maikon.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪkoʊ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, (rare) maikos.

Forms: 1800s– maiko, 1800s– meiko.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese maiko.

Etymology: < Japanese maiko dancing girl, spec. (in Kyoto and Osaka areas) apprentice geisha of about thirteen to eighteen years old (1678 or earlier as mahiko) < mahi- (now mai-), combining stem of mafu (now mau) to dance + ko child, girl.

A girl who is being trained to become a geisha.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional > eastern

bayadère1598

geisha1887

maiko1891

gisaeng1894

1891 E. Arnold Seas & Lands xix. 262 You would be wrong to think that any Japanese woman may put on the splendid and showy kimonos borne by the Maiko.

1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia xii. 111 They are but Maiko—geisha so young and untried as to be beneath Japanese consideration.

1938 L. W. Bush & Y. Kagami Japanalia 69/1 Young apprentice geisha are called Maiko in Kyōto and Hangyoku in Tōkyō.

1966 P. S. Buck People of Japan (1968) vii. 93 Young geisha, or maiko, usually dance with some gaiety.

1971 Vogue Dec. 92/1 An apprentice Geisha is a Maiko—a girl usually between seventeen and twenty.

2001 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 13 May 22/1 Fifteen-year-old Harumi, in her second year as a maiko, is ‘as perfect as a china doll’ in full regalia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maiko
释义	maikon. Brit. /ˈmʌɪkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkoʊ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, (rare) maikos. Forms: 1800s– maiko, 1800s– meiko. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese maiko. Etymology: < Japanese maiko dancing girl, spec. (in Kyoto and Osaka areas) apprentice geisha of about thirteen to eighteen years old (1678 or earlier as mahiko) < mahi- (now mai-), combining stem of mafu (now mau) to dance + ko child, girl. A girl who is being trained to become a geisha. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional > eastern bayadère1598 geisha1887 maiko1891 gisaeng1894 1891 E. Arnold Seas & Lands xix. 262 You would be wrong to think that any Japanese woman may put on the splendid and showy kimonos borne by the Maiko. 1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia xii. 111 They are but Maiko—geisha so young and untried as to be beneath Japanese consideration. 1938 L. W. Bush & Y. Kagami Japanalia 69/1 Young apprentice geisha are called Maiko in Kyōto and Hangyoku in Tōkyō. 1966 P. S. Buck People of Japan (1968) vii. 93 Young geisha, or maiko, usually dance with some gaiety. 1971 Vogue Dec. 92/1 An apprentice Geisha is a Maiko—a girl usually between seventeen and twenty. 2001 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 13 May 22/1 Fifteen-year-old Harumi, in her second year as a maiko, is ‘as perfect as a china doll’ in full regalia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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