balloonaticn.adj.

Brit.

/bəˈluːnətɪk/, U.S.

/bəˈlunətɪk/

Forms: 1800s– balloonatic, 1900s– ballunatic.

Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: balloon n., lunatic n.

Etymology: Blend of balloon n. and lunatic n. Compare later balloonacy n.

A. n.

A person who is balloon-mad; a balloonist, spec. (Military slang) a member of a balloon corps or balloon squadron in the First World War (1914–18).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > balloonist

ballooner1783

aeronaut1784

airgonaut1784

balloonist1784

aerostat1788

air-balloonist1791

voyager1826

air sailor1834

balloon driver1838

balloonatic1854

hot-air balloonist1887

1854 Alton (Illinois) Weekly Courier 30 Mar. 4/2 Table showing the probable duration of life (100 Representing the chance of living longest.)... Balloonatic 7, Parliament Reporter 9¾, [etc.].

1865 Daily Tel. 22 Nov. 5/3 That Nadar, the balloonatic, has sold his balloon.

1918 Daily Mail 20 Sept. 2/5 Every ‘balloonatic’ knows that when a balloon is attacked it is only once in twenty times that it is saved. He knows he will have to jump.

1920 E. Haslett Luck on Wing 100 He had the Prussian idea of discipline and he took it out on the balloonatics whenever he felt they needed it.

1975 Los Angeles Times 9 Nov. i. 7 Balloonists, he said, are ‘dedicated people with a flair for the unusual. Balloonatics, we are sometimes called.’

2006 PC Gamer Apr. 141/3 Balloonatics have taken over.

B. adj.

Balloon-mad, balloon-crazy.

ΚΠ

1882 Moonshine 5 163 Another balloonatic attempt to cross the Channel.

1927 C. Mackenzie Rogues & Vagabonds viii. 108 The size women are wearing their sleeves nowadays. Balloon sleeves they call them. Balloonatic sleeves I should say.

1971 K. Isaacs Mil. Aircraft Austral. i. 2/2 Ballooning spread to many countries, and..all Europe went ‘balloonatic’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	balloonatic
释义	balloonaticn.adj. Brit. /bəˈluːnətɪk/, U.S. /bəˈlunətɪk/ Forms: 1800s– balloonatic, 1900s– ballunatic. Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: balloon n., lunatic n. Etymology: Blend of balloon n. and lunatic n. Compare later balloonacy n. A. n. A person who is balloon-mad; a balloonist, spec. (Military slang) a member of a balloon corps or balloon squadron in the First World War (1914–18). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > balloonist ballooner1783 aeronaut1784 airgonaut1784 balloonist1784 aerostat1788 air-balloonist1791 voyager1826 air sailor1834 balloon driver1838 balloonatic1854 hot-air balloonist1887 1854 Alton (Illinois) Weekly Courier 30 Mar. 4/2 Table showing the probable duration of life (100 Representing the chance of living longest.)... Balloonatic 7, Parliament Reporter 9¾, [etc.]. 1865 Daily Tel. 22 Nov. 5/3 That Nadar, the balloonatic, has sold his balloon. 1918 Daily Mail 20 Sept. 2/5 Every ‘balloonatic’ knows that when a balloon is attacked it is only once in twenty times that it is saved. He knows he will have to jump. 1920 E. Haslett Luck on Wing 100 He had the Prussian idea of discipline and he took it out on the balloonatics whenever he felt they needed it. 1975 Los Angeles Times 9 Nov. i. 7 Balloonists, he said, are ‘dedicated people with a flair for the unusual. Balloonatics, we are sometimes called.’ 2006 PC Gamer Apr. 141/3 Balloonatics have taken over. B. adj. Balloon-mad, balloon-crazy. ΚΠ 1882 Moonshine 5 163 Another balloonatic attempt to cross the Channel. 1927 C. Mackenzie Rogues & Vagabonds viii. 108 The size women are wearing their sleeves nowadays. Balloon sleeves they call them. Balloonatic sleeves I should say. 1971 K. Isaacs Mil. Aircraft Austral. i. 2/2 Ballooning spread to many countries, and..all Europe went ‘balloonatic’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1854
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