yellow bookn.

Brit.

/ˈjɛləʊ ˌbʊk/, U.S.

/ˈjɛloʊ ˌbʊk/

Forms: also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., book n.

Etymology: < yellow adj. + book n.In French contexts in sense 1 (e.g. quots. 1862, 1883, 1897) after French livre jaune official report of government affairs (1861 or earlier in this sense).

1. Any of various books, characteristically bound in yellow, and typically containing reports, records, information for reference, guidelines, and the like. Cf. blue book n., red book n.In early use especially with reference to the official reports of government affairs issued in various European countries.

ΘΠ

society > communication > information > reporting > [noun] > a report > specific report

black book1565

yellow book1849

1849 Daily News 28 Aug. 2/1 The ‘blue book’ (or rather the ‘yellow book’, for Prussian ministers array the papers they present to their chambers in a yellow livery) alluded to by our Berlin correspondent in his letter..contains a brief narrative of the negotiations which resulted in [etc.].

1862 Daily News 15 Feb. 4/4 The correspondence between the Papal Government and M. de Lavalette, which formed part of the ‘Yellow Book’ submitted at the opening of the session.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Dec. 8/1 Paris, Dec. 5.—The first volume of the new Yellow-book on Tonkin affairs.

1897 Times 23 Nov. 5/1 The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten reminds the French Republic that..in former Yellow-books there is plenty of evidence to show how generous was the help afforded by Germany to France.

1902 Hansard Lords (Electronic ed.) 9 Dec. 343 I have wondered again and again whether the members of the Government have ever read their own Yellow-books on the subject of higher education in other countries.

1974 Times of India 9 July 4/3 The so-called yellow book, which details the statistics of official imports [to India], is revealing.

1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 14 Sept. 8/2 Within [the] provisions..contained in the famous ‘yellow book’, teachers are free to determine the content of courses.

2003 Guardian 9 Oct. i. 21/1 This is what used to be known as the yellow book, from the days when the guardians of the rules by which stock market-listed companies must comply sat in the stock exchange tower.

2. attributive. With capital initials. Of, belonging to, or relating to The Yellow Book, a quarterly literary periodical published in London from 1894 to 1897, and noted for its provocative content. Hence: characteristic of the style or tone of The Yellow Book; sensationalist, erotic, or licentious. The Yellow Book was associated with the Aesthetic Movement and was often controversial. It contained contributions from writers including Max Beerbohm, Henry James, Edmund Gosse, Arnold Bennett, and H. G. Wells, while the art editor was Aubrey Beardsley. Cf. Yellow Nineties n. at yellow adj. and n. Compounds 2a.

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society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [adjective] > characteristic of specific periodical

spectatorial1817

Punchine1846

yellow book1895

New Yorker1934

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > sensational

sensationary1755

lurid1850

sensational1859

sensationist1859

sensationalist1862

sensationalistic1863

yellow book1895

pulpy1915

1895 Book Buyer Feb. 28/2 His Yellow Book portrait of Madame Réjane—a little faint, outline picture, with tilted nose and buoyant frock—is delightfully coquettish and delicate.

1895 Pratt Inst. Monthly Apr. 166 Mr. Beardsley continues to invite your pained surprise. His Yellow-Book posters suggest the irritating power of mustard-plasters.

1906 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 799 The ‘Yellow Book’ coterie of London.

1958 D. Fitts in M. Barnard tr. Sappho in Sappho: New Transl. Foreword An avatar of Yellow Book neodiabolism.

1960 Spectator 9 Sept. 374/1 The ballet's overheated Yellow Book eroticism..looked..dated.

1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 1 Are we looking at a reprise of..fin de siècle Yellow Book decadence?

2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 21 Dec. (Arts section) 26 Because Sturgis is an authority on the 1890s, the plots almost invariably revolve round decadent Yellow Book aesthetes.

3. A report, bound in yellow, issued by the British Liberal Party in 1928 on the industrial future of Britain.The report, formally entitled ‘Britain's Industrial Future’ and featuring input from economists such as John Maynard Keynes, was designed to revive the fortunes of the Liberal Party before the 1929 general election.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [noun] > specific report of Liberal Party

yellow book1928

1928 Scotsman 4 Feb. 10/2 A Socialist Government or even a Liberal Government with the incentive of the new Liberal Yellow Book would be even less likely to reduce expenditure.

1929 D. Lloyd George We can conquer Unemployment 3 In the ‘Yellow Book’, published a year ago, the Liberal Industrial Enquiry presented exhaustive proposals for dealing with the grave unemployment situation with which Britain was, and is still, faced.

1983 Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 18/4 Had the Liberal Yellow Book been published in 1920 our history might have been different.

