muftyn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌfti/, U.S.

/ˈməfti/,

/ˈməfdi/

Forms: 1800s muffety, 1800s muftie, 1800s– mufty, 1900s– muffitie.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muff n.¹, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: Probably < muff n.¹ (compare sense 3c and see discussion at that entry) + -y suffix⁶, with insertion of -t- perhaps after tufty adj. Compare earlier muffed adj.¹With sense 2 compare earlier muff n.⁴, and also muffit n. Trisyllabic forms are perhaps after muffit n.

British regional. Now rare.

†1. Scottish. A fowl having a crest of feathers on the head. Cf. muff n.¹ 3c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > head > feathers on

cop1483

top1578

copple1600

copple-crowna1635

topping1694

mufty1829

muff1850

ear tab1851

calotte1874

aigrette1917

1829 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xliii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 551 What'n a cleckin she's gotten!.. Mufties, too, I declare.

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

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

1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 538 Whitethroat…Provincial. Nettle-Creeper... Muff. Charlie Muftie. Peggy.]

1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 354 Even after being shot, you find the feathers of that part [sc. the throat] standing out more than is usual in birds: and from this habit is probably derived the familiar names of Muftie or Muffety, or Charlie Muftie, by which it [sc. the White-throat] is generally known in Scotland.

1901 G. Sim in A. I. McConnochie Bk. of Ellon 44 Willow-Warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus, a common summer visitor to the district, generally known as the Willow-Wren and the ‘Muffitie’.

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

单词	mufty
释义	muftyn. Brit. /ˈmʌfti/, U.S. /ˈməfti/, /ˈməfdi/ Forms: 1800s muffety, 1800s muftie, 1800s– mufty, 1900s– muffitie. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muff n.¹, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: Probably < muff n.¹ (compare sense 3c and see discussion at that entry) + -y suffix⁶, with insertion of -t- perhaps after tufty adj. Compare earlier muffed adj.¹With sense 2 compare earlier muff n.⁴, and also muffit n. Trisyllabic forms are perhaps after muffit n. British regional. Now rare. †1. Scottish. A fowl having a crest of feathers on the head. Cf. muff n.¹ 3c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > head > feathers on cop1483 top1578 copple1600 copple-crowna1635 topping1694 mufty1829 muff1850 ear tab1851 calotte1874 aigrette1917 1829 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xliii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 551 What'n a cleckin she's gotten!.. Mufties, too, I declare. 2. The whitethroat, Sylvia communis. Cf. muff n.⁴, muffit n., muffy n. 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 1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 538 Whitethroat…Provincial. Nettle-Creeper... Muff. Charlie Muftie. Peggy.] 1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 354 Even after being shot, you find the feathers of that part [sc. the throat] standing out more than is usual in birds: and from this habit is probably derived the familiar names of Muftie or Muffety, or Charlie Muftie, by which it [sc. the White-throat] is generally known in Scotland. 1901 G. Sim in A. I. McConnochie Bk. of Ellon 44 Willow-Warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus, a common summer visitor to the district, generally known as the Willow-Wren and the ‘Muffitie’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829
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