earwaxn.

Brit.

/ˈɪəwaks/, U.S.

/ˈɪ(ə)rˌwæks/

Forms: see ear n.¹ and wax n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ear n.¹, wax n.¹

Etymology: < ear n.¹ + wax n.¹

A yellowish-brown waxy substance forming a protective coating within the ear canal, and which sometimes accumulates and impairs hearing; = cerumen n. Also in figurative contexts.

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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > secretions of the ear > [noun]

earwaxa1350

sapc1440

eresopc1450

wax1706

cerumen1741

perilymph1838

a1350 Recipe Painting in Archæol. Jrnl. (1844) 1 64 (MED) Tac a lutel ere-wax ant pute therin.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. v. 905 Ere-wex is ydo þerto to make it [sc. þe tree of aloes] somdel bitter and rede.

a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 676 (MED) Colera, arwax.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 27^v Earewaxe doth stop the entrynge from small bestis.

1614 T. Adams in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. xxvi. 10 Far be from our souls..that the ear..should be stopped with the earwax of partiality.

1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden ii. 20 (note) The ear-wax in animals seems to be in part designed to prevent insects from getting into their ears.

1876 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 8) II. 631 The cerumen or ear-wax is secreted by these glands.

1925 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 25 833/1 It is no crime to have an accumulation of ear wax in the ears.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 28 Dec. 159/1 The pile of all the other cosmic jokes—like flatulence, earwax and whiteheads—that come with being human.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earwax
释义	earwaxn. Brit. /ˈɪəwaks/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rˌwæks/ Forms: see ear n.¹ and wax n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ear n.¹, wax n.¹ Etymology: < ear n.¹ + wax n.¹ A yellowish-brown waxy substance forming a protective coating within the ear canal, and which sometimes accumulates and impairs hearing; = cerumen n. Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > secretions of the ear > [noun] earwaxa1350 sapc1440 eresopc1450 wax1706 cerumen1741 perilymph1838 a1350 Recipe Painting in Archæol. Jrnl. (1844) 1 64 (MED) Tac a lutel ere-wax ant pute therin. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. v. 905 Ere-wex is ydo þerto to make it [sc. þe tree of aloes] somdel bitter and rede. a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 676 (MED) Colera, arwax. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 27^v Earewaxe doth stop the entrynge from small bestis. 1614 T. Adams in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. xxvi. 10 Far be from our souls..that the ear..should be stopped with the earwax of partiality. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden ii. 20 (note) The ear-wax in animals seems to be in part designed to prevent insects from getting into their ears. 1876 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 8) II. 631 The cerumen or ear-wax is secreted by these glands. 1925 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 25 833/1 It is no crime to have an accumulation of ear wax in the ears. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 28 Dec. 159/1 The pile of all the other cosmic jokes—like flatulence, earwax and whiteheads—that come with being human. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1350
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