2013 Utility Week (Nexis) 15 Mar. They have harked back to David Lloyd George's Yellow Book of 85 years ago and published the Green Book.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yellow book
释义	yellow bookn. Brit. /ˈjɛləʊ ˌbʊk/, U.S. /ˈjɛloʊ ˌbʊk/ Forms: also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., book n. Etymology: < yellow adj. + book n.In French contexts in sense 1 (e.g. quots. 1862, 1883, 1897) after French livre jaune official report of government affairs (1861 or earlier in this sense). 1. Any of various books, characteristically bound in yellow, and typically containing reports, records, information for reference, guidelines, and the like. Cf. blue book n., red book n.In early use especially with reference to the official reports of government affairs issued in various European countries. ΘΠ society > communication > information > reporting > [noun] > a report > specific report black book1565 yellow book1849 1849 Daily News 28 Aug. 2/1 The ‘blue book’ (or rather the ‘yellow book’, for Prussian ministers array the papers they present to their chambers in a yellow livery) alluded to by our Berlin correspondent in his letter..contains a brief narrative of the negotiations which resulted in [etc.]. 1862 Daily News 15 Feb. 4/4 The correspondence between the Papal Government and M. de Lavalette, which formed part of the ‘Yellow Book’ submitted at the opening of the session. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Dec. 8/1 Paris, Dec. 5.—The first volume of the new Yellow-book on Tonkin affairs. 1897 Times 23 Nov. 5/1 The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten reminds the French Republic that..in former Yellow-books there is plenty of evidence to show how generous was the help afforded by Germany to France. 1902 Hansard Lords (Electronic ed.) 9 Dec. 343 I have wondered again and again whether the members of the Government have ever read their own Yellow-books on the subject of higher education in other countries. 1974 Times of India 9 July 4/3 The so-called yellow book, which details the statistics of official imports [to India], is revealing. 1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 14 Sept. 8/2 Within [the] provisions..contained in the famous ‘yellow book’, teachers are free to determine the content of courses. 2003 Guardian 9 Oct. i. 21/1 This is what used to be known as the yellow book, from the days when the guardians of the rules by which stock market-listed companies must comply sat in the stock exchange tower. 2. attributive. With capital initials. Of, belonging to, or relating to The Yellow Book, a quarterly literary periodical published in London from 1894 to 1897, and noted for its provocative content. Hence: characteristic of the style or tone of The Yellow Book; sensationalist, erotic, or licentious. The Yellow Book was associated with the Aesthetic Movement and was often controversial. It contained contributions from writers including Max Beerbohm, Henry James, Edmund Gosse, Arnold Bennett, and H. G. Wells, while the art editor was Aubrey Beardsley. Cf. Yellow Nineties n. at yellow adj. and n. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [adjective] > characteristic of specific periodical spectatorial1817 Punchine1846 yellow book1895 New Yorker1934 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > sensational sensationary1755 lurid1850 sensational1859 sensationist1859 sensationalist1862 sensationalistic1863 yellow book1895 pulpy1915 1895 Book Buyer Feb. 28/2 His Yellow Book portrait of Madame Réjane—a little faint, outline picture, with tilted nose and buoyant frock—is delightfully coquettish and delicate. 1895 Pratt Inst. Monthly Apr. 166 Mr. Beardsley continues to invite your pained surprise. His Yellow-Book posters suggest the irritating power of mustard-plasters. 1906 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 799 The ‘Yellow Book’ coterie of London. 1958 D. Fitts in M. Barnard tr. Sappho in Sappho: New Transl. Foreword An avatar of Yellow Book neodiabolism. 1960 Spectator 9 Sept. 374/1 The ballet's overheated Yellow Book eroticism..looked..dated. 1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 1 Are we looking at a reprise of..fin de siècle Yellow Book decadence? 2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 21 Dec. (Arts section) 26 Because Sturgis is an authority on the 1890s, the plots almost invariably revolve round decadent Yellow Book aesthetes. 3. A report, bound in yellow, issued by the British Liberal Party in 1928 on the industrial future of Britain.The report, formally entitled ‘Britain's Industrial Future’ and featuring input from economists such as John Maynard Keynes, was designed to revive the fortunes of the Liberal Party before the 1929 general election. ΘΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [noun] > specific report of Liberal Party yellow book1928 1928 Scotsman 4 Feb. 10/2 A Socialist Government or even a Liberal Government with the incentive of the new Liberal Yellow Book would be even less likely to reduce expenditure. 1929 D. Lloyd George We can conquer Unemployment 3 In the ‘Yellow Book’, published a year ago, the Liberal Industrial Enquiry presented exhaustive proposals for dealing with the grave unemployment situation with which Britain was, and is still, faced. 1983 Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 18/4 Had the Liberal Yellow Book been published in 1920 our history might have been different. 2013 Utility Week (Nexis) 15 Mar. They have harked back to David Lloyd George's Yellow Book of 85 years ago and published the Green Book. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1849
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