mad-applen.

Brit.

/ˈmadˌapl/, U.S.

/ˈmædˌæpəl/

Forms: see mad adj. and apple n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: mad adj., apple n.

Etymology: < mad adj. + apple n., after post-classical Latin malum insanum (1583 or earlier) < Italian †mela insana (16th cent.), variant, after mela apple (see mele n.¹) and insano insane adj., of melanzana , †melenzana (late 15th cent.; regional melanciana , melongiana ), ultimately (probably via medieval Greek μελιντζάνα (14th cent.)) < Persian bādingān (see melongena n.).C. Battisti and G. Alessio Diz. etim. italiano (1975) note s.v. melanzana a tradition recorded from the 13th cent. that insanity could be caused by the aubergine.

a. The fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena; the plant itself. Occasionally also (formerly also in plural): any of certain other plants of the genus Solanum, esp. S. linnaeanum. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > aubergine

mad-apple1578

rage apple1578

raging apple1578

raging love apple1578

verangene1587

brinjal1611

brown jolly1756

melinzane1775

melongena1785

melongene1793

aubergine1796

vegetable egg1797

egg-fruit1811

Jew's apple1838

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxxv. 438 (heading) Of Madde Apples, or Rage Apples.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 273 Of madde Apples... Raging Apples hath a rounde stalke of two foote high, deuided into sundrie braunches.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 82/2 An Assirian Made Apple. The pod is whitish green, and the cup jagged [etc.].

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Solanum, Solanum Peregrinum fructu rotundo, C.B. sive Mala Insana Europæa, Mad Apples of Europe.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 208 Melongena or Mad-Apple is also of this genus.

1868 Chambers's Encycl. X. 618/1 Mad-apple, a name sometimes given to the Apple of Sodom (Solanum Sodomeum), sometimes to the fruit of the Egg-plant..and sometimes to the large Galls..known as Mecca or Bussorah Galls, which are also called Apples of Sodom.

1994 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) 5 Oct. 17/2 It was believed the so-called ‘mad apples’ caused insanity.

b. The thorn apple, Datura stramonium.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Solanaceae (nightshade and allies) > [noun] > thorn-apple or brugmansia

thorn-apple1578

thorny apple1578

floripondio1604

stramonium1682

burn-weed1756

devil's apple1759

stinkweed1804

jimsonweed1812

Brugmansia1822

stramony1842

angel's trumpet1866

metel1887

mad-apple1892

1892 C. F. Millspaugh Medicinal Plants 127-1 Stramonium... Com. names.—Thorn-apple, Devil's apple, Mad apple.

1995 Canad. Gardening Oct. 16/2 Datura has a wide range of common names including jimsonweed, angel's-trumpet, mad-apples, devil's apple and thornapple.

2. A gall formed on an oak of Asia Minor, Quercus infectoria, by the gall wasp Cynips insana. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > gall or abnormal growth

gall1398

elationc1420

dog rose1526

tumour?1541

to-growing1562

gall-nut1572

gall-apple1617

apple1668

by-fruit1682

witches' besom1849

witches' broom1856

mad-apple1868

nail gall1879

marble gall1882

gall-knob1892

scroll-gall1895

twig-gall1900

cecidium1902

1869 Eng. Mechanic 24 Dec. 354/1 Mecca galls, Dead Sea apples, Sodom apples, or mad apples..are occasionally imported from Bussarah.

1918 Amer. Naturalist 52 164 A gall somewhat resembling the Aleppo gall..is that produced by Cynips insana Westwood. It is better known as the mad apple of Sodom, Dead Sea fruit, or Mecca or Bussorah gall.

