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单词 minion
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minionn.1adj.

Brit. /ˈmɪnjən/, /ˈmɪnɪən/, U.S. /ˈmɪnjən/
Forms: 1500s mignone, 1500s mignyon, 1500s mygnyon, 1500s mynnyeon, 1500s mynon, 1500s mynyan, 1500s–1600s mineon, 1500s–1600s minyon, 1500s–1600s mynion, 1500s–1600s mynnyon, 1500s–1600s mynyon, 1500s–1600s mynyone, 1500s–1700s mignion, 1500s– minion, 1600s minione, 1600s minnion, 1600s minnyon, 1600s–1700s (1800s in sense A. 5) mignon, 1800s mignonne (in sense A. 6a), 1800s miñion (in sense A. 4); Scottish pre-1700 menyon, pre-1700 migneone, pre-1700 mignon, pre-1700 minȝeon, pre-1700 mingeoun, pre-1700 minȝeoun, pre-1700 mingnon, pre-1700 minion, pre-1700 minione, pre-1700 minnon, pre-1700 minyeon, pre-1700 monȝeon, pre-1700 monȝeoun, pre-1700 moynȝeoun, pre-1700 munȝeon, pre-1700 munȝeoun, pre-1700 munȝone, pre-1700 munȝoun, pre-1700 mynȝeon, pre-1700 mynȝeoun, pre-1700 mynȝeoune, pre-1700 myngnon, pre-1700 mynȝon, pre-1700 mynioun, pre-1700 mynon. See also mignon adj. and n.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mignon.
Etymology: < Middle French mignon, noun (12th cent. in Old French in an isolated attestation as a term of abuse, probably with homosexual connotations; first half of the 15th cent. denoting a lover; 1446 denoting a king's favourite; late 15th cent. as a term of endearment; 1561 in sense A. 5) and adjective (1478–80 in sense ‘pretty, delicate, graceful’), probably < an Old French base denoting gentleness, charm + -on (see -oon suffix). Compare mignon adj. In minion peach (see sense A. 6a) after French †pesche mignonne (1690). In minion lettuce (see sense A. 6b) after French †mignone (1692 in the passage translated in quot. 1693 at sense A. 6b). With use of the adjective with reference to sin (see quots. 1715 at sense B. 1) compare French péché mignon (1718).Middle French, French mignon became commoner than and replaced the related mignot (see mignote n.) in the course of the 15th and 16th centuries. Etymologies connecting the word with Early Irish mín soft, Welsh mwyn soft, easy, pleasant, or with Old High German minna love (see mean v.1) are now normally rejected. A trisyllabic pronunciation is indicated by some of the early variants, but there is some evidence that by the 17th cent. the disyllabic was more usual. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (mi·nyən) /ˈmɪnjən/.
A. n.1
I. Senses relating to people.
1.
a. Originally: a (usually male) favourite of a sovereign, prince, or other powerful person; a person who is dependent on a patron's favour; a hanger-on. In later use (without the connotation ‘favoured’): a follower or underling, esp. one who is servile or unimportant; a servant, officer, subordinate, assistant; a henchman.In early use sometimes with contemptuous suggestion of homosexual relations: see quots. a1555, a1593. See also mignon n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > parasite > of an important person
minion?c1500
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun]
esnec950
hindc1230
servant1340
servitor1419
ministrer?a1425
servera1425
myrona1450
obeisantc1475
servient1541
lout1567
squire1570
roguea1616
administer1677
minion1820
ancillary1867
sweater1900
?c1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 303 Off servyng men I wyll begyne... For they goo mynyon trym.
a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome f. 332, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Minȝ(e)o(u)n Euill and fals men..thai mak tendir and mynȝeouns to him.
1530 Songs in Anglia 12 592 Thys mynyon ys in London freshe as any jay ther ys wyth hym hys mastres trim fresh in her aray.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. (1821) I. 32 Than sal thay corruppit rutouris his minions, be salut as kingis.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. vijv Item the same kyng put oute diuers shriues lawefully elected and put in their romes, diuers other of his owne minions.
a1555 J. Bradford Hurte of hering Masse (?1561) Djv So are the hartes of our popishe protestauntes..hardened..in that they looke yea go backe agayne to theyr sodomiticall minion.
1579 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (Edinb.) 1824 in Shorter Poems (2003) 115 The Kingis Minȝeoun roundand in his Eir, Hecht Veritie.
a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. B4 The king is loue-sick for his minion.
