morphoditen.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːfədʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrfəˌdaɪt/

Forms:

α. 1700s mophrodite, 1700s 1900s– morphrodite, 1800s– morphodite, 1900s– morfreydite, 1900s– morphadite, 1900s– morphodyte; English regional (Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and East Anglian) 1800s morfradite, 1800s– mophrodite, 1900s– morfeydite, 1900s– morfreydite; U.S. regional 1800s mophradite (in sense 2), 1800s morferdite (in sense 2), 1800s morfydite (in sense 2), 1800s– morfadite, 1800s– morphodite, 1900s– morfidite, 1900s– morphadite, 1900s– morphidite, 1900s– morphrodite, 1900s– morphydite.

β. 1800s– morphadyke, 1800s– morphidik, 1800s– morphodyke, 1900s– morphadike, 1900s– morphodike; U.S. regional 1800s– morfodike, 1900s– morphodike, 1900s– morphydyke.

γ. 1900s– morphodye (U.S. regional).

δ. 1900s– muffledice (U.S. regional).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: hermaphrodite n.

Etymology: Alteration of hermaphrodite n. Compare maphrodite adj. In β. forms probably influenced by dyke n.With sense 2 compare hermaphrodite n. 4b. With sense 3 compare morfrey n.

colloquial and slang (in later use chiefly U.S. regional).

1. Originally: a hermaphrodite; a person having both male and female sex characteristics. In later use also: a homosexual man or woman, esp. one overtly manifesting features or attributes regarded as characteristic of the opposite sex; a transvestite.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > state or condition of having characteristics of both sexes > person or animal

scratc1000

androgyneOE

hermaphroditec1400

scarth?a1513

man-woman1587

she-mana1613

epicene1641

will-jill1677

morphoditea1726

bisexual1879

pseudohermaphrodite1881

harumfrodite1896

sex mosaic1903

intersex1916

intersexual1917

a1726 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife (1743) iv. 55 I heard Mr. Constable say,..she was little better than a Mophrodite [sic].

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. viii. 47 You must..get a Sett of Mophrodites to wait upon you.

1896 Dial. Notes 1 421 Morphodite,..for hermaphrodite.

1935 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (U.K. ed.) 161 A unique, she told him, was a morphadite.

1941 G. Legman in G. W. Henry Sex Variants II. 1171 Morphodite, a colloquial illiteracy for hermaphrodite..referring to either a physical hermaphrodite..or to a male homosexual.

1951 T. Capote Grass Harp (1952) i. 3 One of the stories he spread, that Verena was a morphodyte, has never stopped going around.

1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love 180 ‘Raven is what you call a transvestite.’ ‘What's that?’.. ‘Morphadike’.

1975 R. Davies World of Wonders (1977) i. vi. 49 Let's not hear anymore about Happy Hannah or that gaffed morphodite Andro.

1985 E. T. Rattray Adventures Jeremiah Dimon 169 ‘The whale..suckles his young.’ ‘Suckles his young? Is he some kind of morphydyke?’

1988 E. White Beautiful Room Empty (1989) vi. 126 No morphrodites, for that's what they called homosexuals down South. No morphrodites in our bloodlines!

1991 W. Roscoe Zuni Man-woman i. 25 In the late nineteenth century, slang variants of hermaphrodite—hermaphy, moff, morph, morphodite..and so on—were used by Americans to refer to flamboyant male homosexuals.

†2. U.S. A sailing vessel combining the characteristics of two different types of craft; esp. one having the features of both a brig and a schooner. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1841 F. A. Olmsted Incidents Whaling Voy. 217 She is one of those vessels rigged in defiance of all symmetry, and very appropriately termed ‘Morferdites’ (Hermaphrodites) by seamen.

1842 in D. W. Morgan Brief Glory (1948) 153 Launched from the slipway of Messrs. Roberts and Son, the Mophradite ‘Catherine Hodges’ of 180 tons burden.

1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 65/2 Morfydite (American), a maritime pronunciation for hermaphrodite, generally applied to the so-called hermaphrodite brig, a vessel between a brig and a schooner.

3. English regional (eastern). A wagon able to be converted into a cart. Cf. morfrey n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > other types

telega1579

trewerne1667

box wagon1825

lumber-wagon1831

morphoditea1852

Flanders wagon1855

a1852 W. T. Spurdens Forby's Vocab. E. Anglia (1858) III. 33 Morfradite, Hermaphrodite, a kind of agricultural carriage, capable of being used with four wheels, or with two, either as cart or waggon.

1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Mophrodite,..(2) A waggon that can be converted into a cart.

1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) 55 Morfeydite, a kind of cart, adapted to carry a waggon load, formed by joining two carts together.

