ringwormn.¹

Brit.

/ˈrɪŋwəːm/, U.S.

/ˈrɪŋˌwərm/

Forms: see ring n.¹ and worm n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.¹, worm n.

Etymology: < ring n.¹ + worm n., so called on account of the circular patches in which it manifests; for the likening of a skin disease to a creeping creature compare serpigo n. and also herpes n. Compare Dutch ringworm (16th cent. in Kiliaan), Norwegian ringorm, Old Swedish, Swedish ringorm, Danish ringorm. With the second element compare also Old Icelandic reformr (showing a first element of uncertain origin) and related forms in other North Germanic languages.With the first element perhaps compare the Old English form bringcadle , denoting a kind of disease, if the palaeographically plausible emendation to *hringcadle is accepted (compare adle n. and the compound circulādl , lit. ‘circle disease’, which may denote the same medical condition):OE Lacnunga (2001) I. lxxx. 70 Wið micclum lice & bringcadle [prob. read hringcadle] wyrce sealfe. Compare also (unrelated) Old English rengwyrm intestinal worm ( < a first element of unknown origin + worm n.):OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) cii. 148 Wið þæt rengwyrmas [?a1200 Harl. 6258B rencgwirmas] ymbe þone nafolan derigen genim þas ylcan wyrte absinthium.., hyt cwelþ þa wyrmas.

1. Fungal infection of the keratinized layer of the skin or of the hair or nails, in some forms manifesting itself as circular patches of inflammation or broken hairs; an instance of this; = tinea n. 1. Also called dermatophytosis.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > ring-worm or favus

achorOE

scalled-head1340

motha1398

tinea1398

serpigoc1400

ringworma1425

scald1561

tetterworm1622

surpeguea1632

serpentine1639

scald head1673

favus1706

honeycomb scall1817

dhobie itch1890

trichophytosis1890

scaly ringworm1898

whitehead1911

athlete's foot1928

a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 642 Cerpigo, regworme [read rengworme].

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 174 (MED) Vnguent of azure, ful proffitable in..serpigine, i. ringworme or tetre.

c1475 Mankind (1969) 630 (MED) I haue a lytyll dyshes..Wyth a runnynge ryngeworme.

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Diij^v The same..is good for the sore called the rynge worme.

1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 659 So superstition crepeth like a ring~worme.

a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) i. iii. §3 To hide the deformity of a Ringworme in his face.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 101 With oile of bayes, it [sc. fat] helps the Scab and Ringwormes.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Serpigo In Medicine, a kind of Herpes, popularly call'd a Tetter or Ring-worm.

1752 tr. R. Russell Diss. Use Sea-Water 145 A Gentleman about Fifty was seiz'd with a scorbutic Erysipelas, or rather with a kind of degenerate Ringworm.

1834 T. J. Graham Mod. Domest. Med. (1844) 661 Shingles..is a variety of ringworm, or tetter, occupying the trunk of the body.

1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iii. 347 When ringworm occurs on the non-hairy skin, it reveals itself first as a slightly raised roundish uniformly erythematous patch.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 124/1 Tinea sycosis, or ringworm affecting the beard, and tinea circinata, or ringworm affecting the body.

1918 M. Gyte Diary 10 Feb. (1999) 162 Our Tom has a very sore ringworm on his neck.

1931 ‘M. J. Farrell’ Mad Puppetstown i. 10 They had caught ringworm in their heads through kissing the calves.

1980 F. Manolson & A. Fraser in K. Thear & A. Fraser Small Farmer's Guide to Raising Livestock & Poultry vii. 189/1 Ringworm is more likely to spread amongst calves that are in poor condition or those that are kept too long in old stabling or in crowded conditions.

2001 Cats June 38/3 Lufenuron has recently been shown to be effective in treating cats who have the fungal infection known as ringworm.

†2. figurative. Obsolete.

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1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 591 A proper ringworm, a doctorlike argument.

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 41 The Idoll is a tempting harlot, the Crosse..a very ring~worme that spreadeth mightilie.

1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 8 I have not inke enough to cure all the Tetters and Ring-worms of the State.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. vii. 67 This Tetter, or spreading Ringworm, cannot be cured..without some Gall in the Ink.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as ringworm fungus, †ringworm porrigo, etc.

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1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 629 The Ring-worm Scall has been known and described under different names, from the Greek writers to our own day.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 633 In the last variety the ringworm porrigo.

1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxvii. 428 (note) Yaws coalescing in the form of a ring are called ringworm yaws.

1917 W. A. Pusey Princ. & Pract. Dermatol. (ed. 3) 779 There is, apparently, a difference in susceptibility to ringworm infection.

