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单词 pishogue
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pishoguen.

Brit. /ˈpɪʃəʊɡ/, U.S. /ˈpɪʃoʊɡ/, Irish English /ˈpɪʃoʊɡ/
Forms:

α. 1800s pishog, 1800s pishoge, 1800s– pishogue, 1900s– piseog, 1900s– pisog.

β. 1800s pisharogue, 1800s– pishrogue, 1800s– pishtrogue, 1800s– pisteroge, 1900s– pisherogue, 1900s– pishrob, 1900s– pishroga, 1900s– pishtrug, 1900s– pistra.

γ. 1900s– pishlag (Irish English (northern)).

Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish piseog.
Etymology: < Irish piseog, pisreog charm, spell, also witchcraft (Early Irish piseóc charm, spell; also Irish piseóga (plural) magic, sorcery (1645)), of unknown origin.
Originally and chiefly Irish English.
1. A spell, incantation, or charm.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > spell
galderOE
lede-runec1000
sigalderc1000
craftOE
lede spelc1275
charma1300
conjurisonc1380
conjurationa1398
incantation1412
saunter1562
blessing1572
fascination1572
spell1579
lot1625
cantation1656
cantion1656
take1678
jynx1693
cantrip1719
pishogue1829
brujería1838
paternoster1880
goofer1887
runea1935
1829 T. C. Croker Legends Lakes I. vi. 115 He had no right to be bringing his ould Irish pishogues (charms) to Rome.
1841 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 269 Now a pishogue is a wise saw, a rural incantation, a charm, a sign, a cabalistic word, a something mysterious signifying a great deal in a little.
1869 P. Kennedy Evenings on Duffrey xxvii. 357 He threw pishrogues on our eyes.
1895 J. Barlow Strangers at Lisconnel viii. 166 Wrought through the agency of ‘some quare ould pishtrogues’.
1901 M. J. F. McCarthy Five Years Ireland (ed. 5) xiv. 155 The talk turned upon ‘pishogues’, or witchcraft and charms.
1998 T. P. Dolan Dict. Hiberno-Eng. (1999) 199/1 She was full of piseogs, like hanging a St Brigid's cross near where she was doing the churning to ward off anyone stealing the butter.
2. A fairy; a witch. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun]
elfOE
elvena1100
spiritc1350
fay1393
fairyc1405
mammeta1425
sprite?1440
lady1538
faerie1579
Robin Goodfellow1588
elfin1590
pigwidgeon1594
pygmy1611
fairess1674
peri1739
spriggan1754
fane1806
glendoveer1810
vila1827
Polong1839
Gandharva1846
elle-maid1850
sheogue1852
hillman1882
elvet1885
pishogue1906
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun]
walkyrieOE
witchOE
hagc1230
strya1300
wise woman1382
sorceressc1384
luller14..
tylyester14..
chantressc1425
magicienne1490
gyre-carline1535
witch-womana1538
eye-biter1584
beldama1586
witch-wife1591
cunning woman1594
saga?a1600
magha1609
magicianess1651
hag-witcha1658
haggard1658
besom-rider1664
wizardess1789
fly-by-night1796
lucky1827
bruja1829
weird-woman1845
hex1856
Baba Yaga1857
pishogue1906
witcher1928
1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 10 Little people, pishogues, leprechauns.
1960 20th Cent. July 51 She had denied it. ‘No, I am not a pishogue.’ Yet she was aware how easily one might become a fairy.
1961 ‘F. O'Brien’ Hard Life ii. 17 Well now, Mrs. Crothy, are these the two pishrogues out of the storm?
3. A folk tale; a story of the supernatural; (hence) an unlikely or unbelievable story.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > legend or folk tale > [noun]
story?1614
legendry1754
legend1765
folk-tale1891
folk-legend1909
pishogue1931
nancy story1974
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > false or foolish
spellc888
triflea1250
truffc1430
tale of a roasted horse1532
fairy story1687
pipe story1890
fairy tale1896
pishogue1931
1835 M. Banim & J. Banim Mayor of Wind-gap I. 70 What pishe-rogue story takes the rounds among ye?]
1931 J. M. Byrnes Paths to Yesterday 121 Sure it's all pisherogues.
1957 E. E. Evans Irish Folk Ways xxi. 296 Most of the pishrogues relate to fairies and to trees, wells and stones.
1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo vii. 175 Wasn't Saint Patrick supposed to have sent them packing when he converted the country? Probably just another pishrogue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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