black sheepn.

Brit.

/ˌblak ˈʃiːp/, U.S.

/ˈblæk ˈʃip/

Forms: see black adj. and n. and sheep n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., sheep n.

Etymology: < black adj. + sheep n., perhaps originally with allusion to Genesis 30:32, where Jacob selects ‘all blacke shepe amonge the lambes’ (Coverdale 1535; perhaps after German alles, was schwartz ist vnter den lemmern (1523 in Luther's earliest draft of his translation of Genesis; 1545: alle schwartze schafe)); note, however, that German schwarzes Schaf is not securely attested in the figurative sense before the 19th cent.The collocation is not found in the Wycliffite Bible nor in the Vulgate. It passed into the Geneva Bible (1560) and Bishops' Bible (1568), which have ‘al blacke lambes amonge the sheepe’ and ‘all the blacke amonge the sheepe’ respectively. The King James Bible has ‘all the browne cattell among the sheepe’, the R.S.V. and N.R.S.V. ‘every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb’.

A disreputable or unsatisfactory member (of a family, etc.); a bad character. Frequently in the black sheep of the family (also flock).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil person > [noun]

fiendc1220

shrewc1250

quedea1275

felon1340

malfeasorc1380

evil-doer1398

forfeiter1413

pucka1450

malefactor?c1450

wicked-doerc1450

improbe1484

wicked1484

Gomorrheana1529

dunghill1542

felonian1594

naughta1639

black sheep1640

pimp1649

hellicat1816

malfeasant1867

a bad sortc1869

bad seed1954

bloody1960

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > person of bad character

argha1275

noughty packc1520

dunghill1542

land-rat1600

black sheep1640

cacodemon1711

mauvais sujet1793

bad lot1835

badmash1843

rotter1879

wrong 'un1892

wrongo1937

1640 T. Shepard Sincere Convert v. 127 Cast out all the Prophane people among us, as drunkards, swearers, whores, lyers, which the Scripture brands for blacke sheepe, and condemnes them in a 100. places.

1704 S. Wesley Def. Let. conc. Educ. Dissenters 45 At the former modest Computation of but Two Black Sheep in Fifty, the Total must be Twenty; which if apply'd to the University, he has provided us with a Thousand Rakes.

1785 C. Macklin Man of World v. 62 O! ye villain—ye—ye—yeare a black sheep, and I'll mark ye.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 109 The curates..know best the black sheep of the flock.

1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. iii. 63 To pick out of the whole mass of English clergy, one or two, or one or two and twenty black sheep.

1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Coventry xiii Kate, the ‘black sheep’ of the family.

1958 ‘J. Byrom’ Or be he Dead viii. 115 I'm the Black Sheep of the family, so if you ever meet any of my relatives, you'll be wise not to mention me.

1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 650/1 I should like to think that they would do this for any black sheep among the countries who tried to defy all reasonable precautions.

2002 National Trust Mag. Summer 52/2 A series of spectacular debts run up by a typical family ‘black sheep’.

Phrases

there are black sheep in every flock and variants; cf. sheep n. 3.

ΚΠ

1815 R. F. Jameson Living in London i. iv. 20 A quaker! ah! there are black sheep in all flocks.

1831 B. L. Love Apol. for Smokers 21 Thus it is that the habit gets into disrepute... But there are black sheep in every flock, and so of necessity it is with smokers.

1920 Maternity & Child Welfare May 166/2 There are black sheep in every flock but on the whole the modern midwife is alive to her great responsibilities.

2010 T. A. Case in D. Haverty-Stacke & D. J. Walkowitz Rethinking U.S. Labor Hist. i. ii. 71 There are black sheep in all families and we can't keep them out; but we are banded together.

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

单词	black sheep
释义	black sheepn. Brit. /ˌblak ˈʃiːp/, U.S. /ˈblæk ˈʃip/ Forms: see black adj. and n. and sheep n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., sheep n. Etymology: < black adj. + sheep n., perhaps originally with allusion to Genesis 30:32, where Jacob selects ‘all blacke shepe amonge the lambes’ (Coverdale 1535; perhaps after German alles, was schwartz ist vnter den lemmern (1523 in Luther's earliest draft of his translation of Genesis; 1545: alle schwartze schafe)); note, however, that German schwarzes Schaf is not securely attested in the figurative sense before the 19th cent.The collocation is not found in the Wycliffite Bible nor in the Vulgate. It passed into the Geneva Bible (1560) and Bishops' Bible (1568), which have ‘al blacke lambes amonge the sheepe’ and ‘all the blacke amonge the sheepe’ respectively. The King James Bible has ‘all the browne cattell among the sheepe’, the R.S.V. and N.R.S.V. ‘every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb’. A disreputable or unsatisfactory member (of a family, etc.); a bad character. Frequently in the black sheep of the family (also flock). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil person > [noun] fiendc1220 shrewc1250 quedea1275 felon1340 malfeasorc1380 evil-doer1398 forfeiter1413 pucka1450 malefactor?c1450 wicked-doerc1450 improbe1484 wicked1484 Gomorrheana1529 dunghill1542 felonian1594 naughta1639 black sheep1640 pimp1649 hellicat1816 malfeasant1867 a bad sortc1869 bad seed1954 bloody1960 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > person of bad character argha1275 noughty packc1520 dunghill1542 land-rat1600 black sheep1640 cacodemon1711 mauvais sujet1793 bad lot1835 badmash1843 rotter1879 wrong 'un1892 wrongo1937 1640 T. Shepard Sincere Convert v. 127 Cast out all the Prophane people among us, as drunkards, swearers, whores, lyers, which the Scripture brands for blacke sheepe, and condemnes them in a 100. places. 1704 S. Wesley Def. Let. conc. Educ. Dissenters 45 At the former modest Computation of but Two Black Sheep in Fifty, the Total must be Twenty; which if apply'd to the University, he has provided us with a Thousand Rakes. 1785 C. Macklin Man of World v. 62 O! ye villain—ye—ye—yeare a black sheep, and I'll mark ye. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 109 The curates..know best the black sheep of the flock. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. iii. 63 To pick out of the whole mass of English clergy, one or two, or one or two and twenty black sheep. 1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Coventry xiii Kate, the ‘black sheep’ of the family. 1958 ‘J. Byrom’ Or be he Dead viii. 115 I'm the Black Sheep of the family, so if you ever meet any of my relatives, you'll be wise not to mention me. 1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 650/1 I should like to think that they would do this for any black sheep among the countries who tried to defy all reasonable precautions. 2002 National Trust Mag. Summer 52/2 A series of spectacular debts run up by a typical family ‘black sheep’. Phrases there are black sheep in every flock and variants; cf. sheep n. 3. ΚΠ 1815 R. F. Jameson Living in London i. iv. 20 A quaker! ah! there are black sheep in all flocks. 1831 B. L. Love Apol. for Smokers 21 Thus it is that the habit gets into disrepute... But there are black sheep in every flock, and so of necessity it is with smokers. 1920 Maternity & Child Welfare May 166/2 There are black sheep in every flock but on the whole the modern midwife is alive to her great responsibilities. 2010 T. A. Case in D. Haverty-Stacke & D. J. Walkowitz Rethinking U.S. Labor Hist. i. ii. 71 There are black sheep in all families and we can't keep them out; but we are banded together. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1640
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