red tapen.

Brit.

/ˌrɛd ˈteɪp/, U.S.

/ˌrɛd ˈteɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., tape n.¹

Etymology: < red adj.+ tape n.¹

1. Woven red or pink tape used to secure legal documents and official papers.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal document > [noun] > tape used to secure

red tape1658

1658 Publick Intelligencer No. 153. 45 (advt.) A Little bundle of Papers tied with a red Tape, were lost on Friday last was a seven night, between Worcester-house and Lincolns-Inn.

1696 in Laws of Maryland (1765) 8 Will. III. c. 24 The Map..upon the Backside thereof sealed with his Excellency's Seal at Arms, on a red Cross with red Tape.

1725 Attorney & Solicitor's Compan. 79 The Commissioners sign each Schedule of the Parchment, as also the Interrogatories, and then bind them up together with the Commission with red Tape.

1750 ‘P. D.’ Full & True Acct. Earthquake (ed. 4) 5 The Place he was lost in is easily known by the Numbers of Papers, and Quantities of Red Tape, that are still scattered about it.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xxiii. 351 Drawing from his pocket a budget of papers, and untying the red tape .

1895 T. Hardy Jude v. iv. 356 Papers in packets tied with red tape were pigeon-holed around, and some iron safes filled a recess.

1966 Times 14 Dec. 11/7 Legal documents neatly tied with red tape have been among the heaps of junk lying around a building site behind the Law Courts.

1984 G. C. Homans Coming to my Senses (1986) xi. 176 With what excitement I untied the red tape around each new court roll!

2006 J. Law Oxf. Dict. Law (ed. 6) 63 The whole bundle is tied up with red tape in the case of a private client and white tape if the brief is from the crown.

2. figurative. Rigid adherence to official rules and formalities; (excessive) bureaucracy, esp. in public business. Chiefly depreciative.

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

1736 Ld. Hervey Poet. Epistle to Queen in Mem. (1848) II. xxv. 156 Let Wilmington, with grave, contracted brow, Red tape and wisdom at the Council show.

1837 C. G. F. Gore Stokeshill Place I. vii. 142 My dear, you mistake John Barnsley... Dearly as he loves a bit of red tape, you never saw him try to inspire any other man with the love of business.

1869 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 17 Dec. in S. Longfellow Final Memorials H. W. Longfellow (1887) vii. 127 All the morning at the custom-house, plagued with red tape.

1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. vii. 170 After ceaseless ridicule of red-tape, the petition is for more red-tape.

1938 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 18 Aug. 4/1 The trial time has been about cut in half by the preliminary clearing away of red tape.

1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. i. 4 He resigned from the Labour Party and the House of Commons to fight your battle without the restraints of red tape.

1996 Economist 20 July 76/3 Its civil filing against the dealers will result in no fines or restitution—only additional compliance costs on an industry that is already drowning in red tape.

Compounds

General attributive, as red-tape code, red-tape minister, etc.

ΚΠ

1827 J. Mitchell Sketches on Agric. 144 A good tenant is bound by his superior judgment, pride, and honour; nor will any parchment and red tape fetters bind a designing knave.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. i. 223 The men of more dazzling genius began to sneer at the red-tape minister as a mere official manager of details.

1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 144 Those who framed the red-tape code were not men of business.

1902 Times 19 Apr. 13/1 What did the red-tape officials at the War Office say?

1944 Amer. Notes & Queries Apr. 9/1 Gobbledygook talk: Maury Maverick's name for the long high-sounding words of Washington's red-tape language.

1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 347 ‘Is Baba Sheek gonna have to pay someone off?’.. ‘Not yet. I'm determined to try the red-tape method.’

Derivatives

redˈtapified adj. characterized by red tape.

ΚΠ

1895 Longman's Mag. Aug. 386 I had not..exaggerated the..redtapefied way in which things were done.

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

3. slang. Spirituous liquor, esp. gin ( white tape); red tape, brandy. Cf. ribbon n. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun]

water of life?c1450

burning watera1475

watera1475

aqua vitae1542

spirit1559

strong water1615

hot waters1616

spirituous liquor1659

spirit1663

fire1707

tape1725

strunt1786

hard stuff1789

firewater1799

fool's water1815

fool water1837

spirituous liquor1842

timber-doodle1842

lightning1858

1725 New Canting Dict. Tape, Red or White, Geneva, Aniseed, Clove-Water, &c. so called by Canters and Villains, and the Renters of the Tap..in Newgate, and other Prisons.

1755 Connoisseur No. 53. ⁋4 Every night-cellar [will] furnish you with Holland Tape, three yards a penny.

1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. x. 222 Red tape those as likes it may drain.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing vi, in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 205/2 Gin.., under the name of ‘tape’ used to be measured out pretty liberally in what was..her Majesty's prison of the Fleet.

