wigeonn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪdʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S.

/ˈwɪdʒ(ə)n/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, wigeons.

Forms: 1500s wegion, 1500s wegionnes (plural), 1500s wegyon, 1500s wygeon, 1500s–1600s widgen, 1500s–1600s widgin, 1500s–1600s wigen, 1500s–1600s wigion, 1500s– wigeon, 1600s widgeing, 1600s widgine, 1600s widging, 1600s widgion, 1600s widgon, 1600s– widgeon.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Origin uncertain.Perhaps ultimately of imitative origin (compare whew n.¹, whewer n.), perhaps with an arbitrary extension. The form appears to suggest a French origin (compare pigeon n.), but French forms are first attested significantly later than the English word: compare †vigeon kind of West Indian duck (1667), †vingeon kind of duck observed in Madagascar (1690), kind of West Indian duck (1767 or earlier), Eurasian wigeon (Buffon 1783, also as †gingeon ), American wigeon (J. Latham 1785), and it is even possible that the French word was borrowed < English. It has also been suggested that French †vigeon is a direct descendant of an assumed classical Latin *vīpiō kind of crane (attributed to Pliny), with the phonological development seen in pigeon n., although the attested classical Latin form is vibiō (with variant readings viviō , bibiō ; attested only in Pliny; of unknown origin). Compare ( < Latin) Italian bibbio kind of crane (a1562 with direct reference to Pliny), also Italian regional (Tuscany and northern) bibbio , bibbo Eurasian wigeon (also in central Italy in sense ‘seagull’). With sense 2 compare earlier wigeon v.

a. Any of several freshwater dabbling ducks (genus Anas) having mainly reddish-brown and grey plumage, the breeding male of which has green patches on the wings or head, spec. A. penelope of Europe and northern Asia, A. americana of North America, and A. sibilatrix of southern South America; such ducks collectively. Also with distinguishing word.The three species of wigeon were placed in the former genus Mareca, and are currently placed in the subgenus of the same name.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas penelope (Eurasian widgeon)

wigeon1508

winder1542

atteal1600

smeath1622

smee1668

whistling duck1699

whima1705

white-face1709

poacher1888

1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. B.ii^v In the seconde course..chekyns pygyons teeles wegyons mallardes.

1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶iv^v At my Lord Maiors dinner they say he would put vp a widgen for his supper.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xvi. 170 Great numbers of wilde-duckes and wigens.

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xii. 107 Teales and Widgins..commonly..are very fat and sweet of taste.

1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland ii. 75 Wigeon and Teal also are said to be in great plenty here.

1778 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) i. 7 Put only pepper and salt into wild-ducks, easterlings, wigeon, teal, and all other sort of wild fowl, with gravy in the dish.

1788 Encycl. Brit. I. 662/1 The American wigeon..is rather bigger than our wigeon.

1849 H. L. Meÿer Coloured Illustr. Brit. Birds VI. 111 Wigeon. Mareca penelope.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly III. v. 75 This bountiful and beneficent land, flowing over with broiled bluefish, Carolina widgeon, marrow squash, and Lima beans.

1886 R. Payne-Gallwey Bk. Duck Decoys 17 A Decoy..by means of which wildfowl, such as Wigeon, Mallard, and Teal, are caught alive.

1901 Shooting Times 22 June 21/2 On Lough Neagh, the wigeon is known as the ‘grass-wigeon’ or the ‘grass-duck’. This may be due to its habit of feeding on the grassy sward along the shores.

1946 Murrelet 27 15/2 A European widgeon was again seen in the same lagoon in the Park as last year.

1993 Times 3 Apr. (Food & Drink section) 4/4 My local butcher..is someone from whom you can order things like widgeon and teal.

