menetekeln.phr.

Brit.

/ˌmɛneɪˈtɛkl/,

/ˌmiːnɪˈtɛkl/, U.S.

/ˌmɛneɪˈtɛk(ə)l/,

/ˌminiˈtɛk(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s mene tecall, 1600s 1800s mene-tekel, 1600s– mene tekel, 1700s mene-tekell, 1900s– menetekel. Also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English mene mene tekel upharsin.

Etymology: Shortened < mene mene tekel upharsin (Daniel 5:25: see mene mene tekel upharsin n. and phr.). Compare German Menetekel (mid 20th cent.).Also attested with words separated by commas: see etymological note s.v. mene mene tekel upharsin n. and phr.

Now rare.

A. n.

A sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen; = mene mene tekel upharsin n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil

warningc1325

portent1562

urchin showa1616

urchin blast1637

menetekel1649

omening1796

mene mene tekel1840

fate1850

1649 J. Cleveland Char. Country Committee-man 4 And with his peremptorie scales can doome his Prince with a Mene tecall.

1658 G. Wither Salt upon Salt 21 Your old neglected Friend Amongst you, one Remembrance more, will send To second this, before perceive he shall A Mene Tekel, written on your Wall.

1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal iii. xx. 160 So all his wealth, without distinction fall, Under the Mene-tekel on his wall, And for oppression he must forfeit all.

1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. iv. 16 I'm no poor, ignorant, dull Liar; No Mene Tekel Prophesier.

1733 Revol. Politicks iii. 63 It was so predicted by a Renegado heretical Star-gazer in his Hogan Blast, call'd his Mene-Tekell.

1795 Connecticut Courant 5 Jan. 4/1 On Court-House wall appear'd, That hand that old Belshazzar fear'd, And wrote..His mene tekel o'er again.

1908 Polit. Sci. Q. 23 655 In the first half of the [nineteenth] century..the tall chimney..was generally regarded as a warning finger—a mene tekel of impending revolution.

1995 H.-P. Müller (title) Farewell to class society?: a ‘menetekel’ in the mirror of the social sciences.

†B. phr.

(Written as two words.) = mene mene tekel upharsin phr. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1690 Banish'd Duke iii. iii. 33 King Romanus cannot shun a fall, When God writes Mene Tekel on the Wall.

1724 A. Pennecuik Rome's Legacy to Kirk of Scotl. (ed. 2) 5 She falls into Belshazzar's Fit, When Mene Tekel on the Wall was writ.

1834 Lady's Bk. Feb. 79 It appeared as if the wing of the destroying angel had been spread over the land of the pilgrims; as if ‘mene tekel’ had been inscribed on their prosperity, and ‘finis’ written on the page of their existence.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	menetekel
释义	menetekeln.phr. Brit. /ˌmɛneɪˈtɛkl/, /ˌmiːnɪˈtɛkl/, U.S. /ˌmɛneɪˈtɛk(ə)l/, /ˌminiˈtɛk(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s mene tecall, 1600s 1800s mene-tekel, 1600s– mene tekel, 1700s mene-tekell, 1900s– menetekel. Also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English mene mene tekel upharsin. Etymology: Shortened < mene mene tekel upharsin (Daniel 5:25: see mene mene tekel upharsin n. and phr.). Compare German Menetekel (mid 20th cent.).Also attested with words separated by commas: see etymological note s.v. mene mene tekel upharsin n. and phr. Now rare. A. n. A sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen; = mene mene tekel upharsin n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil warningc1325 portent1562 urchin showa1616 urchin blast1637 menetekel1649 omening1796 mene mene tekel1840 fate1850 1649 J. Cleveland Char. Country Committee-man 4 And with his peremptorie scales can doome his Prince with a Mene tecall. 1658 G. Wither Salt upon Salt 21 Your old neglected Friend Amongst you, one Remembrance more, will send To second this, before perceive he shall A Mene Tekel, written on your Wall. 1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal iii. xx. 160 So all his wealth, without distinction fall, Under the Mene-tekel on his wall, And for oppression he must forfeit all. 1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. iv. 16 I'm no poor, ignorant, dull Liar; No Mene Tekel Prophesier. 1733 Revol. Politicks iii. 63 It was so predicted by a Renegado heretical Star-gazer in his Hogan Blast, call'd his Mene-Tekell. 1795 Connecticut Courant 5 Jan. 4/1 On Court-House wall appear'd, That hand that old Belshazzar fear'd, And wrote..His mene tekel o'er again. 1908 Polit. Sci. Q. 23 655 In the first half of the [nineteenth] century..the tall chimney..was generally regarded as a warning finger—a mene tekel of impending revolution. 1995 H.-P. Müller (title) Farewell to class society?: a ‘menetekel’ in the mirror of the social sciences. †B. phr. (Written as two words.) = mene mene tekel upharsin phr. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1690 Banish'd Duke iii. iii. 33 King Romanus cannot shun a fall, When God writes Mene Tekel on the Wall. 1724 A. Pennecuik Rome's Legacy to Kirk of Scotl. (ed. 2) 5 She falls into Belshazzar's Fit, When Mene Tekel on the Wall was writ. 1834 Lady's Bk. Feb. 79 It appeared as if the wing of the destroying angel had been spread over the land of the pilgrims; as if ‘mene tekel’ had been inscribed on their prosperity, and ‘finis’ written on the page of their existence. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.phr.1649
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