St Johnn.

Brit.

/s(ə)nt ˈdʒɒn/, U.S.

/ˌseɪn(t) ˈdʒɑn/

Forms: see saint adj. and n. and John n.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name St John.

Etymology: < the name of St John (see note at John n.).On the motivation for use in sense 1 see St John's-wort n. In sense 2 probably similarly so called because the fruits of the earliest varieties are ripe near to the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist on 24 June. Most uses in English are after early modern German johannisbeere (16th cent.; German Johannisbeere ), also johannis drubelin, johannis treiblein (15th cent.). With use in sense 3 compare discussion at Solomon's seal n. With use in sense 4 compare note at locust n. In senses 5 and 6 perhaps ultimately so called because St John the Baptist was invoked against epilepsy.

1. St John's grass n. now historical and rare = St John's-wort n. 1.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Guttiferae (St. John's wort and allies) > [noun]

velderudea1300

grace of God?c1400

floure jonett1423

St John's-wort?a1425

St. Peter's wort1526

hypericum1538

St John's grass1538

johnswort1710

scare-devil1751

orange grass1811

pineweed1814

nit-weed1818

guttifer1846

rose of Sharon1849

amber1861

goatweed1915

Klamath weed1922

1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Hypericon Uulgus appellat Saynt Iohns gyrs.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 433 S. Iohns woort, or S. Iohns grasse.

1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 243 Square S. Johns grasse, Ascyron, or square S. Johns-wort.

1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants II. 633 Hypericum perforatum... St. John's wort. St. John's grass.

2003 J. Sanders Secrets Wildflowers 209 Other names include amber, devil's scourge, goatweed,..St. John's grass, [etc.].

2. St John's berry n. now rare †(a) the fruit of barberry, Berberis vulgaris (obsolete rare); (b) (the fruit of) a currant or gooseberry (genus Ribes).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > gooseberry

gooseberry?1533

groser1548

St John's berry1561

dewberry1578

thorn-grape1578

feaberry1597

pearl gooseberry1688

wineberry1703

dayberry1736

honey-blob1746

blobc1750

groset1786

goosegog1823

Worcesterberry1923

golden berry1930

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > barberry

bulberiea1450

barberry1541

St John's berry1561

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > currants

St John's berry1561

currant1578

redcurrant1620

squinancy berry1782

garnet-berry1863

blackcurrant1895

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > barberry bush

barbarync1400

barberryc1420

berbera1500

pipperidge1538

St John's berry1561

barberry-bush1578

bearberry1625

barberry-tree1813

berberid1847

jaundice-berry1858

agarita1891

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 22^v S. Ihons berries called in Latine Berberis, slake thyrste [G. Sanct Johannis treiblein leschenn den durst].

1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. sig. *iiij Of medicines that are cold and drye in the seconde degre. Berberes, Flewurt called in Latin Psillium,..Ribes or saint Iohns berries.

1662 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis xiii. 22/1 The riberry bush (bastard currant-tree) S. Johns berries [L. ribes, S. Johannis baccas].

1898 Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 539/1 Fox Talbot says this is St. John's berry, being ripe about St. John's Day.

1903 Q. Jrnl. Proc. (Columbus Hort. Soc.) Dec. 131 Ribes rubrum, is also called St. John's berry, and the apple of paradise is also known as St. John's apple.

1949 G. J. Mannering in R. S. Harris & K. V. Thimann Vitamins & Hormones VII. 212 Factor J was described by Euler et al...as a material in fruit, especially St. John's berries, which protects guinea pigs agains pneumococcal infections.

1982 R. A. de Groot Wines Calif. iii. 66 When the hill began to be cleared, it was found to be covered by wild black-currant bushes, called Johannisbeeren, ‘St. John's berries’, in German, so the hill was named Johannisberg.

