Blightyn.adj.²

Brit.

/ˈblʌɪti/, U.S.

/ˈblaɪdi/

Origin: A borrowing from Urdu. Etymons: Urdu bilāyatī, vilāyatī.

Etymology: < Urdu bilāyatī, regional variant of vilāyatī vilayati adj. Compare earlier Vilayat n. and especially the β. forms at that entry. Compare also earlier vilayati adj. and vilayati n.

Originally Military slang.

A. n.

1. England, Britain. Originally used by soldiers on service overseas, esp. during the First World War (1914–18) and Second World War (1939–45), and subsequently more generally in informal, and often somewhat humorous, contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun]

Merry Englanda1400

rosec1460

south1641

perfidious Albion1798

perfide Albion1840

Mother of Parliaments1865

Little England1872

Blighty1900

1900 Weekly Standard & Express (Blackburn) 7 Apr. 6/1 [Letter from soldier in the Boer War] It is as hot as possible here, and it will be just as cold over in ‘blighty’ I expect.

1916 A. J. Mills et al. Take me back to Dear Old Blighty (song) 4 Take me back to dear old Blighty, Put me on the train to London Town.

1916 P. MacGill Great Push xix. 238 I'll send out the money and fags when I go back to blighty.

a1967 J. R. Ackerley My Father & Myself (1968) vii. 60 I was not happy in Blighty.

1993 Empire Aug. 15/2 Since then he's hopped back and forth between the two countries, notching up a number of TV credits in Blighty.

2009 Private Eye 17 Apr. 3/2 Lord Rothermere's spokesman back in Blighty..refused to say whether the Viscount has any other French connections.

2. Military slang. In the First World War (1914–18): a wound suffered sufficiently serious to cause a soldier to be returned home to Britain or kept away from the front line. Cf. slightly earlier sense B. 1. Now historical.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > other wounds

sursanurec1400

blood wound1632

dunt1886

blood injury1909

Blighty1915

1915 Red Feather Aug. 91/2 I'd rather bear my fate ‘up there’ Where bullets chase and chivvy, Than get a blighty in my nighty A-sleeping in my bivvy.

1916 Daily Mail 1 Nov. 4/4 So-and-so stopped some shrapnel and is back at the base in hospital,..he wasn't lucky enough to get a blighty.

1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory i. xii. 104 Marsden..had had his left arm damaged by a bullet and had gone to hospital very pleased with himself for having picked out of the dip the ideal Blighty.

1955 C. S. Lewis Surprised by Joy xiii. 187 I got a sound ‘Blighty’ from an English shell.

2002 A. Jacobs Our Eva ii. 20 He'd copped a Blighty back in 1917 at Passchendaele.

B. adj.²

1. Military slang.

a. In the First World War (1914–18): (of a wound) sufficiently serious to merit being returned home to Britain or kept away from the front line. Also: designating a bullet inflicting such a wound. Cf. sense A. 2, cushy adj. 2c. Now historical.

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1915 Daily Mail 25 May 7/1 They have got what Tommy calls ‘a blighty one’—a wound that is not too bad, but sufficient to obtain a short stay at home for the wounded man.

1916 Notes & Queries 4 Mar. 194/2 I believe that ‘B.B.’ is the regular, though unofficial description of any non-fatal wound serious enough to send its victim back to a base hospital—Blighty Boy.

1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 29 A Blighty bullet sent him back to England and gave him a mention in the casualty list.

1933 F. Richards Old Soldiers never Die 207 Just got back with a beautiful blighty one in the arm.

1971 B. Palmer They shall not Pass i. 128 I was in at the fag-end of the last war. Infantry. Three months in the lines. Blighty-bullet in the leg. I was home again when it ended.

2009 Independent 20 Nov. 33/2 ‘I don't want to work for a boss,’ she says as cheerfully as any 1914–18 British soldier with a ‘Blighty’ wound.

b. In the First World War (1914–18) and Second World War (1939–45): designating a period of leave spent in Britain. Now historical.

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1916 Brazier 15 Nov. 3/2 ‘The Big Strafe’ is writing a book entitled, ‘How to Make the Blighty Trip and Return in Four Months’.

