stiraboutn.

/ˈstəːrəbaʊt/

Forms: Also 1800s stirrabout.

Etymology: < verbal phrase stir about: see stir v. and about prep.¹

a. Porridge made by stirring oatmeal (or occasionally some other meal) in boiling water or milk. (Originally Anglo-Irish.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > porridges > [noun]

polentaOE

papelotec1400

pottagea1500

crowdy-mowdy?a1513

drowsen1519

pease porridge?1548

plum pottage1574

sowens1582

grout1587

orgementa1590

plum porridge1591

loblolly1597

pease pottage1600

girt-brew1620

washbrew1620

lentil-porridge1622

hominy1630

porridgea1643

samp1643

nettle-pottage1659

nettle-porridge1661

crowdie1668

suppawn1670

mush1671

rockahominy1674

stirabouta1691

praiseach1698

sagamité1698

brochan1700

atole1716

burgoo1750

purry1751

fungee1789

pepper porridge1803

kasha1808

mamaliga1808

skilligalee1819

bean-porridge1821

skilly1839

sap porridge1842

corn-mush1846

oatmeal mush1850

pap1858

ugali1860

oatmeal1873

mealie-meal1880

mealie-pap1880

uji1889

sadza1899

nsima1907

putu papa1910

posho1927

putu1949

ogi1957

whey-porridge-

a1691 H. Piers Chorogr. Descr. W.-Meath in C. Vallancey Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis (1770) I. i. 121 They..have to their meal one formal dish..which some call, stirabout or hasty pudding, that is flour and milk boiled thick.

1712 W. King Let. in Art of Cookery (ed. 2) 106 Milk Porridge,..Flumary, Stir-about, and the like.

1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee xi, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 179 If your honour takes stirabout, an old hand will engage to make that to your liking any way.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 70 The boys having previously had their appetites thoroughly taken away by stir-about and potatoes.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. I. xiv. 261 Look at them..over a bowl of stirabout.

1873 E. Smith Foods 159 Maize..is very commonly made into pudding... It is now known in Ireland as Stirrabout, and in Italy as Polenta.

1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 102 One pint of stirabout made of Indian meal.

b. (See quot. 1828.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > grain dishes > [noun] > other grain dishes

couscousc1593

flummery1623

stirabout1828

bran-mash1838

tsampa1852

skirlie1914

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Stir-about, oatmeal and drippings stirr'd about in a frying pan.

1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers III. xiv. 244 A've made mysel' some stirabout for my supper.

c. figurative. A bustle, a state of confusion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss

to-doc1330

adoc1380

great (also much) cry and little woolc1460

feery-fary1535

fray1568

stirc1595

do1598

coil1599

hurl1603

ruffle1609

clutterment1611

buzz1628

bustle1637

paddle1642

racket1644

clutter1652

tracas1656

tracasserie1656

circumference1667

flutter1667

hurly-burly1678

fuss1701

fissle1719

fraise1725

hurry-scurry1753

fix-fax1768

fal-lal1775

widdle1789

touse1792

fuffle1801

going-on1817

hurry and scurry1823

sputter1823

tew1825

Bob's-a-dying1829

fidge1832

tamasha1842

mulling1845

mussing1846

fettling1847

fooster1847

trade1854

scrimmage1855

carry-on1861

fuss-and-feathers1866

on-carry1870

make-a-do1880

miration1883

razzle-dazzle1885

song and dance1885

to get a rustle on1891

tea-party1903

stirabout1905

whoop-de-do1910

chichi1928

production1941

go-go1966

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder

feery-fary1535

puddle1587

bauchle1600

vertigo1702

whemmel1817

mull1821

mix-up1841

scrimmage1852

embroilment1856

hash-up1860

brangle1865

mucker1867

unplight1876

car wreck1877

mix1882

mess-up1902

stirabout1905

pot mess1914

boorach1928

balls-up1929

muck-up1930

balls1938

box1941

Chinese fire drill1943

snafu1943

foul-up1944

screw-up1950

snarl-up1960

tiswas1960

bumble-bath1965

clusterfuck1969

headfuck1983

car crash1992

katogo1994

dumpster fire2008

1905 E. Armstrong in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 158 This guazzabuglio, this stirabout of republic within republic [sc. Siena].

1915 Times 28 May 9 The formation of this new office [the Ministry of Munitions] is the one outstanding fact in the political stirabout.

