designer English · revision 5332

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /dɪˈzaɪ.nə/, /dəˈzaɪ.nə/, US /dɪˈzaɪ.nɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|en|design|-er]], an agent noun from the verb.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who schemes or plots, in a bad sense: 1649 in the OED, the 1640s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ One who makes an artistic design or a plan of construction is from 1662, the 1660s in Etymonline,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and one who originates a plan from 1670.^(OED 1989) As an adjective in fashion, bearing the name of a famous designer and so thought expensive or prestigious, it is from 1966.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A ''designer drug'', one that mimics an illegal narcotic but has a different chemical composition to escape the law, is attested by 1983.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1649 – a schemer.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1662 – one who designs.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1966 – designer goods.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1983 – ''designer drug''.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who plans the look or working of something, such as clothes, buildings or machines.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(archaic)'' A [[schemer]] or intriguer.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Made by or bearing the label of a well-known [[fashion]] designer: ''designer jeans''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Fashionable or trendy.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[interior designer]]

+ * [[designer drug]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[design]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}