true blueadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌtruː ˈbluː/, U.S.

/ˈtru ˈblu/

Forms: see true adj., n., adv., and int. and blue adj. and n.

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

Etymology: < true adj. + blue adj. With sense A. 1 compare blue adj. 6; quot. 1678 at sense A. 1 probably reflects a folk etymology, although it is likely that there was continuing association with the fastness or intense staining power of various blue dyes (compare later Prussian blue n. 2). In sense A. 2a probably partly in allusion to sense A. 1, but also to the blue of the flag of St Andrew. In sense A. 2b probably originally playing on sense A. 1 and perhaps also on sense A. 2a (although with different political affiliations); compare blue adj. 9.

A. adj.

1. Faithful, staunch; unwavering in one's commitment or principles; extremely loyal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]

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?1636 W. Blunden Hang Pinching (single sheet) In drinking their drinke, And paying their chinke, O such a good fellow's true blew.

1650 A. Cowley Guardian v. v. sig. E3 Bess, poor wench, is married to a Chandler; but she's true blue still,..I'll warrant you.

1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 230 He's true blue; he'll never stain. [Note] Coventry had formerly the reputation for dying blues, in so much that true blue came to be a Proverb, to signifie one that was alway the same, and like himself.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 86 The Old Beau is True-Blew, to the Highflown Principles [of] King Edward's First Protestant Church.

a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. ix. 210 Honest Sancho,..though you are not over-wise, you are true-blue.

1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xv. 156 No, Tom's true-blue, Huck, and he'll come back. He won't desert.

1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. July 75/2 Jack, be it known, was the only real, ‘true-blue’ friend that Chris had in the whole Richards family.

1940 W. Lewis Picasso in Creatures of Habit (1989) 294 We can leave politics out of the picture..—whether we are parlor pinks or true-blue Republicans.

1992 News Jrnl. (Wilmington) 24 June a11/5 He is our answer to restoring the true-blue patriotism in America.

2002 B. Hoey Her Majesty xvii. 265 Reformers..will never convince the ‘true-blue’ royalists, faithful to the principle of hereditary monarchy.

2. In spec. use.

a. Scottish. Of, relating to, or designating the Scottish Presbyterian or Whig party in the 17th cent.; (hence) relating to or designating a staunch Presbyterian. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > of or relating to Whigs

Whig1661

true blue1663

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low-flying1706

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > Scottish Presbyterian party

true blue1663

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 14 For his Religion it was fit To match his Learning and his Wit: 'Twas Presbyterian true blew.

1728 A. Ramsay Poems I. 77 Now what the Friends wad fain been at. They that were right true blue.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 190 A tough true-blue Presbyterian, called Deans.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona 160 And werenae the folk guid sound Whigs and true-blue Presbyterians.

1901 A. Paterson Monquhitter 46 Presbyterians of the ‘true blue’ tint.

2006 C. A. Whatley Scots & Union i. 31 Enemies of incorporation..[had] no doubt about the..wellsprings of their tormentors: the Revolution of 1688–9 and ‘true blue’ presbyterianism.

b. British. Of, belonging to, or designating the Tory (later Conservative) Party; (also) committed to or supporting this party; staunchly conservative. Cf. blue adj. 9.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > conservative > of Tories or conservatives

Tory1651

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > conservative > of Tories or conservatives > types of

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Eldonine1855

Eldonian1898

wet1981

1827 Times 3 Dec. 3/1 The assurance of support from some gentlemen to the True Blue, or Tory party.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) li. 455 However much he might be disposed to hate all parvenus (Mr. Wenham himself was a staunch old True Blue Tory).

1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage I. ii. 24 There was no portion of the county more decidedly true blue.

1930 Times 8 Feb. 7/2 Today he might stand before them..as a true-blue Tory, but his record at the Ministry of Transport had a pinkish hue about it.

1967 S. Mackay Old Crow xxi. 103 She's a true-blue dyed-in-the-wool Conservative, you see.

1997 Independent 8 Apr. 1/6 The electorate in true-blue Tatton..appeared confused..and undecided as to how they would vote yesterday.

