ladybirdn.

Brit.

/ˈleɪdɪbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈleɪdiˌbərd/

Forms: see lady n. and bird n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lady n., bird n.

Etymology: < lady n. + bird n.The semantic development of the word is not entirely clear. In sense 3 perhaps originally reflecting a genitive compound with unmarked first element (see discussion at lady n.), so called on account of the seven spots of the species Coccinella septempunctata, which were popularly supposed to symbolize the seven pains of the Virgin Mary. Similar names of the beetle are widespread in other European languages, compare French regional bête de la vierge (end of the 18th cent. or earlier), Dutch vrouwenbeestje (1766), German regional Frauenhenne , Marienhuhn (also Marienwürmchen ), Swedish regional jungfru Mariae höna , lit. ‘Virgin Mary's hen’ (1790), jungfru Marias gullhöna , lit. ‘Virgin Mary's golden hen’ (1837), etc. Compare earlier ladycow n., cow-lady n. 1, and later ladybug n. It has sometimes been suggested (e.g. by H. Wedgwood Dict. Eng. Etymol. (ed. 2, 1872) at Lady-cow) that sense 3 is a different word, its second element showing folk-etymological alteration (by association with bird n.) of budde n. (perhaps compare also boud n.). However, the use of bird n. to denote a winged insect is plausible semantically, and is supported by the German and Swedish onomasiological parallels cited above.

1. A female sweetheart (frequently as a term of endearment). Also (derogatory): a kept mistress; a lewd or wanton woman; a prostitute. Now rare.

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the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

darlingc888

belamy?c1225

culver?c1225

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jewelc1400

birdc1405

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lovec1405

wantonc1450

mulling?a1475

daisyc1485

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powsowdie?a1513

suckler?a1513

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prawn1895

hon1896

so-and-so1897

cariad1899

pumpkin1900

honey-bun1902

pussums1912

snookums1919

treasure1920

wogger1922

amico1929

sugar1930

baby cake1949

angel cake1951

lamb-chop1962

petal1974

bae2006

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iii. 3 What Lamb, what Ladie bird..Wher's this girle?

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iv. sig. E2 Is that your new Ruffe sweet Lady Bird ?

1656 R. Fletcher Poems in Ex Otio Negotium 176 A cast of Lacquyes, and a Lady-bird.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Lady-birds, Light or Lewd Women.

1703 E. Ward London-Spy Compleat vii. 167 The frightned Lady birds Squeak'd out, open'd the Coach Doors, and leap'd among the throng.

1827 M. R. Mitford Siege 222 Out upon thee! Thou kill a man, my pretty ladybird, My blossom of fourteen!

1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. xiv. 95 Let us come into the town, ladybird, and choose a doll.

1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. N.Y., London & Paris 20 Lady bird. A kept mistress.

1921 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Leader 6 July 8/7 ‘Dear little lady-bird, dear wife of mine’, he murmured as he clasped her closely to him.

†2. A butterfly. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > member of (butterfly)

butterflyeOE

ladybird1598

orange1766

psyche1896

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes 259/3 Parpaglione, a butterflye, a ladie-bird.

3. Any of numerous small, domed beetles of the family Coccinellidae, typically having glossy red, orange, or yellow elytra marked with a number of dark or light spots, and many of which are predators of aphids. In North America usually called ladybug, lady beetle.Many species are named after the characteristic number of spots on their elytra, but there is great intraspecific variation.Australian ladybird: see Australian n. and adj. Compounds.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Coccinellidae > member of (lady-bird)

ladycow1583

golden knop1592

cow-lady1656

ladybird1673

lady-clock1682

lady fly1714

ladybeetle1766

ladybug1787

bishy barnabee1789

coccinella1815

soldier1848

Judycow1855

bishop1875

coccinellid1887

1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 59 A Bishop: The little spotted beetle commonly called the Lady cow, or Lady-bird.

1704 A. van Leeuwenhoek in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1615 Flies, in likeness to Cow-ladies or Lady-birds, as some call 'em.

1779 A. L. Barbauld Lessons for Children 3 Years Old I. 67 Here is a lady-bird upon a leaf. It is red and has black spots. Ah! It has wings.

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. 9 Many years ago, those [sc. banks] of the Humber were so thickly strewed with the common Lady-bird (C. Septempunctata, L.) that [etc.].

1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 170 Encourage lady-birds..which eat or rather suck the aphides.

1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies iii. 275 It alights on our sleeve, and there is a red-backed, white-spotted ‘lady-bird’.

1930 Nature Mag. Mar. 171/2 The majority of the beetles are plant feeders, and some, such as the ladybirds, are very beneficial.

1966 J. Sankey Chalkland Ecol. v. 113 Large populations of several species of aphids were discovered as well as two-spot ladybirds Adalia bipunctata (L.).

2004 Daily Tel. 5 Oct. 6/1 A deadly species of ladybird with the potential to wipe out half of Britain's native species has arrived in the country.

4. The pintail duck, Anas acuta. Now rare.

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

sea-widgeon1624

pintail1674

sea pheasant1674

cracker1678

sprigtail1768

winter duck1775

sprig1844

pin-tailed duck1851

pigtailed winder1864

ladybird1885

smeath1888

smee1888

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 155 Pintail (Dafila acuta)... Also called Cracker, Winter duck, Lady bird (Dublin Bay). From its grace of form.

1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 128 Pintail. Dafila acuta... Winter Duck; Lady-bird; Long-necked Cracker.

