† maintadj.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French maint.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French maint, meint many, many a (in Middle French also maint un ), further etymology uncertain: perhaps < a Germanic derivative noun ultimately < the base of many adj. In modern French the word is chiefly literary; in all periods in French it precedes the noun, rather than being used as postmodifier as in quots. 1801, 1866¹.17th and 18th cent. writers appear often to have described Anglo-Norman words as ‘old’ without differentiating them from obsolete English words, even if they did not occur in texts written in English: see quot. 1706, and compare quot. 1688 at main n.³ 1.

Obsolete. rare (pseudo-archaic, chiefly poetic).

Many, numerous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective]

feleOE

felefoldc1000

manifoldOE

unfewc1175

mucha1225

many one?a1300

greata1325

manyc1450

numerous1622

maint1706

right smart1825

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Maint,..an old Word for many, several.

1801 T. Moore Ring 170 Now Austin was a reverend man, Who acted wonders maint.

1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 79 View the wide world and races maint of man.

1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 77 Ah me, ah me, there's maint an honest dame, Brought by fictitious Joves to grief and shame.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	maint
释义	† maintadj. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French maint. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French maint, meint many, many a (in Middle French also maint un ), further etymology uncertain: perhaps < a Germanic derivative noun ultimately < the base of many adj. In modern French the word is chiefly literary; in all periods in French it precedes the noun, rather than being used as postmodifier as in quots. 1801, 1866¹.17th and 18th cent. writers appear often to have described Anglo-Norman words as ‘old’ without differentiating them from obsolete English words, even if they did not occur in texts written in English: see quot. 1706, and compare quot. 1688 at main n.³ 1. Obsolete. rare (pseudo-archaic, chiefly poetic). Many, numerous. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] feleOE felefoldc1000 manifoldOE unfewc1175 mucha1225 many one?a1300 greata1325 manyc1450 numerous1622 maint1706 right smart1825 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Maint,..an old Word for many, several. 1801 T. Moore Ring 170 Now Austin was a reverend man, Who acted wonders maint. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 79 View the wide world and races maint of man. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 77 Ah me, ah me, there's maint an honest dame, Brought by fictitious Joves to grief and shame. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1706
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