Niagaran.

Brit.

/nʌɪˈaɡ(ə)rə/, U.S.

/naɪˈæɡ(ə)rə/ (In poetic use also)Brit.

/nɪəˈɡɑːrə/, U.S.

/ˌniəˈɡɑrə/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

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

Etymology: < the name of the Niagara River in North America, flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, on which there is a famous waterfall. Compare earlier niagara v.The name is first attested on French maps from the 17th cent. and represents Mohawk ohnyá·karaʔ, lit. ‘neck of land (between the lakes)’, now Niagara district, equivalent of Huron Onguiaahra (1641), Ongiara (1656), a Neutral town at Youngstown, New York State. The word was formerly pronounced (especially in poetry) Brit.

/nɪəˈɡɑːrə/, U.S.

/ˌniəˈɡɑrə/. Compare the following:1757 in W. Duncombe et al. tr. Horace Wks. I. (Imitation Odes i. xxix) 112 Sure now Ontario's boisterous Lake His ancient Channel may forsake; Or Niagara's Fall Stop short; or solemn Leagues may bind (Much stranger still!) th'ambitious Mind Of Treaty-breaking Gaul.a1859 W. Watt Poems & Songs (1860) 275 ‘O fate, me place,’ the stranger cries, ‘Beside Ontario's Lake, Where Niagara's thunders rise, And Scotia I'll forsake.’

1. Something regarded as resembling the Niagara River at the falls, or the Niagara Falls itself; spec. a deluge, a torrent; an outpouring of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun] > cataract

cataphracta1586

catadupe1596

cataract1597

Niagara1828

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount

felec825

muchc1230

good wone1297

plentyc1300

bushelc1374

sight1390

mickle-whata1393

forcea1400

manynessa1400

multitudea1400

packc1400

a good dealc1430

greata1450

sackful1484

power1489

horseloadc1500

mile1508

lump1523

a deal?1532

peckc1535

heapa1547

mass1566

mass1569

gallon1575

armful1579

cart-load1587

mickle1599

bushelful1600–12

a load1609

wreck1612

parisha1616

herd1618

fair share1650

heapa1661

muchness1674

reams1681

hantle1693

mort1694

doll?1719

lift1755

acre1759

beaucoup1760

ton1770

boxload1795

boatload1807

lot1811

dollop1819

swag1819

faggald1824

screed1826

Niagara1828

wad1828

lashings1829

butt1831

slew1839

ocean1840

any amount (of)1848

rake1851

slather1857

horde1860

torrent1864

sheaf1865

oodlesa1867

dead load1869

scad1869

stack1870

jorum1872

a heap sight1874

firlot1883

oodlings1886

chunka1889

whips1888

God's quantity1895

streetful1901

bag1917

fid1920

fleetful1923

mob1927

bucketload1930

pisspot1944

shitload1954

megaton1957

mob-o-ton1975

gazillion1978

buttload1988

shit ton1991

1828 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 36 He [sc. Dryden] produced not a Chamouni or a Niagara, but a Stowe or a Hagley.

1835 J. E. Alexander Sketches in Portugal i. 3 There was a continual Niagara pouring over the bows.

1841 F. A. Kemble Let. 28 Dec. in Rec. Later Life (1882) II. 153 Such a Niagara of information did surely never pour from the lips of mortal man!

1872 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera (1896) I. xxiv. 492 Phlegethon falls into the abyss in a Niagara of blood.

1894 Westm. Gaz. 13 June 3/2 There is a deluge,..a very Niagara of concerts.

1912 I. S. Cobb Back Home 321 Rivers of red pop had already flowed, Niagaras of lager beer and stick gin had been swallowed up.

1931 A. Huxley Let. 24 Aug. (1969) 352 We are reading Monte Cristo aloud. What a book! I had never read it before: it is a kind of Niagara!

1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard iii. 86 A Niagara of tinted hair.