1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings v. 111 On the last occasion when I was let loose from the front on ticket-of-leave, I added twenty-four hours to my Blighty period.

1918 Aussie: Austral. Soldiers' Mag. Aug. 9/2 The C.O. endeavours to persuade Private Hardcase to accept Blighty Leave.

1943 Prisoners of War News Apr. 172 We had great hopes of seeing a Blighty Christmas this year but I think we can be positive of the next one.

1992 A. V. Roberts Morning's Gate xxx. 527 His old friend went on Blighty leave for three weeks.

2. gen. British, English.In quot. 1916 in the name of a style of woman's hat, apparently a marketing strategy influenced by wartime patriotism; cf. Paris hat, Spanish hat, etc. (see the first element).

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1916 Daily Mail 30 Sept. 7/7 (advt.) The velette ‘Blighty’ hat. 2/6.

1926 Morning Post 8 Dec. An Exhibition and Sale of Blighty Industries.

1970 Guardian 19 Aug. 6/5 The hottest comic on Blighty vid.

1996 Big Issue 8 July 4/1 Baseball's Blighty home, Hull.

2000 Independent (Nexis) 16 July 8 Slurping Guinness in a Blighty pub with her Blighty boyfriend.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

blightyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈblʌɪti/, U.S.

/ˈblaɪdi/

Etymology: < blight n. + -y suffix¹.

†a. = blighting adj. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > blighting or blasting plants, etc.

withering1579

blasterous1582

blasty1667

blighty1731

blightening1743

blighting1796

1731 S. Switzer et al. Pract. Fruit-gardener (ed. 2) 287 Those blighty Airs rise, and by Elasticity are driven in Columns against Fruit-Trees.

b. Affected with blight; blighted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > of or having fungal disease > blighted or not blighted

blighted1665

unblighted1861

blighty1900

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > domestic as opposed to foreign

