单词 | mam |
释义 | mamn.1 British colloquial and regional. 1. One's mother; a mother.Mam is chiefly used as a form of address, or preceded by a possessive (as ‘my mam’); it is also used without possessive (e.g., in quot. 2007) in the manner of a proper name. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] mothereOE dame?c1225 merea1275 childbearera1382 genitricea1500 mammy1523 dama1547 mama1555 genetrix1561 mam1570 mum?1595 old lady1599 authoressc1603 mam1608 genitress1610 old woman1668 old girl1745 mummy1768 momma1810 madre1815 maw1826 ma1829 marm1835 mater1843 mom1846 mommy1846 maternal1867 motherkins1870 muvver1871 mumsy1876 mamacita1887 mutti1905 birth mother1906 duchess1909 amma1913 momsey1914 mums1915 moms1925 mata1945 baby-mother1966 mama1982 old dear1985 baby-mama1986 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 38 Yet cocking Mams, & shifting Dads from schooles, make pregnant wittes to proue vnlearned fooles. ?c1570 Buggbears i. ii, in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Italian (1911) 92 Oh, thies mammes are exigent thier daughters prankes to hide. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 54* When the boy sayes: Mam, where is my dad, when will hee come home? 1592 (?a1425) Chester Plays (BL Add.) (1843) I. 43 I will..Speake with my dadde and mam [1591 Huntington dam and syre] also... Mamme and dadd [1591 Huntington dam and syre] rest you well! 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mammam (the voice of infants), Mam. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 80 Then of this Child hee's Syre and Dam, And it may call him Dad and Mam. 1710 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus 1st Pt. iii. 26 It stroaks Pappa, and beats the Mam. 1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances II. ccxcvii. 285 Has it [sc. a child] a broad, good-humoured Countenance, like Dad; or a lively Eye..and saucy Look, like Mam? 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master Argt. i. 1 The hero of the tale appears, Leaving his dad and mam in tears. 1872 J. Hartley Yorks. Ditties 2nd Ser. 112 Whear is thi' Daddy doy? Whear is thi' mam? 1975 B. Meyrick Behind Light xiv. 178 The Pas spruced up their two-tone shoes..while the Mams fussed. 1987 Times & Star (W. Cumberland) 4 Sept. 2/2 Congratulations mam and dad on your Silver Wedding anniversary. 2007 R. Millward Apples ix. 86 Mam and her dinnerlady pals had done the buffet. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] mothereOE dame?c1225 merea1275 childbearera1382 genitricea1500 mammy1523 dama1547 mama1555 genetrix1561 mam1570 mum?1595 old lady1599 authoressc1603 mam1608 genitress1610 old woman1668 old girl1745 mummy1768 momma1810 madre1815 maw1826 ma1829 marm1835 mater1843 mom1846 mommy1846 maternal1867 motherkins1870 muvver1871 mumsy1876 mamacita1887 mutti1905 birth mother1906 duchess1909 amma1913 momsey1914 mums1915 moms1925 mata1945 baby-mother1966 mama1982 old dear1985 baby-mama1986 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 102 And, smiling sweet, Mam-mam, mam-mam, hee cryes [Fr. crie me a mé me]. CompoundsΚΠ 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 47 The nurse or mother Mampudding..down she sunk to the earth. 1653 R. Carpenter Anabaptist Washt vii. 21 These..Censurers know no other Language than Mam-English, or, their mother tongue. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. xvii The..Unmannerliness of this Mam's Loll. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mamn.2 Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A breast. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [noun] titOE breastOE mammaOE pysea1400 mamellec1450 dug1530 duckya1533 bag1579 pommela1586 mam1611 Milky Way1622 bubby?1660 udder1702 globea1727 fore-buttock1727 tetty1746 breastwork?1760 diddy1788 snows1803 sweets1817 titty1865 pappy1869 Charleys1874 bub1881 breastiec1900 ninny1909 pair1919 boobs1932 boobya1934 fun bag1938 maraca1940 knockers1941 can1946 mammaries1947 bazooms1955 jug1957 melon1957 bosoms1959 Bristols1961 chichi1961 nork1962 puppies1963 rack1968 knob1970 dingleberry1980 jubblies1991 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Mamma A pap, a dug, a mam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021). Mamn.3 1. A member of a people of Mayan extraction inhabiting the western highlands of Guatemala. ΚΠ 1823 J. Baily tr. D. Juarros Statistical & Commerc. Hist. Guatemala ii. xliv. 456 He endeavoured..to throw the odium of rebellion upon the Mams. 1939 A. L. Kroeber Cultural & Natural Areas of Native N. Amer. x. 110 This is the area of the upland nations of the Maya family, the Pokomam, Cakchiquel, Quiche, Mame. 1982 World Christian Encycl. 339/2 Maya Amerindian (13.9% Quiché, 8.5% Cakchiquel, 7.2% Mam [etc.]). 2. The language of the Mams; Mamean. ΚΠ 1823 J. Baily tr. D. Juarros Statistical & Commerc. Hist. Guatemala ii. vi. 198 No one of the kingdoms of the New World has so many different languages as that of Guatemala..Quiche, Kachiquel, Zutugil, Mam. 1923 A. L. Kroeber Anthropology (1948) 794 Highland Maya, of upland Guatemala, speaking languages like Quiché, Cakchiquel and Mam. In architecture, sculpture and science, these Maya were somewhat retarded. 1992 J. M. Watanabe Maya Saints & Souls in Changing World p. xvi Vowels acquire considerable vocal fry, or ‘creaky voice’, another distinctive quality of Mam. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11570n.21611n.31823 |
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