Mahoundn.adj.

Brit.

/məˈhuːnd/,

/məˈhaʊnd/, U.S.

/məˈhund/,

/məˈhaʊnd/

Forms:

α. Middle English Machoun, Middle English Mahonne, Middle English Mahoum, Middle English Mahum, Middle English Mahun, Middle English Mahune, Middle English Mawhown, Middle English–1500s Mahon, Middle English–1500s Mahone, Middle English–1500s Mahoun, Middle English–1500s Mahoune, Middle English–1600s Mahown, Middle English–1600s Mahowne, 1500s–1600s Macon; Scottish pre-1700 Mahon, pre-1700 Mahone, pre-1700 Mahoune, pre-1700 Mahovne, pre-1700 Mahowne, pre-1700 Mahune, pre-1700 1700s– Mahoun /məˈhuːn/, 1800s Mahown.

β. Middle English Mahombe (perhaps transmission error), Middle English Mahounde, Middle English Mahount, Middle English– Mahound, 1500s Machound, 1500s Mahownd, 1500s Mahownde, 1600s Mauhound.

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

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French Mahun, Old French Mahum, Mahom, shortened form of Mahomet Mahomet n.; compare mammet n. From the 16th cent. onwards, the form with excrescent d (see D n.) became the predominant form except in Scots, where it appears to have had little currency.

A. n.

1. A god imagined in the Middle Ages to be worshipped by Muslims. Cf. Mahomet n. 1. Now rare (archaic and poetic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [noun] > founder

Mahoundc1275

Mahometa1387

prophetc1390

Muhammad1615

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13636 Ure Drihten heo bi-læueð and to Mahune heo tuhteð.

c1300 St. Vincent (Laud) 101 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 187 Mahun, ȝware is þi miȝte?

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 4939 (MED) Þe ymage of Mahoun y-mad of golde Wiþ þe axe smot he oppon þe molde.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 7458 (MED) I suld him sla, bi sir mahun [a1400 Fairf. seint Mahoun].

c1450 (a1375) Octavian (Calig.) (1979) 1092 Þe Sarsyns cryde all yn fere To hare god Mahone, To helpe her geaunt in þat fyȝt.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 251 (MED) Now by mahownes bloode! Ther will no mete do me goode To he be hanged.

a1547 J. Redford Moral Play Wit & Sci. (1848) 11 By Mahowndes bones,..by Mahowndes nose.

1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xvi. liv. 125 By Macon and Lanfusa he doth sweare.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vii. sig. Ff2 The Carle did fret, And fume..And oftentimes by Turmagant and Mahound swore.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xii. x. 215 Praised (quoth he) be Macon, whom we serue.

1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. I1 And Mahound and Termagant come against vs, weele fight with them.

1733 A. Pope Impertinent 14 The Presence seems, with things so richly odd, The Mosque of Mahound, or some queer Pa-god.

1825 W. Scott Talisman iii, in Tales Crusaders III. 79 Down with Mahound, Termagaunt, and all their adherents.

1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. iv. 77 The very approach of a follower of Mahound, however, was an abomination to the good nun.

1921 J. Buchan Path of King iv. 74 They hated the children of Mahound worse than the children of Christ.

†2. gen. (A representation of) a false god; an idol. Cf. mammet n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol

godeOE

anlikenessOE

stockc1000

mammetc1225

Mahometc1275

Mahoundc1275

idola1325

simulacre1382

marmoseta1398

mammetrya1400

puppet1534

poppet?1548

block1570

Dagona1572

pagoda1582

pagody1588

Mokisso1634

poppet deitya1641

pageant idol1696

pageant thing1696

afgod1769

cult figure1895

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 230 Heo nom þene mahum [c1300 Otho mahun]..þe Eneas..brohte from Troie.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 8079 Þer stoden in þere temple ten þusend monnen..biforen heore mahun.

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 1568 A grete dragon Wham alle that landes folk held god and thare Mahon.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 17224 Avarice. Ley doun thy skryppe and thy bordoun And do homage to my Mahown!

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 4312 The false goddes in fere fell to þe ground; Bothe Mawhownus & maumettes myrtild in peces.

