单词 | bones |
释义 | Bonesn. U.S. The Skull and Bones, an exclusive and secretive senior undergraduate society at Yale University; see Skull and Bones n. Also and in earliest use attributive; cf. Bones man n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > source of pleasure honeycombOE sweetness?c1225 dainty1340 sweet1377 delicec1390 lust1390 pleasancec1390 pleasingc1390 well-queema1400 well-queemnessa1400 douceurc1400 delectation?a1425 pleasure1443 pleaserc1447 delectabilitiesa1500 deliciositiesa1500 honeydew1559 delicacy1586 fancy1590 sugar candy1591 regalo1622 happiness1637 deliciousness1651 complacence1667 regalea1677 sweetener1741 bon-bon1856 Bones1869 jam1871 true love1893 nuts1910 barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915 G-spot1983 society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student societies fraternity1777 Phi Beta Kappa1799 union1817 law society1821 Skull and Bones1845 Bones1869 corps1874 frat1895 sorority1900 union1911 Nusas1925 1869 Yale Lit. Mag. Apr. 305 It was apparently poor policy in the Bones editors to attempt its [sc. an article on ‘Collegial Ingenuity’] suppression. 1966 J. Dos Passos Best of Times (1968) iv. 143 Suppose he'd gone to Yale and been tapped for Bones like Don Stewart. 2015 B. Balogh Associational State ii. 49 Ostensibly choosing its members based on merit, Bones judged men by their contributions to life at Yale. Compounds Bones man n. U.S. a member of Yale University's exclusive ‘Skull and Bones’ society; cf. Skull and Bones n. ΚΠ 1871 College Courant 18 Mar. 121/1 The Yale dialect:... Bones man, a member of the Skull and Bones senior society. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Oct. 574/4 The piety that binds a ‘Bones’ man at Yale to his society. 2003 S. Sora Secret Soc. of Amer. Elite xvii. 290 A third president William Howard Taft, was a ‘Bonesman’ [before George Bush and George W. Bush]... Then again, the support from fellow Bonesmen means they have clout—enough clout to get to the White House. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1869 |
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