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单词 voteen
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voteenn.

Brit. /vəʊˈtiːn/, U.S. /ˌvoʊˈtin/, Irish English /ˈvʌtʃiːn/
Forms: 1800s votheen, 1800s– voteen, 1900s– vokeen, 1900s– votcheen, 1900s– votyeen.
Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish móidín.
Etymology: < Irish mhóidín, oblique form (pronounced with initial /w/) of móidín devotee, sanctimonious person ( < móid vow (see note) + -ín -een suffix2), probably associated with devotee n. (or related words) by speakers of English.Irish móid goes back to Early Irish móit , bóit < classical Latin vota , plural (reinterpreted as feminine singular) of votum vow: see vote n.1 Variant forms. The forms votcheen and votyeen reflect the palatalized pronunciation of the internal stop in Irish, especially prominent in northern varieties of the language. The form votheen reflects the more usual dental pronunciation of t in Irish English. The origin of the form vokeen is unclear, it may either show a reinterpretation of the palatalized t , or influence from another word (e.g. vocation n.).
Irish English.
A devout or zealously religious person, a devotee. Also (esp. in later use): a sanctimonious or ostentatiously pious person.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [noun] > person
Cananaean1483
votary1576
Canaanite1611
spiritato1613
zealist1614
zelant1624
zeal1631
religionist1651
ecstatic1659
rapturist1665
religioner1808
subject1820
voteen1825
zealator1867
1825 London Lit. Gaz. 17 Dec. 804/1 A woman sold to each pilgrim or voteen a handful of earth, assuring the purchaser that it was the real ashes of the Saint.
1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 29 Up near the altar..you might perceive a voteen repeating some new prayer or choice piece of devotion.
1867 P. Kennedy Banks of Boro xli. 333 He had considered his neighbour a voteen and twaddler.
1993 C. Palmer Renegade Flame vii. 125 Oh, Moira, when will you stop being such a voteen?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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