3. Chiefly Scottish in early use. (A name for) the Devil. Also (depreciative) applied to a man. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun]

devileOE

Beelzebubc950

the foul ghosteOE

SatanOE

warlockOE

SatanasOE

worsea1200

unwinea1225

wondc1250

quedea1275

pucka1300

serpenta1300

dragon1340

shrew1362

Apollyon1382

the god of this worldc1384

Mahoundc1400

leviathan1412

worsta1425

old enemyc1449

Ruffin1567

dismal1570

Plotcocka1578

the Wicked One1582

goodman1603

Mahu1603

foul thief1609

somebody1609

legiona1616

Lord of Flies1622

walliman1629

shaitan1638

Old Nicka1643

Nick1647

unsel?1675

old gentleman1681

old boy1692

the gentleman in black1693

deuce1694

Black Spy1699

the vicious one1713

worricow1719

Old Roger1725

Lord of the Flies1727

Simmie1728

Old Scratch1734

Old Harry1777

Old Poker1784

Auld Hornie1786

old (auld), ill thief1789

old one1790

little-good1821

Tom Walker1833

bogy1840

diabolarch1845

Old Ned1859

iniquity1899

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. 82 I wisshed..Þat disshes a[nd] dobleres..Were moltoun led in his maw and Mahoun amyddes!

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 149 Me thocht amangis the feyndis fell Mahoun gart cry ane dance.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 153 Nixt that a turnament wes tryid, That lang befoir in hell wes cryid In presens of Mahoun.

1578 N. Baxter tr. J. Calvin Lect. upon Jonah Ep. Ded. 3 In the pestilent pollicies of that Mahound Matchiavile.

1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 655 The deil cam fiddlin thro' the town, And danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman; And ilka wife cries, auld Mahoun, I wish you luck o' the prize, man.

a1845 T. Hood Demon-Ship 62 It is Mahound, the Evil One, and he has gain'd my soul!

1911 G. B. Shaw Shewing-up Blanco Posnet Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 333 The Turkish Ambassador does not now protest against the publication of..the older books in which he [sc. Mahomet] is reviled as Mahound and classed with the devil himself.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 369 And there were vessels that are wrought by magic of Mahound out of seasand and the air by a warlock with his breath that he blares into them like to bubbles.

†4. A monster; a hideous creature. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > hideousness > hideous thing

byseningc1375

hideousc1420

bysena1525

loathlyc1540

Mahoundc1540

loathsomeness1549

bysym1568

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7758 Ther met hym þis Mawhown [sc. a centaur] þat was o mysshap.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A machound, a bugbeare, a raw-head and bloodie bone.

†B. adj. (attributive).

Muslim; heathen. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [adjective]

heathenishc893

heathen971

misbelievedc1225

Barbarya1300

payenc1300

miscreantc1330

paynimc1330

uncircumcideda1382

uncircumciseda1400

gentilec1400

heathenly1415

paganismc1425

profanec1450

pagan1464

ethnical?a1475

payemec1480

miscredentc1500

heathenish1535

whorish1535

ethnic1542

ethnish1542

idolous1546

mammetrous1546

gentilish1550

idolatrous?1550

idololatrical1550

infidel1551

idolatrical1556

gentilical1573

paganical?1573

idolish1577

heatheny1580

irreligious1585

paganish1589

gentilic1603

idolaster1608

gentilitious1613

heathenous1613

idolatrizing1614

image-worshipping1621

misreligious1623

Mahounda1625

gentilizing1637

idololatrousa1641

infidelious1648

Baalitical1652

national1661

idolatric1669

paganic1676

gentilized1684

Baalish1690

idololatrica1711

infidelical1802

semi-fidel1834

Greekish1851

paganistic1853

unselect1882

goyish1888

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [adjective]

circumcisa1325

Saracena1400

Mahometical1561

Mahometish1578

Mahometic1585

Mahometized1585

Mussulmanlike1589

turbaned1591

Mahometan1600

Ismaelitish1604

Saracenican1607

Ismaelitical1613

Moorish1613

Saracenical1613

Mahometanical1614

circumciseda1616

Mussulman1616

Mahounda1625

Muslim1626

Mussulmanish1638

Saracenic1638

Mohammedan1681

Sarazantic1726

Islamic1791

Islamitic1791

Islamite1800

Islamitish1801

Mussulmanic1801

Saracenian1818

Islamistic1828

Muslimite1829

Muslimin1844

Islamist1853

Ismaelitic1884

Muslimic1903

a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iv. 52 My pagan cozen My mighty Mahound kinsman, what quirk now.

a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) v. 65 Who's this? my Mauhound cozen?

