单词 | mochadi |
释义 | mochadiadj. In Romani usage: (of a woman) spiritually and ceremonially unclean; defiled or impure. Cf. marimé adj. ΚΠ 1922 T. W. Thompson in Jrnl. Gypsy Lore Soc. 3rd Ser. 1 20 They used to think as all women was moXadi. Now that don't mean as they was dirty. 1922 T. W. Thompson in Jrnl. Gypsy Lore Soc. 3rd Ser. 1 40 If ther was one in the family as'd done a moXadi thing and the t'others eat wi' him, then they was all moXadi, every one 'n 'em. 1944 B. Vesey-Fitzgerald Gypsies of Brit. iii. 45 Mochardi has nothing to do with dirtiness... English Gypsy women, even when in normal health and circumstances, were regarded as unclean by their men. 1983 J. Okely Traveller-gypsies vi. 82 The Gorgio is condemned as mochadi by definition since he or she is not Gypsy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1922 |
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