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

单词	morphodite
释义	morphoditen. Brit. /ˈmɔːfədʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɔrfəˌdaɪt/ Forms: α. 1700s mophrodite, 1700s 1900s– morphrodite, 1800s– morphodite, 1900s– morfreydite, 1900s– morphadite, 1900s– morphodyte; English regional (Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and East Anglian) 1800s morfradite, 1800s– mophrodite, 1900s– morfeydite, 1900s– morfreydite; U.S. regional 1800s mophradite (in sense 2), 1800s morferdite (in sense 2), 1800s morfydite (in sense 2), 1800s– morfadite, 1800s– morphodite, 1900s– morfidite, 1900s– morphadite, 1900s– morphidite, 1900s– morphrodite, 1900s– morphydite. β. 1800s– morphadyke, 1800s– morphidik, 1800s– morphodyke, 1900s– morphadike, 1900s– morphodike; U.S. regional 1800s– morfodike, 1900s– morphodike, 1900s– morphydyke. γ. 1900s– morphodye (U.S. regional). δ. 1900s– muffledice (U.S. regional). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: hermaphrodite n. Etymology: Alteration of hermaphrodite n. Compare maphrodite adj. In β. forms probably influenced by dyke n.With sense 2 compare hermaphrodite n. 4b. With sense 3 compare morfrey n. colloquial and slang (in later use chiefly U.S. regional). 1. Originally: a hermaphrodite; a person having both male and female sex characteristics. In later use also: a homosexual man or woman, esp. one overtly manifesting features or attributes regarded as characteristic of the opposite sex; a transvestite. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > state or condition of having characteristics of both sexes > person or animal scratc1000 androgyneOE hermaphroditec1400 scarth?a1513 man-woman1587 she-mana1613 epicene1641 will-jill1677 morphoditea1726 bisexual1879 pseudohermaphrodite1881 harumfrodite1896 sex mosaic1903 intersex1916 intersexual1917 a1726 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife (1743) iv. 55 I heard Mr. Constable say,..she was little better than a Mophrodite [sic]. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. viii. 47 You must..get a Sett of Mophrodites to wait upon you. View more context for this quotation 1896 Dial. Notes 1 421 Morphodite,..for hermaphrodite. 1935 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (U.K. ed.) 161 A unique, she told him, was a morphadite. 1941 G. Legman in G. W. Henry Sex Variants II. 1171 Morphodite, a colloquial illiteracy for hermaphrodite..referring to either a physical hermaphrodite..or to a male homosexual. 1951 T. Capote Grass Harp (1952) i. 3 One of the stories he spread, that Verena was a morphodyte, has never stopped going around. 1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love 180 ‘Raven is what you call a transvestite.’ ‘What's that?’.. ‘Morphadike’. 1975 R. Davies World of Wonders (1977) i. vi. 49 Let's not hear anymore about Happy Hannah or that gaffed morphodite Andro. 1985 E. T. Rattray Adventures Jeremiah Dimon 169 ‘The whale..suckles his young.’ ‘Suckles his young? Is he some kind of morphydyke?’ 1988 E. White Beautiful Room Empty (1989) vi. 126 No morphrodites, for that's what they called homosexuals down South. No morphrodites in our bloodlines! 1991 W. Roscoe Zuni Man-woman i. 25 In the late nineteenth century, slang variants of hermaphrodite—hermaphy, moff, morph, morphodite..and so on—were used by Americans to refer to flamboyant male homosexuals. †2. U.S. A sailing vessel combining the characteristics of two different types of craft; esp. one having the features of both a brig and a schooner. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1841 F. A. Olmsted Incidents Whaling Voy. 217 She is one of those vessels rigged in defiance of all symmetry, and very appropriately termed ‘Morferdites’ (Hermaphrodites) by seamen. 1842 in D. W. Morgan Brief Glory (1948) 153 Launched from the slipway of Messrs. Roberts and Son, the Mophradite ‘Catherine Hodges’ of 180 tons burden. 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 65/2 Morfydite (American), a maritime pronunciation for hermaphrodite, generally applied to the so-called hermaphrodite brig, a vessel between a brig and a schooner. 3. English regional (eastern). A wagon able to be converted into a cart. Cf. morfrey n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > other types telega1579 trewerne1667 box wagon1825 lumber-wagon1831 morphoditea1852 Flanders wagon1855 a1852 W. T. Spurdens Forby's Vocab. E. Anglia (1858) III. 33 Morfradite, Hermaphrodite, a kind of agricultural carriage, capable of being used with four wheels, or with two, either as cart or waggon. 1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Mophrodite,..(2) A waggon that can be converted into a cart. 1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) 55 Morfeydite, a kind of cart, adapted to carry a waggon load, formed by joining two carts together. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1726
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