1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) xii. 100 The ringworm group.—Microsporon fungus grows freely both within the hair shaft in long chains of mycelial elements and on surface of the hair root.

2005 L. P. Case Dog (ed. 2) xi. 259 Topical medications that contain iodine or the compound chlorhexadine are used to kill the ringworm fungus.

C2.

ringworm bush n. a tropical American leguminous shrub, Senna alata (formerly Cassia alata) (family Caesalpiniaceae ( Leguminosae)), having leaves which have been used as a remedy for various skin conditions including ringworm.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > cassia or senna

senna1543

sene1580

cassia1688

ringworm bush1756

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 224 The Ring-worm Bush... The juice of the leaves or buds is said to cure the ring-worms.

1846 Med. Times Feb. 14/2 There is cassia alata, or ringworm bush... This is a showy plant, with a subherbaceous stem, rising in rich soils to a height of from six to eight feet.

1954 E. W. Eckey Veg. Fats & Oils xv. 480 C[assia] alata is a tropical plant known as the ringworm bush because the juice of its leaves has been used as a ringworm remedy.

1997 Atlanta (Georgia) Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 1 June 6 The nearly 100 species of mostly wild, mostly tropical, legumes—snout beans, velvet beans, ringworm bush and lead tree—..hold the promise of something more tantalizing.

ringworm root n. rare the shrub Rhinacanthus communis (family Acanthaceae), native to India and China, the root and leaves of which have been used as a remedy for ringworm.

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1885 F. M. Bailey Catal. Plants Brisbane Bot. Garden 73 Ringworm-root... The fresh roots and leaves, bruised and mixed with lime-juice, are reckoned a useful remedy in ringworm and other cutaneous affections.

1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 1578/1 R[hinacanthus] communis. Ringworm Root.

ringworm shrub n. now rare = ringworm bush n.

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1812 J. Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. II. 460 C. alata... Ringworm shrub.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands Colonial Names 787 Ringworm-shrub, Cassia alata.

1922 P. C. Standley Trees & Shrubs Mexico (Contrib. U.S. Herbarium Vol. 23, Pt. 2) 410 In Jamaica the plant [sc. Cassia alata] is known as ‘ringworm shrub’. It is a very handsome shrub when in flower.