†3. St John's seal n. Obsolete rare a plant of the genus Polygonatum; = Solomon's seal n. 1.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > Solomon's seal or star of Bethlehem

whitewort?c1400

Solomon's seal1543

dog's onion1548

white root1548

ornithogalum1562

Our Lady's cowslip1565

St John's seal1567

star of Bethlehem1573

ornithogal1578

field onion1582

Polygonatum1597

star of Bethlehem1629

Ladder to Heaven1640

Star of Naples1722

smilacina1808

seal-wort1837

lady's seal1870

peep of day1882

morning star1890

chinkerinchee1926

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 61 Saint Iohnes seale, of Ruellius Salomons seale: of Monardus, Saint Maries seale.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 100 Solomons Seal, of some called St. Johns Seal..is a long stalk bowing towards the top, set with single leaves one above another.

4. St John's bread n. [after early modern German sanct Johans brodt, and variants (14th cent.)] a fruit of the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua (cf. locust n. 5a); (more fully St John's bread tree, †St John's bread's tree) the tree itself.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > carob

carob1548

St John's bread1568

locust1597

carat1601

algarroba1671

locust bean1731

1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 20 The leafe is lyke unto Carobe, or saint Johannis breadis tre.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxiv. 740 The fruite also may called Carobbes, and Carob beane coddes, or S. Iohn's bread.

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1241 This of some is called S. Iohns bread, and thought to be that which is translated Locusts, whereon S. Iohn did feed.

1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 243 S. Johns bread, Ceratonia, Carabe.

1853 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 14 Oct. 571/2 Pure butyric acid is required, and this is obtained most readily and in greatest quantity, by the fermentation of sugar, or of St. John's bread.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 170/1 They..slip off a glove to grab a succulent slice of dill pickle, or munch a pod of leathery, sweetish Saint John's bread.

2003 N. Barr Flashback 105 St. John's bread trees with their thick crowns and twisted limbs took the place of the grove of palms.

5. St John's disease n. [after Middle French mal de S. Iean (1568 or earlier), mal saint Jean (see St John's evil n.)] now historical and rare = epilepsy n.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > fit or stroke > epilepsy

brothfallc1175

foul evila1398

the falling evila1400

falling gouta1400

land-evilc1440

falling sickness1485

epilency1495

falling-ill1561

comitial fit1562

St John's disease1574

epilepsy1578

falling disease1580

St John's evil1605

epilepse1804

sacred malady-

1574 G. Fenton tr. J. Talpin Forme Christian Pollicie iii. xii.168 This proueth that there is no better meane to cure saith Epilepsia (commonly called S. Iohns disease [Fr. mal de S. Iean]) nor other counterfeyte diseases in such deceytful beggars, but eyther to whip or to hang them.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xii. 57 To preserue one from the falling sicknes, otherwise called saint Iohns disease [Fr. le mal sainct Iean].

1871 J. Althaus Dis. Nerv. Syst. vi. 222 It [sc. epilepsy] is also known by the synonyms falling sickness, morbus divus,..St. Valentine's and St. John's disease.

1994 E. Cohen in A. Manning & J. Serpell Animals & Human Soc. iv. 67 He was the patron of epileptics, those who suffered from ‘Saint John's disease’.

6. St John's evil n. [after Middle French mal saint Jean (13th cent. in Old French), mal de S. Iean (see St John's disease n.)] now historical and rare = St John's disease n. at sense 5.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > fit or stroke > epilepsy

brothfallc1175

foul evila1398

the falling evila1400

falling gouta1400

land-evilc1440

falling sickness1485

epilency1495

falling-ill1561

comitial fit1562

St John's disease1574

epilepsy1578

falling disease1580

St John's evil1605

epilepse1804

sacred malady-

1605 Z. Jones tr. P. le Loyer Treat. Specters x. f. 102 It betokeneth some great and notable evill to ensue, as an Apoplexie, and Epilepsie; or the disease called Saint Iohns Evill [Fr. mal sainct Iean].

