Mau Maun.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊ maʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊ ˌmaʊ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Mau Maus.

Forms: also with lower-case initial in sense A. 2.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently a name attributed by the public rather than owned by the society. Perhaps < Kikuyu mau-mau, ideophone used to describe voracious devouring; or < Kikuyu uma uma ‘scram! scram!’, with syllable reversal characteristic of children's code; or alteration of Kikuyu (kiama kia) muma ‘(council of the) oath’, a self-appellation of the society; or a contemptuous distortion of the initials of the Kenya African Union, the political voice of African resistance to colonial rule. In sense A. 2 < mau-mau v.

A. n.

1. More fully Mau Mau Association. An African secret society, originating among the Kikuyu and active in the 1950s, which favoured the use of armed resistance to expel European settlers and end British rule in Kenya; a member of this society. Now historical.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > Kenyan politics > specific association

Mau Mau1950

1950 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 16 June A/5 We have arrived at a state of dissatisfaction and insecurity, bitterness and delusion which has given rise to the formation of such societies as the ‘Dini ya Mswambwa’ and the ‘Mau Mau Association’.

1953 Newsweek 6 Apr. 38/3 As the villagers ran from their blazing homes, waiting Mau Maus struck them down with pangas (long knives) and hatchets.

1955 Times 13 July 6/5 Further evidence of the infiltration of Mau Mau into tribes other than the Kikuyu, Embu, and Meru was revealed here to-day.

1971 Sunday Nation (Nairobi) 11 Apr. 12/5 Events beyond human control—famine, Mau Mau, the changing environment.

1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 135 A sweep was going on at the Tana River and on one flank of the sweep there was a large gang of Mau Mau.

2. Always with lower-case initial. The practice of mau-mauing someone; intimidating behaviour (see mau-mau v.). rare.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun]

threatc1000

threating1046

threateningc1290

menacec1300

menacingc1385

shore1487

interminationa1530

minacitya1538

shoring1573

menacement1606

minacy1645

peril1892

Mau Mau1970

mau-mauing1970

1970 T. Wolfe Radical Chic & Mau-mauing Flak Catchers (1971) 148 And it was here that Bill Jackson proved himself to be a brilliant man and a true artist, a rare artist of the mau-mau.

1993 Nation 15 Mar. 355/2 Naison..resorts to a two-bit ‘mau mau’—a claim of special understanding based on his alleged proximity to the pulse of the mean streets.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mau Mau; characterized by harassment or intimidation.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] > threatening punishment or vengeance

comminatory1508

comminative1835

Mau Mau1952

1952 N.Y. Times 26 Oct. i. 3/2 Large groups of natives fled today to lofty mountain hideouts to escape the Government drive..against Mau Mau terrorists, who have sworn death to the white man.

1980 R. Rhodes Last Safari i. i. 5 That was an old Mau Mau trick.

1991 Fly Rod & Reel July 71/3 Radical environmental groups who like to practice what my friend Senator Gary Hart used to call ‘Mau Mau politics’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mau mau
释义	Mau Maun.adj. Brit. /ˈmaʊ maʊ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊ ˌmaʊ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Mau Maus. Forms: also with lower-case initial in sense A. 2. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently a name attributed by the public rather than owned by the society. Perhaps < Kikuyu mau-mau, ideophone used to describe voracious devouring; or < Kikuyu uma uma ‘scram! scram!’, with syllable reversal characteristic of children's code; or alteration of Kikuyu (kiama kia) muma ‘(council of the) oath’, a self-appellation of the society; or a contemptuous distortion of the initials of the Kenya African Union, the political voice of African resistance to colonial rule. In sense A. 2 < mau-mau v. A. n. 1. More fully Mau Mau Association. An African secret society, originating among the Kikuyu and active in the 1950s, which favoured the use of armed resistance to expel European settlers and end British rule in Kenya; a member of this society. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > Kenyan politics > specific association Mau Mau1950 1950 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 16 June A/5 We have arrived at a state of dissatisfaction and insecurity, bitterness and delusion which has given rise to the formation of such societies as the ‘Dini ya Mswambwa’ and the ‘Mau Mau Association’. 1953 Newsweek 6 Apr. 38/3 As the villagers ran from their blazing homes, waiting Mau Maus struck them down with pangas (long knives) and hatchets. 1955 Times 13 July 6/5 Further evidence of the infiltration of Mau Mau into tribes other than the Kikuyu, Embu, and Meru was revealed here to-day. 1971 Sunday Nation (Nairobi) 11 Apr. 12/5 Events beyond human control—famine, Mau Mau, the changing environment. 1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 135 A sweep was going on at the Tana River and on one flank of the sweep there was a large gang of Mau Mau. 2. Always with lower-case initial. The practice of mau-mauing someone; intimidating behaviour (see mau-mau v.). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] threatc1000 threating1046 threateningc1290 menacec1300 menacingc1385 shore1487 interminationa1530 minacitya1538 shoring1573 menacement1606 minacy1645 peril1892 Mau Mau1970 mau-mauing1970 1970 T. Wolfe Radical Chic & Mau-mauing Flak Catchers (1971) 148 And it was here that Bill Jackson proved himself to be a brilliant man and a true artist, a rare artist of the mau-mau. 1993 Nation 15 Mar. 355/2 Naison..resorts to a two-bit ‘mau mau’—a claim of special understanding based on his alleged proximity to the pulse of the mean streets. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mau Mau; characterized by harassment or intimidation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] > threatening punishment or vengeance comminatory1508 comminative1835 Mau Mau1952 1952 N.Y. Times 26 Oct. i. 3/2 Large groups of natives fled today to lofty mountain hideouts to escape the Government drive..against Mau Mau terrorists, who have sworn death to the white man. 1980 R. Rhodes Last Safari i. i. 5 That was an old Mau Mau trick. 1991 Fly Rod & Reel July 71/3 Radical environmental groups who like to practice what my friend Senator Gary Hart used to call ‘Mau Mau politics’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1950
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