buttoned-downadj.

Brit.

/ˌbʌtn̩(d)ˈdaʊn/, U.S.

/ˌbətn(d)ˈdaʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: buttoned adj., down adv.

Etymology: < buttoned adj. + down adv. With sense 2 compare earlier button-down adj. 2.

1. Fastened or secured with a button or buttons; esp. designating a garment fastened by means of a row of buttons. Cf. button-down adj. 1.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > fastened in specific way > buttoned

buttoned1657

button-up1836

buttoned-down1871

button-through1881

button-down1883

1871 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. Sept. 175/1 Jacket with basques, finished at the back with little buttoned-down pockets.

1913 Country Life 2 Aug. 27/2 This band disappearing beneath a buttoned-down patte of the cloth cut in one with the coat.

1937 Times 27 Sept. 19/3 The lamé..used in bows on the buttoned-down frock.

1955 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 10 Nov. 52/4 (advt.) The buttoned down cardigan is in wool chenille.

1967 W. Corbin Smoke xvi. 237 He brought out a dun-colored pack with a buttoned-down flap on which Chris could make out the faded black letters, ‘U.S.M.C.’

2011 Yorks. Evening Post (Nexis) 1 Feb. Denim jackets, dark denim buttoned-down skirts and perfectly faded denim shirts.

a. Originally North American. Of a shirt collar: having points which are fastened to the shirt with buttons. Cf. button-down adj. 2a.

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1913 Morning Echo (Bakersfield, Calif.) 1 Mar. 10/2 (advt.) Cream and White Soft Shirts, made with two pockets and buttoned-down collar.

1947 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. 5/4 (advt.) Brooks Brothers' shirts in our own Egyptian-cotton Oxford..buttoned-down or plain collar.

2001 Irish Times 25 Sept. (EL section) 8/3 He dresses in the preppie style of a much younger man, with American-style buttoned-down collars.

b. Originally North American. Of a shirt: having a buttoned-down collar. Cf. button-down adj. 2b.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > shirt > types of

open-neckeda1791

open-neck1894

button-down1921

buttoned-down1952

1952 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 25 July 6/4 Stevenson has been called Abe Lincoln in a buttoned-down shirt.

1964 N.Y. Amsterdam News 28 Nov. 17/4 In the case of a buttoned-down shirt, slide the tie through the fastened collar points before putting the shirt on.

1966 R. Powell Don Quixote U.S.A. vi. 65 He wore..a shirt that had once been white and of the buttoned-down style.

2007 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 30 Sept. 30 The latest store soon to open is a Brooks Brothers, which specialises in buttoned-down shirts and chinos.

c. Originally and chiefly North American. Having or characteristic of a conventional or conservative attitude or appearance; staid, formal, repressed. Cf. button-down adj. 2c.With allusion to the supposed characteristics of businessmen, professionals, etc., who typically wear shirts with buttoned-down collars.The title of the record referred to in quot. 1960 is in fact The Button-down Mind of Bob Newhart; cf. quot. 1960 at button-down adj. 2c.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective]

seinec1330

sober1362

unfeastlyc1386

murec1390

unlaughter-milda1400

sadc1400

solemnyc1420

solemned1423

serious1440

solemnc1449

solenc1460

solemnel?1473

moy1487

demure1523

grave1549

staid1557

sage1564

sullen1583

weighty1602

solid1632

censoriousa1637

(as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650

untriumphant1659

setc1660

agelastic1666

austere1667

humourless1671

unlaughing1737

smileless1740

untriflinga1743

untittering1749

steady1759

dun1797

antithalian1818

dreich1819

laughterless1825

unsmiling1826

laughless1827

unfestive1844

sober-sided1847

gleeless1850

unfarcical1850

mome1855

deedy1895

button-down1959

buttoned-down1960

straight-faced1975

1960 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 14 Oct. 23/3 Newhart..broke out..to score a hit with his album, ‘The Buttoned-Down Mind’.

1979 Cincinnati Mag. Oct. 3/1 Lawyers are stuffy, buttoned-down guys. When they were kids they probably got briefcases for Christmas and liked them.

1991 Economist 11 May 48/2 The audience—even as respectable and buttoned-down an audience as that in Cleveland—loved it.

1994 E. Snoe Beguiled i. 9 Handsome in a conservative, buttoned-down sort of way.

2014 L. Martin Home Sweet Anywhere 38 She'd..bought a camper, and taken herself to Alaska..—a radical departure from her former corporate buttoned-down life.

