Legon.

Brit.

/ˈlɛɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈlɛɡoʊ/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Danish. Etymon: Danish Lego.

Etymology: < Danish Lego (1934 in the name of the manufacturing company; apparently 1957 or earlier as the name of the toy: compare quot. 1957), respelling of leg godt ‘play well’ < leg , imperative singular of lege to play (see lake v.¹) + godt well (see good adv.).The company manufacturing the toy was founded in 1934 by O. K. Christiansen.

1. A proprietary name for a children's construction toy consisting of small interlocking plastic pieces, typically building blocks; such pieces collectively.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > construction sets

Meccano1907

erector1915

Lego1957

Deely bobber1969

Tinkertoy1972

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [adjective] > relating to specific constructional toy

Lego1957

1957 Trade Marks Jrnl. 5 June 598/2 Lego... Toy models and sets of parts for constructing such toys, all made of rigid plastics.

1974 J. Wilson Snap vi. 85 Ginnie sighed and joined up various pieces of Lego.

1982 C. March in Everyday Matters 38 I enjoy space lego: you don't have to play war games with it.

2003 N. Baker Box of Matches viii. 40 He went upstairs and came out of his room with an enormous..storage container full of Lego.

2. North American. As a count noun (usually in plural). A piece of Lego.

ΚΠ

1968 Scand. Times Aug. 22/3 Some of the world's great architects use Legos to build their scale models; Christiansen likes to joke that ‘someone has yet to come up with something that cannot be built with Legos.’

1974 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 22 Dec. 12/4 Dear Santa... I want a..small globe and a box of Legos with wheels.

1999 N.Y. Times 3 Oct. v. 39/2 The edge of the lighthouse..[looks] extravagantly..straight—as if the white were clapped like a Lego on a prep coat of sky.

2010 Wall St. Jrnl. Sept. (WSJ Mag.) 24/1 A conference table scattered with Legos.

Compounds

General attributive, as Lego brick, Lego block, etc.

ΚΠ

1962 Hays (Kansas) Daily News 27 Feb. 5/2 Lego sets come in various sizes.

1969 Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 14 Dec. i. 38/1 (advt.) Jumbo lego, larger scale pieces of framed lego design.

1974 J. Wilson Snap vi. 85 ‘I want to make a submarine..’ said Max irritably, holding out an unwieldy cluster of Lego bricks.

1985 Times 14 May 12/6 The little cluster of interdependent buildings—factory, hotel, airport, community centre—looks like an assembly of Lego blocks.

1986 Listener 6 Feb. 32/1 My feet ankle-deep in Lego models and Cindy dolls.

1997 N.Y. Times 7 Sept. v. 10/2 A few minutes' climb will take you away from the postcard and pottery trade lining the waterfront and will reveal how the village fits together like Lego pieces.

1998 A. Ashworth Once in House on Fire (1999) vii. 107 Downstairs, Laurie and I built Lego dream homes and spaceships with Sarah, straining to keep her quiet.

2001 Observer 18 Mar. (Britain Uncovered Suppl.) 35/2 Like all the other figures, my character looks like a hybrid of a Lego person and Bob the Builder.

Derivatives

ˈLego-like adj. and adv. (a) adj. resembling a Lego block, a structure made of these, or construction with Lego; simply designed; easy to build or connect; (b) adv. in a manner similar to construction with Lego.

ΚΠ

1966 Spectator 19 Aug. 235/2 The sort of novel..which ought to arrive in demountable, Lego-like sections so that the reader could build his own.

1977 Economist 31 Dec. 24/1 To accumulate fragments of actuality to be fitted, Lego-like, into the China model I have been constructing.

2002 E. A. Gargan River's Tale iii. 89 Virtually every ancient neighborhood..bulldozed to make room for office complexes, Lego-like apartment parks and eight-lane thoroughfares.