1629 W. Davenant Trag. Albovine in Dramatic Wks. (1872) I. i. 21 He is our king's minion, sleeps in his bosom.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A2v Her Ministers and Instruments of State..were many,..but they were onely Favorites, and not Mynions.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. lxxix. 360 We hear that a great King, who that he might confectionate a base minnion of his, [etc.].
1717 Entertainer No. 5. 29 Nor can they be assured their own Minions..may not more unprop the Throne, than guard it.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. x. 147 I had no occasion of bribing, flattering, or pimping, to procure the Favour of any great Man or of his Minion.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. vi. 152 His [sc. Elagabalus'] unseasonable severity proved instantly fatal to his minions, his mother, and himself.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. viii. 112 Oh mignons of idleness and luxury! What next will ye invent for the perdition of your time!
1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i, in Lamia & Other Poems 156 His winged minions in close clusters stood, Amaz'd and full of fear.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. vii. 162 The portrait of Buckingham is usually viewed in the caricature of a royal minion.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiii. 455 It is no wonder if he helps himself from the city treasury and allows his minions to do so.
1902 W. S. Gilbert Charity ii. 110 You think I'm an eminent solicitor. I ain't; I'm the insignificant minion of a Private Inquiry Office.
1933 Amer. Mercury May 66/1 When an Abyssinian feudal lord fares forth on one of his tax-raids..they rush their cows and donkeys into the mission compound until his minions are gone.
1987 Q Oct. 128/2 Our first glimpse is an overhead shot of him being shaved and manicured, joking genially with pressmen while his minions fawn around him.
†b. A male or female lover. Also (frequently derogatory): a man or woman kept for sexual favours; a mistress or paramour. Obsolete.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > person
paramourc1395
lovec1405
minion?1533
intriguer1713
mpango wa kando2009
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Tiii Ye shulde be forced to take by election A faire lady and mynyon for to assiste your persone.
1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.iiiiv They pastyme in their prelacies..,with theyr daunsyng minyons.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O5 A mincing mineon, Who in her loosenesse tooke exceeding ioy.
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 27 Sum gay professors (kepinge secret minions) do love there wyues..to avoyde shame.
a1660 in H. E. Rollins Cavalier & Puritan (1923) 151 He..still Kept a minion in stead of a whoore.
a1677 I. Barrow Of Love of God (1680) 120 What will not a fond Lover undertake..for his Minion, although she..be the worst enemy he can have?
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 169 He suppos'd..he had lighted on some soft simpleton..or some kept minion..who understood him perfectly well, and enter'd into his designs.
a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 9 Unlock, Mrs. Minx! your minion is discovered.
1816 Ld. Byron Parisina x, in Siege of Corinth 71 The minion of his father's bride,—He, too, is fettered by her side.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iv. ii. 162 We thought to scare this minion of the King Back from her churchless commerce with the King To the fond arms of her first love.
c. A person who is specially favoured or loved; a popular hero, a favourite of the public; †a comrade (obsolete). In later use chiefly figurative, esp. in minion of fortune (see quot. 1598). Now rare.In quot. 1735 used of an animal.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > favourite or pet
darlingc888
favoura1387
dandilly?a1513
tidling1520
marmoset1523
white son1539
minion1566
favourite1582
white boyc1600
feddle1611
dautie1676
inclination1691
mother's pet1819
fair-haired boy1822
pet1825
white-haired boy1829
petsywetsy1847
blue-eyed boy1919
fave1938
1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xi. f. 27v One of his gentlemen, named Araspas, whiche was..the verie minion, plaie felowe, and companion of Cyrus, from his youth.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iv. f. 59 Humblie prayand..For to grant grace and life to thy Munȝeoun.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 150 b I cannot abide the folly of some fathers who make some one of their children their darling and minion.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. i. 82 A sonne..Who is sweet fortunes minion and her pride. View more context for this quotation
a1627 J. Hayward Life & Raigne Edward Sixt (1630) 17 For enterprises by armes, he was the Minion of that time, so as few things he attempted, but he atchieued with honour.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 241 John the Minion of Christ upon earth.
1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 125 That pamper'd Steed, his Master's Joy, His Minion, and his daily Care.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxi. 184 His disinterested practice,..and his great charity to the poor, render him the minion of the people.
1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville II. 140 Lord Melvin is the minion of fortune; he has taken my place in their esteem.
1859 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Biogr. (1860) 176 Pitt was..the minion, the child, the spoiled child of the House of Commons.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. vii. 233 All offered up sacrifices to the minion of fortune and the worm of the hour!
1884 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 505/1 Those for whom she testified friendship were looked on as the minions of fortune.
