Mata Harin.

Brit.

/ˌmɑːtə ˈhɑːri/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɑdə ˈhɑri/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mata Hari.

Etymology: < Mata Hari, a pseudonym of Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, neé Zelle (1876–1917), Dutch exotic dancer, executed as a spy by the French at Vincennes, near Paris, during the First World War (1914–18).The pseudonym is of uncertain origin but is usually explained as < Malay matahari sun < mata eye + hari day (MacLeod lived in the Dutch East Indies from 1897 to 1902). The possibility of its being a factitious collocation of Sanskrit mātā mother + Hari, the name of a deity, has also been suggested.

A woman likened in some way to Mata Hari; esp. a beautiful and seductive female spy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy > seductive female

Mata Hari1925

swallow1972

1925 Scotsman 8 Dec. 7/3 (heading) Female spy caught. A new Mata Hari.

1936 E. Waugh Waugh in Abyssinia iii. 96 Patrick's spy..was soon known to the European community as Mata Hari.

1947 ‘N. Blake’ Minute for Murder vii. 163 He's got it into his thick head that I'm a male Mata Hari.

1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing xiv. 183 You wouldn't have to frisk this pint-sized Mata Hari: you could see she was armed half a mile away.

2000 Spectator 18 Nov. 61/1 His claim that Russian intelligence learned that the Republicans were going to plant a Mata Hari in the White House..is unconvincing.

Derivatives

ˌMata-ˈHari-ing n. the action of behaving like a Mata Hari.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1970 T. Lilley Projects Section xix. 257 She was beginning to look haggard; the strain of Mata-Hari-ing was sure to tell.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mata hari
释义	Mata Harin. Brit. /ˌmɑːtə ˈhɑːri/, U.S. /ˈˌmɑdə ˈhɑri/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mata Hari. Etymology: < Mata Hari, a pseudonym of Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, neé Zelle (1876–1917), Dutch exotic dancer, executed as a spy by the French at Vincennes, near Paris, during the First World War (1914–18).The pseudonym is of uncertain origin but is usually explained as < Malay matahari sun < mata eye + hari day (MacLeod lived in the Dutch East Indies from 1897 to 1902). The possibility of its being a factitious collocation of Sanskrit mātā mother + Hari, the name of a deity, has also been suggested. A woman likened in some way to Mata Hari; esp. a beautiful and seductive female spy. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy > seductive female Mata Hari1925 swallow1972 1925 Scotsman 8 Dec. 7/3 (heading) Female spy caught. A new Mata Hari. 1936 E. Waugh Waugh in Abyssinia iii. 96 Patrick's spy..was soon known to the European community as Mata Hari. 1947 ‘N. Blake’ Minute for Murder vii. 163 He's got it into his thick head that I'm a male Mata Hari. 1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing xiv. 183 You wouldn't have to frisk this pint-sized Mata Hari: you could see she was armed half a mile away. 2000 Spectator 18 Nov. 61/1 His claim that Russian intelligence learned that the Republicans were going to plant a Mata Hari in the White House..is unconvincing. Derivatives ˌMata-ˈHari-ing n. the action of behaving like a Mata Hari.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1970 T. Lilley Projects Section xix. 257 She was beginning to look haggard; the strain of Mata-Hari-ing was sure to tell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1925
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