mene mene tekelphr.n.

Brit.

/ˌmɛneɪˌmɛneɪˈtɛkl/,

/ˌmiːnɪˌmiːnɪˈtɛkl/, U.S.

/ˌmɛneɪˌmɛneɪˈtɛk(ə)l/,

/ˌminiˌminiˈtɛk(ə)l/

Forms: also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English mene mene tekel upharsin.

Etymology: Shortened < mene mene tekel upharsin (Daniel 5:25: see mene mene tekel upharsin n. and phr.).Also attested with words separated by commas or dashes: see etymological note s.v. mene mene tekel upharsin n. and phr.

A. phr.

= mene mene tekel upharsin phr.

ΚΠ

1827 L. H. Sigourney Poems 198 Methinks, even now I trace..The mystic fingers of a sever'd hand Inscribing Mene on thy mouldering dust... The pen of judging Heaven Writes ‘Mene—Mene—Tekel’—on all joys Of this deluding world.

1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold v. i. 125 I am the messenger of God, His Norman Daniel! Mene, Mene, Tekel!

1952 J. K. Baxter in J. K. Baxter et al. Poems Unpleasant 10 Lads look up, up at the amorous vault From ledger-files and the shopgirl's breasts aflower—Mene, mene, tekel..the blinding scrawl On the sky's weeping wall.

B. n.

A sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen; = mene mene tekel upharsin n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil

warningc1325

portent1562

urchin showa1616

urchin blast1637

menetekel1649

omening1796

mene mene tekel1840

fate1850

1840 L. H. Sigourney in Godey's Lady's Bk. Nov. 221 Some mysterious point Mark'd by His finger, who doth write thy date, Thy ‘mene—mene—tekel’, on the walls Of the blue vault that spans our universe.

1975 R. Hayden Angle of Ascent 77 Have mercy, Lord, they prayed, seeing the lightning's Mene, Mene, Tekel.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mene mene tekel
释义	mene mene tekelphr.n. Brit. /ˌmɛneɪˌmɛneɪˈtɛkl/, /ˌmiːnɪˌmiːnɪˈtɛkl/, U.S. /ˌmɛneɪˌmɛneɪˈtɛk(ə)l/, /ˌminiˌminiˈtɛk(ə)l/ Forms: also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English mene mene tekel upharsin. Etymology: Shortened < mene mene tekel upharsin (Daniel 5:25: see mene mene tekel upharsin n. and phr.).Also attested with words separated by commas or dashes: see etymological note s.v. mene mene tekel upharsin n. and phr. A. phr. = mene mene tekel upharsin phr. ΚΠ 1827 L. H. Sigourney Poems 198 Methinks, even now I trace..The mystic fingers of a sever'd hand Inscribing Mene on thy mouldering dust... The pen of judging Heaven Writes ‘Mene—Mene—Tekel’—on all joys Of this deluding world. 1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold v. i. 125 I am the messenger of God, His Norman Daniel! Mene, Mene, Tekel! 1952 J. K. Baxter in J. K. Baxter et al. Poems Unpleasant 10 Lads look up, up at the amorous vault From ledger-files and the shopgirl's breasts aflower—Mene, mene, tekel..the blinding scrawl On the sky's weeping wall. B. n. A sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen; = mene mene tekel upharsin n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil warningc1325 portent1562 urchin showa1616 urchin blast1637 menetekel1649 omening1796 mene mene tekel1840 fate1850 1840 L. H. Sigourney in Godey's Lady's Bk. Nov. 221 Some mysterious point Mark'd by His finger, who doth write thy date, Thy ‘mene—mene—tekel’, on the walls Of the blue vault that spans our universe. 1975 R. Hayden Angle of Ascent 77 Have mercy, Lord, they prayed, seeing the lightning's Mene, Mene, Tekel. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.n.1827
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