lady's smockn.

Brit.

/ˌleɪdɪz ˈsmɒk/, U.S.

/ˌleɪdiz ˈsmɑk/

Forms:

α. 1500s ladi smocke, 1500s lady smocke, 1500s–1600s ladie smocke, 1600s– lady smock.

β. 1600s– ladies smock, 1700s– lady's smock, 1800s– ladies' smock.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lady n., smock n.

Etymology: In α. forms < lady n. + smock n., perhaps originally reflecting a genitive compound with unmarked first element (see discussion at lady n.); so called on account of the supposed resemblance of the flowers to a skirt or petticoat (compare also quot. 1828). In β. forms < the genitive of lady n. + smock n., although the first element is sometimes apprehended as plural.An alternative derivation of the word as a folk-etymological alteration of an (unattested) reflex of Old English lustmoce lady's smock, seems unlikely.

Any of several spring-flowering herbaceous plants; esp. cuckooflower, Cardamine pratensis (family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae)), which has very pale lilac flowers and grows in damp meadows.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > cruciferous flowers > white or purple flowers

garden rocket1548

queen's gillyflower1573

cuckoo-flower1578

damask violet1578

dame's-violet1578

rogue's gilliflower1578

wild passerage1578

lady's smock1593

Canterbury bells1597

close-sciences1597

sea stock-gillyflower1597

cardamine1609

melancholic gentleman1629

melancholy gentleman1629

Whitsun gilliflower1656

Hesperis1666

rocket1731

queen's violet1733

queen's July-flower1760

Virginian stock1760

spinka1774

damewort1776

virgin-stock1786

pink1818

sea-stock1849

clown's mustard1861

rock beauty1870

milksile-

1593 M. Drayton Idea viii. sig. J3 The hony-suckle, the Harlocke, The Lilly and the Lady-smocke, to deck her summer hall.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 880 Ladi-smockes all siluer white.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Passerage sauvage, Cuckoe-flowers, Ladies-smockes, the lesse water cresse.

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. K2 Dispose That Lady-smock, that Pansie, and that Rose Neatly apart.

1765 Wood's Descr. Bath (new ed.) I. x. 83 The Ditch Sides..are productive of Impatient Cukowflower, or Lady-Smock.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxiii. 329 Ladies Smock, (forgive the vulgar name) has the calyx gaping a little.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 83 Some of the convolvuluses, vulgarly called lady's-smock.

1828 T. Forster Circle of Seasons 97 The Ladysmock, a corruption of Our Lady's Smock, so called from its first flowering about Lady Tide, now blows.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxii. 239 Clear white ladies'-smocks.

1913 Times 10 May 4/1 ‘Silver-white’ seems a poetically loose epithet for the pale mauve of the lady-smock viewed alone.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1248 By May the meadows may be knee-deep in grasses, among which cowslips, buttercups, lady's-smock, dandelions, and other such flowers ‘paint the meadows with delight’.

1999 BBC Gardeners' World Apr. 109/3 A clump or two of lady's smock can help to secure the future of one of our prettiest butterflies, while also looking very beautiful indeed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ladys smock
释义	lady's smockn. Brit. /ˌleɪdɪz ˈsmɒk/, U.S. /ˌleɪdiz ˈsmɑk/ Forms: α. 1500s ladi smocke, 1500s lady smocke, 1500s–1600s ladie smocke, 1600s– lady smock. β. 1600s– ladies smock, 1700s– lady's smock, 1800s– ladies' smock. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lady n., smock n. Etymology: In α. forms < lady n. + smock n., perhaps originally reflecting a genitive compound with unmarked first element (see discussion at lady n.); so called on account of the supposed resemblance of the flowers to a skirt or petticoat (compare also quot. 1828). In β. forms < the genitive of lady n. + smock n., although the first element is sometimes apprehended as plural.An alternative derivation of the word as a folk-etymological alteration of an (unattested) reflex of Old English lustmoce lady's smock, seems unlikely. Any of several spring-flowering herbaceous plants; esp. cuckooflower, Cardamine pratensis (family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae)), which has very pale lilac flowers and grows in damp meadows. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > cruciferous flowers > white or purple flowers garden rocket1548 queen's gillyflower1573 cuckoo-flower1578 damask violet1578 dame's-violet1578 rogue's gilliflower1578 wild passerage1578 lady's smock1593 Canterbury bells1597 close-sciences1597 sea stock-gillyflower1597 cardamine1609 melancholic gentleman1629 melancholy gentleman1629 Whitsun gilliflower1656 Hesperis1666 rocket1731 queen's violet1733 queen's July-flower1760 Virginian stock1760 spinka1774 damewort1776 virgin-stock1786 pink1818 sea-stock1849 clown's mustard1861 rock beauty1870 milksile- 1593 M. Drayton Idea viii. sig. J3 The hony-suckle, the Harlocke, The Lilly and the Lady-smocke, to deck her summer hall. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 880 Ladi-smockes all siluer white. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Passerage sauvage, Cuckoe-flowers, Ladies-smockes, the lesse water cresse. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. K2 Dispose That Lady-smock, that Pansie, and that Rose Neatly apart. 1765 Wood's Descr. Bath (new ed.) I. x. 83 The Ditch Sides..are productive of Impatient Cukowflower, or Lady-Smock. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxiii. 329 Ladies Smock, (forgive the vulgar name) has the calyx gaping a little. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 83 Some of the convolvuluses, vulgarly called lady's-smock. 1828 T. Forster Circle of Seasons 97 The Ladysmock, a corruption of Our Lady's Smock, so called from its first flowering about Lady Tide, now blows. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxii. 239 Clear white ladies'-smocks. 1913 Times 10 May 4/1 ‘Silver-white’ seems a poetically loose epithet for the pale mauve of the lady-smock viewed alone. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1248 By May the meadows may be knee-deep in grasses, among which cowslips, buttercups, lady's-smock, dandelions, and other such flowers ‘paint the meadows with delight’. 1999 BBC Gardeners' World Apr. 109/3 A clump or two of lady's smock can help to secure the future of one of our prettiest butterflies, while also looking very beautiful indeed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1593
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