单词	red tape
释义	red tapen. Brit. /ˌrɛd ˈteɪp/, U.S. /ˌrɛd ˈteɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., tape n.¹ Etymology: < red adj.+ tape n.¹ 1. Woven red or pink tape used to secure legal documents and official papers. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > [noun] > tape used to secure red tape1658 1658 Publick Intelligencer No. 153. 45 (advt.) A Little bundle of Papers tied with a red Tape, were lost on Friday last was a seven night, between Worcester-house and Lincolns-Inn. 1696 in Laws of Maryland (1765) 8 Will. III. c. 24 The Map..upon the Backside thereof sealed with his Excellency's Seal at Arms, on a red Cross with red Tape. 1725 Attorney & Solicitor's Compan. 79 The Commissioners sign each Schedule of the Parchment, as also the Interrogatories, and then bind them up together with the Commission with red Tape. 1750 ‘P. D.’ Full & True Acct. Earthquake (ed. 4) 5 The Place he was lost in is easily known by the Numbers of Papers, and Quantities of Red Tape, that are still scattered about it. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xxiii. 351 Drawing from his pocket a budget of papers, and untying the red tape . View more context for this quotation 1895 T. Hardy Jude v. iv. 356 Papers in packets tied with red tape were pigeon-holed around, and some iron safes filled a recess. 1966 Times 14 Dec. 11/7 Legal documents neatly tied with red tape have been among the heaps of junk lying around a building site behind the Law Courts. 1984 G. C. Homans Coming to my Senses (1986) xi. 176 With what excitement I untied the red tape around each new court roll! 2006 J. Law Oxf. Dict. Law (ed. 6) 63 The whole bundle is tied up with red tape in the case of a private client and white tape if the brief is from the crown. 2. figurative. Rigid adherence to official rules and formalities; (excessive) bureaucracy, esp. in public business. Chiefly depreciative. 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 1736 Ld. Hervey Poet. Epistle to Queen in Mem. (1848) II. xxv. 156 Let Wilmington, with grave, contracted brow, Red tape and wisdom at the Council show. 1837 C. G. F. Gore Stokeshill Place I. vii. 142 My dear, you mistake John Barnsley... Dearly as he loves a bit of red tape, you never saw him try to inspire any other man with the love of business. 1869 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 17 Dec. in S. Longfellow Final Memorials H. W. Longfellow (1887) vii. 127 All the morning at the custom-house, plagued with red tape. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. vii. 170 After ceaseless ridicule of red-tape, the petition is for more red-tape. 1938 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 18 Aug. 4/1 The trial time has been about cut in half by the preliminary clearing away of red tape. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. i. 4 He resigned from the Labour Party and the House of Commons to fight your battle without the restraints of red tape. 1996 Economist 20 July 76/3 Its civil filing against the dealers will result in no fines or restitution—only additional compliance costs on an industry that is already drowning in red tape. Compounds General attributive, as red-tape code, red-tape minister, etc. ΚΠ 1827 J. Mitchell Sketches on Agric. 144 A good tenant is bound by his superior judgment, pride, and honour; nor will any parchment and red tape fetters bind a designing knave. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. i. 223 The men of more dazzling genius began to sneer at the red-tape minister as a mere official manager of details. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 144 Those who framed the red-tape code were not men of business. 1902 Times 19 Apr. 13/1 What did the red-tape officials at the War Office say? 1944 Amer. Notes & Queries Apr. 9/1 Gobbledygook talk: Maury Maverick's name for the long high-sounding words of Washington's red-tape language. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 347 ‘Is Baba Sheek gonna have to pay someone off?’.. ‘Not yet. I'm determined to try the red-tape method.’ Derivatives redˈtapified adj. characterized by red tape. ΚΠ 1895 Longman's Mag. Aug. 386 I had not..exaggerated the..redtapefied way in which things were done. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas red tape 3. slang. Spirituous liquor, esp. gin ( white tape); red tape, brandy. Cf. ribbon n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] water of life?c1450 burning watera1475 watera1475 aqua vitae1542 spirit1559 strong water1615 hot waters1616 spirituous liquor1659 spirit1663 fire1707 tape1725 strunt1786 hard stuff1789 firewater1799 fool's water1815 fool water1837 spirituous liquor1842 timber-doodle1842 lightning1858 1725 New Canting Dict. Tape, Red or White, Geneva, Aniseed, Clove-Water, &c. so called by Canters and Villains, and the Renters of the Tap..in Newgate, and other Prisons. 1755 Connoisseur No. 53. ⁋4 Every night-cellar [will] furnish you with Holland Tape, three yards a penny. 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. x. 222 Red tape those as likes it may drain. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing vi, in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 205/2 Gin.., under the name of ‘tape’ used to be measured out pretty liberally in what was..her Majesty's prison of the Fleet. extracted from tapen.¹ < n.1658 as lemmas
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red tapen.

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