messann.

Brit.

/ˈmɛs(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈmɛs(ə)n/, Scottish English

/ˈmɛs(ə)n/, Irish English

/ˈmɛs(ə)n/

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 macyn, pre-1700 messane, pre-1700 messoun, pre-1700 1700s– messan, pre-1700 1700s– messen, pre-1700 1700s– messin, pre-1700 1700s– messon; English regional (northern) 1800s– messan; Irish English (northern) 1800s– messen, 1900s– messan.

Origin: A borrowing from Scottish Gaelic. Etymon: Scottish Gaelic measan.

Etymology: < Scottish Gaelic measan small dog, cognate with Irish measán , Early Irish mesán lapdog, diminutive of mess favoured one; further etymology uncertain. Compare messet n.

Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern).

a. A small pet dog, a lapdog.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > large or small

messana1500

messet1631

towser1678

doggy1692

whiffet dog1801

dogling1830

ankle-biter1962

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > pet

puppy1486

messana1500

puppet?1531

minx1542

pupprelle1583

lapdoga1684

fan-fan1834

snookums1919

a1500 Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 323 Litile doggis and messanys with þar bellis.

1616 in J. Stuart Sel. Rec. Kirk Aberdeen (1846) 84 That nane within this congregatioune bring in with thame to the kirk ony messanes or doggis.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 107 The..snarling of Messens, rantling of Rats,..snuttering of Monkies.

1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs iii, in Poems 10 Na pride had he, But wad hae spent an hour caressan, Ev'n wi' a Tinkler-gipsey's messan.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 91 I met him..with a common minstrel wench, with her messan and her viol on his..arm.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xviii. 315 The haill parochine is no worth the life o' a tinkler's messan.

1985 M. Munro Patter 45 Messin, a small dog or puny person; now used mainly as a mildly insulting name, of the kind adults might use for a child: ‘Get out of that bunker ye dirty wee messin!’

b. derogatory. A feeble, contemptible, or sycophantic person (often used as a term of mild reproof, esp. to a child).

ΚΠ

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 464 Knox, and vtheris apes or messenis of Caluing.

?1719 W. Hamilton in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. 2 Petty Poets, or sic Messens.

1969 G. Friel Grace & Miss Partridge i. 12 ‘Away back to the Gorbals where you belong, you badmouthed wee messan!’ she screeched.

1985 [see sense a].

Compounds

General attributive, as messan dog, messan tyke, etc.

ΚΠ

1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 216 A crabbit, scabbit, euill facit messan tyke.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 22 The varietie of Messen dogs, w^t quhilkes gentle women vses to recreate thame selfes.

1706 Mare of Collingtoun in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems i. 46 [The mare was] with Messan-dogs..chas'd and wounded.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iii. 73 Walter Cuming of Guiyock, wha hadna as muckle o' him left thegither as would supper a messan-dog.

1880 C. M. Yonge Bye-words 8 He is safe from being mocked and jeered at as my Lady Prioress' messan dog.

1898 S. R. Crockett Standard Bearer 124 Cowered like a weel-lickit messan tyke.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xiv. 236 There is not evidence here to hang a messan dog.

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

单词	messan
释义	messann. Brit. /ˈmɛs(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmɛs(ə)n/, Scottish English /ˈmɛs(ə)n/, Irish English /ˈmɛs(ə)n/ Forms: Scottish pre-1700 macyn, pre-1700 messane, pre-1700 messoun, pre-1700 1700s– messan, pre-1700 1700s– messen, pre-1700 1700s– messin, pre-1700 1700s– messon; English regional (northern) 1800s– messan; Irish English (northern) 1800s– messen, 1900s– messan. Origin: A borrowing from Scottish Gaelic. Etymon: Scottish Gaelic measan. Etymology: < Scottish Gaelic measan small dog, cognate with Irish measán , Early Irish mesán lapdog, diminutive of mess favoured one; further etymology uncertain. Compare messet n. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). a. A small pet dog, a lapdog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > large or small messana1500 messet1631 towser1678 doggy1692 whiffet dog1801 dogling1830 ankle-biter1962 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > pet puppy1486 messana1500 puppet?1531 minx1542 pupprelle1583 lapdoga1684 fan-fan1834 snookums1919 a1500 Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 323 Litile doggis and messanys with þar bellis. 1616 in J. Stuart Sel. Rec. Kirk Aberdeen (1846) 84 That nane within this congregatioune bring in with thame to the kirk ony messanes or doggis. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 107 The..snarling of Messens, rantling of Rats,..snuttering of Monkies. 1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs iii, in Poems 10 Na pride had he, But wad hae spent an hour caressan, Ev'n wi' a Tinkler-gipsey's messan. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 91 I met him..with a common minstrel wench, with her messan and her viol on his..arm. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xviii. 315 The haill parochine is no worth the life o' a tinkler's messan. 1985 M. Munro Patter 45 Messin, a small dog or puny person; now used mainly as a mildly insulting name, of the kind adults might use for a child: ‘Get out of that bunker ye dirty wee messin!’ b. derogatory. A feeble, contemptible, or sycophantic person (often used as a term of mild reproof, esp. to a child). ΚΠ 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 464 Knox, and vtheris apes or messenis of Caluing. ?1719 W. Hamilton in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. 2 Petty Poets, or sic Messens. 1969 G. Friel Grace & Miss Partridge i. 12 ‘Away back to the Gorbals where you belong, you badmouthed wee messan!’ she screeched. 1985 [see sense a]. Compounds General attributive, as messan dog, messan tyke, etc. ΚΠ 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 216 A crabbit, scabbit, euill facit messan tyke. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 22 The varietie of Messen dogs, w^t quhilkes gentle women vses to recreate thame selfes. 1706 Mare of Collingtoun in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems i. 46 [The mare was] with Messan-dogs..chas'd and wounded. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iii. 73 Walter Cuming of Guiyock, wha hadna as muckle o' him left thegither as would supper a messan-dog. 1880 C. M. Yonge Bye-words 8 He is safe from being mocked and jeered at as my Lady Prioress' messan dog. 1898 S. R. Crockett Standard Bearer 124 Cowered like a weel-lickit messan tyke. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xiv. 236 There is not evidence here to hang a messan dog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500
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