† mamuquen.

Forms: 1500s mamuk, 1600s mamuque.

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

Etymology: < Middle French mamuque (1578) < Spanish mamuco (a1553) < post-classical Latin Mamuco Diata , in the Cologne edition (Jan. 1523) of Maximilianus Transylvanus De Moluccis, sig. Bv; the Rome edition (Nov. 1523) has Manuccodiata , which is closer to the Javanese etymon (see manucodiata n.).

Obsolete. rare.

A mythical bird, the description of which is founded on erroneous accounts of the bird of paradise.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > types of mythical bird

pelicanOE

tiger1481

Stymphalid1560

roc1579

mamuque?1590

firebird1601

sunbird1616

ganzaa1633

cocklicrane1653

white bird1697

wakon-bird1778

simurgh1786

thunder-birda1827

huma1841

oozlum bird1858

lightning bird1870

jubjub1871

ho-ho bird1901

storm-bird1913

?1590–1 J. Burel Passage of Pilgremer i, in Poems sig. N4 Mamuks, that byds euer mair, And feids into the cristall air.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 180 But note we now, towards the rich Moluques, Those passing strange and wondrous (birds) Mamuques... Food-lesse they liue, for th' Aire alonely feeds them, Wing-lesse they flie.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 49 To th' euer-Bowrs her oft a-loft t'aduance, The light Mamuques wing-les wings she has.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mamuque
释义	† mamuquen. Forms: 1500s mamuk, 1600s mamuque. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mamuque. Etymology: < Middle French mamuque (1578) < Spanish mamuco (a1553) < post-classical Latin Mamuco Diata , in the Cologne edition (Jan. 1523) of Maximilianus Transylvanus De Moluccis, sig. Bv; the Rome edition (Nov. 1523) has Manuccodiata , which is closer to the Javanese etymon (see manucodiata n.). Obsolete. rare. A mythical bird, the description of which is founded on erroneous accounts of the bird of paradise. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > types of mythical bird pelicanOE tiger1481 Stymphalid1560 roc1579 mamuque?1590 firebird1601 sunbird1616 ganzaa1633 cocklicrane1653 white bird1697 wakon-bird1778 simurgh1786 thunder-birda1827 huma1841 oozlum bird1858 lightning bird1870 jubjub1871 ho-ho bird1901 storm-bird1913 ?1590–1 J. Burel Passage of Pilgremer i, in Poems sig. N4 Mamuks, that byds euer mair, And feids into the cristall air. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 180 But note we now, towards the rich Moluques, Those passing strange and wondrous (birds) Mamuques... Food-lesse they liue, for th' Aire alonely feeds them, Wing-lesse they flie. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 49 To th' euer-Bowrs her oft a-loft t'aduance, The light Mamuques wing-les wings she has. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?1590
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