dulcarnonn.

Brit.

/dᵿlˈkɑːnən/, U.S.

/ˌdʊlˈkɑrnən/

Forms: late Middle English dulcarnoun, late Middle English– dulcarnon, 1500s dulcarnane.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin dulcarnon.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin dulcarnon Pythagoras' theorem (from 13th cent. in British sources) < Arabic ḏū'l-qarnayn two-horned, lit. ‘possessor of the two horns’ < ḏū lord, possessor + al the + qarnayn, dual of qarn horn, cognate with Hebrew qeren, perhaps so called from a supposed resemblance of the diagrammatic representation of Pythagoras' theorem to the head of a two-horned beast (see further G. Olson ‘Demonism, geometric nicknaming, and natural causation in Chaucer's Summoner's and Friar's Tales’ in Viator 42 (2011) 253–60).

1. A dilemma; a state of perplexity. Formerly esp. in at dulcarnon (alluding to Chaucer): nonplussed, unable to proceed, at one's wit's end.In quot. a1413 Criseyde's use of the word with reference to her own uncertainty probably alludes to the difficulty which proving Pythagoras' theorem (Euclid 1. 47) presents to the student (or to the difficulty with which Pythagoras himself arrived at the proof); Pandarus (perhaps deliberately) appears to confuse Euclid 1. 47 with the less complex proposition Euclid 1. 5, known as fuga miserorum (lit. ‘rout of the wretched’), whose name suggests that it will deter only the weakest students.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or perplexity

disjointc1374

dulcarnona1413

perplexitive1465

disjunct1553

quandary?1576

dilemma1590

distraction1602

trilemma1672

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 931 I [sc. Cryseyde] am til god me bettre mynde sende A dulcarnon [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 At dulcarnoun] right at my wittes ende. Quod Pandarus ye Nece wol ye here, Dulcarnon called is flemyng of wrecches, It semeth hard for wrecches wol not lere.

1534 Mrs. M. Roper in More's Wks. 1441/2 In good fayth father qd. I, I can no ferther goe, but am, (as I trowe Cresede saith in Chaucer) comen to Dulcarnon euen at my wittes ende.

1647 J. Cleveland Char. Moderate Intelligencer 2 Ormund hath revolted without horrour of conscience, and thinketh not that his Majesties Ghost haunts him, that he is at Dulcarnan, even at his wits end.

1662 J. Hacon Vindication of Rev. sig. A5 I am afraid those Lay-men..will verily beleeve, that I am quite put to silence in the respective particulars, and can finde out nothing to say in behalf of my self, but am at Dulcarnon, right at my wits end.

1710 Divine Rights of Brit. Nation & Constit. (ed. 2) 81 Let the Vindicator take it so, provided he does not take his Performance for an Answer to Mr. H. and for Dulcarnon to his Readers.

1855 Mem. James Gordon Bennett 341 The Oregon boundary question..was the dulcarnon in diplomacy that demanded a Pythagoras.

1974 Wake Newslitter Dec. 110 Siva holds the drums of creation in one hand and the fires of destruction in the other—an either/or dulcarnon from which there seems no escape.

1991 Chaucer Rev. 26 92 Chaucer is restlessly changing sides, but that doesn't mean that his overall viewpoint is higher..than that of either side. It means that he is at dulcarnons.

†2. A person in a dilemma; one unable to proceed in any direction. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [noun] > dilemma > person in

dulcarnon1577

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iv. f. 16/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I S. Patricke considering, that these sealy soules were (as all dulcarnanes for y^e more part are) more to be terryfied from infidelitie through the paynes of hell, then allured to Christianitie by the ioyes of heauen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dulcarnon
释义	dulcarnonn. Brit. /dᵿlˈkɑːnən/, U.S. /ˌdʊlˈkɑrnən/ Forms: late Middle English dulcarnoun, late Middle English– dulcarnon, 1500s dulcarnane. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin dulcarnon. Etymology: < post-classical Latin dulcarnon Pythagoras' theorem (from 13th cent. in British sources) < Arabic ḏū'l-qarnayn two-horned, lit. ‘possessor of the two horns’ < ḏū lord, possessor + al the + qarnayn, dual of qarn horn, cognate with Hebrew qeren, perhaps so called from a supposed resemblance of the diagrammatic representation of Pythagoras' theorem to the head of a two-horned beast (see further G. Olson ‘Demonism, geometric nicknaming, and natural causation in Chaucer's Summoner's and Friar's Tales’ in Viator 42 (2011) 253–60). 1. A dilemma; a state of perplexity. Formerly esp. in at dulcarnon (alluding to Chaucer): nonplussed, unable to proceed, at one's wit's end.In quot. a1413 Criseyde's use of the word with reference to her own uncertainty probably alludes to the difficulty which proving Pythagoras' theorem (Euclid 1. 47) presents to the student (or to the difficulty with which Pythagoras himself arrived at the proof); Pandarus (perhaps deliberately) appears to confuse Euclid 1. 47 with the less complex proposition Euclid 1. 5, known as fuga miserorum (lit. ‘rout of the wretched’), whose name suggests that it will deter only the weakest students. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or perplexity disjointc1374 dulcarnona1413 perplexitive1465 disjunct1553 quandary?1576 dilemma1590 distraction1602 trilemma1672 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 931 I [sc. Cryseyde] am til god me bettre mynde sende A dulcarnon [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 At dulcarnoun] right at my wittes ende. Quod Pandarus ye Nece wol ye here, Dulcarnon called is flemyng of wrecches, It semeth hard for wrecches wol not lere. 1534 Mrs. M. Roper in More's Wks. 1441/2 In good fayth father qd. I, I can no ferther goe, but am, (as I trowe Cresede saith in Chaucer) comen to Dulcarnon euen at my wittes ende. 1647 J. Cleveland Char. Moderate Intelligencer 2 Ormund hath revolted without horrour of conscience, and thinketh not that his Majesties Ghost haunts him, that he is at Dulcarnan, even at his wits end. 1662 J. Hacon Vindication of Rev. sig. A5 I am afraid those Lay-men..will verily beleeve, that I am quite put to silence in the respective particulars, and can finde out nothing to say in behalf of my self, but am at Dulcarnon, right at my wits end. 1710 Divine Rights of Brit. Nation & Constit. (ed. 2) 81 Let the Vindicator take it so, provided he does not take his Performance for an Answer to Mr. H. and for Dulcarnon to his Readers. 1855 Mem. James Gordon Bennett 341 The Oregon boundary question..was the dulcarnon in diplomacy that demanded a Pythagoras. 1974 Wake Newslitter Dec. 110 Siva holds the drums of creation in one hand and the fires of destruction in the other—an either/or dulcarnon from which there seems no escape. 1991 Chaucer Rev. 26 92 Chaucer is restlessly changing sides, but that doesn't mean that his overall viewpoint is higher..than that of either side. It means that he is at dulcarnons. †2. A person in a dilemma; one unable to proceed in any direction. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [noun] > dilemma > person in dulcarnon1577 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iv. f. 16/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I S. Patricke considering, that these sealy soules were (as all dulcarnanes for y^e more part are) more to be terryfied from infidelitie through the paynes of hell, then allured to Christianitie by the ioyes of heauen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1413
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