coddy-moddyn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒdɪˌmɒdi/, U.S.

/ˈkɑdiˌmɑdi/

Forms:

α. 1600s– coddy-moddy, 1700s coddimoddy, 1700s coddy-maddy.

β. 1600s caudemandies (plural, transmission error), 1600s cawdimawdy, 1800s caudy-maudy, 1800s cawdy-maudy, 1800s cawdy-mawdy.

γ. 1800s cawdymaw.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or perhaps (ii) an arbitrary formation. Etymon: English coddy.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) a reduplication (with variation of the initial consonant) of English regional (northern) coddy small, little (1703 or earlier; of unknown origin), so called on account of the comparative smallness of the young bird. Or perhaps (ii) an arbitrary formation, with reference to the variegated plumage of the bird; compare mishmash n., mixty-maxty n., and for parallels in other Germanic languages perhaps compare Dutch hutje-mutje, hutje met mutje belongings, bits and pieces (1693 or earlier; also 1667 as hutje met tutje), German Kuddelmuddel confusion, mess, mishmash (1852; also (regional: Luxembourg) Kaudermauder), Danish skuddermudder confusion, turmoil, destruction (1772).In the γ. forms perhaps showing alteration after maw n.³ In 19th-cent. regional sources the word is also occasionally applied to the hooded crow and the curlew.

Chiefly English regional (northern and east midlands).

Also coddy-moddy gull. A (young) gull; esp. a (young) common gull, Larus canus, or black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > young

coddy-moddy gull1673

scauriea1795

Iceland gull1822

powder puff1850

1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 94 The Coddy moddy or lesser grey Gull.

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 8 We sailed by an inchanted Island,..heard Cawdimawdies, Sea-gulls and Crowes, (Birds that alwayes frequent the shoar) but could see nothing by reason of the mist.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. ii. 350 (heading) The Winter-Mew, called in Cambridge-shire the Coddy-moddy.

1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VIII. 396 The coddy-moddies come up into this country in great numbers at the time this star-shot is generally found.

1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 314 Coddy moddy. A gull in its first year's plumage.

a1864 J. Clare Later Poems (1964) 266 Where white Cawdymaws slow swiver and sail.

1867 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip Dec. 265/1 The Hooded Crow and the Coddy-moddy Gull stalk in stately silence over the gossamer-webbed fields.

1948 M. Fuller This Awakening iv. 50 Little wonder that the parent gulls became hardhearted and agreed among themselves that starvation is the best teacher for the coddy-moddy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coddy-moddy
释义	coddy-moddyn. Brit. /ˈkɒdɪˌmɒdi/, U.S. /ˈkɑdiˌmɑdi/ Forms: α. 1600s– coddy-moddy, 1700s coddimoddy, 1700s coddy-maddy. β. 1600s caudemandies (plural, transmission error), 1600s cawdimawdy, 1800s caudy-maudy, 1800s cawdy-maudy, 1800s cawdy-mawdy. γ. 1800s cawdymaw. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or perhaps (ii) an arbitrary formation. Etymon: English coddy. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) a reduplication (with variation of the initial consonant) of English regional (northern) coddy small, little (1703 or earlier; of unknown origin), so called on account of the comparative smallness of the young bird. Or perhaps (ii) an arbitrary formation, with reference to the variegated plumage of the bird; compare mishmash n., mixty-maxty n., and for parallels in other Germanic languages perhaps compare Dutch hutje-mutje, hutje met mutje belongings, bits and pieces (1693 or earlier; also 1667 as hutje met tutje), German Kuddelmuddel confusion, mess, mishmash (1852; also (regional: Luxembourg) Kaudermauder), Danish skuddermudder confusion, turmoil, destruction (1772).In the γ. forms perhaps showing alteration after maw n.³ In 19th-cent. regional sources the word is also occasionally applied to the hooded crow and the curlew. Chiefly English regional (northern and east midlands). Also coddy-moddy gull. A (young) gull; esp. a (young) common gull, Larus canus, or black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > young coddy-moddy gull1673 scauriea1795 Iceland gull1822 powder puff1850 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 94 The Coddy moddy or lesser grey Gull. 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 8 We sailed by an inchanted Island,..heard Cawdimawdies, Sea-gulls and Crowes, (Birds that alwayes frequent the shoar) but could see nothing by reason of the mist. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. ii. 350 (heading) The Winter-Mew, called in Cambridge-shire the Coddy-moddy. 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VIII. 396 The coddy-moddies come up into this country in great numbers at the time this star-shot is generally found. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 314 Coddy moddy. A gull in its first year's plumage. a1864 J. Clare Later Poems (1964) 266 Where white Cawdymaws slow swiver and sail. 1867 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip Dec. 265/1 The Hooded Crow and the Coddy-moddy Gull stalk in stately silence over the gossamer-webbed fields. 1948 M. Fuller This Awakening iv. 50 Little wonder that the parent gulls became hardhearted and agreed among themselves that starvation is the best teacher for the coddy-moddy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673
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