suffragette 的詞源
suffragette(n.)
「女性支持者,支持女性投票权的运动者」,「特别是暴力或‘激进’类型的支持者」[OED],1906年,来自 suffrage,带有法语女性词尾 -ette,但当时流行的意义并不在此。
这个词在大西洋两岸的报纸上于1月印刷出现,并在此后20年中持续出现在公众话语中,尽管最初在美国仅用于指代激进的英国女性。
A new word has been invented in England which seems to meet a "felt want." As the feminine of suffragist, suffragettes has come into use. Why not? [The Press, Stafford Springs, Conn., Jan. 31, 1906]
在英国发明了一个新词,似乎满足了一个“迫切的需要”。作为对suffragist的女性形式,suffragettes开始使用。为什么不呢?[The Press, Stafford Springs, Conn., Jan. 31, 1906]
suffragette. A more regrettable formation than others such as leaderette & flannelette, in that it does not even mean a sort of suffrage as they mean a sort of leader & of flannel, & therefore tends to vitiate the popular conception of the termination's meaning. The word itself may now be expected to die, having lost its importance; may its influence on word-making die with it! [Fowler, 1926]
suffragette。比其他如 leaderette 和 flannelette 更令人遗憾的构造,因为它甚至不意味着一种选举权,正如它们意味着一种领导者和法兰绒,因此倾向于败坏大众对词尾意义的理解。这个词本身现在可能会死去,因为它失去了重要性;愿它对造词的影响与它一同消亡![Fowler, 1926]
比较 suffragist。
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