3. Genuine, real; quintessential, archetypal; spec. (Australian) representing truly Australian values, culture, etc.; cf. dinkum adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real

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1852 Sci. Amer. 4 Dec. 94 This is a new touch in the hair restorative art, and does not consist in any of your lotions, &c., but a real true-blue mechanical operation.

1907 M. Pemberton Amateur Motorist xxv. 261 A few makers began..to put luggage canopies upon their cars... This..was little to the liking of the true-blue motorist. The canopy..affected the gravity of the car strangely.

1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 10/3 True-blue musicians; they knew their facts and..looked at them steadily in order to check their theories, and they did not popularize.

1969 Australian 24 May 18/3 Sinister karate chopping Japanese battling with true-blue, dinki-di locals.

1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 Jan. 24 (heading) Bewdy mate! True blue Aussie telly.

1997 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 5 Apr. f1 Channing has been a larger-than-life, true-blue Broadway star since 1949, when she landed the role of Lorelei Lee in the stage show ‘Gentleman Prefer Blondes’.

2015 J. Niven All Bright Places 130 The county discontinued bookmobile service in the eighties, and I told my husband, ‘Now, that's a shame. I mean, a true-blue shame.’

B. n.

A person who is true blue (in various senses); a loyal supporter of a particular person, party, group, or cause.In quot. 1666 in proverbial use: see etymological note and quot. 1678 at sense A. 1.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > attachment to party > one attached to party > stout or uncompromising

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1647 F. Wortley Loyall Song of Royall Feast (broadsheet) Old Harry is a right true blue, As valiant as Pendraggon.

1666 Hue & Cry after Dutch Fleet (broadsheet) Brave Smith hath verified..This proverb, that True Blue will never Stain... [He] Made the Dutch know he had an heart of oake.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §68. 357 Most of the eminent Fanatics in England, with all their Trues and True-blues.

1762 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 442 Honest true blues, a staunch, firm, chosen band.

1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry II. 40 I'm a true-blue, Sir—a purple-man.

1885 A. Edgar Old Church Life Scotl. 173 The true blues mustered in full force at hillside communions.

1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise iii. 56 He was a staunch Conservative himself, a true blue, and they knew his colour when they went to vote.