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

单词	mahound
释义	Mahoundn.adj. Brit. /məˈhuːnd/, /məˈhaʊnd/, U.S. /məˈhund/, /məˈhaʊnd/ Forms: α. Middle English Machoun, Middle English Mahonne, Middle English Mahoum, Middle English Mahum, Middle English Mahun, Middle English Mahune, Middle English Mawhown, Middle English–1500s Mahon, Middle English–1500s Mahone, Middle English–1500s Mahoun, Middle English–1500s Mahoune, Middle English–1600s Mahown, Middle English–1600s Mahowne, 1500s–1600s Macon; Scottish pre-1700 Mahon, pre-1700 Mahone, pre-1700 Mahoune, pre-1700 Mahovne, pre-1700 Mahowne, pre-1700 Mahune, pre-1700 1700s– Mahoun /məˈhuːn/, 1800s Mahown. β. Middle English Mahombe (perhaps transmission error), Middle English Mahounde, Middle English Mahount, Middle English– Mahound, 1500s Machound, 1500s Mahownd, 1500s Mahownde, 1600s Mauhound. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Mahun. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French Mahun, Old French Mahum, Mahom, shortened form of Mahomet Mahomet n.; compare mammet n. From the 16th cent. onwards, the form with excrescent d (see D n.) became the predominant form except in Scots, where it appears to have had little currency. A. n. 1. A god imagined in the Middle Ages to be worshipped by Muslims. Cf. Mahomet n. 1. Now rare (archaic and poetic in later use). ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [noun] > founder Mahoundc1275 Mahometa1387 prophetc1390 Muhammad1615 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13636 Ure Drihten heo bi-læueð and to Mahune heo tuhteð. c1300 St. Vincent (Laud) 101 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 187 Mahun, ȝware is þi miȝte? c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 4939 (MED) Þe ymage of Mahoun y-mad of golde Wiþ þe axe smot he oppon þe molde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 7458 (MED) I suld him sla, bi sir mahun [a1400 Fairf. seint Mahoun]. c1450 (a1375) Octavian (Calig.) (1979) 1092 Þe Sarsyns cryde all yn fere To hare god Mahone, To helpe her geaunt in þat fyȝt. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 251 (MED) Now by mahownes bloode! Ther will no mete do me goode To he be hanged. a1547 J. Redford Moral Play Wit & Sci. (1848) 11 By Mahowndes bones,..by Mahowndes nose. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xvi. liv. 125 By Macon and Lanfusa he doth sweare. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vii. sig. Ff2 The Carle did fret, And fume..And oftentimes by Turmagant and Mahound swore. View more context for this quotation 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xii. x. 215 Praised (quoth he) be Macon, whom we serue. 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. I1 And Mahound and Termagant come against vs, weele fight with them. 1733 A. Pope Impertinent 14 The Presence seems, with things so richly odd, The Mosque of Mahound, or some queer Pa-god. 1825 W. Scott Talisman iii, in Tales Crusaders III. 79 Down with Mahound, Termagaunt, and all their adherents. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. iv. 77 The very approach of a follower of Mahound, however, was an abomination to the good nun. 1921 J. Buchan Path of King iv. 74 They hated the children of Mahound worse than the children of Christ. †2. gen. (A representation of) a false god; an idol. Cf. mammet n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol godeOE anlikenessOE stockc1000 mammetc1225 Mahometc1275 Mahoundc1275 idola1325 simulacre1382 marmoseta1398 mammetrya1400 puppet1534 poppet?1548 block1570 Dagona1572 pagoda1582 pagody1588 Mokisso1634 poppet deitya1641 pageant idol1696 pageant thing1696 afgod1769 cult figure1895 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 230 Heo nom þene mahum [c1300 Otho mahun]..þe Eneas..brohte from Troie. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 8079 Þer stoden in þere temple ten þusend monnen..biforen heore mahun. c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 1568 A grete dragon Wham alle that landes folk held god and thare Mahon. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 17224 Avarice. Ley doun thy skryppe and thy bordoun And do homage to my Mahown! c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 4312 The false goddes in fere fell to þe ground; Bothe Mawhownus & maumettes myrtild in peces. 3. Chiefly Scottish in early use. (A name for) the Devil. Also (depreciative) applied to a man. