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单词 simblic
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simblicadj.

Forms: 1600s simblick.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin simblicus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin simblicus (1634 in the passage translated in quot. 1658) < Hellenistic Greek σίμβλιος or σιμβλήιος of or from a beehive ( < ancient Greek σίμβλος beehive, of unknown origin + -ιος (or -ήιος ), suffix forming adjectives) + post-classical Latin -icus -ic suffix.Compare post-classical Latin simblius, adjective (1560 or earlier).
Obsolete. rare.
Obtained from a beehive.In quot. applied to honey, and possibly intended as a specific designation of honey from Sicily.
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1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) ii. xxix. 1104 Mingled with liquid Pitch and Simblick Honey [L. Simblio melle]; Dioscorides saith Sicilian Honey is called Simblick [L. Simblicum].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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