red-taperyn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛdˈteɪp(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˌrɛdˈteɪp(ə)ri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: red tape n., -ery suffix.

Etymology: < red tape n. + -ery suffix.

depreciative.

Rigid adherence to official rules and formalities; red tape.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > [noun] > officialism or bureaucracy

red tape1736

bureaucracy1815

bureauism1829

red-tapery1831

red-tapism1834

officiality1841

functionarism1842

officialism1849

red-tapedom1850

red tapeworm1851

tapism1852

green-ferret1853

officialty1853

paperasserie1856

paperchase1856

paper-chasing1876

departmentalism1886

Whitehallism1915

striped trousers1958

1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 654 These were the great heroes of the red-tapery.

1865 C. Boner Transylvania xxv. 414 It is the red-tapery which here, as in England, complicates and throws obstacles in the way of the most simple operations.

1913 Gleaner (Jamaica) 20 Mar. 13/1 On account of red-tapery at headquarters, dilatoriness and bungling in other quarters, these people must suffer.

1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Nov. 807/5 The red-tapery..that all but strangled his expedition alike on arrival and on departure.

1995 M. Roe Austral., Brit., & Migration vi. 108 Anthony Eden and Sir Newton Moore..who respectively deplored timidity in the OSD and red-tapery at Australia House.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red-tapery
释义	red-taperyn. Brit. /ˌrɛdˈteɪp(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌrɛdˈteɪp(ə)ri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: red tape n., -ery suffix. Etymology: < red tape n. + -ery suffix. depreciative. Rigid adherence to official rules and formalities; red tape. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [noun] > officialism or bureaucracy red tape1736 bureaucracy1815 bureauism1829 red-tapery1831 red-tapism1834 officiality1841 functionarism1842 officialism1849 red-tapedom1850 red tapeworm1851 tapism1852 green-ferret1853 officialty1853 paperasserie1856 paperchase1856 paper-chasing1876 departmentalism1886 Whitehallism1915 striped trousers1958 1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 654 These were the great heroes of the red-tapery. 1865 C. Boner Transylvania xxv. 414 It is the red-tapery which here, as in England, complicates and throws obstacles in the way of the most simple operations. 1913 Gleaner (Jamaica) 20 Mar. 13/1 On account of red-tapery at headquarters, dilatoriness and bungling in other quarters, these people must suffer. 1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Nov. 807/5 The red-tapery..that all but strangled his expedition alike on arrival and on departure. 1995 M. Roe Austral., Brit., & Migration vi. 108 Anthony Eden and Sir Newton Moore..who respectively deplored timidity in the OSD and red-tapery at Australia House. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831
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