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单词 mense
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mensen.1

Brit. /mɛns/, U.S. /mɛns/, Scottish English /mɛns/, Irish English /mɛns/
Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s– mense, 1800s– mence, 1800s– mens, 1800s– ments; Scottish pre-1700 mensk, pre-1700 menss, pre-1700 1700s–1800s mence, pre-1700 1700s– mense, 1700s mains (in compounds), 1700s– (in compounds) mens; Irish English (northern) 1800s– mense, 1900s– mens (in compounds).
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mensk n.
Etymology: Variant of mensk n., with northern loss of -k from final -sk (see S n.1). Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. mense notes use of the word in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Lincolnshire. In sense 2c perhaps instead a development of mend n. (compare forms s.v.); compare also mense n.2
Now English regional (northern), Scottish, and Irish English (northern).
1. Propriety, decorum, kindness, tact; discretion, intelligence, common sense.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun]
foȝa1250
mensea1525
properness1531
justice?1551
decentness1561
dueness1576
conveniency1583
fitness1597
propriety1612
fittingness1653
convenience1677
a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 20 Thar manhed & þar mensk þusgat þai murle ffor mariage þus vnite with ane churle.
1786 R. Burns Poems 67 I wat she was a sheep o' sense, An' could behave hersel wi' mense.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. vi. 133 But we hae mense and discretion, and are moderate of our mouths.
1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xxvii Have some mense afore the young man, for he looks a sobel chiel.
1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xv. 253 She had a bonny voice, and she had mense and sense and a fine hand for making apple jeely.
1952 W. Landles Gooseberry Fair 11 A hantle o' mense to oor dull heids send.
1994 E. Morgan tr. M. Buonarroti in Sweeping out Dark 96 Leeze me on your mense [It. cortesia]! For I can sain The saul that's no run through by bornheid time.
2.
a. Honour, regard; credit; an attribute or trait viewed as conferring credit, esp. hospitality.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [noun]
talec1175
daintya1250
price?a1300
accounta1393
recommendation1433
conceita1438
opiniona1450
tendershipc1460
regard?1533
sense1565
mense1567
sake1590
eye1597
consideration1598
esteem1611
choicea1616
recommends1623
value1637
appreciation1650
mass1942
1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. viii. 10 War ȝour richt reknit to þe croun It mycht be laid with litill menss.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 47v This Boos gat on Ruth Obed with mence.
c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1925) I. i. 547 With grete strenth and hardement Manteme the kingis mense that day.
a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 109 For as it [sc. the Test] stands it hath no mence, It being contrarie common sense.
1847 H. S. Riddell Poems, Songs & Misc. Pieces 16 She had baked a crumpie cake And butter scones, for mense's sake, To entertain her lodger.
1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 15 We're a mense to Paxton town.
1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes 2 For Bosells hes muckle mense o er Green!
b. to have both one's meat and mense and variants: to have the credit of being considered generous (in regard to food, etc.) without the expense (as by giving an invitation which is not accepted). Similarly to lose both one's meat and mense, etc.
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a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) 81 I have my meate and my mense baith.
a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 44 It was repute a good Defence, Yet they lost both their Meat and Mense.
1704 Atholl MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 235/1 If they send others and not me I hope your grace will not want me and I will hafe both my meat and mense.
1847 R. S. Surtees Hawbuck Grange xv. 295 Our appetite would immediately fail us, and his lordship would save both ‘his meat and his mense’, as they say in the country.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 68 [Citing Poor Rabbin's Ollminick.] Ye shud still ax a frien' t' take a bit o' whativver's goin', if he diz, why A wish him his health, an' much good may it do him; if not ye hae yer meat and mense both.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 221/1 Have your meat and your mense, have your mense and your meal.
c. A return for hospitality, generosity, or kindness; a reward, a recompense. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > return or repayment for something given
recompense1439
repensation1579
mense?1775
?1775 (a1600) Dick o Cow (Percy) xxiii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 465/1 I wish I had a mense for my own three kye!
1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark l. 405 Let us dea what mense we can and prevent what evil.
1807 R. Tannahill Soldier's Return 12 We've fed him, clad him—what's our mense for't a'? Base wretch, to steal our Dochter's heart awa'!
3. English regional. Neatness, tidiness; newness, gloss.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > order or tidiness
trimness1552
neatness1774
tidiness1800
trigness1821
mense1829
1829 R. Sharp Diary 9 Aug. (1997) 216 Conder had got his Sunday Coat rather stained with an Orange and as it was only new a few Weeks back, he thought it spoiled the mense of it.
1867 T. Blackah Songs & Poems 43 She charged me to clean it for mense.
1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 101 Wesh thisel an mak thisel a mack of mense.
1997 W. Rollinson Dict. Cumbrian Dial. 107/2 Mense,..neatness, order.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mensen.2