2. A bustling person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss > one who bustles or fusses

bustlepatea1652

bustler1653

rouseabout1746

stirabout1837

fuss1875

fusser1884

fuss-box1901

1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 54 She's sic a steer-about, sae fu' o' mirth an' fun.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 3/2 The ‘stir~about’ is not a popular person with his masters.

attributive.1837 T. Hook Jack Brag I. i. 2 Get a sensible, stir-about husband.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	stirabout
释义	stiraboutn. /ˈstəːrəbaʊt/ Forms: Also 1800s stirrabout. Etymology: < verbal phrase stir about: see stir v. and about prep.¹ 1. a. Porridge made by stirring oatmeal (or occasionally some other meal) in boiling water or milk. (Originally Anglo-Irish.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > porridges > [noun] polentaOE papelotec1400 pottagea1500 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 drowsen1519 pease porridge?1548 plum pottage1574 sowens1582 grout1587 orgementa1590 plum porridge1591 loblolly1597 pease pottage1600 girt-brew1620 washbrew1620 lentil-porridge1622 hominy1630 porridgea1643 samp1643 nettle-pottage1659 nettle-porridge1661 crowdie1668 suppawn1670 mush1671 rockahominy1674 stirabouta1691 praiseach1698 sagamité1698 brochan1700 atole1716 burgoo1750 purry1751 fungee1789 pepper porridge1803 kasha1808 mamaliga1808 skilligalee1819 bean-porridge1821 skilly1839 sap porridge1842 corn-mush1846 oatmeal mush1850 pap1858 ugali1860 oatmeal1873 mealie-meal1880 mealie-pap1880 uji1889 sadza1899 nsima1907 putu papa1910 posho1927 putu1949 ogi1957 whey-porridge- a1691 H. Piers Chorogr. Descr. W.-Meath in C. Vallancey Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis (1770) I. i. 121 They..have to their meal one formal dish..which some call, stirabout or hasty pudding, that is flour and milk boiled thick. 1712 W. King Let. in Art of Cookery (ed. 2) 106 Milk Porridge,..Flumary, Stir-about, and the like. 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee xi, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 179 If your honour takes stirabout, an old hand will engage to make that to your liking any way. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 70 The boys having previously had their appetites thoroughly taken away by stir-about and potatoes. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. I. xiv. 261 Look at them..over a bowl of stirabout. 1873 E. Smith Foods 159 Maize..is very commonly made into pudding... It is now known in Ireland as Stirrabout, and in Italy as Polenta. 1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 102 One pint of stirabout made of Indian meal. b. (See quot. 1828.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > grain dishes > [noun] > other grain dishes couscousc1593 flummery1623 stirabout1828 bran-mash1838 tsampa1852 skirlie1914 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Stir-about, oatmeal and drippings stirr'd about in a frying pan. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers III. xiv. 244 A've made mysel' some stirabout for my supper. c. figurative. A bustle, a state of confusion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss to-doc1330 adoc1380 great (also much) cry and little woolc1460 feery-fary1535 fray1568 stirc1595 do1598 coil1599 hurl1603 ruffle1609 clutterment1611 buzz1628 bustle1637 paddle1642 racket1644 clutter1652 tracas1656 tracasserie1656 circumference1667 flutter1667 hurly-burly1678 fuss1701 fissle1719 fraise1725 hurry-scurry1753 fix-fax1768 fal-lal1775 widdle1789 touse1792 fuffle1801 going-on1817 hurry and scurry1823 sputter1823 tew1825 Bob's-a-dying1829 fidge1832 tamasha1842 mulling1845 mussing1846 fettling1847 fooster1847 trade1854 scrimmage1855 carry-on1861 fuss-and-feathers1866 on-carry1870 make-a-do1880 miration1883 razzle-dazzle1885 song and dance1885 to get a rustle on1891 tea-party1903 stirabout1905 whoop-de-do1910 chichi1928 production1941 go-go1966 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder feery-fary1535 puddle1587 bauchle1600 vertigo1702 whemmel1817 mull1821 mix-up1841 scrimmage1852 embroilment1856 hash-up1860 brangle1865 mucker1867 unplight1876 car wreck1877 mix1882 mess-up1902 stirabout1905 pot mess1914 boorach1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 box1941 Chinese fire drill1943 snafu1943 foul-up1944 screw-up1950 snarl-up1960 tiswas1960 bumble-bath1965 clusterfuck1969 headfuck1983 car crash1992 katogo1994 dumpster fire2008 1905 E. Armstrong in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 158 This guazzabuglio, this stirabout of republic within republic [sc. Siena]. 1915 Times 28 May 9 The formation of this new office [the Ministry of Munitions] is the one outstanding fact in the political stirabout. 2. A bustling person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss > one who bustles or fusses bustlepatea1652 bustler1653 rouseabout1746 stirabout1837 fuss1875 fusser1884 fuss-box1901 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 54 She's sic a steer-about, sae fu' o' mirth an' fun. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 3/2 The ‘stir~about’ is not a popular person with his masters. attributive.1837 T. Hook Jack Brag I. i. 2 Get a sensible, stir-about husband. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1691
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