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单词 almanie
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Almanien.

Brit. /ˈalməni/, U.S. /ˈælməni/, Scottish English /ˈalməni/
Forms: Scottish pre-1700 Almanȝe, pre-1700 Almany, pre-1700 Almonie, pre-1700 1800s– Almanie.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Almany.
Etymology: < Almany, former name of Germany (see note) < post-classical Latin Alamannia , Alemannia (see Almain n.). Compare earlier Almain n.The place name Almany is attested in English contexts from the mid 12th cent. onwards (now rare and historical); variants include the following: eME Alamanie , lME (in a late copy) Almaigny , lME-15 Almanye , lME–16 19– Almany , 15 Almani , 15-16 Almanie . With †High Almany (in quot. 1562) compare †High Germany (see High German n.). Compare:?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1140 Þerefter com þe kinges dohter Henries, þe hefde ben Emperic[e in] Alamanie & nu wæs cuntesse in Angou.c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) l. 5571 Ther wer rotys of Almanye And eke of Arragon and spayne.1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. Ded., in 2nd Pt. Herball I was compelled..to fly into hygh Almany.1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie Gloss. sig. P Mein, a riuer in Almanie.a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) iv. 52 Ambassadours from..Almany.1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 196 The gross virgin who inspired The Merry Wives of Windsor let some meinherr from Almany grope his life long for deephid meanings.Compare also disyllabic forms of the name ( < French) cited at Almain n.
Scottish. Now rare.
attributive. Designating goods originating in Germany.Later only in Almanie whistle: a type of small flageolet originating in Germany.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective]
Germanic1539
German1548
Germanical1560
Almanie1564
Dutchkin1576
Teutonic1647
Almain1665
transrhenanea1727
Germanish1796
Hun1820
Dutchy1862
Kraut1911
Gretchen1913
Boche1914
Hunnish1915
Fritz1919
1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 308 Ane pair of almany stokkis of blak sating.
1574 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 21 Johnne Cowpar..playand upon the almany quhissil.
1575 Edinb. Test. III. f. 363v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Five almonie piktuithis, price of the pece vj d.
1586 Edinb. Test. XV. f. 143, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Thrie ellis of almanȝe bumbasie.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xi. 78 The number of the Almanie whistles.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Almanie Whistle... The name intimates, that whistles of this kind had been originally imported into Scotland from Germany; and that they had been early imported before this country was known by that designation.
1838 W. Dauney Anc. Scotish Melodies Prelim. Diss. 118Almany whistle’ in Scotish is synonymous with ‘German flute’.
1922 Sc. Chapbook Oct. 69 I'm no blamin' Miss West but ye canna play Beethoven on an Almanie whistle!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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