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单词 portiuncle
释义

portiunclen.

Forms: 1700s portiuncle; Scottish pre-1700 porciunkle, pre-1700 porciwnkyll.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin portiuncula.
Etymology: < classical Latin portiuncula very small part < portiōn- , portiō portion n. + -uncula -uncle suffix. Compare French portioncule small portion (c1600; now rare; also as †portiuncule (1692)).
Obsolete.
a. Scottish. A small portion of land. Cf. pendicle n. 1.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a piece of land > small
portiuncle1470
poffle1488
1470 Burgh Recs. Prestwick 7 May (Maitland Club) 2 Efftir þe lyntht of þe said porciunkle of lande.
1470 Burgh Recs. Prestwick 7 May (Maitland Club) 4 A porciunkle of commoun land, paiand ȝerli at sanct Nicholas dai ijd to sainct Nicholas lycht in þe said kirk.
1514 in J. Fullarton Rec. Burgh Prestwick (1834) 46 Johne Tailȝour..gaif heretabill stait & sesyn of ane porciwnkyll of land..to Johne Martyn.
b. gen. A small piece of anything.
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1731 Second High-German Physician Pref. 2 Bestowing a Portiuncle or two of Praise upon the Author.
1767 F. Geach Observ. Endemial Colic Devonshire 37 Cyder, allowing it to have sometimes a portiuncle of lead dissolved in it, could not [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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