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单词 morimo
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Morimon.

Brit. /məˈdiːməʊ/, /məˈriːməʊ/, U.S. /məˈdimoʊ/, /məˈrimoʊ/, South African English /məˈdiːmɒ/, /mɒˈdiːmɒ/
Forms: 1800s Mooreemo, 1800s Moorimo, 1800s Moreemo, 1800s moremo, 1800s– Morimo.
Origin: A borrowing from Kgaladi. Etymon: Kgaladi morimo.
Etymology: < Kgaladi morimo (medial -r- is not phonetically distinct from-d- , but is the spelling used), cognate with Tswana modimo (see Modimo n.). Compare Molimo n.1 and discussion at that entry of alternative spellings of this word.
South African. Now rare.
= Modimo n.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun]
the Most HigheOE
highesteOE
alwaldendOE
drightinOE
godOE
King of kingsOE
heavenOE
lordOE
sky?1518
gossea1556
beingc1600
deity1647
Master of the Universe1765
Morimo1824
Molimo1861
Gawd1877
big guy1925
Modimo1958
1824 Cape Chron. in S. Afr. Jrnl. 1 79 They had indeed heard of the ‘Moreemo’, (Deity); but only from their physicians, or ‘medicine men’.
1826 A. G. Bain Jrnls. (1949) 31 The natives..called me by no other name but Moorimo (god).
1833 S. Kay Trav. Caffraria i. ix. 236 A few indeed there were who seemed to have some confused notion of invisible powers, whom they designated Mooreemo and Booreemo, and of whom they were taught by their sorcerers to stand in constant dread.
1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years (1971) 138 The Bushmen will tell you in Sechuana, which is..a foreign language, that this Agency or Agent is Morimo (God).
1925 D. Kidd Essent. Kafir (ed. 2) 102 Morimo may be regarded as the god of the Bechuana.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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