† pimpernoln.

Forms: Middle English pimpernol, Middle English pimpernoll, Middle English pymperneel, Middle English pympernel, Middle English pympernele, Middle English pympernell, Middle English pympernelle.

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

Etymology: < Old French pimpernel a kind of eel (13th cent. in plural form pimpernaux ; also as pimprenel , (plural) pinperniax ; Middle French, French (now regional (West) and rare) pimperneau ), ultimately of imitative origin (compare note at pimp n.¹), the fish being so named in imitation of its rapid movements. Compare post-classical Latin pimpernellus (1257 in a British source), Middle Dutch pinperneel.Older Scots pimper eel (1612 in an apparently isolated attestation: see Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at that entry) shows an adaptation of the same French word. The word shows considerable formal overlap with pimpernel n., but the two words are not etymologically related.

Obsolete.

A kind of small eel.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > unspecified types

pimpernol1251

shaft-eel1411

kempc1440

snig1483

stub eel15..

fausen1547

shafflin1553

muraena1555

scaffling1589

grig1611

long-fish1611

stone-grig1666

sea-serpent1752

bed-eel1769

sniggle1863

slipper1866

1251 Liberate Roll 35 Hen. III (P.R.O.) 15 Sept. Precipimus tibi quod in balliva tua emas ad opus nostrum x milia anguillarum que vocantur Pimpernoll.

1393 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 215 (MED) Item, pro xx anguillis, lxx s..item, pro xxvj pimpernol, xvj s.

1412 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 580 (MED) [Aliens..bring the various sorts of their eels..some of smaller size, called] pympernele.

1427–8 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1911) K. 70 (MED) [No eels from beyond the sea be exposed for sale until they have been sorted by the Mayor or his deputies into three kinds..the larger kind called] Stobel eel, [the middle called] Shast eel, [and the smaller called] Pympernel.

1481 Petty Customs Acct. in H. S. Cobb Overseas Trade of London (1990) 179 Pympernell.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pimpernol
释义	† pimpernoln. Forms: Middle English pimpernol, Middle English pimpernoll, Middle English pymperneel, Middle English pympernel, Middle English pympernele, Middle English pympernell, Middle English pympernelle. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pimpernel. Etymology: < Old French pimpernel a kind of eel (13th cent. in plural form pimpernaux ; also as pimprenel , (plural) pinperniax ; Middle French, French (now regional (West) and rare) pimperneau ), ultimately of imitative origin (compare note at pimp n.¹), the fish being so named in imitation of its rapid movements. Compare post-classical Latin pimpernellus (1257 in a British source), Middle Dutch pinperneel.Older Scots pimper eel (1612 in an apparently isolated attestation: see Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at that entry) shows an adaptation of the same French word. The word shows considerable formal overlap with pimpernel n., but the two words are not etymologically related. Obsolete. A kind of small eel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > unspecified types pimpernol1251 shaft-eel1411 kempc1440 snig1483 stub eel15.. fausen1547 shafflin1553 muraena1555 scaffling1589 grig1611 long-fish1611 stone-grig1666 sea-serpent1752 bed-eel1769 sniggle1863 slipper1866 1251 Liberate Roll 35 Hen. III (P.R.O.) 15 Sept. Precipimus tibi quod in balliva tua emas ad opus nostrum x milia anguillarum que vocantur Pimpernoll. 1393 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 215 (MED) Item, pro xx anguillis, lxx s..item, pro xxvj pimpernol, xvj s. 1412 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 580 (MED) [Aliens..bring the various sorts of their eels..some of smaller size, called] pympernele. 1427–8 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1911) K. 70 (MED) [No eels from beyond the sea be exposed for sale until they have been sorted by the Mayor or his deputies into three kinds..the larger kind called] Stobel eel, [the middle called] Shast eel, [and the smaller called] Pympernel. 1481 Petty Customs Acct. in H. S. Cobb Overseas Trade of London (1990) 179 Pympernell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1251
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