old raln.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d) ˈral/, U.S.

/ˈoʊl(d) ˈræl/

Forms: 1800s– old ral, 1900s– old rale. Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., neuralgia n.

Etymology: < old adj. + -ral- (in neuralgia n.), with neu- humorously taken as new and replaced by old; compare quots. 1878 at main sense, 1899 at main sense.

U.S. slang. Now historical.

Syphilis. Usually with the.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun] > syphilis

foul evila1398

grandgore1497

French disease1503

French pox1503

pox1503

great pocka1519

great pox1529

morbus gallicus1543

gore1554

marbles1592

verol1596

Spanish pox1600

verola1600

the foul evil1607

bube1608

grincome1608

Neapolitan1631

lues1634

scabbado1651

venereal syphilis1653

foul disease1680

gout1694

syphilid1829

syphiloid1833

syphiloderma1850

vaccino-syphilis1868

neurosyphilis1878

old ral1878

syph1914

bejel1928

cosmic disease-

1878 J. A. Dacus & J. W. Buel Tour of St. Louis 354 He was asked by a neighbor the nature of his disease: The reply was as usual, neuralgia, to which the interlocutor responded in a tone significant of supreme disgust: ‘That's what they've all got, but mine has run into “Old Ral”.’

1899 J. M. Harrell Hot Springs Doctor iii. 77 A trim, meek little man..assured him that ‘he had come to try the water for a bad case of neuralgia’. ‘New what!’ said the outspoken landlord. ‘Don't call it new; it's the “old ral” you've got my boy, and these baths will cure you.’

1908 W. G. Davenport Butte & Montana beneath X-ray 17 ‘Whiskey Bill’..lay dying with..the old ral.

1937 E. Hemingway To have & have Not iii. xiv. 201 Shut up, slappy... You've got the old rale... You punchies make me sick.

1942 Collier's 12 Sept. 15/3 Floyd had spent the winter in Shreveport & had brought back what everybody thought was the Old Ral.

1965 S. Longstreet Sportin' House 43 Most likely the innocent nun didn't know the patches were often used to hide the sores of the old rale.

1992 Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Nexis) 7 Dec. a6 Soon yankees began arriving..to convince themselves that the water could cure them of ‘the Old Ral’.

Compounds

General attributive. Designating or relating to a place with springs believed to have a curative or palliative effect on syphilis; spec. Hot Springs, Arkansas. Esp. in old ral hole.

ΚΠ

1928 W. G. Clugston et al. Facts you should know about Arkansas 23 The Old Ral hole, where syphilitic paupers could bathe in the curative waters without charge, is gone forever.

1954 V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1976) lvii. 86 The Hot Springs policeman put him in the Old Ral bath-house, because it costs a lot of money to stay at the big hotel.

1995 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) (Nexis) 110 103 Famous for public use was the old ‘Ral’ hole, which was considered to be a specific cure for syphilis.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old ral
释义	old raln. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈral/, U.S. /ˈoʊl(d) ˈræl/ Forms: 1800s– old ral, 1900s– old rale. Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., neuralgia n. Etymology: < old adj. + -ral- (in neuralgia n.), with neu- humorously taken as new and replaced by old; compare quots. 1878 at main sense, 1899 at main sense. U.S. slang. Now historical. Syphilis. Usually with the. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun] > syphilis foul evila1398 grandgore1497 French disease1503 French pox1503 pox1503 great pocka1519 great pox1529 morbus gallicus1543 gore1554 marbles1592 verol1596 Spanish pox1600 verola1600 the foul evil1607 bube1608 grincome1608 Neapolitan1631 lues1634 scabbado1651 venereal syphilis1653 foul disease1680 gout1694 syphilid1829 syphiloid1833 syphiloderma1850 vaccino-syphilis1868 neurosyphilis1878 old ral1878 syph1914 bejel1928 cosmic disease- 1878 J. A. Dacus & J. W. Buel Tour of St. Louis 354 He was asked by a neighbor the nature of his disease: The reply was as usual, neuralgia, to which the interlocutor responded in a tone significant of supreme disgust: ‘That's what they've all got, but mine has run into “Old Ral”.’ 1899 J. M. Harrell Hot Springs Doctor iii. 77 A trim, meek little man..assured him that ‘he had come to try the water for a bad case of neuralgia’. ‘New what!’ said the outspoken landlord. ‘Don't call it new; it's the “old ral” you've got my boy, and these baths will cure you.’ 1908 W. G. Davenport Butte & Montana beneath X-ray 17 ‘Whiskey Bill’..lay dying with..the old ral. 1937 E. Hemingway To have & have Not iii. xiv. 201 Shut up, slappy... You've got the old rale... You punchies make me sick. 1942 Collier's 12 Sept. 15/3 Floyd had spent the winter in Shreveport & had brought back what everybody thought was the Old Ral. 1965 S. Longstreet Sportin' House 43 Most likely the innocent nun didn't know the patches were often used to hide the sores of the old rale. 1992 Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Nexis) 7 Dec. a6 Soon yankees began arriving..to convince themselves that the water could cure them of ‘the Old Ral’. Compounds General attributive. Designating or relating to a place with springs believed to have a curative or palliative effect on syphilis; spec. Hot Springs, Arkansas. Esp. in old ral hole. ΚΠ 1928 W. G. Clugston et al. Facts you should know about Arkansas 23 The Old Ral hole, where syphilitic paupers could bathe in the curative waters without charge, is gone forever. 1954 V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1976) lvii. 86 The Hot Springs policeman put him in the Old Ral bath-house, because it costs a lot of money to stay at the big hotel. 1995 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) (Nexis) 110 103 Famous for public use was the old ‘Ral’ hole, which was considered to be a specific cure for syphilis. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878
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