demijohnn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛmɪdʒɒn/, U.S.

/ˈdɛmiˌdʒɑn/

Forms: 1700s demijan, 1800s demijean, demi-john, demijohn.

Etymology: In French dame-jeanne (1694 Th. Corneille dame-jane, 1701 Furetière Dame Jeanne, lit. ‘Dame Jane’); so Spanish dama-juana (as if Dama Juana); modern Provençal, in different dialects, dama-jana, damajano, damojano, damejano, dabajano, debajano; Catalan damajana; Italian damigiana; modern Arabic damajānaħ, dāmajānaħ, etc. in 19th cent. lexicons. The current English form is the result of popular perversion as in ‘sparrow-grass’; the earlier demijan, demijean, approach more closely to the French and Romanic, whence the word was adopted. The original nationality and etymology of the word are disputed: see Rev. A. L. Mayhew in Academy 14 Oct. 1893. Some have assumed the Arabic to be the source of the Romanic forms, and have sought to explain this as of Persian origin, and derived from the name of the town Damghān or Damaghān, a commercial emporium S.E. of the Caspian. But this is not supported by any historical evidence; moreover, the word does not occur in Persian dictionaries, nor in Arabic lexicons before the 19th cent., and the unfixedness of its form (dāmijānaħ, dāmajānaħ, damajānaħ, damanjānaħ) points, in the opinion of Arabic scholars, to its recent adoption from some foreign language, probably from Levantine use of Italian damigiana. Assuming the word to be Romanic, some have taken the Provençal and Catalan forms as the starting-point, and conjectured for these either a Latin type *dīmidiāna from dīmidium half (Alart in Rev. Lang. Rom. Jan. 1877), or the phrase dē mediāna of middle or mean (size) (in illustration of which Darmesteter cites from a 13th cent. tariff of Narbonne the phrase ‘ampolas de mieja megeira’ = Latin ampullās dē mediā mensūrā). But these suggestions fail to explain the initial da- prevalent in all the languages; on account of which M. Paul Meyer (like Littré) thinks that all the Romanic forms are simply adaptations or transliterations of the French, this being simply Dame Jeanne ‘Dame Jane’, as a popular appellation (compare Bellarmine, greybeard, etc.). This is also most in accordance with the historical evidence at present known, since the word occurs in French in the 17th cent., while no trace of it equally early has been found elsewhere.

A large bottle with bulging body and narrow neck, holding from 3 to 10 (or, in extreme cases, 2 to 15) gallons, and usually cased in wicker- or rush-work, with one or two handles of the same, for convenience of transport.An ordinary size is 5 gallons. Demijohns of clear glass, of ovate-quadrilateral section in the body (14 × 16 inches diam.), are employed to export vinegar and spirits to the West Indies, and are in common household use in the islands. The name is sometimes also given to vessels of earthenware or stoneware similarly cased.

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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. *E3 Dame-jeanne, a demijan, or large bottle, containing about four or five gallons, covered with basket-work, and much used in merchant-ships.

1803 Capt. Fellowes in Naval Chron. 10 183 I perceived one of the seamen emptying a demijean..containing five gallons. [Not in Todd 1818, nor in Pantologia 1819.]

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Demijohn, a glass vessel or bottle enclosed in wicker-work.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. v. 124 Two large stone jars in wicker cases, technically known as demi-johns.

1859 Leisure Hour No. 406. 626 Archy paraded round the table with a huge demijohn made of unglazed brick-earth.

1880 Times 7 May 3 The price paid for them was said to be a ‘demijohn’ of rum.

1894 Letter fr. Messrs. Scrutton, Sons, & Co. We have at present 500 demijohns filled with vinegar going by one of our steamers to the West Indies.

in combination.1884 L. Oliphant Haifa (1887) 134 Cisterns..some of them demijohn-shaped.

