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单词 mahoganite
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mahoganiten.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mahogany n., -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < mahogany n. (compare sense 6a at that entry) + -ite suffix1. N.E.D. (1904) indicates the stress as maˈhoganite.
slang. Obsolete.
A person who exaggerates accounts of his sporting prowess (see quot. 1825).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > one who exaggerates
magnifier1550
overreacher1589
exaggerant1803
exaggerator1822
mahoganite1825
monsterer1840
1825 Sporting Mag. 16 9 (note) A mahoganite is one who rides at a most infernal pace about the introduction of the second bottle..with his knees under any semicircular mahogany fire table.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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