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单词 makdom
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makdomn.

Brit. /ˈmakdəm/, U.S. /ˈmækdəm/, Scottish English /ˈmakdəm/, /ˈmaɡdəm/
Forms: pre-1700 makdome, 1800s– makedom, 1900s– mackdom; Orkney and Shetland 1800s– magdom; Shetland 1800s– magdum, 1900s– makdom.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: make n.2, -dom suffix.
Etymology: Probably < make n.2 + -dom suffix.
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.
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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).
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