1990 Kalgoorlie Miner 7 Mar. 5/6 The Beige Party... They were set up to combat true-blues, greens, greys and pinkos.

2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 18 Apr. xiii. 9/2 But what probably draws many viewers [to Friends] is, well, the friends. How many people have such true blues..in real life?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	true blue
释义	true blueadj.n. Brit. /ˌtruː ˈbluː/, U.S. /ˈtru ˈblu/ Forms: see true adj., n., adv., and int. and blue adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: true adj., blue adj. Etymology: < true adj. + blue adj. With sense A. 1 compare blue adj. 6; quot. 1678 at sense A. 1 probably reflects a folk etymology, although it is likely that there was continuing association with the fastness or intense staining power of various blue dyes (compare later Prussian blue n. 2). In sense A. 2a probably partly in allusion to sense A. 1, but also to the blue of the flag of St Andrew. In sense A. 2b probably originally playing on sense A. 1 and perhaps also on sense A. 2a (although with different political affiliations); compare blue adj. 9. A. adj. 1. Faithful, staunch; unwavering in one's commitment or principles; extremely loyal. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] fasteOE stathelfasteOE anredOE hardOE starkOE trueOE steadfast993 fastredeOE stithc1000 findyOE stablea1275 stathelyc1275 stiffc1275 stablec1290 steel to the (very) backa1300 unbowinga1300 stably13.. firm1377 unmovablea1382 constantc1386 abidingc1400 toughc1400 sure1421 unmoblea1425 unfaintedc1425 unfaint1436 permanent?a1475 stalwartc1480 unbroken1513 immovable1534 inconcuss1542 unshaken1548 stout1569 unwavering1570 undiscourageable1571 fixed1574 discourageable1576 unappalled1578 resolute1579 unremoved1583 resolved1585 unflexiblea1586 unshakeda1586 square1589 unstooping1597 iron1598 rocky1601 steady1602 undeclinable1610 unboweda1616 unfainting1615 unswayed1615 staunch1624 undiscourageda1628 staid1631 unshook1633 blue?1636 true blue?1636 tenacious1640 uncomplying1643 yieldless1651 riveting1658 unshakened1659 inconquerable1660 unyielding1677 unbendinga1688 tight1690 unswerving1694 unfaltering1727 unsubmitting1730 undeviating1732 undrooping1736 impervertible1741 undamped1742 undyingc1765 sturdy1775 stiff as a poker1798 unfickle1802 indivertible1821 thick and thin1822 undisheartened1827 inconvertible1829 straightforward1829 indomitable1830 stickfast1831 unsuccumbing1833 unturnable1847 unswerved1849 undivertible1856 unforsaking1862 swerveless1863 steeve1870 rock-ribbed1884 stiff in the back1897 ?1636 W. Blunden Hang Pinching (single sheet) In drinking their drinke, And paying their chinke, O such a good fellow's true blew. 1650 A. Cowley Guardian v. v. sig. E3 Bess, poor wench, is married to a Chandler; but she's true blue still,..I'll warrant you. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 230 He's true blue; he'll never stain. [Note] Coventry had formerly the reputation for dying blues, in so much that true blue came to be a Proverb, to signifie one that was alway the same, and like himself. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 86 The Old Beau is True-Blew, to the Highflown Principles [of] King Edward's First Protestant Church. a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. ix. 210 Honest Sancho,..though you are not over-wise, you are true-blue. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xv. 156 No, Tom's true-blue, Huck, and he'll come back. He won't desert. 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. July 75/2 Jack, be it known, was the only real, ‘true-blue’ friend that Chris had in the whole Richards family. 1940 W. Lewis Picasso in Creatures of Habit (1989) 294 We can leave politics out of the picture..—whether we are parlor pinks or true-blue Republicans. 1992 News Jrnl. (Wilmington) 24 June a11/5 He is our answer to restoring the true-blue patriotism in America. 2002 B. Hoey Her Majesty xvii. 265 Reformers..will never convince the ‘true-blue’ royalists, faithful to the principle of hereditary monarchy. 2. In spec. use. a. Scottish. Of, relating to, or designating the Scottish Presbyterian or Whig party in the 17th cent.; (hence) relating to or designating a staunch Presbyterian. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > of or relating to Whigs Whig1661 true blue1663 Whiggish1680 low-flying1706 society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > Scottish Presbyterian party true blue1663 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 14 For his Religion it was fit To match his Learning and his Wit: 'Twas Presbyterian true blew. 1728 A. Ramsay Poems I. 77 Now what the Friends wad fain been at. They that were right true blue. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 190 A tough true-blue Presbyterian, called Deans. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona 160 And werenae the folk guid sound Whigs and true-blue Presbyterians. 1901 A. Paterson Monquhitter 46 Presbyterians of the ‘true blue’ tint. 2006 C. A. Whatley Scots & Union i. 31 Enemies of incorporation..