mikon.

Brit.

/ˈmiːkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmikoʊ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese miko.

Etymology: < Japanese miko (12th cent.; 1603 as mico in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam), probably < mi- divine spirit (compare kami kami n.¹) + Japanese ko child (here specifically a girl).

Shinto.

A priestess or female shaman, frequently a virgin, who acts as oracle for and handmaiden to the deity of a particular shrine and performs sacred ritual dances.Now largely a ceremonial role.

ΚΠ

1867 J. C. Hepburn Japanese & Eng. Dict. Miko, a female dancer or performer in a kagura.]

1874 E. Satow in Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan 2 114 They..light the fire which boils the water for the bath prepared for the miko, or virgin priestesses, after their dance in honour of the yi-gami, or patron god of the locality.

1891 Atlantic Monthly 68 Dec. 794/1 What I have seen is called the Dance of the Miko, the Divineress.

1916 W. Ridgeway in Man 16 137 In the Japanese Kagura.., which is an essential part of the Shinto ritual in honour of the dead, the spirit who is being honoured is supposed to enter the Miko (virgin priestess), who performs the sacred dance.

1958 Monumenta Nipponica 14 411 ‘Ichi-dono’ was a general term for miko who performed religious dances, but among the miko attached to the Kasuga shrine the senior members of the Main Group..were known as Sō no Ichi(dono), [etc.].

1988 M. L. Ricketts tr. M. Eliade Autobiogr. II. 201 A blind female pseudo-shaman (miko).

2001 Daily Yomiuri 20 Feb. 11/5 I witnessed a small ceremony dedicated to Hakuryu, the ‘White Dragon God,’ staged..by a miko, generally a young priestess but in this case a female shaman that before my eyes turned from an educated, erudite lady into a raging demon.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	miko
释义	mikon. Brit. /ˈmiːkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmikoʊ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese miko. Etymology: < Japanese miko (12th cent.; 1603 as mico in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam), probably < mi- divine spirit (compare kami kami n.¹) + Japanese ko child (here specifically a girl). Shinto. A priestess or female shaman, frequently a virgin, who acts as oracle for and handmaiden to the deity of a particular shrine and performs sacred ritual dances.Now largely a ceremonial role. ΚΠ 1867 J. C. Hepburn Japanese & Eng. Dict. Miko, a female dancer or performer in a kagura.] 1874 E. Satow in Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan 2 114 They..light the fire which boils the water for the bath prepared for the miko, or virgin priestesses, after their dance in honour of the yi-gami, or patron god of the locality. 1891 Atlantic Monthly 68 Dec. 794/1 What I have seen is called the Dance of the Miko, the Divineress. 1916 W. Ridgeway in Man 16 137 In the Japanese Kagura.., which is an essential part of the Shinto ritual in honour of the dead, the spirit who is being honoured is supposed to enter the Miko (virgin priestess), who performs the sacred dance. 1958 Monumenta Nipponica 14 411 ‘Ichi-dono’ was a general term for miko who performed religious dances, but among the miko attached to the Kasuga shrine the senior members of the Main Group..were known as Sō no Ichi(dono), [etc.]. 1988 M. L. Ricketts tr. M. Eliade Autobiogr. II. 201 A blind female pseudo-shaman (miko). 2001 Daily Yomiuri 20 Feb. 11/5 I witnessed a small ceremony dedicated to Hakuryu, the ‘White Dragon God,’ staged..by a miko, generally a young priestess but in this case a female shaman that before my eyes turned from an educated, erudite lady into a raging demon. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1874
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