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单词 munter
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Forms: Scottish pre-1700 monter, pre-1700 montor, pre-1700 montour, pre-1700 montur, pre-1700 mounter, pre-1700 mountour, pre-1700 muntar, pre-1700 munter, pre-1700 muntor, pre-1700 muntour, pre-1700 muntoure, pre-1700 mvntour, pre-1700 mwntar, pre-1700 mwntir.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French montre.
Etymology: < Middle French, French montre watch (1474 in Middle French as monstre : see montra n.).
Scottish. Obsolete.
A watch. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun]
clock1559
pocket watch?1576
watch1590
munter1594
tattler1688
loge1699
yack1789
thimble1819
ticker1821
toy1826
super1857
kettle1889
1594 in M. Wood & R. K. Hannay Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1927) V. 107 To..exerce his craft of monteris making.
1620 in W. Fraser Chiefs of Grant (1883) III. 329 For mending of the lardis mountour..[£3/6/8d.]
1639 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 186 A laudable curiositie to understand and behold all the strings of that muntoure.
1644 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1819) VI. 152/1 Clocks, Watches, and Munters.
a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 188 Speech in Scotland. We call here a clock a knock, a watch a munter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

muntern.2

Brit. /ˈmʌntə/, U.S. /ˈmən(t)ər/
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown.It is uncertain whether there is any connection with the slightly earlier use of munter in Australia and New Zealand to denote a loutish individual.
British slang (derogatory).
An unattractive person, esp. a woman.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly person > woman
hagc1400
horse-godmother1569
Hecatea1616
urchin1657
Plain Jane1912
scag1938
fuglya1970
mutt1983
minger1992
munter1997
1997 WTF is Munting? in uk.music.rave (Usenet newsgroup) 11 June In our circles here in deepest darkets [sic] Oxfordshire we also use the word ‘munter’ to describe a person who is somewhat less than attractive–eg ‘that short fat bloke at the bar is a complete munter’.
1999 A. Losowsky Let. 21 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) Words and phrases especially prevalent at Warwick [University]... Munter, ugly female.
2000 Journal (Newcastle) 8 Dec. 26/5 Student glossary... Ugly boys and girls: Munter, minger, mutt, biffer.
2003 R. Herring Talking Cock 170 I didn't care. I was drunk and she was a munter. Relieved. She was a moose.
2008 A. Lister Swingers: Female Confidential 114 Some pictures are misleading and some people photograph well but they're incredible munters in real life.
2011 Sun (Nexis) 17 June (Features section) 28 Children can be very cruel. I was called fat and ugly, typical Glasgow stuff—‘you munter’, things like that.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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