单词 | menkind |
释义 | menkindn. Now rare. With plural agreement. The male sex collectively; the men of a particular group; = menfolk n. Also (occasionally): = mankind n. 1. Cf. mens-kind n. at man n.1 Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > men collectively wapman-kinc1175 manc1300 menkinda1470 mankind1526 manhood1588 mens-kind1592 the sterner (alsobetter, rougher, stronger) sex1608 lords of creation1649 menfolk1749 masculinity1860 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 872 He that suffird dethe uppon the Crosse for all menkynde. a1500 (?a1325) Otuel & Roland (1935) 1333 (MED) He Was Bore of a may To saue al men-Kynde. 1559 in D. Neal Hist. Purit. (1732) I. 153 When the name of Jesus shall..be pronounced in the church, due reverence shall be made..with..uncovering the heads of the Menkind. 1674 D. Gookin Hist. Coll. Indians New Eng. (1792) vii. 43 The menkind sitting by themselves and the womenkind by themselves. 1702 H. Swarton in C. Mather Magnalia Christi vi. ii. 12/1 I had breakfasted with the Family, and the Men-kind were gone abroad. 1728 N. Amhurst Twickenham Hotch-potch 48 Since I am obliged to smile, And must not the Menkind e'er scorn; I'll take Care they shan't me beguile. 1792 J. Barnes Let. 29 Jan. in William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. (1916) 25 34 He finds the truth to be his own credulity in, and want of a competent knowledge of menkind. 1860 A. B. Street Woods & Waters 115 We leave the life of menkind, for lumber life so bold. 1898 Month June 637 Where the family meals take place, and where the Basque menkind are served first. 1938 Scrutiny 7 2/203 Mrs. Woolf implies throughout that it is a conversation between her and her friends..though bits of it are directly or indirectly aimed at those women's menkind. 1942 S. Spender Ruins & Visions 80 With a spasm, nakedness Assumes menkind. Their minds..see more than a landscape of words. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1470 |
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