lightien.¹

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪti/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪdi/

Forms: 1800s– lightie, 1900s– lighty.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: light adj.², -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < light adj.² + -y suffix⁶, after darkie n. With sense 2 compare earlier light-skin n.

colloquial.

1. U.S. (A name for) a white person. Cf. whitey n. 1. rare.Chiefly in collocation with darkie in offensive or derogatory contexts.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun]

white mana1398

Christian1622

European1666

white-face1684

long knife1784

buckra1794

sahib1796

white-skin1803

whitey1811

Pakeha1817

papalagi1817

paleface1823

whitefellow1826

Abelungu1836

haole1843

gringo1849

lightiea1855

umlungu1859

mzungu1860

heaven-burster1861

ladino1877

mooniasc1880

Conchy Joe1888

béké1889

ofay1899

ridge runner1904

Ngati Pakeha1905

kelch1912

pink1913

leucoderm1924

fay1927

Mr Charlie1928

pinkie1935

devil1938

wonk1938

oaf1941

grey1943

paddy1945

Caucasoid1956

Jumble1957

Caucasian1958

white boy1958

pinko-grey1964

honky1967

toubab1976

palagi1977

a1855 E. Stuart-Wortley Sweet South (1856) II. xx. 322 ‘She's a matchless country for all that, Darkie.’ ‘Ah, Lightie! you forgets and calls me dat mistake? Sirree!’

1980 R. Andrews Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee vi. 176 She was..peeking out through the trees watching ‘Little Darkie’ and ‘Little Lightie’ (her secret names for the two little boys) playing together.

2. Chiefly in British Afro-Caribbean usage: (a name for) a black person who has pale or relatively pale skin; (also) a person of mixed race. Potentially offensive.Chiefly applied to women.The offensiveness of this term varies depending on the speaker and context. It may be considered neutral or positive when used by a black speaker, although it may also be associated with colourism (colourism n. 3). It is usually regarded as offensive or inappropriate when used by a white speaker. Cf. light-skin n.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [noun] > light-skinned

white Negro1766

yellowskin1831

yellow1873

pink toe1930

light-skin1935

peola1938

play-white1952

redbone1983

lightie1991

the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > person

mongrel1542

of (the) half blood1697

half-caste1758

half-breed1760

lip-lap1798

quarter-breed1821

half-blood1826

half-and-half1827

quarter-blood1827

quarter-caste1859

mixed blooda1862

brown1862

miscegen1864

yellowbelly1867

breed1870

redbone1890

miscegenate1898

high yellow1910

samba1958

lightie1991

1991 ‘Del tha Funkeé Homosapien’ Dark Skin Girls (transcribed from song) in I wish my Brother George was Here Hey lightie, could you tap that sister for me?

2012 @Ticiaxo 15 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 9 Nov. 2020) I hate the way boys categorise girls based on their skin tone... Lighties, Darkies, Brownins n what not [‘thumbs down’ emoji].

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

lightien.²

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪti/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪdi/, South African English

/ˈlaɪti/

Forms:

α. 1900s– lightee, 1900s– lightie, 1900s– lighty, 1900s– litie.

β. 1900s– laaitie, 1900s– laaity, 1900s– laitie.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: light adj.¹, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: Apparently < light adj.¹ + -y suffix⁶. In β. forms influenced by Afrikaans laaitie (1945 or earlier; apparently < English, and hence implying slightly earlier currency of the English word).

South African colloquial.

A young person; esp. a boy or male adolescent.

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the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]

frumberdlingc1000

young manOE

childc1225

hind1297

pagec1300

youtha1325

fawnc1369

swainc1386

stripling1398

boy1440

springaldc1450

jovencel1490

younkera1522

speara1529

gorrel1530

lad1535

hobbledehoy1540

cockerel1547

waga1556

spring1559

loonc1560

hensure1568

youngster1577

imp1578

pigsney1581

cocklinga1586

demy1589

muchacho1591

shaver1592

snipper-snappera1593

callant1597

spaught1598

stubble boy1598

ghillie1603

codling1612

cuba1616

skippera1616

man-boy1637

sprig1646

callow1651

halflang1660

stubbed boy1683

gossoon1684

gilpie1718

stirraha1722

young lion1792

halfling1794

pubescent1795

young man1810

sixteener1824

señorito1843

tad1845

boysie1846

shaveling1854

ephebe1880

boychick1921

lightie1946

young blood1967

studmuffin1986

the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun]

