shenzin.adj.

Brit.

/ˈʃɛnzi/, U.S.

/ˈʃɛnzi/, East African English

/ˈʃenzi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, shenzis.

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili -shenzi.

Etymology: < Swahili -shenzi uncivilized (in e.g. mshenzi member of an uncivilized community, plural washenzi , also used by coastal communities as a derogatory term for the inhabitants of the interior; compare quot. 1910 at sense A.).The Swahili plural washenzi has also sometimes been borrowed into English, with specific reference to the inhabitants of the interior of East Africa; compare:1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 89 The Washenzi throughout this portion of East Africa have organized certain customs which have grown to laws.

East African (derogatory and offensive).

A. n.

A person regarded as barbarous, primitive, or uncivilized. Now rare and historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > uncivilized tribesman

shenzi1910

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of East Africa > [noun] > uncivilized

shenzi1910

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider

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1910 T. Roosevelt Afr. Game Trails xi. 330 I had kept four Kikuyus with me to accompany me on my hunts... They would not associate with the ‘shenzis’, as they called them; that is, savages or bush people.

1976 K. Thackeray Crownbird vi. 111 That he should be..involved with this bunch of shenzis..was very confusing.

2006 Hist. Afr. 33 400 He accused Makenge of being bottomless in his demands and decried him as a shenzi.

B. adj.

Barbarous, primitive, or uncivilized.

ΚΠ

1910 T. Roosevelt Afr. Game Trails xiv. 482 I walked away from camp..followed by my gun-bearers, the little mule with its well-meaning and utterly ignorant shenzi sais.

1929 Geogr. Jrnl. 74 30 They were quite a shenzi people, wearing nothing but a skin or a piece of cloth fastened on the shoulder.

2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters (2006) vii. 115 He hates this place, Ma. We all do. You should be in your garden at home, not in this shenzi, no-hoper of a place.

2015 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 11 Dec. The victims of [colonial brainwashing]..became thoroughly convinced that whatever came from..London..was the ‘thing’, and everything else was savage, primitive, backward and shenzi.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	shenzi
释义	shenzin.adj. Brit. /ˈʃɛnzi/, U.S. /ˈʃɛnzi/, East African English /ˈʃenzi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, shenzis. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili -shenzi. Etymology: < Swahili -shenzi uncivilized (in e.g. mshenzi member of an uncivilized community, plural washenzi , also used by coastal communities as a derogatory term for the inhabitants of the interior; compare quot. 1910 at sense A.).The Swahili plural washenzi has also sometimes been borrowed into English, with specific reference to the inhabitants of the interior of East Africa; compare:1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 89 The Washenzi throughout this portion of East Africa have organized certain customs which have grown to laws. East African (derogatory and offensive). A. n. A person regarded as barbarous, primitive, or uncivilized. Now rare and historical. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > uncivilized tribesman shenzi1910 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of East Africa > [noun] > uncivilized shenzi1910 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider fremdc950 guestc950 althedyOE allophyleOE uncoutha1250 strangea1325 alienc1384 barbarc1384 barbarync1384 strangerc1385 barbaric1388 foreigna1399 outland?a1400 farandman14.. out-comelingc1400 foreigner1422 alienar1473 alienate1497 estrangec1503 new face?a1513 barbarianc1550 fremman1568 frenne1579 estranger1586 inmatea1600 outlier1606 outcomer1607 externc1610 exoteric1697 outner1721 outsider1800 unco1800 inconnu1807 outrigger1850 offcome1859 ringer1896 offcomer1898 shenzi1910 out-grouper1938 outworlder1948 1910 T. Roosevelt Afr. Game Trails xi. 330 I had kept four Kikuyus with me to accompany me on my hunts... They would not associate with the ‘shenzis’, as they called them; that is, savages or bush people. 1976 K. Thackeray Crownbird vi. 111 That he should be..involved with this bunch of shenzis..was very confusing. 2006 Hist. Afr. 33 400 He accused Makenge of being bottomless in his demands and decried him as a shenzi. B. adj. Barbarous, primitive, or uncivilized. ΚΠ 1910 T. Roosevelt Afr. Game Trails xiv. 482 I walked away from camp..followed by my gun-bearers, the little mule with its well-meaning and utterly ignorant shenzi sais. 1929 Geogr. Jrnl. 74 30 They were quite a shenzi people, wearing nothing but a skin or a piece of cloth fastened on the shoulder. 2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters (2006) vii. 115 He hates this place, Ma. We all do. You should be in your garden at home, not in this shenzi, no-hoper of a place. 2015 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 11 Dec. The victims of [colonial brainwashing]..became thoroughly convinced that whatever came from..London..was the ‘thing’, and everything else was savage, primitive, backward and shenzi. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.adj.1910
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