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

单词	demijohn
释义	demijohnn. Brit. /ˈdɛmɪdʒɒn/, U.S. /ˈdɛmiˌdʒɑn/ Forms: 1700s demijan, 1800s demijean, demi-john, demijohn. Etymology: In French dame-jeanne (1694 Th. Corneille dame-jane, 1701 Furetière Dame Jeanne, lit. ‘Dame Jane’); so Spanish dama-juana (as if Dama Juana); modern Provençal, in different dialects, dama-jana, damajano, damojano, damejano, dabajano, debajano; Catalan damajana; Italian damigiana; modern Arabic damajānaħ, dāmajānaħ, etc. in 19th cent. lexicons. The current English form is the result of popular perversion as in ‘sparrow-grass’; the earlier demijan, demijean, approach more closely to the French and Romanic, whence the word was adopted. The original nationality and etymology of the word are disputed: see Rev. A. L. Mayhew in Academy 14 Oct. 1893. Some have assumed the Arabic to be the source of the Romanic forms, and have sought to explain this as of Persian origin, and derived from the name of the town Damghān or Damaghān, a commercial emporium S.E. of the Caspian. But this is not supported by any historical evidence; moreover, the word does not occur in Persian dictionaries, nor in Arabic lexicons before the 19th cent., and the unfixedness of its form (dāmijānaħ, dāmajānaħ, damajānaħ, damanjānaħ) points, in the opinion of Arabic scholars, to its recent adoption from some foreign language, probably from Levantine use of Italian damigiana. Assuming the word to be Romanic, some have taken the Provençal and Catalan forms as the starting-point, and conjectured for these either a Latin type dīmidiāna from dīmidium half (Alart in Rev. Lang. Rom.* Jan. 1877), or the phrase dē mediāna of middle or mean (size) (in illustration of which Darmesteter cites from a 13th cent. tariff of Narbonne the phrase ‘ampolas de mieja megeira’ = Latin ampullās dē mediā mensūrā). But these suggestions fail to explain the initial da- prevalent in all the languages; on account of which M. Paul Meyer (like Littré) thinks that all the Romanic forms are simply adaptations or transliterations of the French, this being simply Dame Jeanne ‘Dame Jane’, as a popular appellation (compare Bellarmine, greybeard, etc.). This is also most in accordance with the historical evidence at present known, since the word occurs in French in the 17th cent., while no trace of it equally early has been found elsewhere. A large bottle with bulging body and narrow neck, holding from 3 to 10 (or, in extreme cases, 2 to 15) gallons, and usually cased in wicker- or rush-work, with one or two handles of the same, for convenience of transport.An ordinary size is 5 gallons. Demijohns of clear glass, of ovate-quadrilateral section in the body (14 × 16 inches diam.), are employed to export vinegar and spirits to the West Indies, and are in common household use in the islands. The name is sometimes also given to vessels of earthenware or stoneware similarly cased. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > bottle pottle bottle1393 quart bottle1454 flagon1470 demijohn1769 bidon1867 noggin bottle1894 Euro bottle1962 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > bottle > large bottle soldier's bottle1699 demijohn1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. E3 Dame-jeanne, a demijan, or large bottle, containing about four or five gallons, covered with basket-work, and much used in merchant-ships. 1803 Capt. Fellowes in Naval Chron.* 10 183 I perceived one of the seamen emptying a demijean..containing five gallons. [Not in Todd 1818, nor in Pantologia 1819.] 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Demijohn, a glass vessel or bottle enclosed in wicker-work. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. v. 124 Two large stone jars in wicker cases, technically known as demi-johns. 1859 Leisure Hour No. 406. 626 Archy paraded round the table with a huge demijohn made of unglazed brick-earth. 1880 Times 7 May 3 The price paid for them was said to be a ‘demijohn’ of rum. 1894 Letter fr. Messrs. Scrutton, Sons, & Co. We have at present 500 demijohns filled with vinegar going by one of our steamers to the West Indies. in combination.1884 L. Oliphant Haifa (1887) 134 Cisterns..some of them demijohn-shaped. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1769
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