† Macadamiten.adj.

Forms: 1800s Mac-Adamite, 1800s Macadamite, 1800s Mackadamite.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name McAdam , -ite suffix¹.

Etymology: < the name of John Loudon McAdam (see macadam adj. and n.) + -ite suffix¹. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ̆kæ·dăməit) /məˈkædəmaɪt/.

Obsolete.

A. n.

1. A practitioner or advocate of McAdam's method of road-making (see macadamize v.).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builders or maintainers of roads

waymaker?c1475

roadman1788

road-maker1792

path master1799

roadsman?1807

Macadamite1821

macadamizer1824

road breaker1834

grader1870

asphalter1880

linesman1888

lengthman1902

highway patrol1909

1821 Monthly Mag. 52 104 Some incidental remarks of mine in a paper I sent you in May last, have caused the Mackadamites to throw some of their spare dirt about.

1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxix. 535 In certain districts..they [sc. boulders] are fast disappearing through the labours of the Macadamites.

2. A rider who, when hunting, prefers to follow the field circuitously by road rather than directly across country. See macadamizer n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun]

styera1340

upstyerc1340

prickera1350

chevalier1377

sittera1382

ridera1400

horsemanc1400

horse-rider1580

cavalier1596

equestrian1791

bestrider1830

Macadamite1860

1860 R. S. Surtees Plain or Ringlets? lxxxiv. 345 The clatter of the horses and the noise of the macadamites makes confusion worse confounded.

a1864 R. S. Surtees Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (1865) lv. 299 Meanwhile the McAdamites and riders to points poured on in their respective pilgrimages.

B. adj.

Of or relating to McAdam's method of road-making.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [adjective] > paved > with specific material

pebble-paved1597

flaggeda1661

pebble-paven1821

Macadamite1824

asphalted1845

cobbled1853

cobblestoned1858

causewayed1865

stoned1869

kidney-paved1889

cobbly1891

stone-flagged1904

tar-sealed1928

tarmacked1966

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 276 The Mac-Adamite enormity of the stony road.

1846 W. M. Thackeray Notes Journey Cornhill to Cairo vii. 126 Roads were being repaired in the Macadamite manner.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	macadamite
释义	† Macadamiten.adj. Forms: 1800s Mac-Adamite, 1800s Macadamite, 1800s Mackadamite. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name McAdam , -ite suffix¹. Etymology: < the name of John Loudon McAdam (see macadam adj. and n.) + -ite suffix¹. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ̆kæ·dăməit) /məˈkædəmaɪt/. Obsolete. A. n. 1. A practitioner or advocate of McAdam's method of road-making (see macadamize v.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builders or maintainers of roads waymaker?c1475 roadman1788 road-maker1792 path master1799 roadsman?1807 Macadamite1821 macadamizer1824 road breaker1834 grader1870 asphalter1880 linesman1888 lengthman1902 highway patrol1909 1821 Monthly Mag. 52 104 Some incidental remarks of mine in a paper I sent you in May last, have caused the Mackadamites to throw some of their spare dirt about. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxix. 535 In certain districts..they [sc. boulders] are fast disappearing through the labours of the Macadamites. 2. A rider who, when hunting, prefers to follow the field circuitously by road rather than directly across country. See macadamizer n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] styera1340 upstyerc1340 prickera1350 chevalier1377 sittera1382 ridera1400 horsemanc1400 horse-rider1580 cavalier1596 equestrian1791 bestrider1830 Macadamite1860 1860 R. S. Surtees Plain or Ringlets? lxxxiv. 345 The clatter of the horses and the noise of the macadamites makes confusion worse confounded. a1864 R. S. Surtees Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (1865) lv. 299 Meanwhile the McAdamites and riders to points poured on in their respective pilgrimages. B. adj. Of or relating to McAdam's method of road-making. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [adjective] > paved > with specific material pebble-paved1597 flaggeda1661 pebble-paven1821 Macadamite1824 asphalted1845 cobbled1853 cobblestoned1858 causewayed1865 stoned1869 kidney-paved1889 cobbly1891 stone-flagged1904 tar-sealed1928 tarmacked1966 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 276 The Mac-Adamite enormity of the stony road. 1846 W. M. Thackeray Notes Journey Cornhill to Cairo vii. 126 Roads were being repaired in the Macadamite manner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1821
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