2009 C. McCarthy Trekking Patagonian Andes (Lonely Planet) 49/2 At times trekkers may sight..native ducks like the red shoveller..and the Chiloé wigeon.

b. Any of various other wild ducks, spec. a diving duck of the genus Aythya. Also with distinguishing word. Cf. pochard n., scaup n.kite-tailed wigeon, pied wigeon, red-headed wigeon, sea wigeon, spoon-billed wigeon, vare wigeon, whistling widgeon: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya americana (red(-)head)

pochard1552

wigeon1668

redhead1709

pochard duck1829

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya ferina (pochard)

pochard1552

dunbird1587

smeath1622

red-headed wigeon1668

smee1668

wigeon1668

gold head1704

dun cur1802

redhead1816

red-headed pochard1824

pochard duck1829

smee-duck1862

well plum1862

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Melanitta > melanitta fusca

wigeon1668

velvet-duck1678

velvet scoter1843

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > wild

mallard1314

wild duck1538

pond duck1678

flapper1747

paddler1882

wigeon1885

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 100 Boscas Mergens, the Diving Widgeon; in Norfolcia, the Smee.

1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands II. 255 Anas Ferina.., A-teal, Pochard, Great-headed Widgeon.

1853 Graham's Mag. Feb. 133/2 By the Ojibwa Indians..it [sc. Fuligula bimaculata] is known as the ‘Big Widgeon’—a most inappropriate name, as..it bears no earthly resemblance to the proper widgeon.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 155 In Shropshire every species of wild duck, with the exception of Anas boscas, is called wigeon.

1901 Shooting Times 22 June 21/2 The pochard is distinguished by the name of the..‘stone wigeon’.

1921 H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira xxii. 214 The future of the Widgeon or Scaup (Fuligula Novæ Zealandiæ) is less easy to forecast.

1980 C. Allison Hunter's Man. Austral. & N.Z. 115 The beautiful Pink-ear is known in some places as the Zebra or Widgeon or even Pink-eye.

2005 P. Fullagar in J. Kear Ducks, Geese & Swans II. 655/1 Hardhead Aythya australis... Other names: Australian White-eyed Pochard,..Widgeon,..Coppertop.

2. A foolish or stupid person; a simpleton. archaic and rare in later use.With allusion to the supposed stupidity of the bird; cf. goose n. 1f, gull n.³ 1, pigeon n. 6a, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun]

boinarda1300

daffc1325

goky1377

nicea1393

unwiseman1400

totc1425

alphinc1440

dawc1500

hoddypeak1500

dawpatea1529

hoddypolla1529

noddy1534

kimec1535

coxcomb1542

sheep1542

sheep's head1542

goose1547

dawcock1556

nodgecock1566

peak-goosea1568

hottie tottie?c1570

Tom Towly1582

wittol1588

goose-cap1589

nodgecomb1592

ninny1593

chicken1600

fopdoodle16..

hoddy-noddy1600

hoddy-doddy1601

peagoose1606

fopster1607

nazold1607

nupson1607

wigeon1607

fondrel1613

simpleton1639

pigwidgeon1640

simpletonian1652

Tony1654

nizy1673

Simple Simon?1673

Tom Farthing1674

totty-head1680

cockcomb1684

cod1699

nikin1699

sap-pate1699

simpkin1699

mackninnya1706

gilly-gaupus?1719

noodle1720

sapskull1735

gobbin?1746

Judy1781

zanya1784

spoony1795

sap-head1798

spoon1799

gomerel1814

sap1815

neddy1818

milestone1819

sunket1823

sunketa1825

gawp1825

gawpy1825

gawpus1826

Tomnoddy1826

Sammy1828

tammie norie1828

Tommy1828

gom1834

noodlehead1835

nowmun1854

gum-sucker1855

flat-head1862

peggy1869

noodledum1883

jay1884

toot1888

peanut head1891

simp1903

sappyhead1922

Arkie1927

putz1928

steamer1932

jerk-off1939

drongo1942

galah1945

Charley1946

nong-nong1959

mouth-breather1979

twonk1981

1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage sig. E What say you to this young Gent. He is the widgen that wee must feed vpon.

