mouchoirn.

Brit.

/ˈmuːʃwɑː/, U.S.

/ˌmuʃˈwɑr/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mouchoir.

Etymology: < French mouchoir (mid 16th cent. in Middle French; 1460 in form †mouchouer ) < moucher to blow the nose (11th cent. in Old French; < post-classical Latin muccare to wipe the nose (6th cent.; compare classical Latin exmuccāre ) < classical Latin mūcus mucus n.) + -oir (see -ory suffix¹).

Now rare.

= handkerchief n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the nose > handkerchief

coverchiefc1305

cloutc1380

muckender1420

napkin1436

handkerchief1530

handkercher1531

mocket1537

wiper1587

nose-cloth1589

pocket handkerchief1645

handcloth1676

mouchoira1685

pocket-clotha1704

wipe1708

volet1789

kerchief1814

snotter1823

lachrymatory1825

nose-rag1840

nose-wiper1840

sweat-rag1843

lachrymary1854

sneezer1857

stook1859

snottinger1864

snot-rag1888

hanky1895

penwiper1902

paper handkerchief1907

nose-wipe1919

snitch-rag1940

paper hankie1959

a1685 M. Evelyn Mundus Muliebris (1690) 3 Of Pocket Mouchoirs Nose to drain, A dozen lac'd, a dozen plain.

1753 London Mag. Oct. 481 A mouchoir with musk his spirits to chear.

1792 F. Reynolds Notoriety iv. 37 When I think of your misfortunes, I can't Help taking out my mouchoir.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. xi. 347 First wiping my shoes with his mouchoir.

1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. xiv. 208 My new fan just matches my flowers..and the real lace on Aunt's mouchoir gives an air to my whole dress.

1893 Overland Monthly 21 55/2 This over-true tale, written with tears in eyes that I dry with a Japanese napkin as cheaper than a mouchoir.

1987 W. Stegner Crossing to Safety iii. 238 Mom in one of her bedspread skirts, clear to the ground, and huaraches, and ankle socks, and a mouchoir around her head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mouchoir
释义	mouchoirn. Brit. /ˈmuːʃwɑː/, U.S. /ˌmuʃˈwɑr/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mouchoir. Etymology: < French mouchoir (mid 16th cent. in Middle French; 1460 in form †mouchouer ) < moucher to blow the nose (11th cent. in Old French; < post-classical Latin muccare to wipe the nose (6th cent.; compare classical Latin exmuccāre ) < classical Latin mūcus mucus n.) + -oir (see -ory suffix¹). Now rare. = handkerchief n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the nose > handkerchief coverchiefc1305 cloutc1380 muckender1420 napkin1436 handkerchief1530 handkercher1531 mocket1537 wiper1587 nose-cloth1589 pocket handkerchief1645 handcloth1676 mouchoira1685 pocket-clotha1704 wipe1708 volet1789 kerchief1814 snotter1823 lachrymatory1825 nose-rag1840 nose-wiper1840 sweat-rag1843 lachrymary1854 sneezer1857 stook1859 snottinger1864 snot-rag1888 hanky1895 penwiper1902 paper handkerchief1907 nose-wipe1919 snitch-rag1940 paper hankie1959 a1685 M. Evelyn Mundus Muliebris (1690) 3 Of Pocket Mouchoirs Nose to drain, A dozen lac'd, a dozen plain. 1753 London Mag. Oct. 481 A mouchoir with musk his spirits to chear. 1792 F. Reynolds Notoriety iv. 37 When I think of your misfortunes, I can't Help taking out my mouchoir. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. xi. 347 First wiping my shoes with his mouchoir. 1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. xiv. 208 My new fan just matches my flowers..and the real lace on Aunt's mouchoir gives an air to my whole dress. 1893 Overland Monthly 21 55/2 This over-true tale, written with tears in eyes that I dry with a Japanese napkin as cheaper than a mouchoir. 1987 W. Stegner Crossing to Safety iii. 238 Mom in one of her bedspread skirts, clear to the ground, and huaraches, and ankle socks, and a mouchoir around her head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1685
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