mopoken.int.

Brit.

/ˈməʊpəʊk/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊˌpoʊk/, Australian English

/ˈmoʊpoʊk/, New Zealand English

/ˈmʌupʌuk/

Forms: 1800s moopoo, 1800s mopauk, 1800s– mope-hawk, 1800s– mopoke, 1900s– mope poke, 1900s– mopork.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: morepork n., morepork int.

Etymology: As noun, variant of morepork n.: see discussion at that entry. As interjection, variant of morepork int.

Chiefly Australian.

A. n.

1. = morepork n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > ninox novaeseelandidae (morepork)

boobook1801

morepork1825

mopoke1829

ruru1842

nighthawk1857

1829 Cornwall Press (Launceston) 24 Mar. 36/2 The specie of owl peculiar to this Island, vulgarly known by the name of mope hawk, is held in high veneration by the native blacks.

1831 G. A. Robinson Jrnl. 14 July in N. J. B. Plomley Friendly Mission (1966) 377 The doleful sound of the mopoke.

1864 J. Rogers New Rush ii. 39 A Mopoke may pick out my eyes.

1896 B. Spencer Thro' Larapinta Land 124 In the gum trees the ‘mopokes’ (Ninox boobook) were calling to one another.

1899 J. Bell In Shadow of Bush 241 As Old Dan turned and walked towards the wharé a ‘mopoke’ owl..shrieked and flew away.

1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 28 July 14/2 Recently saw two magpies trying to drive a mopoke (genuine caprimulgus—not the Boobook owl) out of the fork of a tree.

1934 ‘S. Rudd’ Green Grey Homestead 72 Murphy'll whisper in a way that will make the night seem more haunted than the mopokes behind the sheds.

1968 D. Fleay Nightwatchmen 92 (caption) Confusion over call notes has led to the erroneous label of Mopoke for the Frogmouth. The true Mopoke is the Boobook Owl.

2000 Outback Mag. Feb. 94/1 A snoozing mopoke opens an amber eye, then fluffs his black-coloured feathers and drops off again.

2. = morepork n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > person

congeonc1285

idiota1400

foola1425

natural foolc1450

natural idiot1497

natural1533

changeling1577

weakling1577

mooncalf1586

slimslack1600

aufe1621

oaf1638

weak-wit1656

underwit1682

imbecile1830

ament1871

unfortunate1881

balmy1903

subnormal1905

deficient1906

retard1909

retardate1912

retarded1912

mopoke1946

retardee1956

mong1980

1946 Coast to Coast 1945 132 He was such a helpless sort of a poor mopoke.

1952 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Ten Creeks Run (new ed.) xvii. 182 He must know it now or else he's a bigger mopoke [1930 morepork] than ole Teddy O'Mara.

B. int.

= morepork int.

ΚΠ

1859 W. Burrows Adventures Mounted Trooper 75 The goat-sucker, or, as it is called in the colony, the cuckoo, and also the mopoke; the cadence of its cry resembling that of the cuckoo, while it articulates the word ‘mopoke’.

1868 W. L. Carleton Austral. Nights 19 The Austral cuckoo spoke His melancholy note—‘Mo-poke’.

1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee ii. 31 A boo-book owl calling ‘Mopoke!’

1942 E. Anderson Squatter's Luck 28 For you the tawny frogmouth when he spoke Croaked, ‘More pork’, ‘More pork’, ‘Mopoke’.

1968 D. Fleay Nightwatchmen 4 The sound itself was reminiscent of the ‘mopoke’ of the Boobook Owl.

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

单词	mopoke
释义	mopoken.int. Brit. /ˈməʊpəʊk/, U.S. /ˈmoʊˌpoʊk/, Australian English /ˈmoʊpoʊk/, New Zealand English /ˈmʌupʌuk/ Forms: 1800s moopoo, 1800s mopauk, 1800s– mope-hawk, 1800s– mopoke, 1900s– mope poke, 1900s– mopork. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: morepork n., morepork int. Etymology: As noun, variant of morepork n.: see discussion at that entry. As interjection, variant of morepork int. Chiefly Australian. A. n. 1. = morepork n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > ninox novaeseelandidae (morepork) boobook1801 morepork1825 mopoke1829 ruru1842 nighthawk1857 1829 Cornwall Press (Launceston) 24 Mar. 36/2 The specie of owl peculiar to this Island, vulgarly known by the name of mope hawk, is held in high veneration by the native blacks. 1831 G. A. Robinson Jrnl. 14 July in N. J. B. Plomley Friendly Mission (1966) 377 The doleful sound of the mopoke. 1864 J. Rogers New Rush ii. 39 A Mopoke may pick out my eyes. 1896 B. Spencer Thro' Larapinta Land 124 In the gum trees the ‘mopokes’ (Ninox boobook) were calling to one another. 1899 J. Bell In Shadow of Bush 241 As Old Dan turned and walked towards the wharé a ‘mopoke’ owl..shrieked and flew away. 1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 28 July 14/2 Recently saw two magpies trying to drive a mopoke (genuine caprimulgus—not the Boobook owl) out of the fork of a tree. 1934 ‘S. Rudd’ Green Grey Homestead 72 Murphy'll whisper in a way that will make the night seem more haunted than the mopokes behind the sheds. 1968 D. Fleay Nightwatchmen 92 (caption) Confusion over call notes has led to the erroneous label of Mopoke for the Frogmouth. The true Mopoke is the Boobook Owl. 2000 Outback Mag. Feb. 94/1 A snoozing mopoke opens an amber eye, then fluffs his black-coloured feathers and drops off again. 2. = morepork n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > person congeonc1285 idiota1400 foola1425 natural foolc1450 natural idiot1497 natural1533 changeling1577 weakling1577 mooncalf1586 slimslack1600 aufe1621 oaf1638 weak-wit1656 underwit1682 imbecile1830 ament1871 unfortunate1881 balmy1903 subnormal1905 deficient1906 retard1909 retardate1912 retarded1912 mopoke1946 retardee1956 mong1980 1946 Coast to Coast 1945 132 He was such a helpless sort of a poor mopoke. 1952 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Ten Creeks Run (new ed.) xvii. 182 He must know it now or else he's a bigger mopoke [1930 morepork] than ole Teddy O'Mara. B. int. = morepork int. ΚΠ 1859 W. Burrows Adventures Mounted Trooper 75 The goat-sucker, or, as it is called in the colony, the cuckoo, and also the mopoke; the cadence of its cry resembling that of the cuckoo, while it articulates the word ‘mopoke’. 1868 W. L. Carleton Austral. Nights 19 The Austral cuckoo spoke His melancholy note—‘Mo-poke’. 1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee ii. 31 A boo-book owl calling ‘Mopoke!’ 1942 E. Anderson Squatter's Luck 28 For you the tawny frogmouth when he spoke Croaked, ‘More pork’, ‘More pork’, ‘Mopoke’. 1968 D. Fleay Nightwatchmen 4 The sound itself was reminiscent of the ‘mopoke’ of the Boobook Owl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.1829
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