1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 93 'Till the Widgeon is Caught, and his Pocket empty.

1741 S. A. Laval Compend. Hist. Reformation IV. ii. 985 Those poor silly Widgeons, which they could convert.

1790 Orig. Misc. Poems 160 The arch gamester..Changes the cards, or cogs the die; Eases the booby of his care, and laughs to see the widgeon stare.

a1802 J. Strutt Queenhoo-hall (1808) III. iv. i. 234 Out upon you for a widgeon, dost think he plays at bo-peep in a pancake?

1979 J. Smith Flowers of Eden vii. 93 If one of you must imagine yourself in love with the little widgeon, it had better be Aldous.

1992 J. Beverley Unwilling Bride xi. 161 Am I supposed to believe you to be naive little widgeon?

Compounds

†C1. Appositive and parasynthetic (in sense 2). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1621 R. Brathwait Times Curtaine Drawne sig. G3^v Here lies a Widgin-lord, a foot-cloth Asse.

1648 Mercurius Elencticus No. 34. 267 That sneaking widgeon-faced Spurstoe, and such others of their Fraternity, as have shoveld up huge heaps of Treasure.

C2.

wigeon grass n. (chiefly in form widgeon grass) (originally) a type of seagrass growing along the coastlines of North America and Eurasia, Zostera marina (family Zosteraceae), having long, grass-like leaves; (in later use) a widespread salt-tolerant aquatic plant growing in brackish waters, Ruppia maritima (family Ruppiaceae), having thin, thread-like leaves; cf. wigeon weed n. Z. marina and R. maritima are important sources of food for many species of waterfowl.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > grass-wrack

sweet-grass1577

grass wrack1633

grass weed1658

eel-grass1790

zostera1819

sea-wrack grass1836

sea-grass1857–8

wigeon grass1857

wigeon weed1893

zos-grass1937

1857 Nat. Hist. Rev. 4 51 During winter they [sc. widgeon] feed on the zostera, called by the peasantry widgeon-grass.

1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Widgeon-grass. Zostera marina, L.

1953 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 7 June 9/2 We plan to plant Ruppia, commonly known as widgeon-grass.

2000 D. Winegar Longstreet Highroad Guide Chesapeake Bay 12 Wigeon grass (Ruppia maritima) tolerates very brackish water and eelgrass (Zostera marina) can live in pure seawater.

wigeon weed n. U.S. (chiefly in form widgeon weed) = wigeon grass n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > grass-wrack

sweet-grass1577

grass wrack1633

grass weed1658

eel-grass1790

zostera1819

sea-wrack grass1836

sea-grass1857–8

wigeon grass1857

wigeon weed1893

zos-grass1937

1893 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 24 Dec. 4/6 They [sc. carp and catfish] are..eating the ‘widgeon’ weed, and otherwise consuming the food which formerly attracted large numbers of wild fowl to this region.

1912 ‘G. Thorne’ Great Acceptance x The whole of the ‘mud’ was covered with the marsh zostera, or widgeon-weed.

