blue-footedadj.

Brit.

/bluːˈfʊtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌbluˈfʊdəd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., footed adj.

Etymology: < blue adj. + footed adj.

That has a blue or bluish foot or feet. Frequently in the names of birds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of feet > having particular kind or colour of feet

blue-footed1678

red-footed1678

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 82 The blue-footed Falcon [L. de Falcone cyanopode & hybrida ab Alberto & aliis].

1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VIII. 385 To these general observations..M. Baillon adds some on the particular nature of the Blue-footed Mew [Fr. la mouette à pieds bleus].

1844 Chambers’s Edinb. Jrnl. 9 Mar. 158/1 Beauplan relates that the flesh of a blue-footed sort of quail, inhabiting Ukraine, in Tartary, proves fatal to persons who eat it.

1876 Scribner's Monthly Oct. 863/2 When the Golden Gate is neared, he draws on a clean pair of blue-footed stockings.

1914 Independent 6 Apr. 36/1 He took as his raw material the blue-footed mushroom (Tricholoma nudum), which appears only in the late autumn.

a1946 C. Carswell Lying Awake (1950) i. ii. 15 Such resentment might have been more lasting and more just had I been one of those ragged, bare-legged, blue-footed, verminous and valgus children.

2007 Guardian 30 June (Tour de France Suppl.) 58/3 Look out for..the world-famous poulet de Bresse, a blue-footed chicken regarded by the French as the fourth gastronomic wonder of the world.

Compounds

blue-footed booby n. the seabird Sula nebouxii, allied to the gannets (family Sulidae), which has pale blue feet and frequents tropical and subtropical areas of the east Pacific.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > family Sulidae (gannets) > member of (miscellaneous)

booby1625

malgas1731

takapu1842

blue-footed booby1888

1888 Auk 5 241 The following is a low estimate of the birds breeding there, viz.: Blue-footed Booby, 1000; Brewster's Booby, 700; [etc.].

1958 E. T. Gilliard Birds of World 58/1 Another tropical species, the Blue-footed Booby (S. nebouxii),..is also small and is chiefly cinnamon-brown mottled with white.

2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Oct. 34/1 About fifty of the pictures are hers, including two portraits, of Darwin's finches and of blue-footed boobies.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue-footed
释义	blue-footedadj. Brit. /bluːˈfʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌbluˈfʊdəd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., footed adj. Etymology: < blue adj. + footed adj. That has a blue or bluish foot or feet. Frequently in the names of birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of feet > having particular kind or colour of feet blue-footed1678 red-footed1678 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 82 The blue-footed Falcon [L. de Falcone cyanopode & hybrida ab Alberto & aliis]. 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VIII. 385 To these general observations..M. Baillon adds some on the particular nature of the Blue-footed Mew [Fr. la mouette à pieds bleus]. 1844 Chambers’s Edinb. Jrnl. 9 Mar. 158/1 Beauplan relates that the flesh of a blue-footed sort of quail, inhabiting Ukraine, in Tartary, proves fatal to persons who eat it. 1876 Scribner's Monthly Oct. 863/2 When the Golden Gate is neared, he draws on a clean pair of blue-footed stockings. 1914 Independent 6 Apr. 36/1 He took as his raw material the blue-footed mushroom (Tricholoma nudum), which appears only in the late autumn. a1946 C. Carswell Lying Awake (1950) i. ii. 15 Such resentment might have been more lasting and more just had I been one of those ragged, bare-legged, blue-footed, verminous and valgus children. 2007 Guardian 30 June (Tour de France Suppl.) 58/3 Look out for..the world-famous poulet de Bresse, a blue-footed chicken regarded by the French as the fourth gastronomic wonder of the world. Compounds blue-footed booby n. the seabird Sula nebouxii, allied to the gannets (family Sulidae), which has pale blue feet and frequents tropical and subtropical areas of the east Pacific. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > family Sulidae (gannets) > member of (miscellaneous) booby1625 malgas1731 takapu1842 blue-footed booby1888 1888 Auk 5 241 The following is a low estimate of the birds breeding there, viz.: Blue-footed Booby, 1000; Brewster's Booby, 700; [etc.]. 1958 E. T. Gilliard Birds of World 58/1 Another tropical species, the Blue-footed Booby (S. nebouxii),..is also small and is chiefly cinnamon-brown mottled with white. 2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Oct. 34/1 About fifty of the pictures are hers, including two portraits, of Darwin's finches and of blue-footed boobies. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1678
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