babbitt

Etymology 1
The is derived from, the surname of the American inventor  (1799–1862) who invented the alloy.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * ,  (“a soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction”).



Translations

 * Belarusian: бабіт
 * Bulgarian: бабит
 * Estonian: babiit
 * Indonesian:
 * Kazakh: баббит
 * Romanian: babbit
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian:

Verb

 * 1)  To line (something) with babbitt metal to reduce friction.

Etymology 2
From, the surname of George Babbitt, the title character of the novel Babbitt (1922) by the American author (1885–1951). The word was also popularized by the George (1898–1937) and (1896–1983) song “The Babbitt and the Bromide”, first featured in the 1927 musical Funny Face and later in the film  (1945).

Noun

 * 1) * 2002 Tamkang review, Volume 33, Tamkang College of Arts and Sciences, p.158
 * [...] a "babbitt" is a person full of self-confident bluster who is nevertheless a narrowminded philistine and a hypocrite.]
 * 1) * 2002 Tamkang review, Volume 33, Tamkang College of Arts and Sciences, p.158
 * [...] a "babbitt" is a person full of self-confident bluster who is nevertheless a narrowminded philistine and a hypocrite.]