liberty capn.

Brit.

/ˈlɪbətɪ ˌkap/, U.S.

/ˈlɪbərdi ˌkæp/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: liberty n.¹, cap n.¹

Etymology: < liberty n.¹ + cap n.¹

1. A soft conical hat worn as a symbol of liberty; a Phrygian cap (see Phrygian adj. 3). Frequently in figurative contexts. Cf. cap of liberty at cap n.¹ 4g(c).Such hats were originally given to Roman slaves on emancipation (cf. pileus n. 1) and hence were adopted as a symbol of the French Revolution (see bonnet rouge n.).

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1773 Morning Chron. 14 Sept. She directly bespoke a new liberty cap, with blue ribbons, and went among her female acquaintance to bespeak their influence over their husbands, to make them vote for Wilkes and Bull.

1792 Public Advertiser 24 Mar. Red Caps, called Liberty Caps, are now worne in Paris by the Jacobins and their friends.

1795 W. Cobbett Peter Porcupine 27 His scull had often been decorated with a liberty Cap.

1803 Lit. Mag. (Philadelphia) Dec. 172 A liberty pole..decorated with party coloured flags and liberty caps.

1835 Mechanics' Mag. 10 Jan. 256/2 It is wholly at variance with classic authority to place the Pileus or Liberty Cap on the head of the figure representing Liberty.

1843 L. M. Child Lett. from N.Y. xl. 274 This age and country, in which liberty-caps abound.

1934 W. Lewis Creatures of Habit (1989) 211 It is as difficult to wear with ease the Liberty Cap (as it is called in America) as it would be to wear an imperial crown without self-consciousness.

1972 Guardian 30 Mar. 14/5 The notion that Tories are really anti-egalitarians in liberty caps is too gross a caricature.

2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Dec. 70/3 Ever since Roman times the liberty cap had been ‘the badge of the freed slave’.

2. A European toadstool, Psilocybe semilanceata, having a distinctive pointed grey-brown cap on a long narrow stem, and containing the hallucinogenic substance psilocybin. Cf. magic mushroom n. at magic adj. Compounds.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding drug or narcotic > [noun]

liberty cap1966

1966 Kew Bull. 20 219 P. semilanceata... ‘Liberty Cap’... Very common, occurring in large troops in cut grass, throughout the autumn.

1998 T. Lust Pass Polenta 95 What those long-haired tie-dyed beatniks were really after was a little brown mushroom called a Liberty Cap.

2007 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 3 June 48/2 The psilocybes, containing psilocybin and psilocin, are the friendlier magic mushrooms. One of the most common is the Liberty Cap.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	liberty cap
释义	liberty capn. Brit. /ˈlɪbətɪ ˌkap/, U.S. /ˈlɪbərdi ˌkæp/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: liberty n.¹, cap n.¹ Etymology: < liberty n.¹ + cap n.¹ 1. A soft conical hat worn as a symbol of liberty; a Phrygian cap (see Phrygian adj. 3). Frequently in figurative contexts. Cf. cap of liberty at cap n.¹ 4g(c).Such hats were originally given to Roman slaves on emancipation (cf. pileus n. 1) and hence were adopted as a symbol of the French Revolution (see bonnet rouge n.). ΚΠ 1773 Morning Chron. 14 Sept. She directly bespoke a new liberty cap, with blue ribbons, and went among her female acquaintance to bespeak their influence over their husbands, to make them vote for Wilkes and Bull. 1792 Public Advertiser 24 Mar. Red Caps, called Liberty Caps, are now worne in Paris by the Jacobins and their friends. 1795 W. Cobbett Peter Porcupine 27 His scull had often been decorated with a liberty Cap. 1803 Lit. Mag. (Philadelphia) Dec. 172 A liberty pole..decorated with party coloured flags and liberty caps. 1835 Mechanics' Mag. 10 Jan. 256/2 It is wholly at variance with classic authority to place the Pileus or Liberty Cap on the head of the figure representing Liberty. 1843 L. M. Child Lett. from N.Y. xl. 274 This age and country, in which liberty-caps abound. 1934 W. Lewis Creatures of Habit (1989) 211 It is as difficult to wear with ease the Liberty Cap (as it is called in America) as it would be to wear an imperial crown without self-consciousness. 1972 Guardian 30 Mar. 14/5 The notion that Tories are really anti-egalitarians in liberty caps is too gross a caricature. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Dec. 70/3 Ever since Roman times the liberty cap had been ‘the badge of the freed slave’. 2. A European toadstool, Psilocybe semilanceata, having a distinctive pointed grey-brown cap on a long narrow stem, and containing the hallucinogenic substance psilocybin. Cf. magic mushroom n. at magic adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding drug or narcotic > [noun] liberty cap1966 1966 Kew Bull. 20 219 P. semilanceata... ‘Liberty Cap’... Very common, occurring in large troops in cut grass, throughout the autumn. 1998 T. Lust Pass Polenta 95 What those long-haired tie-dyed beatniks were really after was a little brown mushroom called a Liberty Cap. 2007 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 3 June 48/2 The psilocybes, containing psilocybin and psilocin, are the friendlier magic mushrooms. One of the most common is the Liberty Cap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1773
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