz New Broadways iv. 141 The manager blindly sings the praises of its kitsch-filled decor. 1986 Variety 12 Feb. 22/4 With performances that are almost uniformly overwrought, pic will have a hard time attracting any but the most kitsch-loving viewers. 2014 K. Barnouin Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched xiii. 137 He said we don't need all that crazy bullshit, that we just need him and me and a justice of the peace, maybe an Elvis impersonator for the kitsch factor. C2. kitschfest n. an event, song, film, etc., characterized by an abundance of kitsch. ΚΠ 1972 New Yorker 30 Sept. 24/3 This is one of the liveliest and most popular of their kitschfests. 1997 Guardian 3 Oct. (Friday Review section) 15/1 Baz Luhrmann's kaleidoscopic kitschfest, which dazzles the eye and deafens the ear. 2017 Guardian (Nexis) 13 May Dancing gorillas, glittering divas, yodelling rappers..come together for the annual kitschfest that is Eurovision on Saturday. Derivatives ˈkitschness n. the quality of being kitsch. ΚΠ 1966 H. A. Reinhold Liturgy & Art vi. 81 The sloppy execution of this art can only add to its kitschness. 1990 Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire) 14 June 47/3 I started to understand the pull of its [sc. country music] rooted emotions, while also appreciating its kitschness. 2019 Times 13 July (Mag.) 51 It's the tongue-in-cheek kitschness of it all that has lit up 100,000 Instagram accounts. The [restaurant's] look is knowingly old-fashioned, with net curtains,..and dated crockery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). kitschv. Brit. /kɪtʃ/, U.S. /kɪtʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: kitsch n. Etymology: < kitsch n. transitive. Usually with up. To make (something) kitsch. Also with non-referential it as object, in to kitsch it up. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > deprive of refinement [verb (transitive)] > vulgarize hackney1598 vulgarize1756 plebeianize1841 plebify1867 plebificate1869 kitsch1951 1951 W. Sansom Face of Innocence ii. 16 Situations that have for many become unendurably hackneyed, spoiled by bad artists or kitsched by politics. 1976 Lat. Amer. Theatre Rev. Spring 80 Plays like La tercera palabra by Casona in a production kitsched up beyond belief. 2018 Evening Standard (Nexis) 1 June (Mag.) This summer is about kitsching it up and not being afraid to use loud colours alongside playful tropicana. 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kitschn.adj.

Compounds

Derivatives

kitschv.