† melchheadn.

Forms: Middle English melschhode, Middle English melshede.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: melch adj., -head suffix.

Etymology: < melch adj. + -head suffix.In form melschhode remodelled after -hood suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

Ripeness, maturity of age.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being prepared or ready > state of being ripe or mature

ripenessOE

ripeOE

melchheadc1350

perfectiona1398

perfecturea1552

maturity1568

matureness1661

age1795

development1803

coming of age1881

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxviii. 147 Ich com for-þe in melshede [v.r. melschhode; L. maturitate].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	melchhead
释义	† melchheadn. Forms: Middle English melschhode, Middle English melshede. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: melch adj., -head suffix. Etymology: < melch adj. + -head suffix.In form melschhode remodelled after -hood suffix. Obsolete. rare. Ripeness, maturity of age. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being prepared or ready > state of being ripe or mature ripenessOE ripeOE melchheadc1350 perfectiona1398 perfecturea1552 maturity1568 matureness1661 age1795 development1803 coming of age1881 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxviii. 147 Ich com for-þe in melshede [v.r. melschhode; L. maturitate]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1350
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