blackwashv.

Brit.

/ˈblakwɒʃ/, U.S.

/ˈblækˌwɔʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., wash v.

Etymology: < black adj. + wash v. In sense 1 apparently after whitewash v. (although this is first attested slightly later). Compare black wash n., which is first attested later in the figurative sense.

1. transitive. To blacken the character of; to cast aspersions, disparage. Cf. whitewash v. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)]

filea1325

foulc1330

tache1390

dark?c1400

distain1406

smita1413

blemish1414

black?c1425

defoul1470

maculate?a1475

macule1484

tan1530

staina1535

spota1542

smear1549

blot1566

besmear1579

defile1581

attaint1590

soila1596

slubber1599

tack1601

woad1603

besmirch1604

blur1604

to breathe upon ——1608

be-smut1610

clouda1616

sullya1616

taint1623

smutch1640

blackena1649

to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654

beslur1675

tarnish1695

blackwash1762

carbonify1792

smirch1820

tattoo1884

dirten1987

1762 London Mag. Nov. 580/2 No man would have aimed at intitling himself to the benefit of it by any fraudulent means, or if he had, the issue would probably have been his being black-washed, instead of being white-washed.

1786 H. Walpole Let. 16 Mar. (1971) XXV. 630 Mr Hastings..is black-washed by the Opposition.

1844 Bradford Observer 1 Aug. 4/4 We are no more disposed to whitewash what is really bad in Democracy, than we are to blackwash what is really good in Monarchy and Aristocracy.

1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xii. 160 He ‘black-washes’..the whole human race.

1916 Proc. Nebraska State Bar Assoc. 9 55 Physicians and surgeons..spending many hours black-washing their high and noble profession.

1986 ‘J. Gash’ Tartan Sell iv. 24 I don't blackwash people, because what's the use?

2004 Moscow News (Nexis) 4 Feb. Trying to blackwash the UK government.

2. transitive. To wash or colour with a black liquid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > making or becoming black > make black [verb (transitive)] > with liquid

blackwash1843

1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. xvii. 362 The core is turned, dried and blackwashed.

1851 C. Dickens Bill-sticking in Househ. Words 22 Mar. 604/2 We went there..to black-wash their bills.

1861 Times 12 July The Gueux..whitewashed the façades. But they also blackwashed the paintings of Van Eyck and Memlinc.

1907 Foundry Apr. 95/1 Near the center on top fine dross collects and causes small blow-holes and leaks. We black-wash the cores.

1958 Proc. Symp. Saline Water Conversion (U.S. National Res. Council) 9 Aluminium blackwashed by an electrolysis process.

2002 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 25 Apr. b1 I called the building owners..to ask why they had black-washed the mural 22 years after it went up.

Derivatives

ˈblackwashing n.

ΚΠ

1839 Extra Globe (Washington, D.C.) 5 June 68/3 The accounting officers who have been reluctantly censured by the Black-washing Committee are ultra Whigs.

1842 N.Y. Herald 17 Sept. The abuse and black washing given Judge Jones..was of the richest coloring.

1905 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 552 (title) The blackwashing of Dante.

2003 F. T. Royster Becoming Cleopatra vii. 175 The earlier Bush administration's..blackwashing of the welfare recipient as ‘welfare queen’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	blackwash
释义	blackwashv. Brit. /ˈblakwɒʃ/, U.S. /ˈblækˌwɔʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., wash v. Etymology: < black adj. + wash v. In sense 1 apparently after whitewash v. (although this is first attested slightly later). Compare black wash n., which is first attested later in the figurative sense. 1. transitive. To blacken the character of; to cast aspersions, disparage. Cf. whitewash v. 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)] filea1325 foulc1330 tache1390 dark?c1400 distain1406 smita1413 blemish1414 black?c1425 defoul1470 maculate?a1475 macule1484 tan1530 staina1535 spota1542 smear1549 blot1566 besmear1579 defile1581 attaint1590 soila1596 slubber1599 tack1601 woad1603 besmirch1604 blur1604 to breathe upon ——1608 be-smut1610 clouda1616 sullya1616 taint1623 smutch1640 blackena1649 to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654 beslur1675 tarnish1695 blackwash1762 carbonify1792 smirch1820 tattoo1884 dirten1987 1762 London Mag. Nov. 580/2 No man would have aimed at intitling himself to the benefit of it by any fraudulent means, or if he had, the issue would probably have been his being black-washed, instead of being white-washed. 1786 H. Walpole Let. 16 Mar. (1971) XXV. 630 Mr Hastings..is black-washed by the Opposition. 1844 Bradford Observer 1 Aug. 4/4 We are no more disposed to whitewash what is really bad in Democracy, than we are to blackwash what is really good in Monarchy and Aristocracy. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xii. 160 He ‘black-washes’..the whole human race. 1916 Proc. Nebraska State Bar Assoc. 9 55 Physicians and surgeons..spending many hours black-washing their high and noble profession. 1986 ‘J. Gash’ Tartan Sell iv. 24 I don't blackwash people, because what's the use? 2004 Moscow News (Nexis) 4 Feb. Trying to blackwash the UK government. 2. transitive. To wash or colour with a black liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > making or becoming black > make black [verb (transitive)] > with liquid blackwash1843 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. xvii. 362 The core is turned, dried and blackwashed. 1851 C. Dickens Bill-sticking in Househ. Words 22 Mar. 604/2 We went there..to black-wash their bills. 1861 Times 12 July The Gueux..whitewashed the façades. But they also blackwashed the paintings of Van Eyck and Memlinc. 1907 Foundry Apr. 95/1 Near the center on top fine dross collects and causes small blow-holes and leaks. We black-wash the cores. 1958 Proc. Symp. Saline Water Conversion (U.S. National Res. Council) 9 Aluminium blackwashed by an electrolysis process. 2002 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 25 Apr. b1 I called the building owners..to ask why they had black-washed the mural 22 years after it went up. Derivatives ˈblackwashing n. ΚΠ 1839 Extra Globe (Washington, D.C.) 5 June 68/3 The accounting officers who have been reluctantly censured by the Black-washing Committee are ultra Whigs. 1842 N.Y. Herald 17 Sept. The abuse and black washing given Judge Jones..was of the richest coloring. 1905 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 552 (title) The blackwashing of Dante. 2003 F. T. Royster Becoming Cleopatra vii. 175 The earlier Bush administration's..blackwashing of the welfare recipient as ‘welfare queen’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1762
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