chigoen.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈtʃiˌɡoʊ/

Forms: Also –1700s chego, 1700s chiego, ciego, 1700s–1800s chegoe, chigre, 1800s chigua, chigo, 1800s–1900s chigger. Also jigger n.¹

Etymology: A West Indian name: the French form is chique, which Littré thinks identical with Spanish chico small; of this chigo might be a Creole form: evidence is wanting. Chigger, jigger, are corruptions by English-speaking people.

A small species of flea ( Pulex or Sarcopsylla penetrans), found in the West Indies and South America. The female burrows beneath the skin of the human feet (and sometimes of the hands) and becomes greatly distended with eggs, which are sometimes hatched there, causing itching, and painful sores.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Siphonaptera or fleas > [noun] > pulex or sarcopsylla penetrans (chigoe)

nigua1555

chigoe1708

pique1748

red-buga1750

jigger flea1756

trigera1757

sand flea1796

tungua1815

1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Chiego, a small Creature that gets into the Feet of those that live in the Island of Barbadoes, and makes them very uneasie.

1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 162 The Chego.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 42 As to Ciegoes they will appear to the naked eye like a small flea.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 418 The Chigoe, or Chiger..is very frequent and troublesome in all our sugar-colonies.

1781 H. Smeathman in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 170 The jigger of the West Indies.

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. vii. 137 Multitudes of chigoes or sand-fleas.

1810 R. Southey Hist. Brazil x. 436 The first settlers suffered terribly from the chiguas or jiggers.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 46 In the West Indies the juice of Mammea is employed to destroy the chiggers.

1868 F. Boyle Ride across Continent 68 ‘Neguas’..better known in England by their West Indian name, ‘jiggers’ or ‘chigos’.

1871 S. de Vere Americanisms (1872) 394 The Seed-tick is, in all probability, the same insect as the hated Jigger or Chigre, of Kentucky.

1915 U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. 671 Harvest mites, or chiggers.

1956 New Biol. 21 74 In the British Isles the season for harvest mites (or chiggers) (Trombicula autumnalis) usually extends from May to October, reaching its peak in September.

Derivatives

† chigoe-pated adj. Obsolete (quot.1691).

1691 Reply to Vind. of Disc. on Unreasonableness of New Separation 11 By Vertue of which..a busie Chego-pated Priest may insolently attempt to Visit his Metropolitan.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chigoe
释义	chigoen. Brit. /ˈtʃɪɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈtʃiˌɡoʊ/ Forms: Also –1700s chego, 1700s chiego, ciego, 1700s–1800s chegoe, chigre, 1800s chigua, chigo, 1800s–1900s chigger. Also jigger n.¹ Etymology: A West Indian name: the French form is chique, which Littré thinks identical with Spanish chico small; of this chigo might be a Creole form: evidence is wanting. Chigger, jigger, are corruptions by English-speaking people. A small species of flea ( Pulex or Sarcopsylla penetrans), found in the West Indies and South America. The female burrows beneath the skin of the human feet (and sometimes of the hands) and becomes greatly distended with eggs, which are sometimes hatched there, causing itching, and painful sores. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Siphonaptera or fleas > [noun] > pulex or sarcopsylla penetrans (chigoe) nigua1555 chigoe1708 pique1748 red-buga1750 jigger flea1756 trigera1757 sand flea1796 tungua1815 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Chiego, a small Creature that gets into the Feet of those that live in the Island of Barbadoes, and makes them very uneasie. 1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 162 The Chego. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 42 As to Ciegoes they will appear to the naked eye like a small flea. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 418 The Chigoe, or Chiger..is very frequent and troublesome in all our sugar-colonies. 1781 H. Smeathman in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 170 The jigger of the West Indies. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. vii. 137 Multitudes of chigoes or sand-fleas. 1810 R. Southey Hist. Brazil x. 436 The first settlers suffered terribly from the chiguas or jiggers. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 46 In the West Indies the juice of Mammea is employed to destroy the chiggers. 1868 F. Boyle Ride across Continent 68 ‘Neguas’..better known in England by their West Indian name, ‘jiggers’ or ‘chigos’. 1871 S. de Vere Americanisms (1872) 394 The Seed-tick is, in all probability, the same insect as the hated Jigger or Chigre, of Kentucky. 1915 U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. 671 Harvest mites, or chiggers. 1956 New Biol. 21 74 In the British Isles the season for harvest mites (or chiggers) (Trombicula autumnalis) usually extends from May to October, reaching its peak in September. Derivatives † chigoe-pated adj. Obsolete (quot.1691). Π 1691 Reply to Vind. of Disc. on Unreasonableness of New Separation 11 By Vertue of which..a busie Chego-pated Priest may insolently attempt to Visit his Metropolitan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1691
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