2006 Assoc. Press Internat. (Nexis) 12 Dec. Thousands of products, from cosmetics to detergents, are manufactured using material constructed Lego-like from particles measuring as small as one-millionth the width of a head of a pin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lego
释义	Legon. Brit. /ˈlɛɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈlɛɡoʊ/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Danish. Etymon: Danish Lego. Etymology: < Danish Lego (1934 in the name of the manufacturing company; apparently 1957 or earlier as the name of the toy: compare quot. 1957), respelling of leg godt ‘play well’ < leg , imperative singular of lege to play (see lake v.¹) + godt well (see good adv.).The company manufacturing the toy was founded in 1934 by O. K. Christiansen. 1. A proprietary name for a children's construction toy consisting of small interlocking plastic pieces, typically building blocks; such pieces collectively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > construction sets Meccano1907 erector1915 Lego1957 Deely bobber1969 Tinkertoy1972 society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [adjective] > relating to specific constructional toy Lego1957 1957 Trade Marks Jrnl. 5 June 598/2 Lego... Toy models and sets of parts for constructing such toys, all made of rigid plastics. 1974 J. Wilson Snap vi. 85 Ginnie sighed and joined up various pieces of Lego. 1982 C. March in Everyday Matters 38 I enjoy space lego: you don't have to play war games with it. 2003 N. Baker Box of Matches viii. 40 He went upstairs and came out of his room with an enormous..storage container full of Lego. 2. North American. As a count noun (usually in plural). A piece of Lego. ΚΠ 1968 Scand. Times Aug. 22/3 Some of the world's great architects use Legos to build their scale models; Christiansen likes to joke that ‘someone has yet to come up with something that cannot be built with Legos.’ 1974 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 22 Dec. 12/4 Dear Santa... I want a..small globe and a box of Legos with wheels. 1999 N.Y. Times 3 Oct. v. 39/2 The edge of the lighthouse..[looks] extravagantly..straight—as if the white were clapped like a Lego on a prep coat of sky. 2010 Wall St. Jrnl. Sept. (WSJ Mag.) 24/1 A conference table scattered with Legos. Compounds General attributive, as Lego brick, Lego block, etc. ΚΠ 1962 Hays (Kansas) Daily News 27 Feb. 5/2 Lego sets come in various sizes. 1969 Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 14 Dec. i. 38/1 (advt.) Jumbo lego, larger scale pieces of framed lego design. 1974 J. Wilson Snap vi. 85 ‘I want to make a submarine..’ said Max irritably, holding out an unwieldy cluster of Lego bricks. 1985 Times 14 May 12/6 The little cluster of interdependent buildings—factory, hotel, airport, community centre—looks like an assembly of Lego blocks. 1986 Listener 6 Feb. 32/1 My feet ankle-deep in Lego models and Cindy dolls. 1997 N.Y. Times 7 Sept. v. 10/2 A few minutes' climb will take you away from the postcard and pottery trade lining the waterfront and will reveal how the village fits together like Lego pieces. 1998 A. Ashworth Once in House on Fire (1999) vii. 107 Downstairs, Laurie and I built Lego dream homes and spaceships with Sarah, straining to keep her quiet. 2001 Observer 18 Mar. (Britain Uncovered Suppl.) 35/2 Like all the other figures, my character looks like a hybrid of a Lego person and Bob the Builder. Derivatives ˈLego-like adj. and adv. (a) adj. resembling a Lego block, a structure made of these, or construction with Lego; simply designed; easy to build or connect; (b) adv. in a manner similar to construction with Lego. ΚΠ 1966 Spectator 19 Aug. 235/2 The sort of novel..which ought to arrive in demountable, Lego-like sections so that the reader could build his own. 1977 Economist 31 Dec. 24/1 To accumulate fragments of actuality to be fitted, Lego-like, into the China model I have been constructing. 2002 E. A. Gargan River's Tale iii. 89 Virtually every ancient neighborhood..bulldozed to make room for office complexes, Lego-like apartment parks and eight-lane thoroughfares. 2006 Assoc. Press Internat. (Nexis) 12 Dec. Thousands of products, from cosmetics to detergents, are manufactured using material constructed Lego-like from particles measuring as small as one-millionth the width of a head of a pin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1957
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