1988 New Denver Airport Environmental Assessment (City & County Denver) II. 5 Ruppia maritima. Widgeon weed.

2003 San Mateo (Calif.) County Times (Nexis) 2 Oct. After 40 years, Widgeon weed and algae grew dense enough to snag boats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	wigeon
释义	wigeonn. Brit. /ˈwɪdʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈwɪdʒ(ə)n/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, wigeons. Forms: 1500s wegion, 1500s wegionnes (plural), 1500s wegyon, 1500s wygeon, 1500s–1600s widgen, 1500s–1600s widgin, 1500s–1600s wigen, 1500s–1600s wigion, 1500s– wigeon, 1600s widgeing, 1600s widgine, 1600s widging, 1600s widgion, 1600s widgon, 1600s– widgeon. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Origin uncertain.Perhaps ultimately of imitative origin (compare whew n.¹, whewer n.), perhaps with an arbitrary extension. The form appears to suggest a French origin (compare pigeon n.), but French forms are first attested significantly later than the English word: compare †vigeon kind of West Indian duck (1667), †vingeon kind of duck observed in Madagascar (1690), kind of West Indian duck (1767 or earlier), Eurasian wigeon (Buffon 1783, also as †gingeon ), American wigeon (J. Latham 1785), and it is even possible that the French word was borrowed < English. It has also been suggested that French †vigeon is a direct descendant of an assumed classical Latin *vīpiō kind of crane (attributed to Pliny), with the phonological development seen in pigeon n., although the attested classical Latin form is vibiō (with variant readings viviō , bibiō ; attested only in Pliny; of unknown origin). Compare ( < Latin) Italian bibbio kind of crane (a1562 with direct reference to Pliny), also Italian regional (Tuscany and northern) bibbio , bibbo Eurasian wigeon (also in central Italy in sense ‘seagull’). With sense 2 compare earlier wigeon v. 1. a. Any of several freshwater dabbling ducks (genus Anas) having mainly reddish-brown and grey plumage, the breeding male of which has green patches on the wings or head, spec. A. penelope of Europe and northern Asia, A. americana of North America, and A. sibilatrix of southern South America; such ducks collectively. Also with distinguishing word.The three species of wigeon were placed in the former genus Mareca, and are currently placed in the subgenus of the same name. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas penelope (Eurasian widgeon) wigeon1508 winder1542 atteal1600 smeath1622 smee1668 whistling duck1699 whima1705 white-face1709 poacher1888 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. B.ii^v In the seconde course..chekyns pygyons teeles wegyons mallardes. 1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶iv^v At my Lord Maiors dinner they say he would put vp a widgen for his supper. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xvi. 170 Great numbers of wilde-duckes and wigens. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xii. 107 Teales and Widgins..commonly..are very fat and sweet of taste. 1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland ii. 75 Wigeon and Teal also are said to be in great plenty here. 1778 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) i. 7 Put only pepper and salt into wild-ducks, easterlings, wigeon, teal, and all other sort of wild fowl, with gravy in the dish. 1788 Encycl. Brit. I. 662/1 The American wigeon..is rather bigger than our wigeon. 1849 H. L. Meÿer Coloured Illustr. Brit. Birds VI. 111 Wigeon. Mareca penelope. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly III. v. 75 This bountiful and beneficent land, flowing over with broiled bluefish, Carolina widgeon, marrow squash, and Lima beans. 1886 R. Payne-Gallwey Bk. Duck Decoys 17 A Decoy..by means of which wildfowl, such as Wigeon, Mallard, and Teal, are caught alive. 1901 Shooting Times 22 June 21/2 On Lough Neagh, the wigeon is known as the ‘grass-wigeon’ or the ‘grass-duck’. This may be due to its habit of feeding on the grassy sward along the shores. 