1952 Shakespeare Q. 3 196 Hamlet was the minion of fortune..and the tragedy is primarily concerned with a conflict of wills.
d. poetic. The supposed companion or favourite of something personified. Now rare.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > other types of companion
consenter1303
pew-fellow1533
bander1563
intercommoner1567
convenera1572
compeer1574
copemate1593
coherent1598
minion1598
barnacle1607
intercommuner1620
shade1667
dangler1728
rafiq1783
esquire1824
Sancho1870
tag-along1961
homeboy1965
bredda1969
arm piece1975
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 26 Let vs be Dianaes forresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moone. View more context for this quotation
c1626 Dick of Devonshire (1955) 148 That wonder of ye land, & ye Seas minyon, Drake, of eternall memory.
a1634 J. Day Peregrinatio Scholastica (B.L. MS Sloane 3150) f. 23v Violets, roses and lillies, and like Mineons & darlings of the springe.
1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 520 That one [sc. thing], which is the sole Minion of their Fancy, and the Idol of their Affections.
1796 S. T. Coleridge Songs of Pixies iii, in Poems Var. Subj. 19 When Noontide's fiery-tressed minion Flashes the fervid ray.
1811 M. Holford Poems 30 What nameless thousands crowd life's little day, Minions of sordid wealth, or pageant pow'r!
1897 T. W. Speight (title) A minion of the moon. A romance of the King's highway.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 207 The douce youngling, minion of pleasure.
e. Chiefly derogatory. minion of the law n. a police officer. Usually in plural.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman
truncheon officer1708
runner1735
horny1753
nibbing-cull1775
nabbing-cull1780
police officer1784
police constable1787
policeman1788
scout1789
nabman1792
nabber1795
pig1811
Bow-street officer1812
nab1813
peeler1816
split1819
grunter1823
robin redbreast1824
bulky1828
raw (or unboiled) lobster1829
Johnny Darm1830
polis1833
crusher1835
constable1839
police1839
agent1841
johndarm1843
blue boy1844
bobby1844
bluebottle1845
copper1846
blue1848
polisman1850
blue coat1851
Johnny1851
PC1851
spot1851
Jack1854
truncheonist1854
fly1857
greycoat1857
cop1859
Cossack1859
slop1859
scuffer1860
nailerc1863
worm1864
Robert1870
reeler1879
minion of the law1882
ginger pop1887
rozzer1888
nark1890
bull1893
grasshopper1893
truncheon-bearer1896
John1898
finger1899
flatty1899
mug1903
John Dunn1904
John Hop1905
gendarme1906
Johnny Hop1908
pavement pounder1908
buttons1911
flat-foot1913
pounder1919
Hop1923
bogy1925
shamus1925
heat1928
fuzz1929
law1929
narker1932
roach1932
jonnop1938
grass1939
roller1940
Babylon1943
walloper1945
cozzer1950
Old Bill1958
cowboy1959
monaych1961
cozzpot1962
policeperson1965
woolly1965
Fed1966
wolly1970
plod1971
roz1971
Smokey Bear1974
bear1975
beast1978
woodentop1981
Five-O1983
dibble1990
Bow-street runner-
1882 R. L. Stevenson in London 2 Nov. 418/2 The Maire, a comfortable deus ex machina, may still descend to deliver him from the minions of the law.
1918 E. R. Burroughs Oakdale Affair viii. 108 I don't know how you come by so much wealth... I have faith in you; but I doubt if any minion of the law would be similarly impressed.
1978 Washington Post 18 Mar. c7/6 A handful of episodes leading up to a Freed rock 'n' roll concert in Brooklyn disrupted by minions of the law.
2000 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 11 May a29 The latter asked the officer if he realized who he was arresting. ‘It don't cut no ice with me who you are,’ said the minion of the law.
