open-arsen.

Brit.

/ˈəʊp(ə)nɑːs/, U.S.

/ˈoʊp(ə)nˌæs/,

/ˈoʊpənˌɑrs/

Forms: see open adj. and arse n.; also Middle English openes (transmission error), 1800s open-ass (English regional (chiefly south-west)).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: open adj., arse n.

Etymology: < open adj. + arse n., with allusion to the large cavity at the end of the fruit between the persistent calyx lobes. Compare Frisian iepen éarske, German regional (Low German) Apenoors, Apenaars, and also French regional (Normandy) cul de chien.Quot. 1888 (with first element apprehended as open v.) shows folk-etymology. With the form open-ass compare ass n.²

Now English regional.

The fruit of the medlar tree, Mespilus germanica; a medlar.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > medlar

open-arseOE

medlara1425

nespola1875

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > medlar tree

open-arseOE

medle-treec1330

amylliera1400

medlar?1440

mesplierc1480

medlar tree1548

lazarole1668

nespola1875

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 122 Mespila, openærs.

c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 21* La velu pesche,..Opyn-herse.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 17 Ik fare as dooth an Openers [v.r. þese open eris] That ilke fruyt is euer lenger the wers Til it be roten in Mollok or in stree.

a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 646 Hec sorbus, opynharstre.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 315 I medle wiþ here mete soure fruytes, as ben quynces, open-erses [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. mespilez, i. medlez; L. nespille].

c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 210 (MED) Item, Euytes eyron & maddolkes & openes, & wasche hem clene..& boyle hem.

1544 T. Phaer Bk. Children (1553) U ij b Take the kernels or stones that are founde in the fruite, called openers.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xlvii. 56 Mespilers, vidz. medlars or open arses.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Neffle, a medlar, or Open-arse.

1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding ii. ii, in Comedies & Trag. 90 If you be cruel! he and they dye, as useless as open Arses gathered green.

1697 M. Prior Orange in Poems on Affairs of State I. ii. 102 France fancies an Open-arse delicate Fruit.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Oppen-arses, medlars.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Open-ass, the medlar... This fruit used medicinally is said to be aperient... The common and usual name among the working class.

1953 Shakespeare Q. 4 21 Open-arse, an old name used by Chaucer and other writers for ‘that kind of fruite, As maides call medlers, when they laugh alone.’

1991 Times 5 Oct. (Weekend section) 7/1 Stuart Peachey,..verjuice maker, is anticipating a moderate harvest of open-arse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	open-arse
释义	open-arsen. Brit. /ˈəʊp(ə)nɑːs/, U.S. /ˈoʊp(ə)nˌæs/, /ˈoʊpənˌɑrs/ Forms: see open adj. and arse n.; also Middle English openes (transmission error), 1800s open-ass (English regional (chiefly south-west)). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: open adj., arse n. Etymology: < open adj. + arse n., with allusion to the large cavity at the end of the fruit between the persistent calyx lobes. Compare Frisian iepen éarske, German regional (Low German) Apenoors, Apenaars, and also French regional (Normandy) cul de chien.Quot. 1888 (with first element apprehended as open v.) shows folk-etymology. With the form open-ass compare ass n.² Now English regional. The fruit of the medlar tree, Mespilus germanica; a medlar. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > medlar open-arseOE medlara1425 nespola1875 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > medlar tree open-arseOE medle-treec1330 amylliera1400 medlar?1440 mesplierc1480 medlar tree1548 lazarole1668 nespola1875 OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 122 Mespila, openærs. c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 21* La velu pesche,..Opyn-herse. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 17 Ik fare as dooth an Openers [v.r. þese open eris] That ilke fruyt is euer lenger the wers Til it be roten in Mollok or in stree. a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 646 Hec sorbus, opynharstre. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 315 I medle wiþ here mete soure fruytes, as ben quynces, open-erses [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. mespilez, i. medlez; L. nespille]. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 210 (MED) Item, Euytes eyron & maddolkes & openes, & wasche hem clene..& boyle hem. 1544 T. Phaer Bk. Children (1553) U ij b Take the kernels or stones that are founde in the fruite, called openers. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xlvii. 56 Mespilers, vidz. medlars or open arses. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Neffle, a medlar, or Open-arse. 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding ii. ii, in Comedies & Trag. 90 If you be cruel! he and they dye, as useless as open Arses gathered green. 1697 M. Prior Orange in Poems on Affairs of State I. ii. 102 France fancies an Open-arse delicate Fruit. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Oppen-arses, medlars. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Open-ass, the medlar... This fruit used medicinally is said to be aperient... The common and usual name among the working class. 1953 Shakespeare Q. 4 21 Open-arse, an old name used by Chaucer and other writers for ‘that kind of fruite, As maides call medlers, when they laugh alone.’ 1991 Times 5 Oct. (Weekend section) 7/1 Stuart Peachey,..verjuice maker, is anticipating a moderate harvest of open-arse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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