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单词 myrrhean
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myrrheanadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin myrrheus , -an suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin murreus, myrrheus having the colour of myrrh, i.e. reddish-brown, in post-classical Latin also consisting of myrrh (early 5th cent.; < murra , myrrha myrrh n.1 + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -an suffix. Compare Middle French myrréhen scented with myrrh (1594). Compare also earlier myrrhine adj.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Made of or containing myrrh.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Myrrhine, Myrrhean..of myrrhe, made of myrrhe, seasoned with myrrhe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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