词汇 | bloke |
词源 | bloke. Word origins can be lost very quickly. Bloke, for a “man,” “chap,” or “guy” (in America) entered the language only in 1839 or so, but no one has been able to establish its ancestors. Suggestions are that it came from the Hindustani loke for “man,” introduced by the Gypsies into England; that it derives from an old Irish tinker’s cry; and that it is from the Dutch blok, for “fool.” The Celtic ploc, “a large, bull-headed person,” reinforced by plocach, “a strong, coarse person,” has its supporters, too. However, the evidence doesn’t prove any of these theories. Bloke has been in fairly common humorous usage in America since late in the 19th century, as in “he’s a nice bloke.” |
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