delln.¹

Brit.

/dɛl/, U.S.

/dɛl/

Etymology: Middle English delle , corresponding to Middle Dutch and Middle Low German delle , modern Dutch del , Middle High German and modern German telle < West Germanic *daljâ- or *deljôn- (feminine), derivative of *dalo- , Old Low German dal , dale n.¹; root meaning ‘deep or low place.’ Compare also Gothic ibdalja, and Old English æfdæl, descent. (Dell bears nearly the same etymological relation to dale, that den does to dean.)

†1. A deep hole, a pit. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun]

dalea800

piteOE

dike847

hollowc897

hole946

seathc950

delfOE

hollc1050

ditchc1275

lakec1320

holetc1380

slacka1500

dell1531

vault1535

pit-hole1583

delve1590

lough1672

sinusa1676

gap1696

self-lough1700

scoop1780

cup1819

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > small > and deep

deanc825

dell1531

dimble1589

dingle1591

drumble?a1750

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. ix. sig. Riv Curtius..enforsed his horse to lepe in to the dell or pitte.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 51 Thilke same..Ewe..Fell headlong into a dell [gloss, a hole in the ground].

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) II. 889/1 He met with dells or other deep holes.

1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i A dell, fossa.

2. A deep natural hollow or vale of no great extent, the sides usually clothed with trees or foliage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > small

dellc1220

hope1378

valleta1647

valleylet1866

c1220 Bestiary 5 Bi wilc weie so he [ðe leun] wile To dele niðer wenden.

c1420 Anturs of Arth. i On a day thay hom dyȝt into the depe dellus.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 17 The deip durandlie draif in mony deip dell.

?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse ii. sig. D3 Yon same dell Ore topt with mourning Cipresse and sad Ewe, Shall be my Cabin.

1637 J. Milton Comus 11 Every alley greene Dingle, or bushie dell.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iii. 61 Disputing..on the situation of a dell where they meant to form an ambuscade.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Fears in Solitude 1 A green and silent spot amid the hills! A small and silent dell!

1845 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. iii. 86 Miss Gurney's cottage is in a sheltered dell, with woods on each side.

in extended use.1812 R. Southey Omniana I. xxxiv. 54 Young ladies would do well to remember, that if laughter displays dimples, it creates dells.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

delln.²

Brit.

/dɛl/, U.S.

/dɛl/

Forms: 1500s–1600s del, 1500s–1800s dell. See also dill n.²

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: dell n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an extended use of dell n.¹ (with allusion to the vagina).Alternatively, the female forename Doll , pet-form of Dorothy (see doll n.¹), has sometimes been compared; with this suggestion, perhaps compare also Nell , pet-form of Eleanor and Helen (see nelly n.²).

Rogues' Cant. archaic.

A young girl (of the vagrant class); a wench.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]

daughterOE

maidenOE

young womanOE

mayc1175

burdc1225

maidc1275

wenchc1290

file1303

virginc1330

girla1375

damselc1380

young ladya1393

jilla1425

juvenclec1430

young person1438

domicellea1464

quean1488

trull1525

pulleta1533

Tib1533

kittyc1560

dell1567

gillian1573

nymph1584

winklota1586

frotion1587

yuffrouw1589

pigeon1592

tit1599

nannicock1600

muggle1608

gixy1611

infanta1611

dilla1627

tittiea1628

whimsy1631

ladykin1632

stammel1639

moggie1648

zitellaa1660

baggagea1668

miss1668

baby1684

burdie1718

demoiselle1720

queanie?1800

intombi1809

muchacha1811

jilt1816

titter1819

ragazza1827

gouge1828

craft1829

meisie1838

sheila1839

sixteenc1840

chica1843

femme1846

muffin1854

gel1857

quail1859

kitten1870

bud1880

fräulein1883

sub-debutante1887

sweet-and-twenty1887

flapper1888

jelly1889

queen1894

chick1899

pusher1902

bit of fluff1903

chicklet1905

twist and twirl1905

twist1906

head1913

sub-deb1916

tabby1916

mouse1917

tittie1918

chickie1919

wren1920

bim1922

nifty1923

quiff1923

wimp1923

bride1924

job1927

junior miss1927

hag1932

tab1932

sort1933

palone1934

brush1941

knitting1943

teenybopper1966

weeny-bopper1972

Valley Girl1982

1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Fiiii A Dell is a yonge wenche able for generation, and not yet knowen..by the vpright man.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 112/1 She's a Priests Lemman, and a Tinkers Pad, Or Dell, or Doxy, (though the names be bad).

a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 71* in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) Sweet Doxes and Dells, My Roses and Nells.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. iii. §68 Dells, trulls, dirty Drabs.

