† mirtusn.

Forms: Middle English mertice, Middle English mirtis, Middle English mirtus, Middle English myrtis, Middle English myrtus; Scottish pre-1700 myrthus.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mirtus.

Etymology: < classical Latin mirtus, myrtus myrtle (see myrt n.). Compare later myrtle n. Compare also myrtite n.

Obsolete.

The myrtle, Myrtus communis.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [noun]

myrt?a1200

myrt-treea1382

mirtusc1384

myrtine?a1450

myrtle tree1548

myrtle1562

nerte1585

Australian tea1728

Bencoolen tea1728

New Zealand tea1728

Scotch gale1795

Callistemon1814

manuka1832

myrtal1846

mangrove-myrtle1847

swamp tea tree1862

lid-flower1866

Barringtonia1871

tea-broom1872

kanuka1906

myrtle-of-the-river1919

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Zech. i. 11 Thei answerden to the aungel of the Lord, that stode bitwixe places wher myrtis wexen.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 234^v Som mirtus is white, and som is blak.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 86 (MED) Be þe hole made..to þe schappe of an olyue leef or of þe leef of myrtus.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. ii. 63 And sayand this, he gan his templis tway Covir with myrthus, that is his moderis tre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	mirtus
释义	† mirtusn. Forms: Middle English mertice, Middle English mirtis, Middle English mirtus, Middle English myrtis, Middle English myrtus; Scottish pre-1700 myrthus. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mirtus. Etymology: < classical Latin mirtus, myrtus myrtle (see myrt n.). Compare later myrtle n. Compare also myrtite n. Obsolete. The myrtle, Myrtus communis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [noun] myrt?a1200 myrt-treea1382 mirtusc1384 myrtine?a1450 myrtle tree1548 myrtle1562 nerte1585 Australian tea1728 Bencoolen tea1728 New Zealand tea1728 Scotch gale1795 Callistemon1814 manuka1832 myrtal1846 mangrove-myrtle1847 swamp tea tree1862 lid-flower1866 Barringtonia1871 tea-broom1872 kanuka1906 myrtle-of-the-river1919 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Zech. i. 11 Thei answerden to the aungel of the Lord, that stode bitwixe places wher myrtis wexen. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 234^v Som mirtus is white, and som is blak. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 86 (MED) Be þe hole made..to þe schappe of an olyue leef or of þe leef of myrtus. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. ii. 63 And sayand this, he gan his templis tway Covir with myrthus, that is his moderis tre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1384
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