† tell-loven.

Forms: 1600s tel-love.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: tell- comb. form, love n.¹

Etymology: < tell- comb. form + love n.¹, after Hellenistic Greek τηλέϕιλον or its Byzantine Greek (or earlier) variant δηλέϕιλον.Hellenistic Greek τηλέϕιλον denotes a plant used as a charm by lovers to see whether their love was returned; it derives from ancient Greek τηλε- tele- comb. form + -ϕιλον , neuter of -ϕιλος -phile comb. form, i.e. it alludes to the absence or distance of the loved one. The variant δηλέϕιλον associates the word with ancient Greek δηλοῦν to show (see psychedelic n.), reinterpreting the word as ‘showing love’.

Obsolete. rare.

A poppy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > poppy and allied flowers > poppy

poppyeOE

wild poppya1300

red poppya1400

mecop1480

corn-rose1527

field poppy1597

redweed1609

darnel1612

cockrose?1632

canker1640

tell-love1640

rose poppy1648

erratic poppy1661

corn poppy1671

headwark1691

cop-rose1776

headachea1825

thunderbolt1847

thunder-flower1853

Iceland poppy1870

Greenland poppy1882

1640 E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand Ερωτομανια xxiii. 176 Pagans..were wont to bruise Poppy flowres betwixt their hands, by this meanes thinking to know their Loves: And for this cause Theocritus cals this hearb τηλίϕιλον, quasi δηλίϕιλον, as if we should say, Tel-love [Fr. c'est à dire indique Amour].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tell-love
释义	† tell-loven. Forms: 1600s tel-love. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: tell- comb. form, love n.¹ Etymology: < tell- comb. form + love n.¹, after Hellenistic Greek τηλέϕιλον or its Byzantine Greek (or earlier) variant δηλέϕιλον.Hellenistic Greek τηλέϕιλον denotes a plant used as a charm by lovers to see whether their love was returned; it derives from ancient Greek τηλε- tele- comb. form + -ϕιλον , neuter of -ϕιλος -phile comb. form, i.e. it alludes to the absence or distance of the loved one. The variant δηλέϕιλον associates the word with ancient Greek δηλοῦν to show (see psychedelic n.), reinterpreting the word as ‘showing love’. Obsolete. rare. A poppy. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > poppy and allied flowers > poppy poppyeOE wild poppya1300 red poppya1400 mecop1480 corn-rose1527 field poppy1597 redweed1609 darnel1612 cockrose?1632 canker1640 tell-love1640 rose poppy1648 erratic poppy1661 corn poppy1671 headwark1691 cop-rose1776 headachea1825 thunderbolt1847 thunder-flower1853 Iceland poppy1870 Greenland poppy1882 1640 E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand Ερωτομανια xxiii. 176 Pagans..were wont to bruise Poppy flowres betwixt their hands, by this meanes thinking to know their Loves: And for this cause Theocritus cals this hearb τηλίϕιλον, quasi δηλίϕιλον, as if we should say, Tel-love [Fr. c'est à dire indique Amour]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1640
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