nuquen.

Brit.

/njuːk/, U.S.

/n(j)uk/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nuque.

Etymology: < Middle French, French nuque the nape of the neck (1546; earlier in sense ‘spinal cord’ (1377; attested earlier in this sense as nuche nuche n.)) < post-classical Latin nucha nucha n. Compare earlier nuche n., nuke n.¹ N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (nük) /nyk/.

1. The nape of the neck.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > back of neck

napea1325

hattrelc1330

nolla1382

skull1382

polla1398

nape of the neck (also head)1440

noddle1547

niddick1558

nuke1562

nuque1578

nub1673

nod1695

cuff of the neck1740

nucha1768

scuff1787

scruff1790

scroop1850

kitchen1964

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. cvi. 310 If it be applied to the nuque, or nape of the necke, it restoreth the speach.

1876 Fraser's Mag. Jan. 111/1 The juncture of the hand and wrist, of foot and ankle, of the nuque with the back and shoulders.

1886 F. H. H. Guillemard Cruise Marchesa II. 186 The latter is a fine bird,..a curious tawny patch upon the nuque.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxxiii. 149 He did not know why Frenchmen always kissed ladies on the nuque.

1943 J. Lees-Milne Jrnl. 17 Aug. in Ancestral Voices (1975) 228 Her hair was brushed off her nuque into a bob on the crown of her head.

1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xxxiii. 207 He had buried his mouth in Ada's nuque, when she stiffened and raised a warning finger.

2000 Independent (Nexis) 27 June 5 Margaret the idealist,..her wonderful red-brown hair piled irresistibly above her nuque.

†2. A hairstyle (see quot. 1884). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1884 Western Daily Press 29 May 3/7 A new device of the hairdresser, called a nuque, and consisting of the semblance of an abundant chevelure, drawn up from the neck [etc.].

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

单词	nuque
释义	nuquen. Brit. /njuːk/, U.S. /n(j)uk/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nuque. Etymology: < Middle French, French nuque the nape of the neck (1546; earlier in sense ‘spinal cord’ (1377; attested earlier in this sense as nuche nuche n.)) < post-classical Latin nucha nucha n. Compare earlier nuche n., nuke n.¹ N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (nük) /nyk/. 1. The nape of the neck. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > back of neck napea1325 hattrelc1330 nolla1382 skull1382 polla1398 nape of the neck (also head)1440 noddle1547 niddick1558 nuke1562 nuque1578 nub1673 nod1695 cuff of the neck1740 nucha1768 scuff1787 scruff1790 scroop1850 kitchen1964 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. cvi. 310 If it be applied to the nuque, or nape of the necke, it restoreth the speach. 1876 Fraser's Mag. Jan. 111/1 The juncture of the hand and wrist, of foot and ankle, of the nuque with the back and shoulders. 1886 F. H. H. Guillemard Cruise Marchesa II. 186 The latter is a fine bird,..a curious tawny patch upon the nuque. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxxiii. 149 He did not know why Frenchmen always kissed ladies on the nuque. 1943 J. Lees-Milne Jrnl. 17 Aug. in Ancestral Voices (1975) 228 Her hair was brushed off her nuque into a bob on the crown of her head. 1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xxxiii. 207 He had buried his mouth in Ada's nuque, when she stiffened and raised a warning finger. 2000 Independent (Nexis) 27 June 5 Margaret the idealist,..her wonderful red-brown hair piled irresistibly above her nuque. †2. A hairstyle (see quot. 1884). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1884 Western Daily Press 29 May 3/7 A new device of the hairdresser, called a nuque, and consisting of the semblance of an abundant chevelure, drawn up from the neck [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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