† Ethiopessn.

Forms: Middle English Ethiopis, Middle English 1600s Ethiopesse, 1500s–1600s Aethiopesse, 1500s–1600s Ethiopisse, 1600s Aethiopisse, 1600s Ethiopess.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: Ethiop n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < Ethiop n. + -ess suffix¹, after post-classical Latin Aethiopissa (Vulgate: Numbers 12:1) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek Αἰθιόπισσα (Septuagint). Compare Spanish †etiopisa (c1275), Italian †etiopessa (1350).

Obsolete.

An Ethiopian woman.In all quots. referring to the wife of Moses (see Numbers 12:1).

ΚΠ

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Num. xii. 1 Þe Ethiopesse [a1425 Corpus Oxf. Ethiopis, L. aethiopissam] his wife.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 333 Moses came vnto vs, and is ioyned to our Aethiopesse.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. viii. §10. 149 (heading) Iosephvs his tale of an Æthiopesse wife to Moses.

?a1639 A. Harsnett Gods Summons (1640) 272 Moses..married an Æthiopesse, yet could hee not change her hue.

1682 J. P. tr. H. Ludolf New Hist. Ethiopia 160 From hence Moses chose his Wife, who is call'd the Ethiopess.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	ethiopess
释义	† Ethiopessn. Forms: Middle English Ethiopis, Middle English 1600s Ethiopesse, 1500s–1600s Aethiopesse, 1500s–1600s Ethiopisse, 1600s Aethiopisse, 1600s Ethiopess. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: Ethiop n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < Ethiop n. + -ess suffix¹, after post-classical Latin Aethiopissa (Vulgate: Numbers 12:1) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek Αἰθιόπισσα (Septuagint). Compare Spanish †etiopisa (c1275), Italian †etiopessa (1350). Obsolete. An Ethiopian woman.In all quots. referring to the wife of Moses (see Numbers 12:1). ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Num. xii. 1 Þe Ethiopesse [a1425 Corpus Oxf. Ethiopis, L. aethiopissam] his wife. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 333 Moses came vnto vs, and is ioyned to our Aethiopesse. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. viii. §10. 149 (heading) Iosephvs his tale of an Æthiopesse wife to Moses. ?a1639 A. Harsnett Gods Summons (1640) 272 Moses..married an Æthiopesse, yet could hee not change her hue. 1682 J. P. tr. H. Ludolf New Hist. Ethiopia 160 From hence Moses chose his Wife, who is call'd the Ethiopess. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1382
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