cygnetn.

/ˈsɪɡnɪt/

Forms: Middle English sygnett, syngnett, Middle English–1600s signett, 1500s singnett, 1500s–1600s signet, 1500s–1700s cignet, 1600s cygnette, 1800s synet, 1600s– cygnet.

Etymology: A diminutive, of English or (?) Anglo-Norman formation, of French cygne or Latin cygnus swan. Old French had the diminutive cignel, cigneau (Godefroy). French cygne is found in end of 14th cent., but the ordinary Old French form was cine, earlier cisne, cinne. Cisne appears to be cognate with Spanish cisne, and Old Italian cecino swan, which Romanic scholars derive < Latin cicinus = cycnus, < Greek κύκνος swan. Latin cycnus appears to have split into two types: *cicinus, found in Plautus (and apparently in late popular Latin), whence the Romanic forms, and cygnus, which was long the accepted form in later manuscripts and texts. Under the influence of the latter Old French cine became cygne (compare modern Italian cigno).

A young swan. In Heraldry see quot. 1825.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Cyginae (swans) > [noun] > member of genus Cygnus (miscellaneous) > cygnus olor (common swan) > young

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c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 57 Conuiuium domini Henrici Regis quarti, In coronacione sua apud Westmonasterium..Graund chare. Syngnettys.

1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 281 That brout venison and ij. signetts to my Lady.

1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 82^v, in Bulwarke of Defence The Signettes bee better than the olde Swannes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 12 So doth the Swan her downie Signets saue.

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vii. 2938 Her skin sleek sattin or the cygnettes brest.

1634 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons xv For 1 dozen of signetts.

1707 W. Fleetwood Chronicon Preciosum iv. 107 For 8 Cignets, or young Swans.

1825 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Cygnet..properly, a young swan, but swans borne in coat-armour are frequently blazoned cygnets.

1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss. Synettys, old English for swans.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxi. 424 It now rejoices in a drapery as grey as a cygnet's breast.

Compounds

cygnet-down n.

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1795 J. Wolcot Liberty's Last Squeak in Wks. (1812) III. 423 Lone silence..Her shoes of cygnet-down shall lend.

cygnet-royal n. Heraldry see quot.

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1847 H. Gough Gloss. Terms Brit. Heraldry 110 Cygnet Royal: a swan gorged with a ducal coronet, having a chain affixed thereunto and reflexed over its back.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cygnet
释义	cygnetn. /ˈsɪɡnɪt/ Forms: Middle English sygnett, syngnett, Middle English–1600s signett, 1500s singnett, 1500s–1600s signet, 1500s–1700s cignet, 1600s cygnette, 1800s synet, 1600s– cygnet. Etymology: A diminutive, of English or (?) Anglo-Norman formation, of French cygne or Latin cygnus swan. Old French had the diminutive cignel, cigneau (Godefroy). French cygne is found in end of 14th cent., but the ordinary Old French form was cine, earlier cisne, cinne. Cisne appears to be cognate with Spanish cisne, and Old Italian cecino swan, which Romanic scholars derive < Latin cicinus = cycnus, < Greek κύκνος swan. Latin cycnus appears to have split into two types: cicinus, found in Plautus (and apparently in late popular Latin), whence the Romanic forms, and cygnus, which was long the accepted form in later manuscripts and texts. Under the influence of the latter Old French cine* became cygne (compare modern Italian cigno). A young swan. In Heraldry see quot. 1825. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Cyginae (swans) > [noun] > member of genus Cygnus (miscellaneous) > cygnus olor (common swan) > young cygnetc1430 stag1544 swannetc1560 staggard1619 c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 57 Conuiuium domini Henrici Regis quarti, In coronacione sua apud Westmonasterium..Graund chare. Syngnettys. 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 281 That brout venison and ij. signetts to my Lady. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 82^v, in Bulwarke of Defence The Signettes bee better than the olde Swannes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 12 So doth the Swan her downie Signets saue. View more context for this quotation c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vii. 2938 Her skin sleek sattin or the cygnettes brest. 1634 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons xv For 1 dozen of signetts. 1707 W. Fleetwood Chronicon Preciosum iv. 107 For 8 Cignets, or young Swans. 1825 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Cygnet..properly, a young swan, but swans borne in coat-armour are frequently blazoned cygnets. 1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss. Synettys, old English for swans. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxi. 424 It now rejoices in a drapery as grey as a cygnet's breast. Compounds cygnet-down n. ΚΠ 1795 J. Wolcot Liberty's Last Squeak in Wks. (1812) III. 423 Lone silence..Her shoes of cygnet-down shall lend. cygnet-royal n. Heraldry see quot. ΚΠ 1847 H. Gough Gloss. Terms Brit. Heraldry 110 Cygnet Royal: a swan gorged with a ducal coronet, having a chain affixed thereunto and reflexed over its back. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1430
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