dunnockn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌnək/, U.S.

/ˈdənək/

Forms: late Middle English donek, late Middle English dunoke, 1500s dunock, 1600s dunneck, 1700s– dunnock; English regional 1800s dummic (Somerset), 1800s dunneck (Yorkshire), 1800s dunnic (Somerset), 1800s– dinnick (Devon, in sense 2), 1800s– dunnick (southern).

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dun adj., -ock suffix.

Etymology: Apparently < dun adj. + -ock suffix, so called on account of the dusky brown colour of its plumage. Compare earlier pinnock n.¹ (a).Earlier currency may be implied by place names, as e.g. Donekerigge , Devon (1269; now Dundridge), Dunnockschae , Lancashire (1296; now Dunnockshaw). It is unclear whether the late Middle English form dune not (see the variant reading in quot. 1483) is a transmission error for this word (with final c miscopied as t ) or an isolated example of a similar formation with (or an alteration after) -ot suffix.

1. A small Eurasian passerine bird, Prunella modularis, which is light brown with darker streaks and a grey head and breast; cf. accentor n. 2a.Also called hedge sparrow. The name ‘dunnock’ was regarded as non-scientific until the mid 20th-cent., when it was adopted by British ornithologists in preference to ‘hedge sparrow’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Prunellidae (accentor) > prunella modularis (hedge-sparrow)

haysuggec1000

pinnockc1275

suggec1440

dunnock1483

Philipa1500

hedge sparrow1530

titlingc1550

dikesmowler1611

hedge-chat1821

hedge-accentora1825

shuffle-wing1829

chanter1831

Isaac1834

dicky1877

smoky1889

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 111 A Dunoke [?c1475 BL Add. 15562 Dune not], curuca.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 761/38 Hec lonefa, a donek.

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. ii. 223/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I It may be that some looke for a discourse also of our other foules in this place at my hand, as nightingales, thrushes, blackebirds, mauises, ruddocks, redstarts or dunocks.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Verdon, a Dunneck, Dike-smowler, Hedge-sparrow.

1796 J. Bolton Harmonia Ruralis II. 59 It is known at Halifax by the name, Dunnock.

1824 T. Forster Perennial Cal. 28 The dingie Dunnock, and swart Colemouse.

1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. iv. 74 Hareton has been cast out like an unfledged dunnock.

1926 E. Grey Fallodon Papers ii. 35 I found at one week-end a dunnock's nest with a cuckoo's egg among those that the dunnock had laid.

1949 Ibis 91 692 ‘Hedge-sparrow’ to be replaced by ‘Dunnock’ which is briefer, more accurate and of longer standing.

1986 New Scientist 18 Dec. 36/2 The unobtrusive dunnock is also polyandrous, with two or more males sharing one female.

2003 Independent 19 May 14/2 On the bird-feeders, rush hour is in progress, with finches, tits, dunnocks, woodpeckers and sparrows gathering food.

2. In form dinnick. English regional (Devon). The wryneck, Jynx torquilla. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1850 Notes & Queries 28 Dec. 512/1 Dinnick is the Devonshire name of a small bird, said to follow and feed the cuckoo.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 104 Wryneck..Dinnick (Devon). From its brown plumage.

1903 R. Northcote Bk. Herbs vii. 192 And now every seventh year the plantain becomes a bird, either the Cuckoo or the Cuckoo's servant, the Dinnick.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	dunnock
释义	dunnockn. Brit. /ˈdʌnək/, U.S. /ˈdənək/ Forms: late Middle English donek, late Middle English dunoke, 1500s dunock, 1600s dunneck, 1700s– dunnock; English regional 1800s dummic (Somerset), 1800s dunneck (Yorkshire), 1800s dunnic (Somerset), 1800s– dinnick (Devon, in sense 2), 1800s– dunnick (southern). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dun adj., -ock suffix. Etymology: Apparently < dun adj. + -ock suffix, so called on account of the dusky brown colour of its plumage. Compare earlier pinnock n.¹ (a).Earlier currency may be implied by place names, as e.g. Donekerigge , Devon (1269; now Dundridge), Dunnockschae , Lancashire (1296; now Dunnockshaw). It is unclear whether the late Middle English form dune not (see the variant reading in quot. 1483) is a transmission error for this word (with final c miscopied as t ) or an isolated example of a similar formation with (or an alteration after) -ot suffix. 1. A small Eurasian passerine bird, Prunella modularis, which is light brown with darker streaks and a grey head and breast; cf. accentor n. 2a.Also called hedge sparrow. The name ‘dunnock’ was regarded as non-scientific until the mid 20th-cent., when it was adopted by British ornithologists in preference to ‘hedge sparrow’. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Prunellidae (accentor) > prunella modularis (hedge-sparrow) haysuggec1000 pinnockc1275 suggec1440 dunnock1483 Philipa1500 hedge sparrow1530 titlingc1550 dikesmowler1611 hedge-chat1821 hedge-accentora1825 shuffle-wing1829 chanter1831 Isaac1834 dicky1877 smoky1889 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 111 A Dunoke [?c1475 BL Add. 15562 Dune not], curuca. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 761/38 Hec lonefa, a donek. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. ii. 223/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I It may be that some looke for a discourse also of our other foules in this place at my hand, as nightingales, thrushes, blackebirds, mauises, ruddocks, redstarts or dunocks. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Verdon, a Dunneck, Dike-smowler, Hedge-sparrow. 1796 J. Bolton Harmonia Ruralis II. 59 It is known at Halifax by the name, Dunnock. 1824 T. Forster Perennial Cal. 28 The dingie Dunnock, and swart Colemouse. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. iv. 74 Hareton has been cast out like an unfledged dunnock. 1926 E. Grey Fallodon Papers ii. 35 I found at one week-end a dunnock's nest with a cuckoo's egg among those that the dunnock had laid. 1949 Ibis 91 692 ‘Hedge-sparrow’ to be replaced by ‘Dunnock’ which is briefer, more accurate and of longer standing. 1986 New Scientist 18 Dec. 36/2 The unobtrusive dunnock is also polyandrous, with two or more males sharing one female. 2003 Independent 19 May 14/2 On the bird-feeders, rush hour is in progress, with finches, tits, dunnocks, woodpeckers and sparrows gathering food. 2. In form dinnick. English regional (Devon). The wryneck, Jynx torquilla. Now rare. ΚΠ 1850 Notes & Queries 28 Dec. 512/1 Dinnick is the Devonshire name of a small bird, said to follow and feed the cuckoo. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 104 Wryneck..Dinnick (Devon). From its brown plumage. 1903 R. Northcote Bk. Herbs vii. 192 And now every seventh year the plantain becomes a bird, either the Cuckoo or the Cuckoo's servant, the Dinnick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1483
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