1754 W. Sewel Guide Low-Dutch Lang. 33/1 What is the Epilepsy (or St Johns evil), and its malady?

2009 R. J. Campbell Psychiatric Dict. (ed. 9) 341/2 Among the many older terms for epilepsy are..St. Valentine's disease, St. John's evil, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	st john
释义	St Johnn. Brit. /s(ə)nt ˈdʒɒn/, U.S. /ˌseɪn(t) ˈdʒɑn/ Forms: see saint adj. and n. and John n. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name St John. Etymology: < the name of St John (see note at John n.).On the motivation for use in sense 1 see St John's-wort n. In sense 2 probably similarly so called because the fruits of the earliest varieties are ripe near to the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist on 24 June. Most uses in English are after early modern German johannisbeere (16th cent.; German Johannisbeere ), also johannis drubelin, johannis treiblein (15th cent.). With use in sense 3 compare discussion at Solomon's seal n. With use in sense 4 compare note at locust n. In senses 5 and 6 perhaps ultimately so called because St John the Baptist was invoked against epilepsy. 1. St John's grass n. now historical and rare = St John's-wort n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Guttiferae (St. John's wort and allies) > [noun] velderudea1300 grace of God?c1400 floure jonett1423 St John's-wort?a1425 St. Peter's wort1526 hypericum1538 St John's grass1538 johnswort1710 scare-devil1751 orange grass1811 pineweed1814 nit-weed1818 guttifer1846 rose of Sharon1849 amber1861 goatweed1915 Klamath weed1922 1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Hypericon Uulgus appellat Saynt Iohns gyrs. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 433 S. Iohns woort, or S. Iohns grasse. 1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 243 Square S. Johns grasse, Ascyron, or square S. Johns-wort. 1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants II. 633 Hypericum perforatum... St. John's wort. St. John's grass. 2003 J. Sanders Secrets Wildflowers 209 Other names include amber, devil's scourge, goatweed,..St. John's grass, [etc.]. 2. St John's berry n. now rare †(a) the fruit of barberry, Berberis vulgaris (obsolete rare); (b) (the fruit of) a currant or gooseberry (genus Ribes). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > gooseberry gooseberry?1533 groser1548 St John's berry1561 dewberry1578 thorn-grape1578 feaberry1597 pearl gooseberry1688 wineberry1703 dayberry1736 honey-blob1746 blobc1750 groset1786 goosegog1823 Worcesterberry1923 golden berry1930 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > barberry bulberiea1450 barberry1541 St John's berry1561 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > currants St John's berry1561 currant1578 redcurrant1620 squinancy berry1782 garnet-berry1863 blackcurrant1895 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > barberry bush barbarync1400 barberryc1420 berbera1500 pipperidge1538 St John's berry1561 barberry-bush1578 bearberry1625 barberry-tree1813 berberid1847 jaundice-berry1858 agarita1891 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 22^v S. Ihons berries called in Latine Berberis, slake thyrste [G. Sanct Johannis treiblein leschenn den durst]. 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. sig. iiij Of medicines that are cold and drye in the seconde degre. Berberes, Flewurt called in Latin Psillium,..Ribes or saint Iohns berries. 1662 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis* xiii. 22/1 The riberry bush (bastard currant-tree) S. Johns berries [L. ribes, S. Johannis baccas]. 1898 Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 539/1 Fox Talbot says this is St. John's berry, being ripe about St. John's Day. 1903 Q. Jrnl. Proc. (Columbus Hort. Soc.) Dec. 131 Ribes rubrum, is also called St. John's berry, and the apple of paradise is also known as St. John's apple. 1949 G. J. Mannering in R. S. Harris & K. V. Thimann Vitamins & Hormones VII. 212 Factor J was described by Euler et al...as a material in fruit, especially St. John's berries, which protects guinea pigs agains pneumococcal infections. 