mavourneenn.

Brit.

/məˈvʊəniːn/, U.S.

/məˈvʊrˌnin/, Irish English

/məˈvuːrniːn/

Forms: 1800s ma vourneen, 1800s mavournin, 1800s– mavourneen.

Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish mo mhuirnín.

Etymology: < Irish mo mhuirnín my darling < mo my adj. + muirnín darling < muirn affection + -ín -een suffix².In quot. 1814 evidently representing the exactly equivalent Scottish Gaelic mo mhùirnein.

Chiefly Irish English.

Usually as vocative: ‘my darling’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun]

darlingc888

the apple of a person's eyeeOE

lief971

light of one's eye(s)OE

lovedOE

my lifelOE

lovec1225

druta1240

chere1297

sweetc1330

popelotc1390

likinga1393

oninga1400

onlepya1400

belovedc1430

well-beloved1447

heart-rootc1460

deara1500

delicate1531

belove1534

leefkyn1540

one and only1551

fondling1580

dearing1601

precious1602

loveling1606

dotey1663

lovee1753

passion1783

mavourneen1800

dote1809

treasure1844

seraph1853

sloe1884

darlint1888

asthore1894

darl1930

1800 T. Campbell Exile of Erin v Erin mavournin.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xxii. 332 Una, Mavourneen !

1827 S. Bunbury Cabin Conversat. 159 Och hone, mavourneen go bragh, are you gone?

1846 Amulet (Boston) 79 So lean upon my arm, ma vourneen, it's strong enough yet.

1883 H. Jay Connaught Cousins I. ix. 209 Hush, mavourneen, don't cry.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 281 Come around to Barney Kiernan's, says Joe. I want to see the citizen. Barney mavourneen's be it, says I.

1985 B. T. Bradford Hold Dream viii. 78 There you are, mavourneen.

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

单词	mavourneen
释义	mavourneenn. Brit. /məˈvʊəniːn/, U.S. /məˈvʊrˌnin/, Irish English /məˈvuːrniːn/ Forms: 1800s ma vourneen, 1800s mavournin, 1800s– mavourneen. Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish mo mhuirnín. Etymology: < Irish mo mhuirnín my darling < mo my adj. + muirnín darling < muirn affection + -ín -een suffix².In quot. 1814 evidently representing the exactly equivalent Scottish Gaelic mo mhùirnein. Chiefly Irish English. Usually as vocative: ‘my darling’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] darlingc888 the apple of a person's eyeeOE lief971 light of one's eye(s)OE lovedOE my lifelOE lovec1225 druta1240 chere1297 sweetc1330 popelotc1390 likinga1393 oninga1400 onlepya1400 belovedc1430 well-beloved1447 heart-rootc1460 deara1500 delicate1531 belove1534 leefkyn1540 one and only1551 fondling1580 dearing1601 precious1602 loveling1606 dotey1663 lovee1753 passion1783 mavourneen1800 dote1809 treasure1844 seraph1853 sloe1884 darlint1888 asthore1894 darl1930 1800 T. Campbell Exile of Erin v Erin mavournin. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xxii. 332 Una, Mavourneen ! View more context for this quotation 1827 S. Bunbury Cabin Conversat. 159 Och hone, mavourneen go bragh, are you gone? 1846 Amulet (Boston) 79 So lean upon my arm, ma vourneen, it's strong enough yet. 1883 H. Jay Connaught Cousins I. ix. 209 Hush, mavourneen, don't cry. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 281 Come around to Barney Kiernan's, says Joe. I want to see the citizen. Barney mavourneen's be it, says I. 1985 B. T. Bradford Hold Dream viii. 78 There you are, mavourneen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1800
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