1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 320 ‘Sharp as needles,’ said a dark-eyed dell.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dell
释义	delln.¹ Brit. /dɛl/, U.S. /dɛl/ Etymology: Middle English delle , corresponding to Middle Dutch and Middle Low German delle , modern Dutch del , Middle High German and modern German telle < West Germanic daljâ- or deljôn- (feminine), derivative of dalo- , Old Low German dal* , dale n.¹; root meaning ‘deep or low place.’ Compare also Gothic ibdalja, and Old English æfdæl, descent. (Dell bears nearly the same etymological relation to dale, that den does to dean.) †1. A deep hole, a pit. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] dalea800 piteOE dike847 hollowc897 hole946 seathc950 delfOE hollc1050 ditchc1275 lakec1320 holetc1380 slacka1500 dell1531 vault1535 pit-hole1583 delve1590 lough1672 sinusa1676 gap1696 self-lough1700 scoop1780 cup1819 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > small > and deep deanc825 dell1531 dimble1589 dingle1591 drumble?a1750 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. ix. sig. Riv Curtius..enforsed his horse to lepe in to the dell or pitte. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 51 Thilke same..Ewe..Fell headlong into a dell [gloss, a hole in the ground]. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) II. 889/1 He met with dells or other deep holes. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i A dell, fossa. 2. A deep natural hollow or vale of no great extent, the sides usually clothed with trees or foliage. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > small dellc1220 hope1378 valleta1647 valleylet1866 c1220 Bestiary 5 Bi wilc weie so he [ðe leun] wile To dele niðer wenden. c1420 Anturs of Arth. i On a day thay hom dyȝt into the depe dellus. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 17 The deip durandlie draif in mony deip dell. ?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse ii. sig. D3 Yon same dell Ore topt with mourning Cipresse and sad Ewe, Shall be my Cabin. 1637 J. Milton Comus 11 Every alley greene Dingle, or bushie dell. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iii. 61 Disputing..on the situation of a dell where they meant to form an ambuscade. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Fears in Solitude 1 A green and silent spot amid the hills! A small and silent dell! 1845 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. iii. 86 Miss Gurney's cottage is in a sheltered dell, with woods on each side. in extended use.1812 R. Southey Omniana I. xxxiv. 54 Young ladies would do well to remember, that if laughter displays dimples, it creates dells. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). delln.² Brit. /dɛl/, U.S. /dɛl/ Forms: 1500s–1600s del, 1500s–1800s dell. See also dill n.² Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: dell n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an extended use of dell n.¹ (with allusion to the vagina).Alternatively, the female forename Doll , pet-form of Dorothy (see doll n.¹), has sometimes been compared; with this suggestion, perhaps compare also Nell , pet-form of Eleanor and Helen (see nelly n.²). Rogues' Cant. archaic. A young girl (of the vagrant class); a wench. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] daughterOE maidenOE young womanOE mayc1175 burdc1225 maidc1275 wenchc1290 file1303 virginc1330 girla1375 damselc1380 young ladya1393 jilla1425 juvenclec1430 young person1438 domicellea1464 quean1488 trull1525 pulleta1533 Tib1533 kittyc1560 dell1567 gillian1573 nymph1584 winklota1586 frotion1587 yuffrouw1589 pigeon1592 tit1599 nannicock1600 muggle1608 gixy1611 infanta1611 dilla1627 tittiea1628 whimsy1631 ladykin1632 stammel1639 moggie1648 zitellaa1660 baggagea1668 miss1668 baby1684 burdie1718 demoiselle1720 queanie?1800 intombi1809 muchacha1811 jilt1816 titter1819 ragazza1827 gouge1828 craft1829 meisie1838 sheila1839 sixteenc1840 chica1843 femme1846 muffin1854 gel1857 quail1859 kitten1870 bud1880 fräulein1883 sub-debutante1887 sweet-and-twenty1887 flapper1888 jelly1889 queen1894 chick1899 pusher1902 bit of fluff1903 chicklet1905 twist and twirl1905 twist1906 head1913 sub-deb1916 tabby1916 mouse1917 tittie1918 chickie1919 wren1920 bim1922 nifty1923 quiff1923 wimp1923 bride1924 job1927 junior miss1927 hag1932 tab1932 sort1933 palone1934 brush1941 knitting1943 teenybopper1966 weeny-bopper1972 Valley Girl1982 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Fiiii A Dell is a yonge wenche able for generation, and not yet knowen..by the vpright man. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 112/1 She's a Priests Lemman, and a Tinkers Pad, Or Dell, or Doxy, (though the names be bad). a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 71* in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) Sweet Doxes and Dells, My Roses and Nells. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. iii. §68 Dells, trulls, dirty Drabs. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 320 ‘Sharp as needles,’ said a dark-eyed dell. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1220n.²1567
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