mouse-huntn.¹

Brit.

/ˈmaʊshʌnt/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊsˌ(h)ənt/

Forms: Middle English musehont, 1500s 1800s mouse hunt, 1600s moushunt, 1600s 1800s– mouse-hunt, 1800s mouse-hound, 1800s mousehunt.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch, combined with English elements. Etymons: Dutch muushont , mouse n., hunt n.¹

Etymology: In quot. 1481 at sense 1 < Middle Dutch muushont weasel (1271–2; Dutch muishond ) < muus mouse n. + hont dog (see hound n.¹); apparently subsequently altered after hunt n.¹, unless later use shows an independent formation < mouse n. + hunt n.¹ (perhaps compare the personal name Rogerus Mushunte (1162)); in form mouse-hound (see quot. 1847 at sense 1) showing alteration after hound n.¹ In sense 2 after South African Dutch, Afrikaans muishond muishond n. Compare Middle Low German mūshunt, Middle High German mūshunt (German Maushund), Swedish mushund, all apparently denoting cats.

1. Chiefly English regional (southern). An animal that hunts mice; spec. a weasel, a small stoat. Now historical.In quot. 1597 with punning allusion to mouse n. 3a.In quot. 1854 perhaps: a female weasel, which is half the size of the male, mistakenly identified as a separate species.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mustela (weasel)

weaselc725

vaira1387

foin1423

whitretc1440

mouse-hunt1481

mustelle1481

fitchet1693

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > animal hunting mice

mouser1440

mouse-hunt1597

mouse-catcher1611

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 74 The squyrel, the musehont [1481 mousehout], the fychews.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Diii Cat after kynd good mouse hunt.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 11 I haue ere now watcht all night, and haue taken no harme at all. Moth: I you haue beene a mouse hunt in your time.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Geline Qui naist de geline il aime a grater: Prov. Cat after kind good Mouse-hunt.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 39 Many of those that pretend to be great Rabbies in these studies..have bin but the Ferrets and Moushunts of an Index.

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 237 Mouse hunt, a sort of weasel or pole-cat. It is found in corn stacks and stack yards, and is less angrily looked on than others of that tribe, as the farmers think its chief food and game are mice..and not poultry.

1830 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia II. 222 Mouse-hunt, the stoat.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 564/1 Mouse-hound, a weasel, East. Not connected with Shakespeare's mouse-hunt.

1854 Notes & Queries 22 Apr. 385/1 Three kinds..: the weasel, the stoat or stump, and the mousehunt or mousehunter, which is also called the thumb, from its diminutive size.

1965 E. Anglian May 241/1 Mouse-hunt was another name for a small brown stoat, as also the weasel.

†2. South African. A meerkat, a mongoose, a weasel; = muishond n. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > [noun] > family Herpestidae

muishond1796

mouse-hunt1850

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Ictonyx (zorille)

zoril1774

muishond1796

mouse-hunt1850

stink-cat1899

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. v. 103 The whole ground was undermined with the holes of colonies of meercat or mouse-hunts.

1853 F. P. Fleming Kaffraria 67 The Mustela-Furo, or Wild Ferret, more commonly called the Mouse-hunt or Merecat, is also very plentiful.

1856 R. E. E. Wilmot Diary (1984) 90 A large red pole-cat, known here by the name of ‘mousehunt’.

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

单词	mouse-hunt
释义	mouse-huntn.¹ Brit. /ˈmaʊshʌnt/, U.S. /ˈmaʊsˌ(h)ənt/ Forms: Middle English musehont, 1500s 1800s mouse hunt, 1600s moushunt, 1600s 1800s– mouse-hunt, 1800s mouse-hound, 1800s mousehunt. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch, combined with English elements. Etymons: Dutch muushont , mouse n., hunt n.¹ Etymology: In quot. 1481 at sense 1 < Middle Dutch muushont weasel (1271–2; Dutch muishond ) < muus mouse n. + hont dog (see hound n.¹); apparently subsequently altered after hunt n.¹, unless later use shows an independent formation < mouse n. + hunt n.¹ (perhaps compare the personal name Rogerus Mushunte (1162)); in form mouse-hound (see quot. 1847 at sense 1) showing alteration after hound n.¹ In sense 2 after South African Dutch, Afrikaans muishond muishond n. Compare Middle Low German mūshunt, Middle High German mūshunt (German Maushund), Swedish mushund, all apparently denoting cats. 1. Chiefly English regional (southern). An animal that hunts mice; spec. a weasel, a small stoat. Now historical.In quot. 1597 with punning allusion to mouse n. 3a.In quot. 1854 perhaps: a female weasel, which is half the size of the male, mistakenly identified as a separate species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mustela (weasel) weaselc725 vaira1387 foin1423 whitretc1440 mouse-hunt1481 mustelle1481 fitchet1693 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > animal hunting mice mouser1440 mouse-hunt1597 mouse-catcher1611 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 74 The squyrel, the musehont [1481 mousehout], the fychews. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Diii Cat after kynd good mouse hunt. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 11 I haue ere now watcht all night, and haue taken no harme at all. Moth: I you haue beene a mouse hunt in your time. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Geline Qui naist de geline il aime a grater: Prov. Cat after kind good Mouse-hunt. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 39 Many of those that pretend to be great Rabbies in these studies..have bin but the Ferrets and Moushunts of an Index. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 237 Mouse hunt, a sort of weasel or pole-cat. It is found in corn stacks and stack yards, and is less angrily looked on than others of that tribe, as the farmers think its chief food and game are mice..and not poultry. 1830 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia II. 222 Mouse-hunt, the stoat. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 564/1 Mouse-hound, a weasel, East. Not connected with Shakespeare's mouse-hunt. 1854 Notes & Queries 22 Apr. 385/1 Three kinds..: the weasel, the stoat or stump, and the mousehunt or mousehunter, which is also called the thumb, from its diminutive size. 1965 E. Anglian May 241/1 Mouse-hunt was another name for a small brown stoat, as also the weasel. †2. South African. A meerkat, a mongoose, a weasel; = muishond n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > [noun] > family Herpestidae muishond1796 mouse-hunt1850 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Ictonyx (zorille) zoril1774 muishond1796 mouse-hunt1850 stink-cat1899 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. v. 103 The whole ground was undermined with the holes of colonies of meercat or mouse-hunts. 1853 F. P. Fleming Kaffraria 67 The Mustela-Furo, or Wild Ferret, more commonly called the Mouse-hunt or Merecat, is also very plentiful. 1856 R. E. E. Wilmot Diary (1984) 90 A large red pole-cat, known here by the name of ‘mousehunt’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). mouse-huntn.² Brit. /ˈmaʊshʌnt/, U.S. /ˈmaʊsˌ(h)ənt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouse n., hunt n.² Etymology: < mouse n. + hunt n.² A hunt for mice. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mouse-hunt, a hunting for mice. 1975 Country Life 27 Mar. 761/1 Our adopted cat..no longer seems to want to be off on a nocturnal mousehunt. 1997 A. Rifkin (title of film) Mousehunt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1481n.²1828
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