1941 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 3 Oct. 17/3 The pintail is also known as a..smee, lady-bird, winter duck, [etc.].

1968 C. E. Jackson Brit. Names of Birds 61 Pintail..lady bird Ire[land].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ladybird
释义	ladybirdn. Brit. /ˈleɪdɪbəːd/, U.S. /ˈleɪdiˌbərd/ Forms: see lady n. and bird n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lady n., bird n. Etymology: < lady n. + bird n.The semantic development of the word is not entirely clear. In sense 3 perhaps originally reflecting a genitive compound with unmarked first element (see discussion at lady n.), so called on account of the seven spots of the species Coccinella septempunctata, which were popularly supposed to symbolize the seven pains of the Virgin Mary. Similar names of the beetle are widespread in other European languages, compare French regional bête de la vierge (end of the 18th cent. or earlier), Dutch vrouwenbeestje (1766), German regional Frauenhenne , Marienhuhn (also Marienwürmchen ), Swedish regional jungfru Mariae höna , lit. ‘Virgin Mary's hen’ (1790), jungfru Marias gullhöna , lit. ‘Virgin Mary's golden hen’ (1837), etc. Compare earlier ladycow n., cow-lady n. 1, and later ladybug n. It has sometimes been suggested (e.g. by H. Wedgwood Dict. Eng. Etymol. (ed. 2, 1872) at Lady-cow) that sense 3 is a different word, its second element showing folk-etymological alteration (by association with bird n.) of budde n. (perhaps compare also boud n.). However, the use of bird n. to denote a winged insect is plausible semantically, and is supported by the German and Swedish onomasiological parallels cited above. 1. A female sweetheart (frequently as a term of endearment). Also (derogatory): a kept mistress; a lewd or wanton woman; a prostitute. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iii. 3 What Lamb, what Ladie bird..Wher's this girle? View more context for this quotation 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iv. sig. E2 Is that your new Ruffe sweet Lady Bird ? View more context for this quotation 1656 R. Fletcher Poems in Ex Otio Negotium 176 A cast of Lacquyes, and a Lady-bird. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Lady-birds, Light or Lewd Women. 1703 E. Ward London-Spy Compleat vii. 167 The frightned Lady birds Squeak'd out, open'd the Coach Doors, and leap'd among the throng. 1827 M. R. Mitford Siege 222 Out upon thee! Thou kill a man, my pretty ladybird, My blossom of fourteen! 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. xiv. 95 Let us come into the town, ladybird, and choose a doll. 1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. N.Y., London & Paris 20 Lady bird. A kept mistress. 1921 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Leader 6 July 8/7 ‘Dear little lady-bird, dear wife of mine’, he murmured as he clasped her closely to him. †2. A butterfly. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > member of (butterfly) butterflyeOE ladybird1598 orange1766 psyche1896 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes 259/3 Parpaglione, a butterflye, a ladie-bird. 3. Any of numerous small, domed beetles of the family Coccinellidae, typically having glossy red, orange, or yellow elytra marked with a number of dark or light spots, and many of which are predators of aphids. In North America usually called ladybug, lady beetle.Many species are named after the characteristic number of spots on their elytra, but there is great intraspecific variation.Australian ladybird: see Australian n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Coccinellidae > member of (lady-bird) ladycow1583 golden knop1592 cow-lady1656 ladybird1673 lady-clock1682 lady fly1714 ladybeetle1766 ladybug1787 bishy barnabee1789 coccinella1815 soldier1848 Judycow1855 bishop1875 coccinellid1887 1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 59 A Bishop: The little spotted beetle commonly called the Lady cow, or Lady-bird. 1704 A. van Leeuwenhoek in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1615 Flies, in likeness to Cow-ladies or Lady-birds, as some call 'em. 1779 A. L. Barbauld Lessons for Children 3 Years Old I. 67 Here is a lady-bird upon a leaf. It is red and has black spots. Ah! It has wings. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. 9 Many years ago, those [sc. banks] of the Humber were so thickly strewed with the common Lady-bird (C. Septempunctata, L.) that [etc.]. 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 170 Encourage lady-birds..which eat or rather suck the aphides. 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies iii. 275 It alights on our sleeve, and there is a red-backed, white-spotted ‘lady-bird’. 1930 Nature Mag. Mar. 171/2 The majority of the beetles are plant feeders, and some, such as the ladybirds, are very beneficial. 1966 J. Sankey Chalkland Ecol. v. 113 Large populations of several species of aphids were discovered as well as two-spot ladybirds Adalia bipunctata (L.). 2004 Daily Tel. 5 Oct. 6/1 A deadly species of ladybird with the potential to wipe out half of Britain's native species has arrived in the country. 4. The pintail duck, Anas acuta. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas acuta (pintail) sea-widgeon1624 pintail1674 sea pheasant1674 cracker1678 sprigtail1768 winter duck1775 sprig1844 pin-tailed duck1851 pigtailed winder1864 ladybird1885 smeath1888 smee1888 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 155 Pintail (Dafila acuta)... Also called Cracker, Winter duck, Lady bird (Dublin Bay). From its grace of form. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 128 Pintail. Dafila acuta... Winter Duck; Lady-bird; Long-necked Cracker. 1941 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 3 Oct. 17/3 The pintail is also known as a..smee, lady-bird, winter duck, [etc.]. 1968 C. E. Jackson Brit. Names of Birds 61 Pintail..lady bird Ire[land]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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