1992 M. Ondaatje Eng. Patient iii. 77 The sergeant released the catch of the flare and held it up in his outstretched arm, the niagara of its light pouring off his fist.

†2. U.S. A hairstyle consisting of a mass of curls or ringlets worn at the back of the head. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > curled or frizzed style

frizz1668

bullhead1672

bull1699

buckle1711

frizzle1850

cataract curls1864

Niagara1864

water wave1876

marcel wave1895

permanent wave1906

Greek goda1910

marcel1921

finger wave1925

permanent1926

perm1927

home perm1949

Afro1967

natural1967

Jewfro1976

Jheri curl1977

bubble perm1992

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 10 June One of her ‘Niagaras’ or ‘cataract curls’—the name given to the shower of true or false ringlets the ladies are in the habit of wearing at the backs of their heads.

Derivatives

Niˈagara-like adj.

ΚΠ

1884 Harper's Mag. Apr. 737/2 The vapor was pouring over its summit in Niagara-like volume.

1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons at Pares, Richard The exuberant vigour and almost Niagara-like outpouring of scholarship gave it [sc. George III and the Politicians] a memorable quality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

niagarav.

Brit.

/nʌɪˈaɡ(ə)rə/, U.S.

/naɪˈæɡ(ə)rə/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle niagarad, niagara'd;

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

Etymology: < the name of the Niagara River (see Niagara n.).

rare.

1. intransitive. To pour in a torrent or deluge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > waterfall > descend as a waterfall [verb (intransitive)] > cataract

niagara1800

cataract1832

1800 R. Southey in Ann. Anthol. II. 9 The fountain streams..Had niagara'd o'er the quadrangle.

1990 G. Naylor Better than Life 78 He spun the taps and water niagarad on to the pine-scented rubber shower mat.

2. transitive. To pour a copious amount of water on or over; to drench.

