bellwethern.

Brit.

/ˈbɛlˌwɛðə/, U.S.

/ˈbɛlˌwɛðər/

Forms: Middle English belle-weder, belwedyr, Middle English–1600s belweather, 1500s– belweder, belwedder, belweadder, 1500s–1700s bellweather, Middle English– bel-wether, 1500s– bellwether.

Etymology: < bell n.¹ + wether n.

1. The leading sheep of a flock, on whose neck a bell is hung.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > male > castrated or wether > as leader of flock

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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 30/1 Belwedyr, shepe, titurus.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 52 The bel veddir for blythtnes bleyttit rycht fast.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 296 To follow after their Belwether.

1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) I. 237 He that steals a Bell-weather, shall be discover'd by the Bell.

1846 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. III. 201 Critics are like sheep, who always follow the bell-wether.

2. figurative. A chief or leader. (Mostly contemptuous.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > leader

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c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) 224 a I was cleped in my countrey The belweather.

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vii. f. 24^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Thomas being the ringleader of the one sect, and Scotus the belweather [1587 belweadder] of the other.

1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 73 The principal bell-weathers of this mutiny.

1794 R. Southey Wat Tyler iii. i, in Wks. II. 50 You bell-wether of the mob.

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. i. 5 'Taint afollerin' your bell-wethers Will excuse ye in His sight.

3. figurative (a) A clamorous person, one ready to give mouth; (b) (used opprobriously).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour > person

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a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 110 Go now, bell-weder!

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 102 To be detected with a iealious rotten Bell-weather .

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote IV. xiii. 109 She made me weep, that am no Bell-weather.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Bell-wedder, a fretful child. North.

Derivatives

bell-wethering n. the fact of leading and being led ‘like sheep’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > copying slavishly > leading or being led like sheep

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1882 Spectator 25 Mar. 388 But for the bell-wethering, there could have been no crinoline at all.

bell-wetherishness n. tendency to follow one who takes the lead.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > copying slavishly > leading or being led like sheep

bell-wethering1882

bell-wetherishness1882

1882 Spectator 25 Mar. 387 The gregariousness, and bell-wetherishness of the English people, who must all do the same thing at once.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bellwether
释义	bellwethern. Brit. /ˈbɛlˌwɛðə/, U.S. /ˈbɛlˌwɛðər/ Forms: Middle English belle-weder, belwedyr, Middle English–1600s belweather, 1500s– belweder, belwedder, belweadder, 1500s–1700s bellweather, Middle English– bel-wether, 1500s– bellwether. Etymology: < bell n.¹ + wether n. 1. The leading sheep of a flock, on whose neck a bell is hung. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > male > castrated or wether > as leader of flock bellwetherc1440 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 30/1 Belwedyr, shepe, titurus. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 52 The bel veddir for blythtnes bleyttit rycht fast. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 296 To follow after their Belwether. 1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) I. 237 He that steals a Bell-weather, shall be discover'd by the Bell. 1846 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. III. 201 Critics are like sheep, who always follow the bell-wether. 2. figurative. A chief or leader. (Mostly contemptuous.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > leader lattewc825 lodera1325 chieftainc1386 foreleadera1400 bellwetherc1430 aurigac1460 leader1489 Moses1528 ringleader1548 general1582 foreman1603 coryphaeus1633 foreheada1641 senator1656 father1771 o-muraji1869 simba1964 neta1984 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) 224 a I was cleped in my countrey The belweather. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vii. f. 24^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Thomas being the ringleader of the one sect, and Scotus the belweather [1587 belweadder] of the other. 1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 73 The principal bell-weathers of this mutiny. 1794 R. Southey Wat Tyler iii. i, in Wks. II. 50 You bell-wether of the mob. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. i. 5 'Taint afollerin' your bell-wethers Will excuse ye in His sight. 3. figurative (a) A clamorous person, one ready to give mouth; (b) (used opprobriously). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour > person bellwethera1500 outcrier1535 clamourer1653 clamourista1841 yammerer1874 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 110 Go now, bell-weder! a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 102 To be detected with a iealious rotten Bell-weather . View more context for this quotation 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote IV. xiii. 109 She made me weep, that am no Bell-weather. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Bell-wedder, a fretful child. North. Derivatives bell-wethering n. the fact of leading and being led ‘like sheep’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > copying slavishly > leading or being led like sheep bell-wethering1882 bell-wetherishness1882 1882 Spectator 25 Mar. 388 But for the bell-wethering, there could have been no crinoline at all. bell-wetherishness n. tendency to follow one who takes the lead. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > copying slavishly > leading or being led like sheep bell-wethering1882 bell-wetherishness1882 1882 Spectator 25 Mar. 387 The gregariousness, and bell-wetherishness of the English people, who must all do the same thing at once. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1430
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