domestical1531

inwarda1535

intestine1535

domestic1545

inland1546

home?1569

ephestian1652

inlandish1657

interior1768

blighty1900

1900 Standard 9 Nov. The acorn crop is an abundant one, the fruit being rather blighty and undersized.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blighty
释义	Blightyn.adj.² Brit. /ˈblʌɪti/, U.S. /ˈblaɪdi/ Origin: A borrowing from Urdu. Etymons: Urdu bilāyatī, vilāyatī. Etymology: < Urdu bilāyatī, regional variant of vilāyatī vilayati adj. Compare earlier Vilayat n. and especially the β. forms at that entry. Compare also earlier vilayati adj. and vilayati n. Originally Military slang. A. n. 1. England, Britain. Originally used by soldiers on service overseas, esp. during the First World War (1914–18) and Second World War (1939–45), and subsequently more generally in informal, and often somewhat humorous, contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] Merry Englanda1400 rosec1460 south1641 perfidious Albion1798 perfide Albion1840 Mother of Parliaments1865 Little England1872 Blighty1900 1900 Weekly Standard & Express (Blackburn) 7 Apr. 6/1 [Letter from soldier in the Boer War] It is as hot as possible here, and it will be just as cold over in ‘blighty’ I expect. 1916 A. J. Mills et al. Take me back to Dear Old Blighty (song) 4 Take me back to dear old Blighty, Put me on the train to London Town. 1916 P. MacGill Great Push xix. 238 I'll send out the money and fags when I go back to blighty. a1967 J. R. Ackerley My Father & Myself (1968) vii. 60 I was not happy in Blighty. 1993 Empire Aug. 15/2 Since then he's hopped back and forth between the two countries, notching up a number of TV credits in Blighty. 2009 Private Eye 17 Apr. 3/2 Lord Rothermere's spokesman back in Blighty..refused to say whether the Viscount has any other French connections. 2. Military slang. In the First World War (1914–18): a wound suffered sufficiently serious to cause a soldier to be returned home to Britain or kept away from the front line. Cf. slightly earlier sense B. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > other wounds sursanurec1400 blood wound1632 dunt1886 blood injury1909 Blighty1915 1915 Red Feather Aug. 91/2 I'd rather bear my fate ‘up there’ Where bullets chase and chivvy, Than get a blighty in my nighty A-sleeping in my bivvy. 1916 Daily Mail 1 Nov. 4/4 So-and-so stopped some shrapnel and is back at the base in hospital,..he wasn't lucky enough to get a blighty. 1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory i. xii. 104 Marsden..had had his left arm damaged by a bullet and had gone to hospital very pleased with himself for having picked out of the dip the ideal Blighty. 1955 C. S. Lewis Surprised by Joy xiii. 187 I got a sound ‘Blighty’ from an English shell. 2002 A. Jacobs Our Eva ii. 20 He'd copped a Blighty back in 1917 at Passchendaele. B. adj.² 1. Military slang. a. In the First World War (1914–18): (of a wound) sufficiently serious to merit being returned home to Britain or kept away from the front line. Also: designating a bullet inflicting such a wound. Cf. sense A. 2, cushy adj. 2c. Now historical. ΚΠ 1915 Daily Mail 25 May 7/1 They have got what Tommy calls ‘a blighty one’—a wound that is not too bad, but sufficient to obtain a short stay at home for the wounded man. 1916 Notes & Queries 4 Mar. 194/2 I believe that ‘B.B.’ is the regular, though unofficial description of any non-fatal wound serious enough to send its victim back to a base hospital—Blighty Boy. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 29 A Blighty bullet sent him back to England and gave him a mention in the casualty list. 1933 F. Richards Old Soldiers never Die 207 Just got back with a beautiful blighty one in the arm. 1971 B. Palmer They shall not Pass i. 128 I was in at the fag-end of the last war. Infantry. Three months in the lines. Blighty-bullet in the leg. I was home again when it ended. 2009 Independent 20 Nov. 33/2 ‘I don't want to work for a boss,’ she says as cheerfully as any 1914–18 British soldier with a ‘Blighty’ wound. b. In the First World War (1914–18) and Second World War (1939–45): designating a period of leave spent in Britain. Now historical. ΚΠ 1916 Brazier 15 Nov. 3/2 ‘The Big Strafe’ is writing a book entitled, ‘How to Make the Blighty Trip and Return in Four Months’. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings v. 111 On the last occasion when I was let loose from the front on ticket-of-leave, I added twenty-four hours to my Blighty period. 1918 Aussie: Austral. Soldiers' Mag. Aug. 9/2 The C.O. endeavours to persuade Private Hardcase to accept Blighty Leave. 1943 Prisoners of War News Apr. 172 We had great hopes of seeing a Blighty Christmas this year but I think we can be positive of the next one. 1992 A. V. Roberts Morning's Gate xxx. 527 His old friend went on Blighty leave for three weeks. 2. gen. British, English.In quot. 1916 in the name of a style of woman's hat, apparently a marketing strategy influenced by wartime patriotism; cf. Paris hat, Spanish hat, etc. (see the first element). ΚΠ 1916 Daily Mail 30 Sept. 7/7 (advt.) The velette ‘Blighty’ hat. 2/6. 1926 Morning Post 8 Dec. An Exhibition and Sale of Blighty Industries. 1970 Guardian 19 Aug. 6/5 The hottest comic on Blighty vid. 1996 Big Issue 8 July 4/1 Baseball's Blighty home, Hull. 2000 Independent (Nexis) 16 July 8 Slurping Guinness in a Blighty pub with her Blighty boyfriend. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). blightyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈblʌɪti/, U.S. /ˈblaɪdi/ Etymology: < blight n. + -y suffix¹. †a. = blighting adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > blighting or blasting plants, etc. withering1579 blasterous1582 blasty1667 blighty1731 blightening1743 blighting1796 1731 S. Switzer et al. Pract. Fruit-gardener (ed. 2) 287 Those blighty Airs rise, and by Elasticity are driven in Columns against Fruit-Trees. b. Affected with blight; blighted. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > of or having fungal disease > blighted or not blighted blighted1665 unblighted1861 blighty1900 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > domestic as opposed to foreign domestical1531 inwarda1535 intestine1535 domestic1545 inland1546 home?1569 ephestian1652 inlandish1657 interior1768 blighty1900 1900 Standard 9 Nov. The acorn crop is an abundant one, the fruit being rather blighty and undersized. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.²1900adj.¹1731
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