† memerilln.

Forms: 1500s meimerill, 1500s memerel, 1500s memerill.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian memerylo, memerilo, memecilo.

Etymology: < Italian †memerylo (1499 in the passage translated in quot. 1592¹; the other passages cited do not have the word in the Italian), variant of memerilo, earlier memecilo < classical Latin memaecylon fruit of the strawberry tree (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek μεμαίκυλον, ancient Greek μιμαίκυλον, of unknown origin, perhaps a loanword.

Obsolete. rare.

The strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > arbutus or strawberry tree

strawberry tree1548

arbute1551

arbutus1551

memerill1592

winter strawberry1708

madroño?1842

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 34^v The leaffye Memerill or Arbut.

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 34^v Betwixt the comare Meimerill or Arbut, and the Satire, were two little Satires.

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 93^v Fruitefull memerels.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	memerill
释义	† memerilln. Forms: 1500s meimerill, 1500s memerel, 1500s memerill. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian memerylo, memerilo, memecilo. Etymology: < Italian †memerylo (1499 in the passage translated in quot. 1592¹; the other passages cited do not have the word in the Italian), variant of memerilo, earlier memecilo < classical Latin memaecylon fruit of the strawberry tree (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek μεμαίκυλον, ancient Greek μιμαίκυλον, of unknown origin, perhaps a loanword. Obsolete. rare. The strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > arbutus or strawberry tree strawberry tree1548 arbute1551 arbutus1551 memerill1592 winter strawberry1708 madroño?1842 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 34^v The leaffye Memerill or Arbut. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 34^v Betwixt the comare Meimerill or Arbut, and the Satire, were two little Satires. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 93^v Fruitefull memerels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1592
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