green-peakn.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːnpiːk/, U.S.

/ˈɡrinˈpik/

Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and peak n.² and adj.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on an Italian lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: green adj., peak n.²

Etymology: Apparently < green adj. + peak n.², as a (mistaken) etymologizing calque on either Italian picchio verde (apparently earliest in quot. 1598; < picchio (13th cent.; reflecting a diminutive formation < classical Latin pīcus : see pie n.¹) + verde green: see vert n.¹) or Middle French, French pivert (early 16th cent.; probably 15th cent. in surnames; also in plural as picz vers (1509); compare also the form in quot. 1611; < pic (see pie n.¹) + vert green: see vert n.¹).

Now English regional (Lincolnshire).

The green woodpecker, Picus viridis.In quot. 1731: a green South African woodpecker (not otherwise identified).

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker) > picus viridis (green woodpecker)

rain-fowl1440

woodwall1490

speight1513

hickwall?1533

rainbird1544

woodspite1555

green-peak1598

yaffingale1609

pick-a-tree1615

witwall1668

storm cock1769

nicker-pecker1787

yaffle1792

awl-bird1802

popinjay1802

yaffler1802

dirt-bird1847

yuckle1847

stock eagle1884

nicker1886

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Picchio verde, a birde called a greene peake.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pic verd, the Greene-peake, or ordinarie Woodpecker.

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 159 The Green Peak is a beautiful bird. She is all over green, excepting a red Spot on her Head, and another of the same Colour on her Breast.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Green-peak, a woodpecker. Linc.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 58 Green-peak, the Green Woodpecker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	green-peak
释义	green-peakn. Brit. /ˈɡriːnpiːk/, U.S. /ˈɡrinˈpik/ Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and peak n.² and adj. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on an Italian lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: green adj., peak n.² Etymology: Apparently < green adj. + peak n.², as a (mistaken) etymologizing calque on either Italian picchio verde (apparently earliest in quot. 1598; < picchio (13th cent.; reflecting a diminutive formation < classical Latin pīcus : see pie n.¹) + verde green: see vert n.¹) or Middle French, French pivert (early 16th cent.; probably 15th cent. in surnames; also in plural as picz vers (1509); compare also the form in quot. 1611; < pic (see pie n.¹) + vert green: see vert n.¹). Now English regional (Lincolnshire). The green woodpecker, Picus viridis.In quot. 1731: a green South African woodpecker (not otherwise identified). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker) > picus viridis (green woodpecker) rain-fowl1440 woodwall1490 speight1513 hickwall?1533 rainbird1544 woodspite1555 green-peak1598 yaffingale1609 pick-a-tree1615 witwall1668 storm cock1769 nicker-pecker1787 yaffle1792 awl-bird1802 popinjay1802 yaffler1802 dirt-bird1847 yuckle1847 stock eagle1884 nicker1886 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Picchio verde, a birde called a greene peake. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pic verd, the Greene-peake, or ordinarie Woodpecker. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 159 The Green Peak is a beautiful bird. She is all over green, excepting a red Spot on her Head, and another of the same Colour on her Breast. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Green-peak, a woodpecker. Linc. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 58 Green-peak, the Green Woodpecker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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