marotten.

Brit.

/maˈrɒt/, U.S.

/məˈrɑt/

Forms: 1600s marrot, 1800s– marotte.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French marotte.

Etymology: < French marotte object of a ridiculous and exaggerated affection (1639), foolish idea (1618), jester's staff bearing a head with multicoloured belled cap (c1470 in Middle French), image of the Virgin Mary (1468 in Middle French) < Marie , the name of the Virgin Mary (see Mary n.¹) + -ot -ot suffix (compare marionette n.). With the phrase to crown with a marotte, compare French coiffer d'une marotte (c1620).The semantic development in Middle French from ‘image of the Virgin Mary’ to ‘jester's staff’ is surprising, and cannot be explained with any certainty: it may take as its starting point the use of the word in the context of mystery plays, thence being transferred to puppet theatre and to the puppets themselves (compare marionette n.); the term may thus have come to be used for the puppet head on a fool's sceptre. However, this explanation cannot be accepted with any certainty. The pretended etymology in quot. 1611 at sense 1 is < the name of Clément Marot , French poet (see Marotic adj.).

1. A short staff carried by a fool or jester as a mock emblem of office; = bauble n. 7. Now historical. †to crown with a marotte: to make a fool of (obsolete).In quot. 1611 the explanation is meant derisively.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester's bauble

baublea1393

marotte1611

1611 R. Philips in T. Coryate Crudities sig. c7^v Thee of the Marrot worthy doe we deeme. [Margin] That is, the Lawrell, so called from one Marrot a French Poet.

1612 J. Taylor Laugh & be Fat 13 They crowne thee with a Marrot, or a Mard.

1831 Encycl. Americana VII. 198/2 The bawble (marotte) was a short stick, terminated with a fool's head, or with that of a doll or puppet.

1840 W. H. Ainsworth Tower of London ii. xiv This last shaft likewise hit its mark, though Jane [sc. the Fool] endeavoured to ward it off with her marotte.

1863 Archaeol. Jrnl. June 181 The head of a fool's marotte or bauble, of brass, with a long peaked hood attached.

1910 W. W. Skeat in Trans. Philol. Soc. 361 It seems to me possible that the original fleuret was a wooden sword to be classed with the fool's bauble or marotte.

1979 Renaissance Q. 32 335 Holbein stresses the traditional costume of the fool in his portrayals of Folly, emphasizing especially the marotte or bauble-puppet and the mirror.

1988–9 18th-cent. Stud. 22 172 Color figures prominently in the painting otherwise in the red curtain and diagonally opposite it, the red suit of the seated fool with his marotte.

2001 Medieval Archaeol. 45 173 The face is reminiscent of later medieval marotte-heads as used by fools and jesters.

2. A pet notion, a craze.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > idea

worm?a1534

frenzy1632

twist1811

fad1834

fantod1839

crank1848

marotte1852

faddity1892

1852 Earl of Malmesbury Mem. Ex-Minister (1884) I. 324 To be Emperor has been his [sc. Louis Napoleon's] marotte since he was twenty years old.

1935 R. W. Seton-Watson Disraeli, Gladstone, & Eastern Question viii. 338 This ‘marotte’ of Derby, as Shuvalov very aptly called it, undoubtedly influenced other members of the Cabinet.

1978 W. M. Spackman Armful of Warm Girl 8 And all your darling little marottes..like the peacocks. And great-grandfather's stone poets you were going to have scoured.

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

单词	marotte
释义	marotten. Brit. /maˈrɒt/, U.S. /məˈrɑt/ Forms: 1600s marrot, 1800s– marotte. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French marotte. Etymology: < French marotte object of a ridiculous and exaggerated affection (1639), foolish idea (1618), jester's staff bearing a head with multicoloured belled cap (c1470 in Middle French), image of the Virgin Mary (1468 in Middle French) < Marie , the name of the Virgin Mary (see Mary n.¹) + -ot -ot suffix (compare marionette n.). With the phrase to crown with a marotte, compare French coiffer d'une marotte (c1620).The semantic development in Middle French from ‘image of the Virgin Mary’ to ‘jester's staff’ is surprising, and cannot be explained with any certainty: it may take as its starting point the use of the word in the context of mystery plays, thence being transferred to puppet theatre and to the puppets themselves (compare marionette n.); the term may thus have come to be used for the puppet head on a fool's sceptre. However, this explanation cannot be accepted with any certainty. The pretended etymology in quot. 1611 at sense 1 is < the name of Clément Marot , French poet (see Marotic adj.). 1. A short staff carried by a fool or jester as a mock emblem of office; = bauble n. 7. Now historical. †to crown with a marotte: to make a fool of (obsolete).In quot. 1611 the explanation is meant derisively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester's bauble baublea1393 marotte1611 1611 R. Philips in T. Coryate Crudities sig. c7^v Thee of the Marrot worthy doe we deeme. [Margin] That is, the Lawrell, so called from one Marrot a French Poet. 1612 J. Taylor Laugh & be Fat 13 They crowne thee with a Marrot, or a Mard. 1831 Encycl. Americana VII. 198/2 The bawble (marotte) was a short stick, terminated with a fool's head, or with that of a doll or puppet. 1840 W. H. Ainsworth Tower of London ii. xiv This last shaft likewise hit its mark, though Jane [sc. the Fool] endeavoured to ward it off with her marotte. 1863 Archaeol. Jrnl. June 181 The head of a fool's marotte or bauble, of brass, with a long peaked hood attached. 1910 W. W. Skeat in Trans. Philol. Soc. 361 It seems to me possible that the original fleuret was a wooden sword to be classed with the fool's bauble or marotte. 1979 Renaissance Q. 32 335 Holbein stresses the traditional costume of the fool in his portrayals of Folly, emphasizing especially the marotte or bauble-puppet and the mirror. 1988–9 18th-cent. Stud. 22 172 Color figures prominently in the painting otherwise in the red curtain and diagonally opposite it, the red suit of the seated fool with his marotte. 2001 Medieval Archaeol. 45 173 The face is reminiscent of later medieval marotte-heads as used by fools and jesters. 2. A pet notion, a craze. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > idea worm?a1534 frenzy1632 twist1811 fad1834 fantod1839 crank1848 marotte1852 faddity1892 1852 Earl of Malmesbury Mem. Ex-Minister (1884) I. 324 To be Emperor has been his [sc. Louis Napoleon's] marotte since he was twenty years old. 1935 R. W. Seton-Watson Disraeli, Gladstone, & Eastern Question viii. 338 This ‘marotte’ of Derby, as Shuvalov very aptly called it, undoubtedly influenced other members of the Cabinet. 1978 W. M. Spackman Armful of Warm Girl 8 And all your darling little marottes..like the peacocks. And great-grandfather's stone poets you were going to have scoured. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1611
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