moochinn.

Brit.

/ˈmʊxɪn/,

/ˈmʊkɪn/, U.S.

/ˈmʊkən/, Welsh English

/ˈmuːxɪn/

Inflections: Plural moochins, unchanged.

Forms: 1900s– moochin, 1900s– mwchin.

Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymon: Welsh mochyn.

Etymology: < Welsh mochyn pig, greedy or immoral person (1595), singulative form < collective plural moch pigs (also in Old Welsh) < a Celtic base ( > Early Irish mucc, Breton moc'h, etc.) of disputed origin.In unmarked plural form in quot. 1945 perhaps after unmarked plurals of other animal names, as e.g. swine n., deer n., sheep n., etc.

Welsh English. colloquial.

A difficult or disagreeable person, esp. a child. Sometimes used as a scolding term of reproach. (In quots. only from the writings of Dylan Thomas.) Cf. pig n.¹ 5.

ΚΠ

1940 D. Thomas Portrait of Artist as Young Dog 58 He sat down in the road. ‘I'm on a sledge,’ he said, ‘pull me, Patricia, pull me like an Eskimo.’ ‘Up you get, you moochin, or I'll take you home.’

1945 D. Thomas Let. 30 July in Sel. Lett. (1966) 280 He said, ‘Look, what they did, the moochin.’

a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 12 Third neighbour Saw him in the bushes. Fourth neighbour Playing mwchins. Third neighbour Send him to bed without any supper.

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

单词	moochin
释义	moochinn. Brit. /ˈmʊxɪn/, /ˈmʊkɪn/, U.S. /ˈmʊkən/, Welsh English /ˈmuːxɪn/ Inflections: Plural moochins, unchanged. Forms: 1900s– moochin, 1900s– mwchin. Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymon: Welsh mochyn. Etymology: < Welsh mochyn pig, greedy or immoral person (1595), singulative form < collective plural moch pigs (also in Old Welsh) < a Celtic base ( > Early Irish mucc, Breton moc'h, etc.) of disputed origin.In unmarked plural form in quot. 1945 perhaps after unmarked plurals of other animal names, as e.g. swine n., deer n., sheep n., etc. Welsh English. colloquial. A difficult or disagreeable person, esp. a child. Sometimes used as a scolding term of reproach. (In quots. only from the writings of Dylan Thomas.) Cf. pig n.¹ 5. ΚΠ 1940 D. Thomas Portrait of Artist as Young Dog 58 He sat down in the road. ‘I'm on a sledge,’ he said, ‘pull me, Patricia, pull me like an Eskimo.’ ‘Up you get, you moochin, or I'll take you home.’ 1945 D. Thomas Let. 30 July in Sel. Lett. (1966) 280 He said, ‘Look, what they did, the moochin.’ a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 12 Third neighbour Saw him in the bushes. Fourth neighbour Playing mwchins. Third neighbour Send him to bed without any supper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1940
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