ΚΠ

1933 G. Murray tr. Acharnians in Aristophanes Comedies i. 27 Niagara'd me and slooshed me, till—almost—In so much sewage I gave up the ghost.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niagara
释义	Niagaran. Brit. /nʌɪˈaɡ(ə)rə/, U.S. /naɪˈæɡ(ə)rə/ (In poetic use also)Brit. /nɪəˈɡɑːrə/, U.S. /ˌniəˈɡɑrə/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Niagara. Etymology: < the name of the Niagara River in North America, flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, on which there is a famous waterfall. Compare earlier niagara v.The name is first attested on French maps from the 17th cent. and represents Mohawk ohnyá·karaʔ, lit. ‘neck of land (between the lakes)’, now Niagara district, equivalent of Huron Onguiaahra (1641), Ongiara (1656), a Neutral town at Youngstown, New York State. The word was formerly pronounced (especially in poetry) Brit. /nɪəˈɡɑːrə/, U.S. /ˌniəˈɡɑrə/. Compare the following:1757 in W. Duncombe et al. tr. Horace Wks. I. (Imitation Odes i. xxix) 112 Sure now Ontario's boisterous Lake His ancient Channel may forsake; Or Niagara's Fall Stop short; or solemn Leagues may bind (Much stranger still!) th'ambitious Mind Of Treaty-breaking Gaul.a1859 W. Watt Poems & Songs (1860) 275 ‘O fate, me place,’ the stranger cries, ‘Beside Ontario's Lake, Where Niagara's thunders rise, And Scotia I'll forsake.’ 1. Something regarded as resembling the Niagara River at the falls, or the Niagara Falls itself; spec. a deluge, a torrent; an outpouring of something. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun] > cataract cataphracta1586 catadupe1596 cataract1597 Niagara1828 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount felec825 muchc1230 good wone1297 plentyc1300 bushelc1374 sight1390 mickle-whata1393 forcea1400 manynessa1400 multitudea1400 packc1400 a good dealc1430 greata1450 sackful1484 power1489 horseloadc1500 mile1508 lump1523 a deal?1532 peckc1535 heapa1547 mass1566 mass1569 gallon1575 armful1579 cart-load1587 mickle1599 bushelful1600–12 a load1609 wreck1612 parisha1616 herd1618 fair share1650 heapa1661 muchness1674 reams1681 hantle1693 mort1694 doll?1719 lift1755 acre1759 beaucoup1760 ton1770 boxload1795 boatload1807 lot1811 dollop1819 swag1819 faggald1824 screed1826 Niagara1828 wad1828 lashings1829 butt1831 slew1839 ocean1840 any amount (of)1848 rake1851 slather1857 horde1860 torrent1864 sheaf1865 oodlesa1867 dead load1869 scad1869 stack1870 jorum1872 a heap sight1874 firlot1883 oodlings1886 chunka1889 whips1888 God's quantity1895 streetful1901 bag1917 fid1920 fleetful1923 mob1927 bucketload1930 pisspot1944 shitload1954 megaton1957 mob-o-ton1975 gazillion1978 buttload1988 shit ton1991 1828 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 36 He [sc. Dryden] produced not a Chamouni or a Niagara, but a Stowe or a Hagley. 1835 J. E. Alexander Sketches in Portugal i. 3 There was a continual Niagara pouring over the bows. 1841 F. A. Kemble Let. 28 Dec. in Rec. Later Life (1882) II. 153 Such a Niagara of information did surely never pour from the lips of mortal man! 1872 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera (1896) I. xxiv. 492 Phlegethon falls into the abyss in a Niagara of blood. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 13 June 3/2 There is a deluge,..a very Niagara of concerts. 1912 I. S. Cobb Back Home 321 Rivers of red pop had already flowed, Niagaras of lager beer and stick gin had been swallowed up. 1931 A. Huxley Let. 24 Aug. (1969) 352 We are reading Monte Cristo aloud. What a book! I had never read it before: it is a kind of Niagara! 1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard iii. 86 A Niagara of tinted hair. 1992 M. Ondaatje Eng. Patient iii. 77 The sergeant released the catch of the flare and held it up in his outstretched arm, the niagara of its light pouring off his fist. †2. U.S. A hairstyle consisting of a mass of curls or ringlets worn at the back of the head. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > curled or frizzed style frizz1668 bullhead1672 bull1699 buckle1711 frizzle1850 cataract curls1864 Niagara1864 water wave1876 marcel wave1895 permanent wave1906 Greek goda1910 marcel1921 finger wave1925 permanent1926 perm1927 home perm1949 Afro1967 natural1967 Jewfro1976 Jheri curl1977 bubble perm1992 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 10 June One of her ‘Niagaras’ or ‘cataract curls’—the name given to the shower of true or false ringlets the ladies are in the habit of wearing at the backs of their heads. Derivatives Niˈagara-like adj. ΚΠ 1884 Harper's Mag. Apr. 737/2 The vapor was pouring over its summit in Niagara-like volume. 1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons at Pares, Richard The exuberant vigour and almost Niagara-like outpouring of scholarship gave it [sc. George III and the Politicians] a memorable quality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). niagarav. Brit. /nʌɪˈaɡ(ə)rə/, U.S. /naɪˈæɡ(ə)rə/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle niagarad, niagara'd; Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Niagara. Etymology: < the name of the Niagara River (see Niagara n.). rare. 1. intransitive. To pour in a torrent or deluge. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > waterfall > descend as a waterfall [verb (intransitive)] > cataract niagara1800 cataract1832 1800 R. Southey in Ann. Anthol. II. 9 The fountain streams..Had niagara'd o'er the quadrangle. 1990 G. Naylor Better than Life 78 He spun the taps and water niagarad on to the pine-scented rubber shower mat. 2. transitive. To pour a copious amount of water on or over; to drench. ΚΠ 1933 G. Murray tr. Acharnians in Aristophanes Comedies i. 27 Niagara'd me and slooshed me, till—almost—In so much sewage I gave up the ghost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828v.1800
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