mackintosh English · revision 1530

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈmækɪntɒʃ/ ''(UK)''; /ˈmækɪntɑʃ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is named after Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), the Scottish chemist who invented a waterproofing process,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Klein 1966) patented in 1823.^(Etymonline)^(Weekley 1921)^(Cassell) The surname is from [[gd|Mac an toisich|t=son of the chieftain]].^(Etymonline)^(Weekley 1921)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ As an attribute, garments made of Macintosh's waterproof material, and short for a mackintosh coat (1836 in the OED, Barnhart and Merriam-Webster).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Macintosh's method bound two layers of fabric together with india rubber dissolved in naphtha.^(Cassell) From 1880 the word also named the material,^(OED 1989) any cloth made waterproof with rubber.^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) In British use it came to mean any raincoat.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Collins 2023) The ''McIntosh'' apple is named after John McIntosh of Upper Canada, a different man.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1823 – Macintosh's patent.^(Etymonline)^(Cassell)

+ * 1836 – a mackintosh coat.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1880 – the rubberized material.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[raincoat]], originally one made of rubberized cloth.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A lightweight [[waterproof]] fabric, originally of rubberized cotton.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[mackintoshed]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[oilskin]]

+ * [[mac]]

+ * [[raincoat]]

+ * [[wellington]]

+ * [[cardigan]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}