†2. A fastidious or effeminate man; a fop, a dandy. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy
popa1500
miniona1513
prick-me-daintya1529
puppy?1544
velvet-coat1549
skipjack1554
coxcomb1567
musk cat?1567
physbuttocke1570
Adonis?1571
Adon1590
foretop1597
musk-cod1600
pretty fellow1600
sparkc1600
spangle-baby1602
flash1605
barber-monger1608
cocoloch1610
dapperling1611
fantastica1613
feather-cock1612
trig1612
jack-a-dandy?1617
gimcrack1623
satinist1639
powder puffa1653
fop1676
prig1676
foplinga1681
cockcomb1684
beau garçona1687
shape1688
duke1699
nab1699
smirk1699
beau1700
petty master1706
moppet1707
Tom Astoner1707
dapper1709
petit maître1711
buck1725
toupee1727
toupet1728
toupet-man1748
jemmy1753
jessamy1753
macaroni1764
majoc1770
monkeyrony1773
dandyc1780
elegant1780
muscadin1794
incroyable1797
beauty man1800
bang-up1811
natty1818
ruffian1818
exquisite1819
heavy swell1819
marvellous1819
bit of stuff1828
merveilleux1830
fat1832
squirt1844
dandyling1846
ineffable1859
guinea pig1860
Dundreary swell1862
masher1872
dude1877
mash1879
dudette1883
dand1886
heavy gunner1890
posh1890
nut1904
smoothie1929
fancy-pants1930
saga boy1941
fancy Dan1943
a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome f. 341v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Minȝ(e)o(u)n The noblis of oure tyme are mynȝeouns & diligat; thai mone be nurist of the..maist plesand metis and diligat drinkis and ly and sleip soft.
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (?1555) i. sig. A.iiiv I wyll get a garment, shal reche to my tayle Than I am a minion, for I were the new gyse.
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation To Rdr. sig. *2v Some smirking minions are fine fellowes in their owne heades.
†3.
a. As a term of endearment or affection: darling, dear one. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 108 Quod scho: ‘Now tak me be the hand,..My chirrie and my maikles munȝoun’.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 4v Mynȝeoun, quhairfoir do ȝe sustene Sic displesure in hart be countenance?
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xiv. sig. Y3v Minion said she, (indeed I was a pretie one in those daies though I say it) I see a number of lads that loue you.
b. As a derogatory term (esp. as a form of address): slave, underling. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person
clienta1393
snivelard1398
a dog for (also to) the bowc1405
fawnerc1440
snivellerc1450
slave1521
footstool1531
minion1560
footman1567
cringer1582
earthworm1583
yea-sayer1584
croucher1587
creeper1589
sneak-up1598
spaniel1598
sneak-cupa1616
servile1632
puppy dog1651
clientelary1655
lackey1692
groveling1708
prostite1721
prostitute1721
toad-eater1742
groveller1779
cringeling1798
creeping Jesusc1818
toady1826
truckler1827
crawler1847
flunkey1854
doormat1861
dog robber1863
heeler1875
slaveling1884
bootlicker1890
fetch-and-carry1905
poodle1907
yes-woman1927
ass-licker1939
ass-kisser1951
chamcha1966
fart-catcher1971
1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child (1848) 26 This mynion here, this myncing trull.
1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 216 This manling, this minion, this slaue.
1599 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. King Edward IV sig. P3v Come away minion you shall prate no more.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. ii. 93 You (Minion) are too saucie. View more context for this quotation
c1704 Feign'd Friendship ii. 14 Don't provoke me too far, Minion, don't, lest I forget my self so much as to chastise thy Insolence.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed vi, in Tales Crusaders I. 110 ‘Go hence, thou saucy minion,’ said the monk.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. ii. iii. 220 Peace, minion!—draw back!
1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. ii. 31 He..ordered Hagar to come forth with a commanding, ‘What ho! minion! I need thee!’
II. Extended uses.
4. A kind of small culverin or cannon. More fully minion gun, minion piece. Now historical.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > small or short pieces
murderer1495
curtala1509
minion1513
passe-volant1513
pikmoyane1513
saker1521
base1539
robinet1547
quarter cannon?a1549
bersec1550
murdresarc1550
yetling1558
battardc1565
demi-cannon1577
calabass1578
double curtal1582
demi-culverin1587
rabinet1596
murdering piece1601
drake1627
putter1646
cartow1650
putterlingc1650
minion drakea1661
cut1672
under-saker1678
murther1688
carronade1779
carthoun1849
1513 in H. L. Blackmore Armouries of Tower of London (1976) I. 234 Every Minion pece shotith of Iron viij lb. and of powder at every shot viij lb.
1547 Inventory Henry VIII in Archaeologia (1982) 107 169/1 Gonnes of Brasse..Cannons..Culverynes..Sacres..Mynnyons.
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. xvi. 198/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Minion poiseth eleauen hundred pounds, and hath three inches and a quarter within the mouth.
1607 J. Hunt Draught St. Georges Fort, Virginia (map) .A. a demy Culueringe .B. Sakers .C. Minnyons .D. fawcons.
1647 N. Nye Art of Gunnery i. 77 Minions of the largest size, are three inches and a quarter Diameter in the mouth... The ordinary Minion, the mouth 3 inches high.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxx. 374 [I] had eight minion Guns to scour the Sands.