knightc893

knapec1000

knaveOE

knape childc1175

knave-childa1225

groom?c1225

knight-bairnc1275

pagec1300

mana1382

swainc1386

knave-bairna1400

little mana1425

man-childa1438

boy1440

little boya1475

lad1535

boykin1540

tomboya1556

urchin1556

loonc1560

kinchin-co(ve)1567

big boy1572

dandiprat1582

pricket1582

boy child1584

callant1597

suck-egg1609

nacketc1618

custrel1668

hospital-boy1677

whelp1710

laddie1721

charity-boy1723

pam-child1760

chappie1822

bo1825

boyo1835

wagling1837

shirttail boy1840

boysie1846

umfaan1852

nipper1859

yob1859

fellow-my-lad?1860

laddo1870

chokra1875

shegetz1885

spalpeen1891

spadger1899

bug1900

boychick1921

sonny boy1928

sonny1939

okie1943

lightie1946

outjie1961

oke1970

1946 Cape Times 23 May 7/5 No ‘lighty’..should presume to call her a ‘jintoe’... The lighty would be guilty of using ‘opposite’ (obscene) language.

1962 A. La Guma Walk in Night iii. 14 Those are hardcase lighties.

1981 Voice (S. Afr.) 12 Aug. 13 I was still a five-year-old laaitie then.

1990 J. Naidoo Coolie Location 25 It was the Location way for us lightees to associate ourselves with someone three to five years older than ourselves.

