low-flyern.

Brit.

/ˌləʊˈflʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈloʊˈˌflaɪər/

Forms: see low adv. and flyer n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adv., flyer n.

Etymology: < low adv. + flyer n.

†1. A person who supports Whig or Low Church principles. Obsolete.Opposed to the more common high-flyer n. 4a.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun] > person

Protestant1583

latitude man1662

latitudinarian1662

Low Churchman1698

low-flyer?1704

lowboy1707

Simeonite1795

Hoadlyite1800

evangelical1804

evangelic1812

peculiar1834

Sim1836

Recordite1844

evangelican1876

Kensitite1898

?1704 Picture Low-flyer 1 A Low Flyer is an inconsiderable Animal, Cowardly, but Barbarous in his Nature.

1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body i. i. 4 For then we are all thought to be..High-Flyers, or Low-Flyers, or Levellers.

1754 G. Owen Let. 2 Dec. in Gronoviana (1860) 287 We are here (as to nation) Welsh, English, Irish, Scots, and Manks; and (as to religion) Protestants and Papists, and (as to politics) high and low fliers, but all Georgites (within doors at least).

2. A person with low aspirations or ambitions; one who is not a high-flyer (high-flyer n. 3a).A much less common term than high-flyer, esp. before the 20th cent.

ΚΠ

1725 E. Howard Misc. Prose & Verse 32 'Tis not every Low-flyer in Poetry that is qualified for painting the Beauty of Things.

1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 72 Your old man in his young days wasn't such a low flier, neither, if anybody should ask you.

1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Mar. 718/1 We should do well to remember that most medical work now is restricted and repetitive and plan our student choice and curriculum on that. Other wise we too may soon not attract high or low fliers.

2009 N.Y. Mag. 18 May 23/3 Accountants care about security, and who wants to be an accountant? That's what the low-fliers aspire to.

3. A bird, aircraft, etc., which flies at a low altitude.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > low-flying aircraft

low-flyer1808

grass cutter1911

hedge-hopper1940

wave-hopper1957

1808 S. Hastings Poems 5 Sometimes, again, the stupid steed Will hardly fly at all: I mount then, without fear or dread; For, prudent folks have wisely said, ‘Low fliers seldom fall’.

1848 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Sept. 178 It [sc. an insect] is a low flier, flitting with fitful irregularity over the shrubs and herbaceous plants.

1880 Amer. Agriculturist Aug. 319/3 It [sc. a bird] is a low flyer, but pleasant in its singing.

1911 W. W. Fowler Relig. Exper. Rom. People xiii. 299 The distinction between omens from birds seen on the right or left, and from high or low flyers.

1940 Flight 5 Dec. 468a/1 A stripped Lewis gun as used on trawlers and such-like ships for ‘hose-piping’ dive-bombers and low-fliers.

2010 Weekend Courier (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 13 I reported a large number of low flyers to a CASA inspector last year with dates, times and a description of the planes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	low-flyer
释义	low-flyern. Brit. /ˌləʊˈflʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈloʊˈˌflaɪər/ Forms: see low adv. and flyer n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adv., flyer n. Etymology: < low adv. + flyer n. †1. A person who supports Whig or Low Church principles. Obsolete.Opposed to the more common high-flyer n. 4a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun] > person Protestant1583 latitude man1662 latitudinarian1662 Low Churchman1698 low-flyer?1704 lowboy1707 Simeonite1795 Hoadlyite1800 evangelical1804 evangelic1812 peculiar1834 Sim1836 Recordite1844 evangelican1876 Kensitite1898 ?1704 Picture Low-flyer 1 A Low Flyer is an inconsiderable Animal, Cowardly, but Barbarous in his Nature. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body i. i. 4 For then we are all thought to be..High-Flyers, or Low-Flyers, or Levellers. 1754 G. Owen Let. 2 Dec. in Gronoviana (1860) 287 We are here (as to nation) Welsh, English, Irish, Scots, and Manks; and (as to religion) Protestants and Papists, and (as to politics) high and low fliers, but all Georgites (within doors at least). 2. A person with low aspirations or ambitions; one who is not a high-flyer (high-flyer n. 3a).A much less common term than high-flyer, esp. before the 20th cent. ΚΠ 1725 E. Howard Misc. Prose & Verse 32 'Tis not every Low-flyer in Poetry that is qualified for painting the Beauty of Things. 1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 72 Your old man in his young days wasn't such a low flier, neither, if anybody should ask you. 1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Mar. 718/1 We should do well to remember that most medical work now is restricted and repetitive and plan our student choice and curriculum on that. Other wise we too may soon not attract high or low fliers. 2009 N.Y. Mag. 18 May 23/3 Accountants care about security, and who wants to be an accountant? That's what the low-fliers aspire to. 3. A bird, aircraft, etc., which flies at a low altitude. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > low-flying aircraft low-flyer1808 grass cutter1911 hedge-hopper1940 wave-hopper1957 1808 S. Hastings Poems 5 Sometimes, again, the stupid steed Will hardly fly at all: I mount then, without fear or dread; For, prudent folks have wisely said, ‘Low fliers seldom fall’. 1848 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Sept. 178 It [sc. an insect] is a low flier, flitting with fitful irregularity over the shrubs and herbaceous plants. 1880 Amer. Agriculturist Aug. 319/3 It [sc. a bird] is a low flyer, but pleasant in its singing. 1911 W. W. Fowler Relig. Exper. Rom. People xiii. 299 The distinction between omens from birds seen on the right or left, and from high or low flyers. 1940 Flight 5 Dec. 468a/1 A stripped Lewis gun as used on trawlers and such-like ships for ‘hose-piping’ dive-bombers and low-fliers. 2010 Weekend Courier (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 13 I reported a large number of low flyers to a CASA inspector last year with dates, times and a description of the planes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1704
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