mirligoesn.

Brit.

/ˈməːlᵻɡəʊz/, U.S.

/ˈmərləˌɡoʊz/, Scottish English

/ˈmɪrlᵻɡoz/

Forms: 1700s 1900s– mirlygoes, 1800s merrily-goes, 1800s mirlegoes, 1800s– merligoes, 1800s– mirleygoes, 1800s– mirliegoes, 1800s– mirligoes.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English mirl , vertigo n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < Scots mirl to speckle, to spot (compare marled adj.² and variant forms s.v.), with reference to the pattern seen before the eyes when in a state of dizziness + -igo (in vertigo n.). (mirl v. would perhaps account better for the first element of the word semantically, but is only attested later, and is apparently restricted to Shetland use.)The form merrily-goes is perhaps influenced by merrily adv.; compare also merry-go-round n. and adj.

Scottish.

Dizziness, vertigo, light-headedness. in the mirligoes: in a state of dizziness; light-headed, dazed.In quot. 1913 with plural agreement: flights of fancy.

ΚΠ

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 195 Or else some kittle cantrip thrown, I ween, Has bound in mirlygoes my ain twa ein.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 312 My head's sae dizzy wi' the mirligoes.

1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 641/1 I dinna see a steim..—my eyne are in the mirlegoes.

1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 99 They havena muckle likin' for sic a med'cin'. It gives them the mirligoes.

1913 J. Service Memorables Robin Cummell 187 They were but the mirligoes of a fleeting hour.

1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle 84 A fair fat cast o' aureole throws That blinds them, in its mirlygoes.

1932 Gallovidian Ann. 85/1 Puir John was that dum-founded, his heid was in the merligoes, an' he a' but fell frae his horse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mirligoes
释义	mirligoesn. Brit. /ˈməːlᵻɡəʊz/, U.S. /ˈmərləˌɡoʊz/, Scottish English /ˈmɪrlᵻɡoz/ Forms: 1700s 1900s– mirlygoes, 1800s merrily-goes, 1800s mirlegoes, 1800s– merligoes, 1800s– mirleygoes, 1800s– mirliegoes, 1800s– mirligoes. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English mirl , vertigo n. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < Scots mirl to speckle, to spot (compare marled adj.² and variant forms s.v.), with reference to the pattern seen before the eyes when in a state of dizziness + -igo (in vertigo n.). (mirl v. would perhaps account better for the first element of the word semantically, but is only attested later, and is apparently restricted to Shetland use.)The form merrily-goes is perhaps influenced by merrily adv.; compare also merry-go-round n. and adj. Scottish. Dizziness, vertigo, light-headedness. in the mirligoes: in a state of dizziness; light-headed, dazed.In quot. 1913 with plural agreement: flights of fancy. ΚΠ a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 195 Or else some kittle cantrip thrown, I ween, Has bound in mirlygoes my ain twa ein. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 312 My head's sae dizzy wi' the mirligoes. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 641/1 I dinna see a steim..—my eyne are in the mirlegoes. 1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 99 They havena muckle likin' for sic a med'cin'. It gives them the mirligoes. 1913 J. Service Memorables Robin Cummell 187 They were but the mirligoes of a fleeting hour. 1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle 84 A fair fat cast o' aureole throws That blinds them, in its mirlygoes. 1932 Gallovidian Ann. 85/1 Puir John was that dum-founded, his heid was in the merligoes, an' he a' but fell frae his horse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1774
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