1992 W. T. Parsons & E. G. Cuthbertson Noxious Weeds Austral. 455 Candle bush... Cassia alata L.... Alternative names: ringworm shrub, yellowtop weed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ringworm
释义	ringwormn.¹ Brit. /ˈrɪŋwəːm/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋˌwərm/ Forms: see ring n.¹ and worm n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.¹, worm n. Etymology: < ring n.¹ + worm n., so called on account of the circular patches in which it manifests; for the likening of a skin disease to a creeping creature compare serpigo n. and also herpes n. Compare Dutch ringworm (16th cent. in Kiliaan), Norwegian ringorm, Old Swedish, Swedish ringorm, Danish ringorm. With the second element compare also Old Icelandic reformr (showing a first element of uncertain origin) and related forms in other North Germanic languages.With the first element perhaps compare the Old English form bringcadle , denoting a kind of disease, if the palaeographically plausible emendation to hringcadle is accepted (compare adle n. and the compound circulādl* , lit. ‘circle disease’, which may denote the same medical condition):OE Lacnunga (2001) I. lxxx. 70 Wið micclum lice & bringcadle [prob. read hringcadle] wyrce sealfe. Compare also (unrelated) Old English rengwyrm intestinal worm ( < a first element of unknown origin + worm n.):OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) cii. 148 Wið þæt rengwyrmas [?a1200 Harl. 6258B rencgwirmas] ymbe þone nafolan derigen genim þas ylcan wyrte absinthium.., hyt cwelþ þa wyrmas. 1. Fungal infection of the keratinized layer of the skin or of the hair or nails, in some forms manifesting itself as circular patches of inflammation or broken hairs; an instance of this; = tinea n. 1. Also called dermatophytosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > ring-worm or favus achorOE scalled-head1340 motha1398 tinea1398 serpigoc1400 ringworma1425 scald1561 tetterworm1622 surpeguea1632 serpentine1639 scald head1673 favus1706 honeycomb scall1817 dhobie itch1890 trichophytosis1890 scaly ringworm1898 whitehead1911 athlete's foot1928 a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 642 Cerpigo, regworme [read rengworme]. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 174 (MED) Vnguent of azure, ful proffitable in..serpigine, i. ringworme or tetre. c1475 Mankind (1969) 630 (MED) I haue a lytyll dyshes..Wyth a runnynge ryngeworme. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Diij^v The same..is good for the sore called the rynge worme. 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 659 So superstition crepeth like a ring~worme. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) i. iii. §3 To hide the deformity of a Ringworme in his face. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 101 With oile of bayes, it [sc. fat] helps the Scab and Ringwormes. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Serpigo In Medicine, a kind of Herpes, popularly call'd a Tetter or Ring-worm. 1752 tr. R. Russell Diss. Use Sea-Water 145 A Gentleman about Fifty was seiz'd with a scorbutic Erysipelas, or rather with a kind of degenerate Ringworm. 1834 T. J. Graham Mod. Domest. Med. (1844) 661 Shingles..is a variety of ringworm, or tetter, occupying the trunk of the body. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iii. 347 When ringworm occurs on the non-hairy skin, it reveals itself first as a slightly raised roundish uniformly erythematous patch. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 124/1 Tinea sycosis, or ringworm affecting the beard, and tinea circinata, or ringworm affecting the body. 1918 M. Gyte Diary 10 Feb. (1999) 162 Our Tom has a very sore ringworm on his neck. 1931 ‘M. J. Farrell’ Mad Puppetstown i. 10 They had caught ringworm in their heads through kissing the calves. 1980 F. Manolson & A. Fraser in K. Thear & A. Fraser Small Farmer's Guide to Raising Livestock & Poultry vii. 189/1 Ringworm is more likely to spread amongst calves that are in poor condition or those that are kept too long in old stabling or in crowded conditions. 2001 Cats June 38/3 Lufenuron has recently been shown to be effective in treating cats who have the fungal infection known as ringworm. †2. figurative. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 591 A proper ringworm, a doctorlike argument. 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 41 The Idoll is a tempting harlot, the Crosse..a very ring~worme that spreadeth mightilie. 1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 8 I have not inke enough to cure all the Tetters and Ring-worms of the State. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. vii. 67 This Tetter, or spreading Ringworm, cannot be cured..without some Gall in the Ink. Compounds C1. General attributive, as ringworm fungus, †ringworm porrigo, etc. ΚΠ 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 629 The Ring-worm Scall has been known and described under different names, from the Greek writers to our own day. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 633 In the last variety the ringworm porrigo. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxvii. 428 (note) Yaws coalescing in the form of a ring are called ringworm yaws. 1917 W. A. Pusey Princ. & Pract. Dermatol. (ed. 3) 779 There is, apparently, a difference in susceptibility to ringworm infection. 1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) xii. 100 The ringworm group.—Microsporon fungus grows freely both within the hair shaft in long chains of mycelial elements and on surface of the hair root. 2005 L. P. Case Dog (ed. 2) xi. 259 Topical medications that contain iodine or the compound chlorhexadine are used to kill the ringworm fungus. C2. ringworm bush n. a tropical American leguminous shrub, Senna alata (formerly Cassia alata) (family Caesalpiniaceae ( Leguminosae)), having leaves which have been used as a remedy for various skin conditions including ringworm. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > cassia or senna senna1543 sene1580 cassia1688 ringworm bush1756 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 224 The Ring-worm Bush... The juice of the leaves or buds is said to cure the ring-worms. 1846 Med. Times Feb. 14/2 There is cassia alata, or ringworm bush... This is a showy plant, with a subherbaceous stem, rising in rich soils to a height of from six to eight feet. 1954 E. W. Eckey Veg. Fats & Oils xv. 480 C[assia] alata is a tropical plant known as the ringworm bush because the juice of its leaves has been used as a ringworm remedy. 1997 Atlanta (Georgia) Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 1 June 6 The nearly 100 species of mostly wild, mostly tropical, legumes—snout beans, velvet beans, ringworm bush and lead tree—..hold the promise of something more tantalizing. ringworm root n. rare the shrub Rhinacanthus communis (family Acanthaceae), native to India and China, the root and leaves of which have been used as a remedy for ringworm. ΚΠ 1885 F. M. Bailey Catal. Plants Brisbane Bot. Garden 73 Ringworm-root... The fresh roots and leaves, bruised and mixed with lime-juice, are reckoned a useful remedy in ringworm and other cutaneous affections. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 1578/1 R[hinacanthus] communis. Ringworm Root. ringworm shrub n. now rare = ringworm bush n. ΚΠ 1812 J. Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. II. 460 C. alata... Ringworm shrub. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands Colonial Names 787 Ringworm-shrub, Cassia alata. 1922 P. C. Standley Trees & Shrubs Mexico (Contrib. U.S. Herbarium Vol. 23, Pt. 2) 410 In Jamaica the plant [sc. Cassia alata] is known as ‘ringworm shrub’. It is a very handsome shrub when in flower. 1992 W. T. Parsons & E. G. Cuthbertson Noxious Weeds Austral. 455 Candle bush... Cassia alata L.... Alternative names: ringworm shrub, yellowtop weed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : ring-wormn.² < n.¹a1425 see also
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