aandblommetjien.

Brit.

/ˈɑːndblɒməki/,

/ˈɑːndblɒmətʃi/, U.S.

/ˈɑndˌblɑməki/,

/ˈɑndˌblɑmətʃi/, South African English

/ˈɑːndblɒməki/,

/ˈɑːntblɒməki/

Forms:

α. 1900s– avondbloemetje, 1900s– avondblometjie, 1800s avondbloemetjie.

β. 1800s– aandblommetjie, 1900s– aandblommetje.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch avondbloemetje; Afrikaans aandblommetje.

Etymology: < South African Dutch avondbloemetje and Afrikaans aandblommetjie (although this is first attested later: 1884) < Dutch avond evening (Afrikaans aand : see even n.¹) + bloemetje little flower (Afrikaans blommetjie ) < bloem , †bloeme flower (see bloom n.¹) + -tje , diminutive suffix, after South African Dutch avondbloem and Afrikaans aandblom aandblom n. Compare earlier aandblom n. and evening flower n. at evening n.¹, adv., and int. Compounds 2.

South African.

= aandblom n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > African plants > other African plants

Hottentot fig1731

wait-a-bit1785

goat's foot1787

Strelitzia1789

aandblom1793

grapple-plant1822

tile-root1829

neb-neb1839

Cape tulip1850

bird-of-paradise flower1855

dimorphotheca1861

aandblommetjie1870

lithops1938

1838 W. H. Harvey Genera S. Afr. Plants 330 Hesperantha,..opening in the evening, whence the common name ‘Avond-bloemjes’.]

1870 Cape Monthly Mag. Aug. 108 The scent of the ‘avond bloemetjies’ is fragrant in the air.

1927 Farming S. Afr. 171 How often does one see..the beautiful ‘painted ladies’ or ‘aandblommetjies’ adding scent to the garden in the evening.

1974 Motorist Aug. 35 No less imaginative were the names of some of the flowers—vetkousies, weeskindertjies, aandblommetjies and duikerwortel.

1998 A. Lansdmann Devil's Chimney xi. 213 When he was alone in the mountains, it was the scent of the aandblommetjie at night, the little white flower that opens its face to the world at dusk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aandblommetjie
释义	aandblommetjien. Brit. /ˈɑːndblɒməki/, /ˈɑːndblɒmətʃi/, U.S. /ˈɑndˌblɑməki/, /ˈɑndˌblɑmətʃi/, South African English /ˈɑːndblɒməki/, /ˈɑːntblɒməki/ Forms: α. 1900s– avondbloemetje, 1900s– avondblometjie, 1800s avondbloemetjie. β. 1800s– aandblommetjie, 1900s– aandblommetje. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch avondbloemetje; Afrikaans aandblommetje. Etymology: < South African Dutch avondbloemetje and Afrikaans aandblommetjie (although this is first attested later: 1884) < Dutch avond evening (Afrikaans aand : see even n.¹) + bloemetje little flower (Afrikaans blommetjie ) < bloem , †bloeme flower (see bloom n.¹) + -tje , diminutive suffix, after South African Dutch avondbloem and Afrikaans aandblom aandblom n. Compare earlier aandblom n. and evening flower n. at evening n.¹, adv., and int. Compounds 2. South African. = aandblom n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > African plants > other African plants Hottentot fig1731 wait-a-bit1785 goat's foot1787 Strelitzia1789 aandblom1793 grapple-plant1822 tile-root1829 neb-neb1839 Cape tulip1850 bird-of-paradise flower1855 dimorphotheca1861 aandblommetjie1870 lithops1938 1838 W. H. Harvey Genera S. Afr. Plants 330 Hesperantha,..opening in the evening, whence the common name ‘Avond-bloemjes’.] 1870 Cape Monthly Mag. Aug. 108 The scent of the ‘avond bloemetjies’ is fragrant in the air. 1927 Farming S. Afr. 171 How often does one see..the beautiful ‘painted ladies’ or ‘aandblommetjies’ adding scent to the garden in the evening. 1974 Motorist Aug. 35 No less imaginative were the names of some of the flowers—vetkousies, weeskindertjies, aandblommetjies and duikerwortel. 1998 A. Lansdmann Devil's Chimney xi. 213 When he was alone in the mountains, it was the scent of the aandblommetjie at night, the little white flower that opens its face to the world at dusk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1870
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