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

单词	buttoned-down
释义	buttoned-downadj. Brit. /ˌbʌtn̩(d)ˈdaʊn/, U.S. /ˌbətn(d)ˈdaʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: buttoned adj., down adv. Etymology: < buttoned adj. + down adv. With sense 2 compare earlier button-down adj. 2. 1. Fastened or secured with a button or buttons; esp. designating a garment fastened by means of a row of buttons. Cf. button-down adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > fastened in specific way > buttoned buttoned1657 button-up1836 buttoned-down1871 button-through1881 button-down1883 1871 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. Sept. 175/1 Jacket with basques, finished at the back with little buttoned-down pockets. 1913 Country Life 2 Aug. 27/2 This band disappearing beneath a buttoned-down patte of the cloth cut in one with the coat. 1937 Times 27 Sept. 19/3 The lamé..used in bows on the buttoned-down frock. 1955 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 10 Nov. 52/4 (advt.) The buttoned down cardigan is in wool chenille. 1967 W. Corbin Smoke xvi. 237 He brought out a dun-colored pack with a buttoned-down flap on which Chris could make out the faded black letters, ‘U.S.M.C.’ 2011 Yorks. Evening Post (Nexis) 1 Feb. Denim jackets, dark denim buttoned-down skirts and perfectly faded denim shirts. 2. a. Originally North American. Of a shirt collar: having points which are fastened to the shirt with buttons. Cf. button-down adj. 2a. ΚΠ 1913 Morning Echo (Bakersfield, Calif.) 1 Mar. 10/2 (advt.) Cream and White Soft Shirts, made with two pockets and buttoned-down collar. 1947 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. 5/4 (advt.) Brooks Brothers' shirts in our own Egyptian-cotton Oxford..buttoned-down or plain collar. 2001 Irish Times 25 Sept. (EL section) 8/3 He dresses in the preppie style of a much younger man, with American-style buttoned-down collars. b. Originally North American. Of a shirt: having a buttoned-down collar. Cf. button-down adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > shirt > types of open-neckeda1791 open-neck1894 button-down1921 buttoned-down1952 1952 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 25 July 6/4 Stevenson has been called Abe Lincoln in a buttoned-down shirt. 1964 N.Y. Amsterdam News 28 Nov. 17/4 In the case of a buttoned-down shirt, slide the tie through the fastened collar points before putting the shirt on. 1966 R. Powell Don Quixote U.S.A. vi. 65 He wore..a shirt that had once been white and of the buttoned-down style. 2007 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 30 Sept. 30 The latest store soon to open is a Brooks Brothers, which specialises in buttoned-down shirts and chinos. c. Originally and chiefly North American. Having or characteristic of a conventional or conservative attitude or appearance; staid, formal, repressed. Cf. button-down adj. 2c.With allusion to the supposed characteristics of businessmen, professionals, etc., who typically wear shirts with buttoned-down collars.The title of the record referred to in quot. 1960 is in fact The Button-down Mind of Bob Newhart; cf. quot. 1960 at button-down adj. 2c. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] seinec1330 sober1362 unfeastlyc1386 murec1390 unlaughter-milda1400 sadc1400 solemnyc1420 solemned1423 serious1440 solemnc1449 solenc1460 solemnel?1473 moy1487 demure1523 grave1549 staid1557 sage1564 sullen1583 weighty1602 solid1632 censoriousa1637 (as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650 untriumphant1659 setc1660 agelastic1666 austere1667 humourless1671 unlaughing1737 smileless1740 untriflinga1743 untittering1749 steady1759 dun1797 antithalian1818 dreich1819 laughterless1825 unsmiling1826 laughless1827 unfestive1844 sober-sided1847 gleeless1850 unfarcical1850 mome1855 deedy1895 button-down1959 buttoned-down1960 straight-faced1975 1960 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 14 Oct. 23/3 Newhart..broke out..to score a hit with his album, ‘The Buttoned-Down Mind’. 1979 Cincinnati Mag. Oct. 3/1 Lawyers are stuffy, buttoned-down guys. When they were kids they probably got briefcases for Christmas and liked them. 1991 Economist 11 May 48/2 The audience—even as respectable and buttoned-down an audience as that in Cleveland—loved it. 1994 E. Snoe Beguiled i. 9 Handsome in a conservative, buttoned-down sort of way. 2014 L. Martin Home Sweet Anywhere 38 She'd..bought a camper, and taken herself to Alaska..—a radical departure from her former corporate buttoned-down life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1871
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