1946 Murrelet 27 15/2 A European widgeon was again seen in the same lagoon in the Park as last year. 1993 Times 3 Apr. (Food & Drink section) 4/4 My local butcher..is someone from whom you can order things like widgeon and teal. 2009 C. McCarthy Trekking Patagonian Andes (Lonely Planet) 49/2 At times trekkers may sight..native ducks like the red shoveller..and the Chiloé wigeon. b. Any of various other wild ducks, spec. a diving duck of the genus Aythya. Also with distinguishing word. Cf. pochard n., scaup n.kite-tailed wigeon, pied wigeon, red-headed wigeon, sea wigeon, spoon-billed wigeon, vare wigeon, whistling widgeon: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya americana (red(-)head) pochard1552 wigeon1668 redhead1709 pochard duck1829 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya ferina (pochard) pochard1552 dunbird1587 smeath1622 red-headed wigeon1668 smee1668 wigeon1668 gold head1704 dun cur1802 redhead1816 red-headed pochard1824 pochard duck1829 smee-duck1862 well plum1862 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Melanitta > melanitta fusca wigeon1668 velvet-duck1678 velvet scoter1843 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > wild mallard1314 wild duck1538 pond duck1678 flapper1747 paddler1882 wigeon1885 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 100 Boscas Mergens, the Diving Widgeon; in Norfolcia, the Smee. 1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands II. 255 Anas Ferina.., A-teal, Pochard, Great-headed Widgeon. 1853 Graham's Mag. Feb. 133/2 By the Ojibwa Indians..it [sc. Fuligula bimaculata] is known as the ‘Big Widgeon’—a most inappropriate name, as..it bears no earthly resemblance to the proper widgeon. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 155 In Shropshire every species of wild duck, with the exception of Anas boscas, is called wigeon. 1901 Shooting Times 22 June 21/2 The pochard is distinguished by the name of the..‘stone wigeon’. 1921 H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira xxii. 214 The future of the Widgeon or Scaup (Fuligula Novæ Zealandiæ) is less easy to forecast. 1980 C. Allison Hunter's Man. Austral. & N.Z. 115 The beautiful Pink-ear is known in some places as the Zebra or Widgeon or even Pink-eye. 2005 P. Fullagar in J. Kear Ducks, Geese & Swans II. 655/1 Hardhead Aythya australis... Other names: Australian White-eyed Pochard,..Widgeon,..Coppertop. 2. A foolish or stupid person; a simpleton. archaic and rare in later use.With allusion to the supposed stupidity of the bird; cf. goose n. 1f, gull n.³ 1, pigeon n. 6a, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun] boinarda1300 daffc1325 goky1377 nicea1393 unwiseman1400 totc1425 alphinc1440 dawc1500 hoddypeak1500 dawpatea1529 hoddypolla1529 noddy1534 kimec1535 coxcomb1542 sheep1542 sheep's head1542 goose1547 dawcock1556 nodgecock1566 peak-goosea1568 hottie tottie?c1570 Tom Towly1582 wittol1588 goose-cap1589 nodgecomb1592 ninny1593 chicken1600 fopdoodle16.. hoddy-noddy1600 hoddy-doddy1601 peagoose1606 fopster1607 nazold1607 nupson1607 wigeon1607 fondrel1613 simpleton1639 pigwidgeon1640 simpletonian1652 Tony1654 nizy1673 Simple Simon?1673 Tom Farthing1674 totty-head1680 cockcomb1684 cod1699 nikin1699 sap-pate1699 simpkin1699 mackninnya1706 gilly-gaupus?1719 noodle1720 sapskull1735 gobbin?1746 Judy1781 zanya1784 spoony1795 sap-head1798 spoon1799 gomerel1814 sap1815 neddy1818 milestone1819 sunket1823 sunketa1825 gawp1825 gawpy1825 gawpus1826 Tomnoddy1826 Sammy1828 tammie norie1828 Tommy1828 gom1834 noodlehead1835 nowmun1854 gum-sucker1855 flat-head1862 peggy1869 noodledum1883 jay1884 toot1888 peanut head1891 simp1903 sappyhead1922 Arkie1927 putz1928 steamer1932 jerk-off1939 drongo1942 galah1945 Charley1946 nong-nong1959 mouth-breather1979 twonk1981 1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage sig. E What say you to this young Gent. He is the widgen that wee must feed vpon. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 93 'Till the Widgeon is Caught, and his Pocket empty. 1741 S. A. Laval Compend. Hist. Reformation IV. ii. 985 Those poor silly Widgeons, which they could convert. 