[had] no doubt about the..wellsprings of their tormentors: the Revolution of 1688–9 and ‘true blue’ presbyterianism. b. British. Of, belonging to, or designating the Tory (later Conservative) Party; (also) committed to or supporting this party; staunchly conservative. Cf. blue adj. 9. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > conservative > of Tories or conservatives Tory1651 Torycal1682 blue1781 true blue1827 conservative1831 society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > conservative > of Tories or conservatives > types of tantivy1681 high Tory1682 roary1682 Tory-Radical1823 true blue1827 Tory Democratic1836 Eldonine1855 Eldonian1898 wet1981 1827 Times 3 Dec. 3/1 The assurance of support from some gentlemen to the True Blue, or Tory party. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) li. 455 However much he might be disposed to hate all parvenus (Mr. Wenham himself was a staunch old True Blue Tory). 1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage I. ii. 24 There was no portion of the county more decidedly true blue. 1930 Times 8 Feb. 7/2 Today he might stand before them..as a true-blue Tory, but his record at the Ministry of Transport had a pinkish hue about it. 1967 S. Mackay Old Crow xxi. 103 She's a true-blue dyed-in-the-wool Conservative, you see. 1997 Independent 8 Apr. 1/6 The electorate in true-blue Tatton..appeared confused..and undecided as to how they would vote yesterday. 3. Genuine, real; quintessential, archetypal; spec. (Australian) representing truly Australian values, culture, etc.; cf. dinkum adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real soothc888 soothlyc888 soothfastc1175 germanec1384 truea1398 sickera1400 upright?a1500 uncounterfeita1542 righteous1543 legitimate1551 truepennya1556 arrant1570 uncounterfeited1571 real1573 current1578 genuinal1599 unforged1610 unpretended1611 legitime1614 unabusinga1628 Lubish1632 genuine1639 undissembled1651 undissimulate1652 ingenuine1661 infallacious1677 real live1684 unfalsified1688 unmistaken1694 pukka1776 undissimulated1776 unassumed1818 uncynical1824 Simon Pure1834 sure-enough1837 unsimulated1840 straight-out1848 true blue1852 veritable1862 really (and) truly1864 authentic1868 true-metal1868 kosher1896 twenty-four carat1900 honest to goodness1905 echt1916 dinky-di1918 McCoy1928 twenty-two carat1962 right1969 1852 Sci. Amer. 4 Dec. 94 This is a new touch in the hair restorative art, and does not consist in any of your lotions, &c., but a real true-blue mechanical operation. 1907 M. Pemberton Amateur Motorist xxv. 261 A few makers began..to put luggage canopies upon their cars... This..was little to the liking of the true-blue motorist. The canopy..affected the gravity of the car strangely. 1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 10/3 True-blue musicians; they knew their facts and..looked at them steadily in order to check their theories, and they did not popularize. 1969 Australian 24 May 18/3 Sinister karate chopping Japanese battling with true-blue, dinki-di locals. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 Jan. 24 (heading) Bewdy mate! True blue Aussie telly. 1997 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 5 Apr. f1 Channing has been a larger-than-life, true-blue Broadway star since 1949, when she landed the role of Lorelei Lee in the stage show ‘Gentleman Prefer Blondes’. 2015 J. Niven All Bright Places 130 The county discontinued bookmobile service in the eighties, and I told my husband, ‘Now, that's a shame. I mean, a true-blue shame.’ B. n. A person who is true blue (in various senses); a loyal supporter of a particular person, party, group, or cause.In quot. 1666 in proverbial use: see etymological note and quot. 1678 at sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > attachment to party > one attached to party > stout or uncompromising true blue1647 henchman1835 straight-out1840 stalwart1881 flat-foot1887 1647 F. Wortley Loyall Song of Royall Feast (broadsheet) Old Harry is a right true blue, As valiant as Pendraggon. 1666 Hue & Cry after Dutch Fleet (broadsheet) Brave Smith hath verified..This proverb, that True Blue will never Stain... [He] Made the Dutch know he had an heart of oake. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §68. 357 Most of the eminent Fanatics in England, with all their Trues and True-blues. 1762 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 442 Honest true blues, a staunch, firm, chosen band. 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry II. 40 I'm a true-blue, Sir—a purple-man. 1885 A. Edgar Old Church Life Scotl. 173 The true blues mustered in full force at hillside communions. 1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise iii. 56 He was a staunch Conservative himself, a true blue, and they knew his colour when they went to vote. 1990 Kalgoorlie Miner 7 Mar. 5/6 The Beige Party... They were set up to combat true-blues, greens, greys and pinkos. 2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 18 Apr. xiii. 9/2 But what probably draws many viewers [to Friends] is, well, the friends. How many people have such true blues..in real life? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?1636
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