malenginen.

Brit.

/malˈɛndʒᵻn/, U.S.

/mælˈɛndʒɪn/

Forms: Middle English male engynne, Middle English male ingyne, Middle English 1600s malengyn, Middle English–1500s male engyne, Middle English–1500s male-ingine, Middle English–1500s mal engin, Middle English–1500s mal engyn, Middle English–1500s malengyne, Middle English–1500s mal-engyne, Middle English–1500s malingen, Middle English–1500s mallengyne, Middle English–1500s 1900s– malengine, Middle English–1500s 1900s– mal engine, Middle English–1600s male engine, Middle English–1700s 1900s– malengin, 1500s male engigne (transmission error), 1500s male engin (transmission error), 1500s malegyne (transmission error), 1600s mal-engine, 1600s mal-engyn, 1600s–1700s male-engine; also Scottish pre-1700 mailangyn, pre-1700 mail engyne, pre-1700 male engine, pre-1700 male ingine, pre-1700 male ingyne, pre-1700 malengyne, pre-1700 malingyne.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mal engin.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French mal engin deception (13th cent. in Old French), rarely also difficulty, obstruction < mal evil (see mal- prefix) + engin engine n.

Now archaic and poetic.

a. Evil machination, ill intent; fraud, deceit, guile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [noun] > intention of

evil engine?a1300

malenginea1393

male entente1440

false enginea1500

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 344 So mai men knowe hou the florin Was moder ferst of malengin.

1426 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 70 Withoute fraude or male engyne.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 1054 For good love she bade us to dyner and nat for no male engyne.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxviij^v/1 He was a good & an honest marchaunt without fraude or malegyne.

1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 13 By any Manner of Means, Fraud, or Male Engine.

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. vi. 226 Whoe, preventinge his male engine, invaded his bowndes.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc4^v Priefe Of such malengine and fine forgerye.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 473/1 The same in good faith keepe, and without mal-Engyn.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 10 When the Protectors Brother..through private malice and mal-engine was to lose his life.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 315 All Presumption of Fraud and Male-engine ceases through the authority of the Judge.

1958 T. H. White Once & Future King iv. vii. 605 There I shall answer you as a knight should, that hither I came for no manner of mal engine [1958 malengin].

1969 W. H. Auden City without Walls 17 Yes, yes, it has to be said: Men of great damage And malengine took you up.

†b. An enemy, an opposite. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [noun]

witherwinc897

foemaneOE

i-foeOE

withersakec960

fiendc975

foeOE

witherlingc1000

unwine1050

unholda1200

andsetec1200

unfriendc1275

un-i-winec1275

adversaryc1350

enemy1362

hatera1382

evil-willinga1400

fedea1400

contraryc1405

inimi1423

overthwarter?c1450

evil-willer1460

Moabitea1461

heavy friend?1518

Satanas1530

adverse1593

malengine1601

distresser1616

viand1616

hostile1838

unfriendly1973

1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 59 An opinion which is the verie male-engine of all sound diuinitie.

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

单词	malengine
释义	malenginen. Brit. /malˈɛndʒᵻn/, U.S. /mælˈɛndʒɪn/ Forms: Middle English male engynne, Middle English male ingyne, Middle English 1600s malengyn, Middle English–1500s male engyne, Middle English–1500s male-ingine, Middle English–1500s mal engin, Middle English–1500s mal engyn, Middle English–1500s malengyne, Middle English–1500s mal-engyne, Middle English–1500s malingen, Middle English–1500s mallengyne, Middle English–1500s 1900s– malengine, Middle English–1500s 1900s– mal engine, Middle English–1600s male engine, Middle English–1700s 1900s– malengin, 1500s male engigne (transmission error), 1500s male engin (transmission error), 1500s malegyne (transmission error), 1600s mal-engine, 1600s mal-engyn, 1600s–1700s male-engine; also Scottish pre-1700 mailangyn, pre-1700 mail engyne, pre-1700 male engine, pre-1700 male ingine, pre-1700 male ingyne, pre-1700 malengyne, pre-1700 malingyne. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mal engin. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French mal engin deception (13th cent. in Old French), rarely also difficulty, obstruction < mal evil (see mal- prefix) + engin engine n. Now archaic and poetic. a. Evil machination, ill intent; fraud, deceit, guile. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [noun] > intention of evil engine?a1300 malenginea1393 male entente1440 false enginea1500 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 344 So mai men knowe hou the florin Was moder ferst of malengin. 1426 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 70 Withoute fraude or male engyne. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 1054 For good love she bade us to dyner and nat for no male engyne. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxviij^v/1 He was a good & an honest marchaunt without fraude or malegyne. 1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 13 By any Manner of Means, Fraud, or Male Engine. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. vi. 226 Whoe, preventinge his male engine, invaded his bowndes. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc4^v Priefe Of such malengine and fine forgerye. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 473/1 The same in good faith keepe, and without mal-Engyn. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 10 When the Protectors Brother..through private malice and mal-engine was to lose his life. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 315 All Presumption of Fraud and Male-engine ceases through the authority of the Judge. 1958 T. H. White Once & Future King iv. vii. 605 There I shall answer you as a knight should, that hither I came for no manner of mal engine [1958 malengin]. 1969 W. H. Auden City without Walls 17 Yes, yes, it has to be said: Men of great damage And malengine took you up. †b. An enemy, an opposite. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [noun] witherwinc897 foemaneOE i-foeOE withersakec960 fiendc975 foeOE witherlingc1000 unwine1050 unholda1200 andsetec1200 unfriendc1275 un-i-winec1275 adversaryc1350 enemy1362 hatera1382 evil-willinga1400 fedea1400 contraryc1405 inimi1423 overthwarter?c1450 evil-willer1460 Moabitea1461 heavy friend?1518 Satanas1530 adverse1593 malengine1601 distresser1616 viand1616 hostile1838 unfriendly1973 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 59 An opinion which is the verie male-engine of all sound diuinitie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393
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