† Needhamn.

Forms: 1500s Needam, 1500s needam, 1600s Needom, 1600s Needome, 1600s–1800s Needham.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Needham.

Etymology: < the name of Needham Market, a small town near Ipswich in Suffolk, punningly after need n.¹ and probably also -dom suffix.

Obsolete.

Extreme poverty or destitution, imagined as a physical destination; beggary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [noun]

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orcostc1225

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debility1525

tenuity1535

leanness1550

lack1555

Needham1577

inopy1581

pinching1587

dispurveyance1590

egency1600

macritude1623

penuriousness1630

indigency1631

needihood1648

necessitousness1650

egestuosity1656

straitened circumstancesa1766

unopulence1796

Queer Street1811

lowliness1834

breadlessness1860

unwealthiness1886

out-of-elbowness1890

secondary poverty1901

Short Street1920

1577 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 17, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Toyling much, & spoyling more..soone sets thine host at needams shore, to craue the beggars bone.

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D Such yoong youths when the Broker hath blest them with saint Needams crosse, fall then to priuy lifts & cosenages.

1616 T. Adams Dis. Soule 53 Idlneesse is the coach to bring a man to Needome, Prodigalitie the post-horse.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 56 They are said to be in the high way to Needham who do hasten to poverty.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. at Suffolk You are in the highway to Needham, That is, you are in the high road to poverty.

1869 C. H. Spurgeon John Ploughman's Talk vii They are already a long way on the road to Needham.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	needham
释义	† Needhamn. Forms: 1500s Needam, 1500s needam, 1600s Needom, 1600s Needome, 1600s–1800s Needham. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Needham. Etymology: < the name of Needham Market, a small town near Ipswich in Suffolk, punningly after need n.¹ and probably also -dom suffix. Obsolete. Extreme poverty or destitution, imagined as a physical destination; beggary. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] waedlec888 wanspeedc893 wanea1100 wandrethc1175 miseasea1200 povertya1225 lowness?c1225 needc1225 orcostc1225 poorness?a1300 unwealtha1300 defaultc1300 porailc1325 straitnessa1340 poorhead1340 mischiefa1375 miseasetya1382 needinessa1382 misterc1385 indigencec1386 scarcitya1387 noughtc1400 scantnessc1400 necessity?1406 penurya1425 povertnessa1434 exilitya1439 wantc1450 scarcenessc1475 needinga1500 povertiesa1500 penurity?a1505 poortith?a1513 debility1525 tenuity1535 leanness1550 lack1555 Needham1577 inopy1581 pinching1587 dispurveyance1590 egency1600 macritude1623 penuriousness1630 indigency1631 needihood1648 necessitousness1650 egestuosity1656 straitened circumstancesa1766 unopulence1796 Queer Street1811 lowliness1834 breadlessness1860 unwealthiness1886 out-of-elbowness1890 secondary poverty1901 Short Street1920 1577 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 17, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Toyling much, & spoyling more..soone sets thine host at needams shore, to craue the beggars bone. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D Such yoong youths when the Broker hath blest them with saint Needams crosse, fall then to priuy lifts & cosenages. 1616 T. Adams Dis. Soule 53 Idlneesse is the coach to bring a man to Needome, Prodigalitie the post-horse. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 56 They are said to be in the high way to Needham who do hasten to poverty. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. at Suffolk You are in the highway to Needham, That is, you are in the high road to poverty. 1869 C. H. Spurgeon John Ploughman's Talk vii They are already a long way on the road to Needham. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1577
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