Brit. /mɛns/, U.S. /mɛns/, Scottish English /mɛns/
Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s– mense; Scottish 1800s– mense, 1900s– minse.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: immense adj., mense n.1
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps aphetic < immense adj. (perhaps by apprehension as a noun phrase with indefinite article a adj.), or perhaps a specific sense of mense n.1, showing a development of sense from ‘profuse hospitality, liberality’ to ‘a liberal amount, a great deal’.Compare a corresponding adverb in the following example (perhaps implying also a corresponding adjectival use):1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 624 They biggit a' that Camp o' the Hillhead, for the country was mensely agen them.
Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish.
A large amount or quantity. Usually with of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > a quantity or amount
fother13..
minda1325
quantitya1325
bodya1500
qt.1640
volume1702
some deal1710
lot1789
chance1805
mess1809
grist1832
jag1834
mense1841
1841 R. W. Hamilton Nugæ Lit. 356 There is not a mense of snow in smoky Leeds.
a1843 J. Stewart Sketches Sc. Char. (1857) 22 He's fou o' law the publican, He has a mense o' pure nonsense.
1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. The rain has done a mense of good.
1919 Trans. Sc. Dial. Comm. in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 249/3 We've gotten a minse o' fish.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 221/2 Mense, a great amount, a large quantity.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mensen.3

Brit. /ˈmɛnsə/, U.S. /ˈmɛnsə/, South African English /ˈmensə/
Forms: 1800s– menser, 1900s– mense.
Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Afrikaans mense, mens.
Etymology: < Afrikaans mense, plural of mens person < Dutch †mensch (now mens : see mannish n.).
South African colloquial.
With plural agreement. People; (frequently) spec. Afrikaners. Often as a form of address.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > people collectively > [noun]
lede971
folkOE
peoplea1300
peoplea1393
gentry1718
mense1899
1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River iv. 65 ‘Menschen’ is used by Dutch colonists of themselves, to the exclusion not only of black people, but of Europeans also.]
1899 G. H. Russell Under Sjambok 57 The Boer menser lie, they all lie.
1955 L. G. Green Karoo 13Mense!’ someone would shout in excitement as the car rumbled up. ‘People!’
1985 Vula Oct. 46 Please mense respect the message.
1996 Weekly Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 20 Dec. The authorities refused permission for Pagad's demonstration because they were worried foreigners would skrik at the sight of all those masked mense and not visit South Africa.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mensev.

Brit. /mɛns/, U.S. /mɛns/, Scottish English /mɛns/
Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s– mense, 1800s mence; Scottish pre-1700 1700s– mense, 1700s mence.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mensk v.
Etymology: Variant of mensk v., with northern loss of -k from final -sk (see S n.1). Compare mense n.1
Now English regional (northern) and Scottish.
1. transitive. To grace; to adorn, decorate; to be a credit or to do honour to; to show hospitality to.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament
dightc1200
begoa1225
fay?c1225
rustc1275
duba1300
shrouda1300
adorna1325
flourishc1325
apparel1366
depaintc1374
dressa1375
raila1375
anorna1382
orna1382
honourc1390
paintc1390
pare1393
garnisha1400
mensk?a1400
apykec1400
hightlec1400
overfretc1440
exornc1450
embroider1460
repair1484
empare1490
ornate1490
bedo?a1500
purfle?a1500
glorify?1504
betrap1509
broider1509
deck?1521
likelya1522
to set forth1530
exornate1539
grace1548
adornate1550
fardc1550
gaud1554
pink1558
bedeck1559
tight1572
begaud1579
embellish1579
bepounce1582
parela1586
flower1587
ornify1590
illustrate1592
tinsel1594
formalize1595
adore1596
suborn1596
trapper1597
condecorate1599
diamondize1600
furnish1600
enrich1601
mense1602
prank1605
overgreen1609
crown1611
enjewel1611
broocha1616
varnish1641
ornament1650
array1652
bedub1657
bespangle1675
irradiate1717
gem1747
begem1749
redeck1771
blazon1813
aggrace1825
diamond1839
panoply1851
1602 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Charteris) 4088 in Wks. II. 365 Cum heir Falset & mense the gallows.
1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix. sig. F2 Lyke Hophnees with elcrookes to minche and not Samueles, to mense the offerings of God.
a1727 E. Wardlaw Hardyknute (1745) 17 The king of Norse he socht to find, With him to mense the faucht.
a1794 S. Blamire Poet. Wks. (1842) 216 He had the best o' linnen, And keept it just to mense his death.
1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iii. 57 Convener Tamson mens'd the board, Where sat ilk Deacon like a Lord.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 164 They'll..leave the good..ait-meal bannocks to..be pouched by them that draff an' bran wad better hae mensed!
1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 135 O bonny church! ye've studden lang, To mence our canny toon.
1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo 176 It was the least I could do to mense him after his lang cauld journey in my interest.
2. transitive. English regional. To put in order; to tidy. Also with up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > put in order or tidy
redeOE
slick1340
redda1500
prepare1585
spruce1594
rid1599
snod1608
to clear up1762
snug1787
ted1811
tidy1821
side1825
fix1832
to pick up1853
mense1859
straighten1867
square1909
neaten1942
1859 A. Whitehead Legends of Westmorland 23 Has mens'd her up wi' labour girt, An' now she shines again.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby I will mense me with a new coat.
1898 R. Blakeborough Wit N. Riding Yorks. 417 Sha seean mensed things up a bit when sha cam.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 82 A weel mensed hoos.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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