单词 | mimmerkin |
释义 | † mimmerkinn. Scottish. Obsolete (derogatory). Apparently: a deformed or freakish person; a dwarf or dwarfish creature. ΚΠ 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 217 Cankrit Caym,..Tutiuillus, Marmaidyn, mymerken [v.r. mymmerken], monstir of all men. ?c1530 Let. Prester John f. 311v Ane land callit Epidonia in the quhilk are pidonis that is litill men or memmerkynis lik barnes of fywe or sax yeir ald. 1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Mandrag, mymmerkin, maid maister bot in mows. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 140 Mandrag, mymmerkyn and mismaid mytting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1508 |
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