1982 R. A. de Groot Wines Calif. iii. 66 When the hill began to be cleared, it was found to be covered by wild black-currant bushes, called Johannisbeeren, ‘St. John's berries’, in German, so the hill was named Johannisberg. †3. St John's seal n. Obsolete rare a plant of the genus Polygonatum; = Solomon's seal n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > Solomon's seal or star of Bethlehem whitewort?c1400 Solomon's seal1543 dog's onion1548 white root1548 ornithogalum1562 Our Lady's cowslip1565 St John's seal1567 star of Bethlehem1573 ornithogal1578 field onion1582 Polygonatum1597 star of Bethlehem1629 Ladder to Heaven1640 Star of Naples1722 smilacina1808 seal-wort1837 lady's seal1870 peep of day1882 morning star1890 chinkerinchee1926 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 61 Saint Iohnes seale, of Ruellius Salomons seale: of Monardus, Saint Maries seale. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 100 Solomons Seal, of some called St. Johns Seal..is a long stalk bowing towards the top, set with single leaves one above another. 4. St John's bread n. [after early modern German sanct Johans brodt, and variants (14th cent.)] a fruit of the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua (cf. locust n. 5a); (more fully St John's bread tree, †St John's bread's tree) the tree itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > carob carob1548 St John's bread1568 locust1597 carat1601 algarroba1671 locust bean1731 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 20 The leafe is lyke unto Carobe, or saint Johannis breadis tre. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxiv. 740 The fruite also may called Carobbes, and Carob beane coddes, or S. Iohn's bread. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1241 This of some is called S. Iohns bread, and thought to be that which is translated Locusts, whereon S. Iohn did feed. 1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 243 S. Johns bread, Ceratonia, Carabe. 1853 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 14 Oct. 571/2 Pure butyric acid is required, and this is obtained most readily and in greatest quantity, by the fermentation of sugar, or of St. John's bread. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 170/1 They..slip off a glove to grab a succulent slice of dill pickle, or munch a pod of leathery, sweetish Saint John's bread. 2003 N. Barr Flashback 105 St. John's bread trees with their thick crowns and twisted limbs took the place of the grove of palms. 5. St John's disease n. [after Middle French mal de S. Iean (1568 or earlier), mal saint Jean (see St John's evil n.)] now historical and rare = epilepsy n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > fit or stroke > epilepsy brothfallc1175 foul evila1398 the falling evila1400 falling gouta1400 land-evilc1440 falling sickness1485 epilency1495 falling-ill1561 comitial fit1562 St John's disease1574 epilepsy1578 falling disease1580 St John's evil1605 epilepse1804 sacred malady- 1574 G. Fenton tr. J. Talpin Forme Christian Pollicie iii. xii.168 This proueth that there is no better meane to cure saith Epilepsia (commonly called S. Iohns disease [Fr. mal de S. Iean]) nor other counterfeyte diseases in such deceytful beggars, but eyther to whip or to hang them. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xii. 57 To preserue one from the falling sicknes, otherwise called saint Iohns disease [Fr. le mal sainct Iean]. 1871 J. Althaus Dis. Nerv. Syst. vi. 222 It [sc. epilepsy] is also known by the synonyms falling sickness, morbus divus,..St. Valentine's and St. John's disease. 1994 E. Cohen in A. Manning & J. Serpell Animals & Human Soc. iv. 67 He was the patron of epileptics, those who suffered from ‘Saint John's disease’. 6. St John's evil n. [after Middle French mal saint Jean (13th cent. in Old French), mal de S. Iean (see St John's disease n.)] now historical and rare = St John's disease n. at sense 5. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > fit or stroke > epilepsy brothfallc1175 foul evila1398 the falling evila1400 falling gouta1400 land-evilc1440 falling sickness1485 epilency1495 falling-ill1561 comitial fit1562 St John's disease1574 epilepsy1578 falling disease1580 St John's evil1605 epilepse1804 sacred malady- 1605 Z. Jones tr. P. le Loyer Treat. Specters x. f. 102 It betokeneth some great and notable evill to ensue, as an Apoplexie, and Epilepsie; or the disease called Saint Iohns Evill [Fr. mal sainct Iean]. 1754 W. Sewel Guide Low-Dutch Lang. 33/1 What is the Epilepsy (or St Johns evil), and its malady? 2009 R. J. Campbell Psychiatric Dict. (ed. 9) 341/2 Among the many older terms for epilepsy are..St. Valentine's disease, St. John's evil, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1538
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