单词 | makdom |
释义 | makdomn. Scottish. Now rare. Perhaps only Orkney. Form, shape; bodily stature or appearance; (in early use frequently in favourable sense) elegant form, shapeliness, comeliness. Also (occasionally) concrete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [noun] featurec1325 making1340 staturec1380 statea1387 bonea1400 figurec1400 makec1425 corpulence1477 corsage1481 makdom1488 mouldc1550 corporature1555 frame1566 dimension1600 limit1608 set1611 timber1612 compact1646 taille1663 fabric1695 moulding1815 physique1826 tournure1827 build1832 form1849 body type1866 body build1907 somatotype1940 size1985 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [noun] shapea1382 shapeliness1388 well-shape?c1430 makdom1488 decentness1561 feature1595 symmetry1601 decency1610 garba1652 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 485 Bathe statur and curage, Maner, makdome, thar fassoun and thar wesage. a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 43 To manifest my makdome to multitude of pepill. 1568 R. Henryson in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 137 This ȝungman..marvellit mekle of his makdome [?a1500 misdome] maid. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie (1870) 65 Be warre ze descryue zour Loues makdome, or her fairnes. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 23868 Without makdome vther of lym or lith. ?a1610 A. Montgomerie Poems (1887) 215 Fair forme, and face angelicall,..Makdome, and proper memberis all Sa perfyte. a1810 J. Finlay in R. Ford Harp Perthshire (1893) 419 Yon stalwart makedom I ken richt weel. 1879 Shetland Times 22 Mar. in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) I wad ken da magdum o' Johnnie as far as I could see him. 1929 in Sc. National Dict. at Makdom I tink I see the magdom o' her against the sky. 1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland II. at Magdom Can du tell me de magdom o' de sheep?.. De boy had de magdom o' his faider. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Magdom, shape... A magdom o' a man, an apology for a man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1488 |
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