muffitn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌfɪt/, U.S.

/ˈməfət/, Scottish English

/ˈmʌfɪt/

Forms: 1800s muffet, 1800s– muffit.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muff n.⁴, -et suffix¹.

Etymology: < muff n.⁴ + -et suffix¹. Compare earlier mufty n.

Scottish.

The whitethroat, Sylvia communis. Cf. muff n.⁴, muffy n., mufty n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia communis (whitethroat)

whey-beard1614

glut1661

muff1661

whitethroat1673

nettle-monger1712

whitethroat warbler1817

whey-bird1825

muggy1829

nettle-tom1830

muffit1837

mufty1837

nettle creeper1845

feather-bed1854

jackstraw1879

feather-bird1885

mealy-mouth1885

miller1885

muffya1886

1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 350 Sylvia cinerea. The..White-Throat... Muff. Muffet. Mufty.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 23 Whitethroat... Because its light-coloured head and neck feathers stand out..it is called..Muffit (Stirling).

1965 Sc. National Dict. VI. 350/2 Muffit, the whitethroat, Sylvia communis, phs. short for muffit wren.

1984 W. B. Lockwood Oxf. Bk. Brit. Bird Names 105/2 Muffit, in Scotland a name for a Whitethroat, apparently an abbreviation of Muffit muff-like Wren (cf. muffie wren) or a similar name. Also churr muffit.

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

单词	muffit
释义	muffitn. Brit. /ˈmʌfɪt/, U.S. /ˈməfət/, Scottish English /ˈmʌfɪt/ Forms: 1800s muffet, 1800s– muffit. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muff n.⁴, -et suffix¹. Etymology: < muff n.⁴ + -et suffix¹. Compare earlier mufty n. Scottish. The whitethroat, Sylvia communis. Cf. muff n.⁴, muffy n., mufty n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia communis (whitethroat) whey-beard1614 glut1661 muff1661 whitethroat1673 nettle-monger1712 whitethroat warbler1817 whey-bird1825 muggy1829 nettle-tom1830 muffit1837 mufty1837 nettle creeper1845 feather-bed1854 jackstraw1879 feather-bird1885 mealy-mouth1885 miller1885 muffya1886 1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 350 Sylvia cinerea. The..White-Throat... Muff. Muffet. Mufty. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 23 Whitethroat... Because its light-coloured head and neck feathers stand out..it is called..Muffit (Stirling). 1965 Sc. National Dict. VI. 350/2 Muffit, the whitethroat, Sylvia communis, phs. short for muffit wren. 1984 W. B. Lockwood Oxf. Bk. Brit. Bird Names 105/2 Muffit, in Scotland a name for a Whitethroat, apparently an abbreviation of Muffit muff-like Wren (cf. muffie wren) or a similar name. Also churr muffit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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