macacon.

Brit.

/məˈkeɪkəʊ/,

/məˈkɑːkəʊ/, U.S.

/məˈkɑˌkoʊ/

Forms: 1700s macaguo, 1700s macaquo, 1800s– macaco, 1800s– macauco, 1800s– maccacco (London slang), 1800s– murkarker (London slang).

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: French macaco; Portuguese macaco.

Etymology: < French macaco (late 17th cent.) or its etymon Portuguese macaco (mid 16th cent.) monkey, ape < a Bantu language. The word is attested in use in the Congo (as macaquo ) by G. Marggraf Historiae Rerum Naturalium Brasiliae (1648) 227, and (in the form makaku ) in the vocabulary copied c1651 by the Flemish Capuchin Joris van Geel. Compare macaque n.The form kaku is the name for the mangabey in a number of Bantu languages of southern Gabon and the Congo, and is generally regarded as imitative of the animal's cry. The plural is kaku, bakaku, or makaku, according to the language. Although the pronunciation with /eɪ/ in the second syllable is the only one given by N.E.D. (1904), the existence of the /ɑː/ pronunciation already in the 19th cent. is implied by the spelling murkarker.

Any of various macaques and monkeys resembling macaques. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > member of family Lemuridae > genus Lemur (lemur)

macaco1774

maki1774

mocock1791

lemur1795

magpie-maki1890

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Macaca (macaque)

macaque1757

macaco1774

egret monkey1780

Macacus1834

1693 J. Ray Synopsis Animalium Quadrupedum 155 Cercopithecus angolensis major, Congensibus Macaquo Marcgr.]

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 233 Of the monkies of the ancient continent, the first, he [sc. Buffon] describes, is the Macaguo; somewhat resembling a baboon in size.

1824 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1827) I. 215 (note) Macaco is the generic name for monkey on the coast of Guinea.

1854 J. S. Bushnan in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. (c1865) I. 290/2 In the mandril, pavian, and macacos, membranous sacs are observed.

1868 Philos. Trans. 1867 (Royal Soc.) 157 318 If Fischer's observation be correct,—that the intermedium, which he found separate in the young Macaco, was in one adult united with the scaphoides,—these separate centres may not improbably exist in the young..of Indris.

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 232 Murkarker, a monkey, vulgar Cockney pronunciation of Macauco... Jacko Macauco, or Maccacco, as he was mostly called, was the name of a famous fighting monkey, who used nearly fifty years ago to display his prowess at the Westminster Pit.

Compounds

† macaco-wood n. Obsolete a tree of tropical South America, Tococa guianensis (family Melastomataceae), which bears bladders on its petioles; the wood of this tree.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of South American trees

letterwood1655

kingwood1788

canary wood1822

saouari wooda1832

macaco-wood1835

paddlewood1837

quebracho1839

mustaiba1843

violet-wood1843

taigu wood1868

rauli1874

louro1914

balsa wood1917

palisander1930

1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. II. 722 The Macaco-wood of commerce is the wood of Tocaca Guianensis, the fruit of which is considered an agreeable food by man, and very much relished by monkies; and its juice..is so black as to be substituted for ordinary ink.

1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. ii. 665/2 Macaco-wood (Bot.), Tococa guianensis.

1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Macaco-wood. 1. A tropical American tree (Tococa guianensis) of the family Melastomaceæ. 2. The wood of this tree.

macaco worm n. the larva of a South American fly, Dermatobia hominis (family Oestridae), which infests the skin of humans and animals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Calliphoridae > dermatobia noxialis

macaco worm1876

1749 Hist. de l'Acad. Royale des Sci. 1745 (Paris) 471 Le ver appellé chez les Maynas Suglacuru, & à Cayenne ver Macaque (c'est-à-dire Ver Singe) prend son accroissement dans la chair des animaux & des hommes.]

1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates viii. 175 A gadfly found at Cayenne is distinguished by the name of the Macaco Worm; it..usually attacks the skin of oxen and dogs.

1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire 172 Elephant tick, king-sized botfly, a macaco worm, the monstrous parasite.

