† mewtv.

Forms: Middle English meut, Middle English mewte, 1500s mute, 1600s mewt; Scottish pre-1700 1700s mewt, 1700s meut.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare mew v.¹ and mewl v. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (miūt) /mjuːt/.

Obsolete (Scottish in later use).

intransitive. = mew v.¹

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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > mew

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a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Arun.) (1857) 152 Chat mynowe, meutet.

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 238 To Mewte as a catte, catellare.

a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.ii Lyke your pus cate Parrot can mute and cry In lattyn, in Ebrew, Araby and Caldey.

1607 (?a1425) Chester Plays (Harl. 2124) i. 150 Of ‘pax’ or of peace..he piped..upon ‘hominibus’ he mewted..And..I quocke while he so shewted.

?c1625 in E. Beveridge & J. D. Westwood Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (1924) No. 889 It is ill bairne borrowing a cats kitling, sho is ay mewting for it.

1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. 69 Wae's them that has the Cat's Dish, and she ay mewting.

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

单词	mewt
释义	† mewtv. Forms: Middle English meut, Middle English mewte, 1500s mute, 1600s mewt; Scottish pre-1700 1700s mewt, 1700s meut. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare mew v.¹ and mewl v. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (miūt) /mjuːt/. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). intransitive. = mew v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > mew mewa1325 mewta1325 a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Arun.) (1857) 152 Chat mynowe, meutet. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 238 To Mewte as a catte, catellare. a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.ii Lyke your pus cate Parrot can mute and cry In lattyn, in Ebrew, Araby and Caldey. 1607 (?a1425) Chester Plays (Harl. 2124) i. 150 Of ‘pax’ or of peace..he piped..upon ‘hominibus’ he mewted..And..I quocke while he so shewted. ?c1625 in E. Beveridge & J. D. Westwood Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (1924) No. 889 It is ill bairne borrowing a cats kitling, sho is ay mewting for it. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. 69 Wae's them that has the Cat's Dish, and she ay mewting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.a1325
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