1790 Orig. Misc. Poems 160 The arch gamester..Changes the cards, or cogs the die; Eases the booby of his care, and laughs to see the widgeon stare. a1802 J. Strutt Queenhoo-hall (1808) III. iv. i. 234 Out upon you for a widgeon, dost think he plays at bo-peep in a pancake? 1979 J. Smith Flowers of Eden vii. 93 If one of you must imagine yourself in love with the little widgeon, it had better be Aldous. 1992 J. Beverley Unwilling Bride xi. 161 Am I supposed to believe you to be naive little widgeon? Compounds †C1. Appositive and parasynthetic (in sense 2). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1621 R. Brathwait Times Curtaine Drawne sig. G3^v Here lies a Widgin-lord, a foot-cloth Asse. 1648 Mercurius Elencticus No. 34. 267 That sneaking widgeon-faced Spurstoe, and such others of their Fraternity, as have shoveld up huge heaps of Treasure. C2. wigeon grass n. (chiefly in form widgeon grass) (originally) a type of seagrass growing along the coastlines of North America and Eurasia, Zostera marina (family Zosteraceae), having long, grass-like leaves; (in later use) a widespread salt-tolerant aquatic plant growing in brackish waters, Ruppia maritima (family Ruppiaceae), having thin, thread-like leaves; cf. wigeon weed n. Z. marina and R. maritima are important sources of food for many species of waterfowl. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > grass-wrack sweet-grass1577 grass wrack1633 grass weed1658 eel-grass1790 zostera1819 sea-wrack grass1836 sea-grass1857–8 wigeon grass1857 wigeon weed1893 zos-grass1937 1857 Nat. Hist. Rev. 4 51 During winter they [sc. widgeon] feed on the zostera, called by the peasantry widgeon-grass. 1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Widgeon-grass. Zostera marina, L. 1953 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 7 June 9/2 We plan to plant Ruppia, commonly known as widgeon-grass. 2000 D. Winegar Longstreet Highroad Guide Chesapeake Bay 12 Wigeon grass (Ruppia maritima) tolerates very brackish water and eelgrass (Zostera marina) can live in pure seawater. wigeon weed n. U.S. (chiefly in form widgeon weed) = wigeon grass n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > grass-wrack sweet-grass1577 grass wrack1633 grass weed1658 eel-grass1790 zostera1819 sea-wrack grass1836 sea-grass1857–8 wigeon grass1857 wigeon weed1893 zos-grass1937 1893 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 24 Dec. 4/6 They [sc. carp and catfish] are..eating the ‘widgeon’ weed, and otherwise consuming the food which formerly attracted large numbers of wild fowl to this region. 1912 ‘G. Thorne’ Great Acceptance x The whole of the ‘mud’ was covered with the marsh zostera, or widgeon-weed. 1988 New Denver Airport Environmental Assessment (City & County Denver) II. 5 Ruppia maritima. Widgeon weed. 2003 San Mateo (Calif.) County Times (Nexis) 2 Oct. After 40 years, Widgeon weed and algae grew dense enough to snag boats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † wigeonv. Forms: 1500s widgen. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: wigeon n. Etymology: < wigeon n., punningly after gull v.³ Compare slightly later wigeon n. 2. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make a fool of, to fool. Cf. wigeon n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)] belirtOE bitruflea1250 begab1297 bobc1320 bedaffc1386 befool1393 mock1440 triflea1450 glaik?a1513 bedawa1529 fond?1529 allude1535 gulla1550 dolt1553 dor1570 poop1575 colt1579 foolify1581 assot1583 noddify1583 begecka1586 elude1594 wigeona1595 fool1598 noddy1600 fop1602 begull1605 waddle1606 woodcockize1611 bemocka1616 greasea1625 noddypoop1640 truff1657 bubble1668 cully1676 coaxc1679 dupe1704 to play off1712 noodle1769 idiotize1775 oxify1804 tomfool1835 sammyfoozle1837 trail1847 pipe lay1848 pigwidgeon1852 green1853 con1896 rib1912 shuck1959 a1595 A. Munday et al. Bk. Sir Thomas More (1911) 10 Let them gull me, widgen me, rooke me, foppe me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1508v.a1595
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wigeonn.

Compounds

† wigeonv.