† melliturgyn.

Forms: 1600s melliturgie.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French melliturgie; Greek μελιτουργία, μελιττουργία.

Etymology: < French melliturgie (glossed as ‘the making of honie; bees-worke’ in Cotgrave, 1611) and its etymon ancient Greek (Attic) μελιτουργία, variant (see below) of μελιττουργία bee-keeping < μέλιττα bee (see melissa n.) + -ουργία -urgy comb. form.In the variant Greek form, which probably originates in ancient or medieval scribal error, the first element is analysed as ancient Greek μελιτ- , μέλι honey, rather than as μέλιττα , and the second element is therefore interpreted as ‘manufacture’ rather than ‘husbandry’, hence the gloss in Cotgrave and quot. 1656 at sense 2.

Obsolete. rare.

1. Bee-keeping.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > making honey

melliturgy1620

mellification1655

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 180 [Subjects of Virgil's Georgics] Georgie, dendrographie, Ktenotrophie, melliturgie.

2. The production of honey (by bees).

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Melliturgie (Fr.), the making of honey, Bees-work.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	melliturgy
释义	† melliturgyn. Forms: 1600s melliturgie. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French melliturgie; Greek μελιτουργία, μελιττουργία. Etymology: < French melliturgie (glossed as ‘the making of honie; bees-worke’ in Cotgrave, 1611) and its etymon ancient Greek (Attic) μελιτουργία, variant (see below) of μελιττουργία bee-keeping < μέλιττα bee (see melissa n.) + -ουργία -urgy comb. form.In the variant Greek form, which probably originates in ancient or medieval scribal error, the first element is analysed as ancient Greek μελιτ- , μέλι honey, rather than as μέλιττα , and the second element is therefore interpreted as ‘manufacture’ rather than ‘husbandry’, hence the gloss in Cotgrave and quot. 1656 at sense 2. Obsolete. rare. 1. Bee-keeping. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > making honey melliturgy1620 mellification1655 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 180 [Subjects of Virgil's Georgics] Georgie, dendrographie, Ktenotrophie, melliturgie. 2. The production of honey (by bees). ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Melliturgie (Fr.), the making of honey, Bees-work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1620
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