† mache-comb. form

Forms: 1500s–1600s mache-, 1600s mach- (before a vowel), 1600s masche-.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Perhaps partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Perhaps partly formed within English, by back-formation. Etymons: Machiavel n.; English Machiavillain , Machiavellian n.

Etymology: Perhaps partly shortened < Machiavel n. (see etymological note at that entry), and partly a back-formation < Machiavillain, obsolete variant of Machiavellian n., perhaps also with a play on match adj.The second element of the form Maschevalent in quots. 1600 , 1609 is after malevolent adj.; the second element of the form Mach-Aretine in quot. 1612 is < the name of Pietro Aretino, Italian writer (1492–1556), whose Sonetti lussuriosi (1524) were notorious for the indecency of their text and of the illustrations by Giulio Romano with which they were circulated.

Obsolete.

Forming nouns and adjectives referring to the unscrupulous scheming attributed in the 16th and 17th centuries to Machiavelli and his followers (see Machiavel n.).

ΚΠ

1587 Earl of Leicester Let. in H. Brugmans Correspondentie van R. Dudley (1931) 249 Therefore I take this to be brede in the bosome of some machelike athest or villaine.

1600 R. Logan Let. in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. i. 285 The maschevalent massakering of owr deirest frendis.

1606 T. Palmer Ess. Meanes to make Trauailes more Profitable ii. 44 The machediuell of euill policies and practises.

1609 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 421/1 Maschevalent.

1611 J. Davies Scourge Folly 240 A villaine vile..Hight Mach-euill that euill none can match.

1612 J. Sylvester Lacrymæ Lacrymarum sig. Bi All Epicures, Witt-wantons, Atheists, Mach-Aretines, Momes, Tap-To-Bacconists.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mache-
释义	† mache-comb. form Forms: 1500s–1600s mache-, 1600s mach- (before a vowel), 1600s masche-. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Perhaps partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Perhaps partly formed within English, by back-formation. Etymons: Machiavel n.; English Machiavillain , Machiavellian n. Etymology: Perhaps partly shortened < Machiavel n. (see etymological note at that entry), and partly a back-formation < Machiavillain, obsolete variant of Machiavellian n., perhaps also with a play on match adj.The second element of the form Maschevalent in quots. 1600 , 1609 is after malevolent adj.; the second element of the form Mach-Aretine in quot. 1612 is < the name of Pietro Aretino, Italian writer (1492–1556), whose Sonetti lussuriosi (1524) were notorious for the indecency of their text and of the illustrations by Giulio Romano with which they were circulated. Obsolete. Forming nouns and adjectives referring to the unscrupulous scheming attributed in the 16th and 17th centuries to Machiavelli and his followers (see Machiavel n.). ΚΠ 1587 Earl of Leicester Let. in H. Brugmans Correspondentie van R. Dudley (1931) 249 Therefore I take this to be brede in the bosome of some machelike athest or villaine. 1600 R. Logan Let. in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. i. 285 The maschevalent massakering of owr deirest frendis. 1606 T. Palmer Ess. Meanes to make Trauailes more Profitable ii. 44 The machediuell of euill policies and practises. 1609 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 421/1 Maschevalent. 1611 J. Davies Scourge Folly 240 A villaine vile..Hight Mach-euill that euill none can match. 1612 J. Sylvester Lacrymæ Lacrymarum sig. Bi All Epicures, Witt-wantons, Atheists, Mach-Aretines, Momes, Tap-To-Bacconists. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < comb. form1587
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