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单词 jill-hooter
释义

jill-hootern.

Brit. /ˈdʒɪlˌhuːtə/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪlˌhudər/
Forms:

α. 1600s gill-houter, 1600s 1800s gil-hooter, 1700s gill-hooter, 1800s gill-howter, 1800s– jill-hooter.

β. 1700s gilli-howter, 1800s gillie-howter, 1800s gilly-hooter, 1800s–1900s jilly-hooter.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Gill , hooter n.1; proper name Gilly , hooter n.1
Etymology: In α. forms (i) < the female forename Jill, Gill (see jill n.) + hooter n.1 In β. forms (ii) < the female forename Jilly, Gilly (see gillie n.1) + hooter n.1
English regional. Now archaic.
An owl.
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the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Tytonidae > tyto alba (barn owl)
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1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 70 Ulula,..the whooping Owl, or Gilhooter.
1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) To Rdr. p. vi Thoose ot connaw tell a Bitter bump fro a Gillhooter.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Jill-hooter, Jilly-hooter, an owl.
1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 8 Not a leaf of ivy to shelter a gilliehowter.
1911 C. Stonham Birds Brit. Islands V. 912/1 (gloss.) Jilly hooter, any owl.
2011 Evening News (Norwich) (Nexis) 11 Aug. Morn's dag hangs low at water's path... Jill-hooter calls the muddled-moon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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