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单词 mavourneen
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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’.
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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).
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