2012 Weekend Post (Port Elizabeth, S. Afr.) (Nexis) 22 Sept. When I was a lightie in the 1970s, my parents were part of a group of friends..whose kids were all about the same age.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	lightie
释义	lightien.¹ Brit. /ˈlʌɪti/, U.S. /ˈlaɪdi/ Forms: 1800s– lightie, 1900s– lighty. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: light adj.², -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < light adj.² + -y suffix⁶, after darkie n. With sense 2 compare earlier light-skin n. colloquial. 1. U.S. (A name for) a white person. Cf. whitey n. 1. rare.Chiefly in collocation with darkie in offensive or derogatory contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun] white mana1398 Christian1622 European1666 white-face1684 long knife1784 buckra1794 sahib1796 white-skin1803 whitey1811 Pakeha1817 papalagi1817 paleface1823 whitefellow1826 Abelungu1836 haole1843 gringo1849 lightiea1855 umlungu1859 mzungu1860 heaven-burster1861 ladino1877 mooniasc1880 Conchy Joe1888 béké1889 ofay1899 ridge runner1904 Ngati Pakeha1905 kelch1912 pink1913 leucoderm1924 fay1927 Mr Charlie1928 pinkie1935 devil1938 wonk1938 oaf1941 grey1943 paddy1945 Caucasoid1956 Jumble1957 Caucasian1958 white boy1958 pinko-grey1964 honky1967 toubab1976 palagi1977 a1855 E. Stuart-Wortley Sweet South (1856) II. xx. 322 ‘She's a matchless country for all that, Darkie.’ ‘Ah, Lightie! you forgets and calls me dat mistake? Sirree!’ 1980 R. Andrews Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee vi. 176 She was..peeking out through the trees watching ‘Little Darkie’ and ‘Little Lightie’ (her secret names for the two little boys) playing together. 2. Chiefly in British Afro-Caribbean usage: (a name for) a black person who has pale or relatively pale skin; (also) a person of mixed race. Potentially offensive.Chiefly applied to women.The offensiveness of this term varies depending on the speaker and context. It may be considered neutral or positive when used by a black speaker, although it may also be associated with colourism (colourism n. 3). It is usually regarded as offensive or inappropriate when used by a white speaker. Cf. light-skin n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [noun] > light-skinned white Negro1766 yellowskin1831 yellow1873 pink toe1930 light-skin1935 peola1938 play-white1952 redbone1983 lightie1991 the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > person mongrel1542 of (the) half blood1697 half-caste1758 half-breed1760 lip-lap1798 quarter-breed1821 half-blood1826 half-and-half1827 quarter-blood1827 quarter-caste1859 mixed blooda1862 brown1862 miscegen1864 yellowbelly1867 breed1870 redbone1890 miscegenate1898 high yellow1910 samba1958 lightie1991 1991 ‘Del tha Funkeé Homosapien’ Dark Skin Girls (transcribed from song) in I wish my Brother George was Here Hey lightie, could you tap that sister for me? 2012 @Ticiaxo 15 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 9 Nov. 2020) I hate the way boys categorise girls based on their skin tone... Lighties, Darkies, Brownins n what not [‘thumbs down’ emoji]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lightien.² Brit. /ˈlʌɪti/, U.S. /ˈlaɪdi/, South African English /ˈlaɪti/ Forms: α. 1900s– lightee, 1900s– lightie, 1900s– lighty, 1900s– litie. β. 1900s– laaitie, 1900s– laaity, 1900s– laitie. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: light adj.¹, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: Apparently < light adj.¹ + -y suffix⁶. In β. forms influenced by Afrikaans laaitie (1945 or earlier; apparently < English, and hence implying slightly earlier currency of the English word). South African colloquial. A young person; esp. a boy or male adolescent. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] frumberdlingc1000 young manOE childc1225 hind1297 pagec1300 youtha1325 fawnc1369 swainc1386 stripling1398 boy1440 springaldc1450 jovencel1490 younkera1522 speara1529 gorrel1530 lad1535 hobbledehoy1540 cockerel1547 waga1556 spring1559 loonc1560 hensure1568 youngster1577 imp1578 pigsney1581 cocklinga1586 demy1589 muchacho1591 shaver1592 snipper-snappera1593 callant1597 spaught1598 stubble boy1598 ghillie1603 codling1612 cuba1616 skippera1616 man-boy1637 sprig1646 callow1651 halflang1660 stubbed boy1683 gossoon1684 gilpie1718 stirraha1722 young lion1792 halfling1794 pubescent1795 young man1810 sixteener1824 señorito1843 tad1845 boysie1846 shaveling1854 ephebe1880 boychick1921 lightie1946 young blood1967 studmuffin1986 the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun] knightc893 knapec1000 knaveOE knape childc1175 knave-childa1225 groom?c1225 knight-bairnc1275 pagec1300 mana1382 swainc1386 knave-bairna1400 little mana1425 man-childa1438 boy1440 little boya1475 lad1535 boykin1540 tomboya1556 urchin1556 loonc1560 kinchin-co(ve)1567 big boy1572 dandiprat1582 pricket1582 boy child1584 callant1597 suck-egg1609 nacketc1618 custrel1668 hospital-boy1677 whelp1710 laddie1721 charity-boy1723 pam-child1760 chappie1822 bo1825 boyo1835 wagling1837 shirttail boy1840 boysie1846 umfaan1852 nipper1859 yob1859 fellow-my-lad?1860 laddo1870 chokra1875 shegetz1885 spalpeen1891 spadger1899 bug1900 boychick1921 sonny boy1928 sonny1939 okie1943 lightie1946 outjie1961 oke1970 1946 Cape Times 23 May 7/5 No ‘lighty’..should presume to call her a ‘jintoe’... The lighty would be guilty of using ‘opposite’ (obscene) language. 1962 A. La Guma Walk in Night iii. 14 Those are hardcase lighties. 1981 Voice (S. Afr.) 12 Aug. 13 I was still a five-year-old laaitie then. 1990 J. Naidoo Coolie Location 25 It was the Location way for us lightees to associate ourselves with someone three to five years older than ourselves. 2012 Weekend Post (Port Elizabeth, S. Afr.) (Nexis) 22 Sept. When I was a lightie in the 1970s, my parents were part of a group of friends..whose kids were all about the same age. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.¹a1855n.²1946
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