单词 | mamma-yaw |
释义 | mamma-yawn. Jamaican. = mama-pian n. (cf. master yaw n. at master n.1 and adj. Compounds 6, mother yaw n. at mother n.1 Compounds 7). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess > ulcer > of yaws master yaw1744 yaw1744 tubboe1769 mamma-yaw1801 mama-pian1822 mother yaw1822 mother-pian1898 1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant 223 There is generally one pustule larger than the rest, called the Master or Mamma Yaw. 1820 J. Thompson Treat. Dis. Negroes 84 The negroes call this ulcer affected with the yaws the mamma-yaw. 1959 O. D. Simons in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) (at cited word) /maami yaa/—still in use. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1801 |
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