palm-birdn.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːmbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈpɑ(l)mˌbərd/, West African English

/ˈpamˌbɛd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palm n.¹, bird n.

Etymology: < palm n.¹ + bird n.In sense 1 perhaps after a West African language: compare Izon l?ịdụụ̀ Ploceus, the first element of which means ‘oil-palm tree’. Quot. 1854 at sense 2 is from a translation of a Syriac version of Pseudo-Callisthenes Hist. Alexander the Great; in the Syriac the phrase translated means lit. ‘bird of the (date) palms’, playing on the two senses of Hellenistic Greek ϕοῖνιξ phoenix (compare phoenix n.¹, phoenix n.² and etymological note s.v. Phoenician n. and adj.). Quot. 1959 at sense 2 is quoting the standard edition of this text: see E. A. W. Budge Hist. Alexander the Great (1889) 101.

Now rare.

1. A bird nesting in or frequenting palm trees; spec. any of several West African weaver birds of the genus Ploceus.

ΚΠ

1850 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 20 94 Birds [in Vai, a language of the West coast of Africa]..Palm bird, kó si a.

1859 S. G. Goodrich Illustr. Nat. Hist. Animal Kingdom II. 217 The Purple Parrot, P[sittacus]pennanti..—called Palm-Bird by dealers..; native of Australia.

1860 C. W. Thomas Adventures & Observ. on West Coast Afr. vi. 87 In the palm trees overhead, palm-birds, of bright yellow and black plumage, were chattering around their ingeniously-wrought nests, which swung from the branches.

1917 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 16 304 Among the Weavers are various sorts of Yellow Weavers, commonly called ‘Palm-birds’.

2. = phoenix n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > types of mythical bird > phoenix

phoenixOE

Arabian bird1596

bird of wonder1611

phoenicle1711

fum1820

palm-bird1854

1854 J. Perkins in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 4 396 In that place there was a bird on a tree which had no leaves or fruit... On its head was something like the rays of the sun. They called it the palm-bird.

1872 Catholic World Aug. 610/1 The phœnix or palm-bird occurs as a symbol of immortality, and was graven on the tomb of Maximus by order of St. Cecilia.

1894 H. D. Rawnsley Idylls & Lyrics of Nile 20 (note) The Bennu bird, Palm bird, or Phoenix, sacred to Ra, was said to raise itself to life at the end of every 500 years.

1959 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 22 10 The encounter with the ‘“palm bird” (phoenix)’..precedes the relation of the ascent upon a high mountain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palm-bird
释义	palm-birdn. Brit. /ˈpɑːmbəːd/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)mˌbərd/, West African English /ˈpamˌbɛd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palm n.¹, bird n. Etymology: < palm n.¹ + bird n.In sense 1 perhaps after a West African language: compare Izon l?ịdụụ̀ Ploceus, the first element of which means ‘oil-palm tree’. Quot. 1854 at sense 2 is from a translation of a Syriac version of Pseudo-Callisthenes Hist. Alexander the Great; in the Syriac the phrase translated means lit. ‘bird of the (date) palms’, playing on the two senses of Hellenistic Greek ϕοῖνιξ phoenix (compare phoenix n.¹, phoenix n.² and etymological note s.v. Phoenician n. and adj.). Quot. 1959 at sense 2 is quoting the standard edition of this text: see E. A. W. Budge Hist. Alexander the Great (1889) 101. Now rare. 1. A bird nesting in or frequenting palm trees; spec. any of several West African weaver birds of the genus Ploceus. ΚΠ 1850 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 20 94 Birds [in Vai, a language of the West coast of Africa]..Palm bird, kó si a. 1859 S. G. Goodrich Illustr. Nat. Hist. Animal Kingdom II. 217 The Purple Parrot, P[sittacus]pennanti..—called Palm-Bird by dealers..; native of Australia. 1860 C. W. Thomas Adventures & Observ. on West Coast Afr. vi. 87 In the palm trees overhead, palm-birds, of bright yellow and black plumage, were chattering around their ingeniously-wrought nests, which swung from the branches. 1917 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 16 304 Among the Weavers are various sorts of Yellow Weavers, commonly called ‘Palm-birds’. 2. = phoenix n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > types of mythical bird > phoenix phoenixOE Arabian bird1596 bird of wonder1611 phoenicle1711 fum1820 palm-bird1854 1854 J. Perkins in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 4 396 In that place there was a bird on a tree which had no leaves or fruit... On its head was something like the rays of the sun. They called it the palm-bird. 1872 Catholic World Aug. 610/1 The phœnix or palm-bird occurs as a symbol of immortality, and was graven on the tomb of Maximus by order of St. Cecilia. 1894 H. D. Rawnsley Idylls & Lyrics of Nile 20 (note) The Bennu bird, Palm bird, or Phoenix, sacred to Ra, was said to raise itself to life at the end of every 500 years. 1959 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 22 10 The encounter with the ‘“palm bird” (phoenix)’..precedes the relation of the ascent upon a high mountain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850
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