ballooneryn.

Brit.

/bəˈluːn(ə)ri/, U.S.

/bəˈlunəri/

Forms:

α. 1700s– balloonery.

β. 1800s balloonry.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: balloon n., -ery suffix.

Etymology: < balloon n. + -ery suffix. Compare slightly earlier balloonation n. and ballooning n. 1, and also balloonism n.With the β. forms compare -ry suffix.

Now rare.

The practice or art of ballooning; the management of balloons, aeronautics. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > ballooning > [noun]

airgonation1784

balloonation1784

ballooning1784

balloonery1785

balloonism1785

balloon flying1802

balloon navigation1816

aeronautism1847

hot-air ballooning1891

1785 Daily Universal Reg. 1 Sept. 3/1 (headline) Balloonery, Rashness, and Foolery.

1859 Knickerbocker Nov. 559 In these days of daring ‘Balloonry’, the Knickerbocker is to be ‘counted in’... Not that we are going up: but one of our correspondents..has obtained permission to ascend to a great height.

1861 Southern Literary Messenger 33 445/1 His aspect is as unequivocal as that of an Opera Singer or a Professor of Balloonery.

2001 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 19 June 29 The wind shredded his big balloon Sunday... Give it up, Steve... Use the money wasted on botched balloonery to some productive purpose.

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

单词	balloonery
释义	ballooneryn. Brit. /bəˈluːn(ə)ri/, U.S. /bəˈlunəri/ Forms: α. 1700s– balloonery. β. 1800s balloonry. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: balloon n., -ery suffix. Etymology: < balloon n. + -ery suffix. Compare slightly earlier balloonation n. and ballooning n. 1, and also balloonism n.With the β. forms compare -ry suffix. Now rare. The practice or art of ballooning; the management of balloons, aeronautics. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > ballooning > [noun] airgonation1784 balloonation1784 ballooning1784 balloonery1785 balloonism1785 balloon flying1802 balloon navigation1816 aeronautism1847 hot-air ballooning1891 1785 Daily Universal Reg. 1 Sept. 3/1 (headline) Balloonery, Rashness, and Foolery. 1859 Knickerbocker Nov. 559 In these days of daring ‘Balloonry’, the Knickerbocker is to be ‘counted in’... Not that we are going up: but one of our correspondents..has obtained permission to ascend to a great height. 1861 Southern Literary Messenger 33 445/1 His aspect is as unequivocal as that of an Opera Singer or a Professor of Balloonery. 2001 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 19 June 29 The wind shredded his big balloon Sunday... Give it up, Steve... Use the money wasted on botched balloonery to some productive purpose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1785
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