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] devileOE Beelzebubc950 the foul ghosteOE SatanOE warlockOE SatanasOE worsea1200 unwinea1225 wondc1250 quedea1275 pucka1300 serpenta1300 dragon1340 shrew1362 Apollyon1382 the god of this worldc1384 Mahoundc1400 leviathan1412 worsta1425 old enemyc1449 Ruffin1567 dismal1570 Plotcocka1578 the Wicked One1582 goodman1603 Mahu1603 foul thief1609 somebody1609 legiona1616 Lord of Flies1622 walliman1629 shaitan1638 Old Nicka1643 Nick1647 unsel?1675 old gentleman1681 old boy1692 the gentleman in black1693 deuce1694 Black Spy1699 the vicious one1713 worricow1719 Old Roger1725 Lord of the Flies1727 Simmie1728 Old Scratch1734 Old Harry1777 Old Poker1784 Auld Hornie1786 old (auld), ill thief1789 old one1790 little-good1821 Tom Walker1833 bogy1840 diabolarch1845 Old Ned1859 iniquity1899 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. 82 I wisshed..Þat disshes a[nd] dobleres..Were moltoun led in his maw and Mahoun amyddes! a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 149 Me thocht amangis the feyndis fell Mahoun gart cry ane dance. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 153 Nixt that a turnament wes tryid, That lang befoir in hell wes cryid In presens of Mahoun. 1578 N. Baxter tr. J. Calvin Lect. upon Jonah Ep. Ded. 3 In the pestilent pollicies of that Mahound Matchiavile. 1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 655 The deil cam fiddlin thro' the town, And danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman; And ilka wife cries, auld Mahoun, I wish you luck o' the prize, man. a1845 T. Hood Demon-Ship 62 It is Mahound, the Evil One, and he has gain'd my soul! 1911 G. B. Shaw Shewing-up Blanco Posnet Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 333 The Turkish Ambassador does not now protest against the publication of..the older books in which he [sc. Mahomet] is reviled as Mahound and classed with the devil himself. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 369 And there were vessels that are wrought by magic of Mahound out of seasand and the air by a warlock with his breath that he blares into them like to bubbles. †4. A monster; a hideous creature. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > hideousness > hideous thing byseningc1375 hideousc1420 bysena1525 loathlyc1540 Mahoundc1540 loathsomeness1549 bysym1568 c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7758 Ther met hym þis Mawhown [sc. a centaur] þat was o mysshap. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A machound, a bugbeare, a raw-head and bloodie bone. †B. adj. (attributive). Muslim; heathen. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [adjective] heathenishc893 heathen971 misbelievedc1225 Barbarya1300 payenc1300 miscreantc1330 paynimc1330 uncircumcideda1382 uncircumciseda1400 gentilec1400 heathenly1415 paganismc1425 profanec1450 pagan1464 ethnical?a1475 payemec1480 miscredentc1500 heathenish1535 whorish1535 ethnic1542 ethnish1542 idolous1546 mammetrous1546 gentilish1550 idolatrous?1550 idololatrical1550 infidel1551 idolatrical1556 gentilical1573 paganical?1573 idolish1577 heatheny1580 irreligious1585 paganish1589 gentilic1603 idolaster1608 gentilitious1613 heathenous1613 idolatrizing1614 image-worshipping1621 misreligious1623 Mahounda1625 gentilizing1637 idololatrousa1641 infidelious1648 Baalitical1652 national1661 idolatric1669 paganic1676 gentilized1684 Baalish1690 idololatrica1711 infidelical1802 semi-fidel1834 Greekish1851 paganistic1853 unselect1882 goyish1888 society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [adjective] circumcisa1325 Saracena1400 Mahometical1561 Mahometish1578 Mahometic1585 Mahometized1585 Mussulmanlike1589 turbaned1591 Mahometan1600 Ismaelitish1604 Saracenican1607 Ismaelitical1613 Moorish1613 Saracenical1613 Mahometanical1614 circumciseda1616 Mussulman1616 Mahounda1625 Muslim1626 Mussulmanish1638 Saracenic1638 Mohammedan1681 Sarazantic1726 Islamic1791 Islamitic1791 Islamite1800 Islamitish1801 Mussulmanic1801 Saracenian1818 Islamistic1828 Muslimite1829 Muslimin1844 Islamist1853 Ismaelitic1884 Muslimic1903 a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iv. 52 My pagan cozen My mighty Mahound kinsman, what quirk now. a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) v. 65 Who's this? my Mauhound cozen? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1275
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