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单词 murlimewes
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murlimewesn.

Forms: 1500s mearlew muse, 1500s murlimewes, 1600s murlemewes; N.E.D. (1908) lists also a form 1500s–1600s murlemews.
Origin: Apparently an arbitrary formation.
Etymology: Apparently an arbitrary formation.
Obsolete.
Foolish gestures or antics. Occasionally treated as singular.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > antic
toy?1518
antics1570
murlimewes1583
monkey trick1653
dido1807
monkey work1830
monkeyshinec1832
monkey business1835
rannygazoo1896
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxii. 131 The Papistes..fiske about after their foolish ceremonies and after murlimewes of their owne making [Fr. et apres tant d'agios qu'ils font].
1593 C. Hollyband Dict. French & Eng. Agyos or Agios, blessings and crossings which the papisticall priests doe vse in their holy water, to make a mearlew muse.
1600 Maydes Metamorphosis iii. i. E 2 Good maister wizard, leaue these murlemewes, and tell Mopso plainly, whether Gemulo..shall win the loue of the faire shepheardesse..or not.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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