Archibald

masc. proper name, from Old High German Erchanbald, literally "genuine-bold," from erchan "genuine" + bald (see bold). Archie, British World War I military slang for "German anti-aircraft fire" or the guns that produce it (1915) is said in contemporary sources to be from the airmen dodging hostile fire and thinking of the refrain of a then-popular music hall song.

It's no use me denying facts, I'm henpecked, you can see!

'Twas on our wedding day my wife commenced to peck at me

The wedding breakfast over, I said, "We'll start off today

Upon our honeymoon."

Then she yelled, "What! waste time that way?"

[chorus] "Archibald, certainly not!

Get back to work at once, sir, like a shot.

When single you could waste time spooning

But lose work now for honeymooning!

Archibald, certainly not!"

[John L. St. John & Alfred Glover, "Archibald, Certainly Not"]

词汇	archibald
词源	Archibald masc. proper name, from Old High German Erchanbald, literally "genuine-bold," from erchan "genuine" + bald (see bold). Archie, British World War I military slang for "German anti-aircraft fire" or the guns that produce it (1915) is said in contemporary sources to be from the airmen dodging hostile fire and thinking of the refrain of a then-popular music hall song. It's no use me denying facts, I'm henpecked, you can see! 'Twas on our wedding day my wife commenced to peck at me The wedding breakfast over, I said, "We'll start off today Upon our honeymoon." Then she yelled, "What! waste time that way?" [chorus] "Archibald, certainly not! Get back to work at once, sir, like a shot. When single you could waste time spooning But lose work now for honeymooning! Archibald, certainly not!" [John L. St. John & Alfred Glover, "Archibald, Certainly Not"] Entries linking to archibald bold adj. Middle English bold, from Old English beald (West Saxon), bald (Anglian) "stout-hearted, brave, confident, strong," from Proto-Germanic balthaz (source also of Old High German bald "bold, swift," in names such as Archibald, Leopold, Theobald; Gothic balþei "boldness;" Old Norse ballr "frightful, dangerous"), perhaps (Watkins) from PIE bhol-to-, suffixed form of root *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell." The meaning "requiring or exhibiting courage" is from mid-13c. Also in a bad sense, "audacious, presumptuous, overstepping usual bounds" (c. 1200). From 1670s as "standing out to view, striking the eye." Of flavors (coffee, etc.) from 1829. The noun meaning "those who are bold" is from c. 1300 in both admiring and disparaging senses. Old French and Provençal baut "bold," Italian baldo "bold, daring, fearless" are Germanic loan-words. Related: Boldly; boldness. updated on September 29, 2018
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Archibald

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