† scindapsen.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin scindapsus; Greek σκινδαψός.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin scindapsus, used as an example of a word without meaning (6th cent.) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek σκινδαψός a thingamabob, a what-d'ye-call-it, already in ancient Greek denoting a musical instrument and a plant resembling ivy (compare scindapsus n.), probably (like many other names of musical instruments) a loanword from an eastern language.

Obsolete. rare.

An imaginary or non-existent thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > something unreal

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module1608

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Scotch mist1647

notional1653

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 211 So might the Sibyls be Scindapses, Counterfaits, Entia rationis, no such creatures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	scindapse
释义	† scindapsen. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin scindapsus; Greek σκινδαψός. Etymology: < post-classical Latin scindapsus, used as an example of a word without meaning (6th cent.) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek σκινδαψός a thingamabob, a what-d'ye-call-it, already in ancient Greek denoting a musical instrument and a plant resembling ivy (compare scindapsus n.), probably (like many other names of musical instruments) a loanword from an eastern language. Obsolete. rare. An imaginary or non-existent thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > something unreal reverie1602 module1608 scindapsea1641 phantasm1642 Scotch mist1647 notional1653 a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 211 So might the Sibyls be Scindapses, Counterfaits, Entia rationis, no such creatures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1641
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