badmann.

Brit.

/ˈbadman/, U.S.

/ˈbædˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural badmen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: bad adj., man n.¹

Etymology: < bad adj. + man n.¹, after Spanish mal hombre bad person, hence (now especially in American Spanish) villain, criminal (14th cent. in this sense).

Chiefly U.S.

1. A desperado, a gunman, an outlaw, a violent or ruthless criminal; a villain.The spec. use is not always distinguishable from the transparent collocation bad man, even in the pioneer and frontier contexts (esp. the Wild West) with which this use is chiefly associated.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > villainy > villain > [noun]

waryOE

geringc1290

thief1297

villain1303

gerardc1350

villainc1400

villainist1596

viliaco1600

evil genius1688

villagio1820

badman1855

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > wicked person > villain

geringc1290

thief1297

villain1303

gerardc1350

meschant1490

miscredent?a1500

miscreant1590

villainist1596

viliaco1600

villagio1820

badman1855

meanie1932

baddie1934

1855 Santa Barbara (Calif.) Gaz. 28 June 1/4 The ‘bad man’ was floored by the weight of a walking stick that the quaker had been known to carry.

1859 Brit. Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Jan. 1/3 It was they who tacitly aided the bad men to rescue the prisoner.

1888 T. Roosevelt Ranch Life Far West in Cent. Mag. Feb. 504/1 The ‘bad men’, or professional fighters, and man~killers, are of a different stamp, quite a number of them being, according to their light, perfectly honest.

1910 C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy i. 9 They were good bad-men and bad bad-men the killer by necessity and the wanton murderer.

1922 P. A. Rollins Cowboy iii. 54 The actual ‘bad man’ was ‘short on conversation’... All actual bad men were wholly untrustworthy, were natural killers, moral and mental degenerates, inhuman brutes who would slay for personal gain or merely to gratify a whim.

1958 V. Kelsey Brit. Columbia rides Star 173 Graves of badmen who met justice-in-the-rough.

1974 J. Raban Soft City (1984) ii. 19 Every patch of shadow has its resident badman with a knife, a gleam in his eye, and a line of punctures up his arm.

2006 Irish Times (Nexis) 5 Jan. 14 Nottingham sheriff and badman Sean Hosty clearly relishes the hiss and boo.

2. Originally Jamaican. A man who is (or purports to be) dangerous or menacing to a degree that inspires respect or admiration; a tough, combative, or uncompromising man. Also used as a modifier.Now frequently in British usage, esp. in Multicultural London English (see Multicultural London English n.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [noun] > admired person

wonder-man1883

bonzer1897

man1952

badman1954

motherfucker1958

motor scooter1960

society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > insubordinate person > intractable person

repugnant1625

Tartar1669

ugly customer1811

recalcitrant1825

non-compliant1854

intractable1883

non-cooperator1896

hardcore1916

badman1954

badass1956

banduluc1977

1954 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston. Jamaica) 22 Aug. 8/7 The ‘play-play’ badman had begun to wail and beg ‘ten thousand pardon’.

1977 Bim 12 87 Later two policemen come in the village and say that they looking for the idiot who feel that he is all this bad-man.

1999 D. Century Street Kingdom i. 29 He danced, rubbing his back lazily against the wall in the classic Jamaican badman skank.

2008 ‘P Money’ What did he Say? (transcribed from song) I'm a badman, not a hype dude Don't know what they told you, I ain't nothing like you.

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

单词	badman
释义	badmann. Brit. /ˈbadman/, U.S. /ˈbædˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural badmen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: bad adj., man n.¹ Etymology: < bad adj. + man n.¹, after Spanish mal hombre bad person, hence (now especially in American Spanish) villain, criminal (14th cent. in this sense). Chiefly U.S. 1. A desperado, a gunman, an outlaw, a violent or ruthless criminal; a villain.The spec. use is not always distinguishable from the transparent collocation bad man, even in the pioneer and frontier contexts (esp. the Wild West) with which this use is chiefly associated. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > villainy > villain > [noun] waryOE geringc1290 thief1297 villain1303 gerardc1350 villainc1400 villainist1596 viliaco1600 evil genius1688 villagio1820 badman1855 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > wicked person > villain geringc1290 thief1297 villain1303 gerardc1350 meschant1490 miscredent?a1500 miscreant1590 villainist1596 viliaco1600 villagio1820 badman1855 meanie1932 baddie1934 1855 Santa Barbara (Calif.) Gaz. 28 June 1/4 The ‘bad man’ was floored by the weight of a walking stick that the quaker had been known to carry. 1859 Brit. Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Jan. 1/3 It was they who tacitly aided the bad men to rescue the prisoner. 1888 T. Roosevelt Ranch Life Far West in Cent. Mag. Feb. 504/1 The ‘bad men’, or professional fighters, and man~killers, are of a different stamp, quite a number of them being, according to their light, perfectly honest. 1910 C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy i. 9 They were good bad-men and bad bad-men the killer by necessity and the wanton murderer. 1922 P. A. Rollins Cowboy iii. 54 The actual ‘bad man’ was ‘short on conversation’... All actual bad men were wholly untrustworthy, were natural killers, moral and mental degenerates, inhuman brutes who would slay for personal gain or merely to gratify a whim. 1958 V. Kelsey Brit. Columbia rides Star 173 Graves of badmen who met justice-in-the-rough. 1974 J. Raban Soft City (1984) ii. 19 Every patch of shadow has its resident badman with a knife, a gleam in his eye, and a line of punctures up his arm. 2006 Irish Times (Nexis) 5 Jan. 14 Nottingham sheriff and badman Sean Hosty clearly relishes the hiss and boo. 2. Originally Jamaican. A man who is (or purports to be) dangerous or menacing to a degree that inspires respect or admiration; a tough, combative, or uncompromising man. Also used as a modifier.Now frequently in British usage, esp. in Multicultural London English (see Multicultural London English n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [noun] > admired person wonder-man1883 bonzer1897 man1952 badman1954 motherfucker1958 motor scooter1960 society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > insubordinate person > intractable person repugnant1625 Tartar1669 ugly customer1811 recalcitrant1825 non-compliant1854 intractable1883 non-cooperator1896 hardcore1916 badman1954 badass1956 banduluc1977 1954 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston. Jamaica) 22 Aug. 8/7 The ‘play-play’ badman had begun to wail and beg ‘ten thousand pardon’. 1977 Bim 12 87 Later two policemen come in the village and say that they looking for the idiot who feel that he is all this bad-man. 1999 D. Century Street Kingdom i. 29 He danced, rubbing his back lazily against the wall in the classic Jamaican badman skank. 2008 ‘P Money’ What did he Say? (transcribed from song) I'm a badman, not a hype dude Don't know what they told you, I ain't nothing like you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1855
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