1967 F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. 283/2 In the Guianas, macaco..is a worm (larva of a fly) that gets under the skin of men or animals.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macaco
释义	macacon. Brit. /məˈkeɪkəʊ/, /məˈkɑːkəʊ/, U.S. /məˈkɑˌkoʊ/ Forms: 1700s macaguo, 1700s macaquo, 1800s– macaco, 1800s– macauco, 1800s– maccacco (London slang), 1800s– murkarker (London slang). Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: French macaco; Portuguese macaco. Etymology: < French macaco (late 17th cent.) or its etymon Portuguese macaco (mid 16th cent.) monkey, ape < a Bantu language. The word is attested in use in the Congo (as macaquo ) by G. Marggraf Historiae Rerum Naturalium Brasiliae (1648) 227, and (in the form makaku ) in the vocabulary copied c1651 by the Flemish Capuchin Joris van Geel. Compare macaque n.The form kaku is the name for the mangabey in a number of Bantu languages of southern Gabon and the Congo, and is generally regarded as imitative of the animal's cry. The plural is kaku, bakaku, or makaku, according to the language. Although the pronunciation with /eɪ/ in the second syllable is the only one given by N.E.D. (1904), the existence of the /ɑː/ pronunciation already in the 19th cent. is implied by the spelling murkarker. Any of various macaques and monkeys resembling macaques. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > member of family Lemuridae > genus Lemur (lemur) macaco1774 maki1774 mocock1791 lemur1795 magpie-maki1890 the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Macaca (macaque) macaque1757 macaco1774 egret monkey1780 Macacus1834 1693 J. Ray Synopsis Animalium Quadrupedum 155 Cercopithecus angolensis major, Congensibus Macaquo Marcgr.] 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 233 Of the monkies of the ancient continent, the first, he [sc. Buffon] describes, is the Macaguo; somewhat resembling a baboon in size. 1824 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1827) I. 215 (note) Macaco is the generic name for monkey on the coast of Guinea. 1854 J. S. Bushnan in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. (c1865) I. 290/2 In the mandril, pavian, and macacos, membranous sacs are observed. 1868 Philos. Trans. 1867 (Royal Soc.) 157 318 If Fischer's observation be correct,—that the intermedium, which he found separate in the young Macaco, was in one adult united with the scaphoides,—these separate centres may not improbably exist in the young..of Indris. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 232 Murkarker, a monkey, vulgar Cockney pronunciation of Macauco... Jacko Macauco, or Maccacco, as he was mostly called, was the name of a famous fighting monkey, who used nearly fifty years ago to display his prowess at the Westminster Pit. Compounds † macaco-wood n. Obsolete a tree of tropical South America, Tococa guianensis (family Melastomataceae), which bears bladders on its petioles; the wood of this tree. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of South American trees letterwood1655 kingwood1788 canary wood1822 saouari wooda1832 macaco-wood1835 paddlewood1837 quebracho1839 mustaiba1843 violet-wood1843 taigu wood1868 rauli1874 louro1914 balsa wood1917 palisander1930 1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. II. 722 The Macaco-wood of commerce is the wood of Tocaca Guianensis, the fruit of which is considered an agreeable food by man, and very much relished by monkies; and its juice..is so black as to be substituted for ordinary ink. 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. ii. 665/2 Macaco-wood (Bot.), Tococa guianensis. 1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Macaco-wood. 1. A tropical American tree (Tococa guianensis) of the family Melastomaceæ. 2. The wood of this tree. macaco worm n. the larva of a South American fly, Dermatobia hominis (family Oestridae), which infests the skin of humans and animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Calliphoridae > dermatobia noxialis macaco worm1876 1749 Hist. de l'Acad. Royale des Sci. 1745 (Paris) 471 Le ver appellé chez les Maynas Suglacuru, & à Cayenne ver Macaque (c'est-à-dire Ver Singe) prend son accroissement dans la chair des animaux & des hommes.] 1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates viii. 175 A gadfly found at Cayenne is distinguished by the name of the Macaco Worm; it..usually attacks the skin of oxen and dogs. 1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire 172 Elephant tick, king-sized botfly, a macaco worm, the monstrous parasite. 1967 F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. 283/2 In the Guianas, macaco..is a worm (larva of a fly) that gets under the skin of men or animals.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1774
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