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

单词	mad-apple
释义	mad-applen. Brit. /ˈmadˌapl/, U.S. /ˈmædˌæpəl/ Forms: see mad adj. and apple n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: mad adj., apple n. Etymology: < mad adj. + apple n., after post-classical Latin malum insanum (1583 or earlier) < Italian †mela insana (16th cent.), variant, after mela apple (see mele n.¹) and insano insane adj., of melanzana , †melenzana (late 15th cent.; regional melanciana , melongiana ), ultimately (probably via medieval Greek μελιντζάνα (14th cent.)) < Persian bādingān (see melongena n.).C. Battisti and G. Alessio Diz. etim. italiano (1975) note s.v. melanzana a tradition recorded from the 13th cent. that insanity could be caused by the aubergine. 1. a. The fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena; the plant itself. Occasionally also (formerly also in plural): any of certain other plants of the genus Solanum, esp. S. linnaeanum. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > aubergine mad-apple1578 rage apple1578 raging apple1578 raging love apple1578 verangene1587 brinjal1611 brown jolly1756 melinzane1775 melongena1785 melongene1793 aubergine1796 vegetable egg1797 egg-fruit1811 Jew's apple1838 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxxv. 438 (heading) Of Madde Apples, or Rage Apples. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 273 Of madde Apples... Raging Apples hath a rounde stalke of two foote high, deuided into sundrie braunches. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 82/2 An Assirian Made Apple. The pod is whitish green, and the cup jagged [etc.]. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Solanum, Solanum Peregrinum fructu rotundo, C.B. sive Mala Insana Europæa, Mad Apples of Europe. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 208 Melongena or Mad-Apple is also of this genus. 1868 Chambers's Encycl. X. 618/1 Mad-apple, a name sometimes given to the Apple of Sodom (Solanum Sodomeum), sometimes to the fruit of the Egg-plant..and sometimes to the large Galls..known as Mecca or Bussorah Galls, which are also called Apples of Sodom. 1994 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) 5 Oct. 17/2 It was believed the so-called ‘mad apples’ caused insanity. b. The thorn apple, Datura stramonium. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Solanaceae (nightshade and allies) > [noun] > thorn-apple or brugmansia thorn-apple1578 thorny apple1578 floripondio1604 stramonium1682 burn-weed1756 devil's apple1759 stinkweed1804 jimsonweed1812 Brugmansia1822 stramony1842 angel's trumpet1866 metel1887 mad-apple1892 1892 C. F. Millspaugh Medicinal Plants 127-1 Stramonium... Com. names.—Thorn-apple, Devil's apple, Mad apple. 1995 Canad. Gardening Oct. 16/2 Datura has a wide range of common names including jimsonweed, angel's-trumpet, mad-apples, devil's apple and thornapple. 2. A gall formed on an oak of Asia Minor, Quercus infectoria, by the gall wasp Cynips insana. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > gall or abnormal growth gall1398 elationc1420 dog rose1526 tumour?1541 to-growing1562 gall-nut1572 gall-apple1617 apple1668 by-fruit1682 witches' besom1849 witches' broom1856 mad-apple1868 nail gall1879 marble gall1882 gall-knob1892 scroll-gall1895 twig-gall1900 cecidium1902 1868 Chambers's Encycl. X. 618/1 Mad-apple, a name sometimes given to the Apple of Sodom (Solanum Sodomeum), sometimes to the fruit of the Egg-plant..and sometimes to the large Galls..known as Mecca or Bussorah Galls, which are also called Apples of Sodom. 1869 Eng. Mechanic 24 Dec. 354/1 Mecca galls, Dead Sea apples, Sodom apples, or mad apples..are occasionally imported from Bussarah. 1918 Amer. Naturalist 52 164 A gall somewhat resembling the Aleppo gall..is that produced by Cynips insana Westwood. It is better known as the mad apple of Sodom, Dead Sea fruit, or Mecca or Bussorah gall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
随便看	stone-doublet stone-drawer stone-dresser stone-dressing stone-drop stone-dumb stone-dust stone-dusting stone-dyke stone-eared stone-eater stone-eating stone-edged stone-element stone-engraving stone-etching stone-eyed stone-face stone-faced stone-fall stone-fencing stone-fern stone-field stone-fish stone-flagged