beezerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Unknown, perhaps from Spanish cabeza (“head”), though the meaning “head” appears to somewhat postdate “nose” in English.^[1] First attested in 1908, originally apparently as American boxing slang. Various sources have suggested a borrowing, perhaps by American sailors or marines, from Mandarin 鼻子 (bízi, “nose”) (audio).^[2][3] While the Mandarin may have reinforced an existing term,^[4] an ultimate derivation from Mandarin is improbable given the context and time frame of early use.

名詞

beezer (複数形 beezers) (originally US, slang, dated)

1. Nose.
   • 1913, “Kid Ivanhoe”, in Adventure, volume 7, page 131:

     “In der beezer, Casey, slam him in der beezer!” ¶ At the ropes Casey fought back, but was obliged to clinch.

   • 1919, Charles Emmett Van Loan, Taking the Count: Prize Ring Stories, page 183:

     “Now, don’t be turnin’ up that busted beezer of yours so proud an’ haughty. […]”

   • 1937, Damon Runyon, A Piece of Pie:

     I am paying no attention to them, because they are drinking local ale, and talking loud, and long ago I learn that when a Boston character is engaged in aleing himself up, it is a good idea to let him alone, because the best you can get out of him is maybe a boff on the beezer.

   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter V, in Jeeves in the Offing:

     She had an ink spot on her nose, the result of working on her novel of suspense. It is virtually impossible to write a novel of suspense without getting a certain amount of ink on the beezer. Ask Agatha Christie or anyone.

2. Head.
   • 1921 July 24, Eleanor Pray, “[Letter home]”, in Birgitta Ingemanson, editor, Letters from Vladivostok, 1894–1930, published 2013, page 98:

     We were beating up into the wind, when Captain Pray decided to tack, and her concise order to me was “Duck your beezer!” and while I was wondering which part of the boat a beezer was, the boom just missed the top of my head and she remarked, “I told you to duck.”

   • 1928, Robert Joyce Tasker, Grimhaven, page 110:

     “ […] If the hogs ate your beezer with all the phony ideas you’ve got in it, they’d croak!”

   • 1936, Adolf Lorenz, My Life and Work: The Search for a Missing Glove, page 4:

     “If you’re mad, go to Lindewiese— / Then be glad, put an old hat on your beezer!”

   • [1937, “Slang: American Slang”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica, 14th edition, volume 20, page 768:

     Beezer, head]

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語源 2

Borrowed from Scots beezer, beeser, of unknown origin.^[1] First attested in the 1910s. The adjective is from the noun.^[2]

名詞

beezer (複数形 beezers)

1. (UK, slang) A smart person, a bloke.

形容詞

beezer (comparative more beezer, superlative most beezer)

1. (UK, slang) Excellent, super.

   We had a beezer time at the party.

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