not at homeadv.adj.n.

Brit.

/ˌnɒt ət ˈhəʊm/, U.S.

/ˌnɑd ət ˈhoʊm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: not adv., at prep., home n.¹

Etymology: < not adv. + at prep. + home n.¹ Compare at home at home n.¹ and adj. Phrases 1a.

A. adv.

euphemistic. Not prepared to receive, or unavailable to, callers (or to a particular caller). Cf. home n.¹ and adj. Phrases 1a(d).In quot. a1450: ‘at hand, available’.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > visit > visitor > [adverb] > prepared to receive visitors > not

not at home1595

a1450 York Plays 512 Ȝe herde þam noght, youre eris ȝe hidde; Youre helpe to þame was noȝt at hame.]

1595 T. Lodge Fig for Momus vi. l. 41 Saue by receiuing strangers, and estates, Be not at home to all, keepe fast thy gates.

1607 R. Johnson Pleasant Conceites Old Hobson 42 Master Hobson..asked one of his men if he were within and..he said he was not at home, but maister Hobson perceuing that his maister..was within not being willing (at that time) to be spoken withall..went his way.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 104 If it be a suit from the Count, I am sicke, or not at home. What you will, to dismisse it.

1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. i. i. 8 The footman answered, that it was not his lady's night, and she was not at home.

1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 167 Their answer to the call is—Not at home.

1832 S. Warren Passages from Diary of Late Physician II. iii. 180 The servant brought up the cards of several of his late colleagues. ‘Not at home, sirrah! Harkee—ill—ill,’ thundered his master.

1923 Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. (rev. ed.) i. 35 When visitors present themselves the servant charged with the duty of opening the door will..answer without hesitation if the family are ‘not at home’.

1963 S. Bedford Favourite of Gods ii. 133 Once more she took to her room, was not at home to friends.

1989 R. James Underground (BNC) 111 It's probably Rufus. It can't be Rachel, it won't be Jancey, and if it's Victor I'm not at home.

B. adj. (attributive).

That is not at home; relating to the fact of being not at home.

ΚΠ

1831 Society 1 307 He was on that young lady's not-at-home list.

1939 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 44 718 In areas with small population, or..in which the not-at-home group was large, the canvass results were still close to the estimates.

1961 Appl. Statistics 10 52 It is..very desirable to have some method of eliminating or reducing ‘not-at-home’ bias without having to make unlimited calls.

1979 Jrnl. Consumer Res. 6 49/2 ‘Not-at-home’ families are revisited at different hours of the day..before a substitute respondent is designated for the interview.

C. n.

†1. A message or indication that one is unable to receive a caller. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1850 Ladies Compan. 27 July 67/2 Worldly announcements of style and title were as little the usage at Briar Hedge, as ‘Not at homes—’.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ix. 123 ‘I can't see him in this state. Whatever shall I do?’ Not-at-homes were hardly naturalized in Weatherbury farm-houses, so Liddy suggested—‘Say you're a fright with dust, and can't come down.’

2. A person who is not at home; a record (as made in the course of a survey, opinion poll, etc.) that nobody was at home.

ΚΠ

1948 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 43 512 In order to minimize the bias resulting from the omission of not-at-homes and to give more adequate opportunity for getting employed workers in the sample.

1954 Amer. Math. Monthly 61 515 A method..which does not require that callbacks be made on the not-at-homes in sample surveys.

1989 Science 20 Jan. 348/1 This PSQ survey design involved 7,928 potential contacts which yielded 1,136 completed interviews, 1,219 refusals, 3,400 not-at-homes, [etc.].

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

单词	not at home
释义	not at homeadv.adj.n. Brit. /ˌnɒt ət ˈhəʊm/, U.S. /ˌnɑd ət ˈhoʊm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: not adv., at prep., home n.¹ Etymology: < not adv. + at prep. + home n.¹ Compare at home at home n.¹ and adj. Phrases 1a. A. adv. euphemistic. Not prepared to receive, or unavailable to, callers (or to a particular caller). Cf. home n.¹ and adj. Phrases 1a(d).In quot. a1450: ‘at hand, available’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visitor > [adverb] > prepared to receive visitors > not not at home1595 a1450 York Plays 512 Ȝe herde þam noght, youre eris ȝe hidde; Youre helpe to þame was noȝt at hame.] 1595 T. Lodge Fig for Momus vi. l. 41 Saue by receiuing strangers, and estates, Be not at home to all, keepe fast thy gates. 1607 R. Johnson Pleasant Conceites Old Hobson 42 Master Hobson..asked one of his men if he were within and..he said he was not at home, but maister Hobson perceuing that his maister..was within not being willing (at that time) to be spoken withall..went his way. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 104 If it be a suit from the Count, I am sicke, or not at home. What you will, to dismisse it. View more context for this quotation 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. i. i. 8 The footman answered, that it was not his lady's night, and she was not at home. 1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 167 Their answer to the call is—Not at home. 1832 S. Warren Passages from Diary of Late Physician II. iii. 180 The servant brought up the cards of several of his late colleagues. ‘Not at home, sirrah! Harkee—ill—ill,’ thundered his master. 1923 Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. (rev. ed.) i. 35 When visitors present themselves the servant charged with the duty of opening the door will..answer without hesitation if the family are ‘not at home’. 1963 S. Bedford Favourite of Gods ii. 133 Once more she took to her room, was not at home to friends. 1989 R. James Underground (BNC) 111 It's probably Rufus. It can't be Rachel, it won't be Jancey, and if it's Victor I'm not at home. B. adj. (attributive). That is not at home; relating to the fact of being not at home. ΚΠ 1831 Society 1 307 He was on that young lady's not-at-home list. 1939 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 44 718 In areas with small population, or..in which the not-at-home group was large, the canvass results were still close to the estimates. 1961 Appl. Statistics 10 52 It is..very desirable to have some method of eliminating or reducing ‘not-at-home’ bias without having to make unlimited calls. 1979 Jrnl. Consumer Res. 6 49/2 ‘Not-at-home’ families are revisited at different hours of the day..before a substitute respondent is designated for the interview. C. n. †1. A message or indication that one is unable to receive a caller. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1850 Ladies Compan. 27 July 67/2 Worldly announcements of style and title were as little the usage at Briar Hedge, as ‘Not at homes—’. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ix. 123 ‘I can't see him in this state. Whatever shall I do?’ Not-at-homes were hardly naturalized in Weatherbury farm-houses, so Liddy suggested—‘Say you're a fright with dust, and can't come down.’ 2. A person who is not at home; a record (as made in the course of a survey, opinion poll, etc.) that nobody was at home. ΚΠ 1948 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 43 512 In order to minimize the bias resulting from the omission of not-at-homes and to give more adequate opportunity for getting employed workers in the sample. 1954 Amer. Math. Monthly 61 515 A method..which does not require that callbacks be made on the not-at-homes in sample surveys. 1989 Science 20 Jan. 348/1 This PSQ survey design involved 7,928 potential contacts which yielded 1,136 completed interviews, 1,219 refusals, 3,400 not-at-homes, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.n.1595
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