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单词 chelidonize
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chelidonizev.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek χελιδονίζειν.
Etymology: < ancient Greek χελιδονίζειν to twitter like a swallow, in Hellenistic Greek also to sing the swallow song, a song performed by boys in ancient Rhodes as a form of begging < χελιδων swallow (see Chelidonian adj.) + -ίζειν -ize suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: cheˈlidonize.
Used by Stainer and Barrett to anglicize Greek χελιδονίζειν to sing the swallow song (done by boys in ancient Rhodes), literally to twitter like a swallow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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