† muffronen.

Forms: 1800s muffro, 1800s muffrone.

Origin: A borrowing from Corsican. Etymon: Corsican mufrone.

Etymology: < Corsican mufrone (see mouflon n.). Compare earlier muffle n.⁴ N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciations as (mu·fro) /ˈmufro/ and (mufrō·ne) /mufˈfrone/.

Obsolete.

The mouflon, Ovis orientalis. Cf. muffle n.⁴

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > ovis musimon (moufflon)

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muffrone1864

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 643 The Tardinians [sic] call these beasts Mufflo, and Erim Mufflo..& this beast at this day is not found but in Sardinia.

1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. ii. 382 In Corsica the Argali is known by the name of Mufro; where it is so wild as to be rarely taken alive.]

1864 R. D. Blackmore Clara Vaughan II. iv. viii. 327 Those islanders [sc. Corsicans]..shoot a man with no more compunction than they shoot a muffro.

1864 R. D. Blackmore Clara Vaughan III. iv. xiii. 52 I had wondered..whether he would like to shoot the muffrone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	muffrone
释义	† muffronen. Forms: 1800s muffro, 1800s muffrone. Origin: A borrowing from Corsican. Etymon: Corsican mufrone. Etymology: < Corsican mufrone (see mouflon n.). Compare earlier muffle n.⁴ N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciations as (mu·fro) /ˈmufro/ and (mufrō·ne) /mufˈfrone/. Obsolete. The mouflon, Ovis orientalis. Cf. muffle n.⁴ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > ovis musimon (moufflon) muffle1601 musmon1601 mouflon1774 muffrone1864 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 643 The Tardinians [sic] call these beasts Mufflo, and Erim Mufflo..& this beast at this day is not found but in Sardinia. 1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. ii. 382 In Corsica the Argali is known by the name of Mufro; where it is so wild as to be rarely taken alive.] 1864 R. D. Blackmore Clara Vaughan II. iv. viii. 327 Those islanders [sc. Corsicans]..shoot a man with no more compunction than they shoot a muffro. 1864 R. D. Blackmore Clara Vaughan III. iv. xiii. 52 I had wondered..whether he would like to shoot the muffrone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1864
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