1735–6 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde I. 341 There were three demi-canon, two sakers, and one minion.
1860 Earl Dundonald Autobiogr. Seaman i. 93 Her armament consisted of fourteen 4-pounders, a species of gun little larger than a blunderbuss, and formerly known in the service under the name of ‘miñion’.
1894 C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 217 Sakers (5-pounders) and minions (4-pounders) were mounted on skids.
1982 Archaeologia 107 167/2 Twenty-six of the gun types are well known, their names being..serpentine, saker, minion, falcon, [etc.].
5. Typography. A size of type larger than nonpareil and smaller than brevier (now standardized as 7 point). Frequently attributive.
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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > height of type > names of type sizes
English1539
great primer1539
long primer1553
pica1553
brevier1598
nonpareil1656
pearl1656
small pica1657
minion1659
canon1683
small body1683
minim1706
paragon1706
bourgeois1755
diamond1778
ruby1778
Trafalgar1807
agate1831
minikinc1870
minionette1871
brilliant1875
gem1888
excelsior1902
1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. §li, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) Letters of all sorts, as..Non-paril, Minion, Breviere [etc.].
1735 S.-Carolina Gaz. 29 Nov. 2/2 Just imported..from London, and to be sold by Henning & Shute, Writing paper of all sorts..minion and nonpareil Sermons, Testaments, spelling books, [etc.].
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 152 (Specimens of Printing Types) Minion.
1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. 83 Why this letter was denominated Minion, we have not yet been informed.
1865 M. Pattison in Q. Rev. 117 327 A pocket Greek Testament in mignon letters.
1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 19 Three columns of leaded minion.
1907 J. H. Parsons Dis. Eye ix. 161 Jaeger's near test types..are simply the ordinary printers' founts of type, from the smallest upwards (nonpareil, minion, etc.).
1962 D. B. Updike Printing Types (ed. 3) II. xxiii. 231 This type is not obtainable above 12-point or below 9-point, although Binny & Ronaldson's specimen of 1812 shows also brevier and minion.
†6.
a. Any of several varieties of peach. More fully minion peach. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > peach > types of peach
presse1604
avant-peach1611
man peach1629
nutmeg1629
Roman peach1629
muscat1664
Rambouillet1664
winter peach1664
rumbullion1670
Orleans1674
pavie1675
Magdalenea1678
minion1691
admirable1693
maudlin1699
clingstone1705
nipple peach1719
rareripe1722
melter1766
vanguard1786
freestone1807
cling1845
lemon cling1848
peregrine1903
doughnut peach1993
1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 167 Peaches and Nectarins... Maudlin. Mignon.
1699 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 9) 100 Minion Peach.
1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. viii. 37 [Peaches.] The Minion is very large, but not so round as long.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Persica The Mignonne (or, as it is commonly call'd, Minion) Peach, is an excellent fine Fruit; the Side next the Sun is of a beautiful red Colour.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Peach-tree The French mignon; this is a most excellent melting peach.
1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) iii. i. 713 Great mignonne... One of the best peaches, and so tender as to require grafting on a peach or apricot stock.
1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 146 Small Mignonne... This ripens after the Red Nutmeg, and is one of the best early peaches.
1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 148 Yellow Alberge (Alberge Jaune... Golden Mignonne).
b. A kind of small lettuce. More fully minion lettuce. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > lettuce > types of lettuce
cabbage lettuce?1537
minion1693
passion-lettuce1704
cos lettuce1706
lettuce cabbage1731
rabbit food1772
romaine1865
grass1867
iceberg lettuce1893
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > lettuce > types of
cabbage lettuce?1537
Roman lettuce1577
minion1693
passion-lettuce1704
cos lettuce1706
shell-lettuce1707
lettuce cabbage1731
Silesia1731
rabbit food1772
Tom Thumb1847
romaine1865
oak leaf1892
iceberg lettuce1893
mignonette1923
lollo biondo1987
lollo rosso1987
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. vi. 195 Two sorts of Curled Bright Lettuces;..one called George Lettuces..; another called the Minion Lettuce, which is the least sort.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 148 Of this sort there are two others, viz. George Lettices..and the Minion which is the least sort.
†B. adj. Cf. mignon adj.
1. Beloved, dearly loved; favourite, pet. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adjective] > favourite
fancied1589
favourite1711
minion1715
pet1819
fair-haired1822
fave1938
a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome f. 341v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Minȝ(e)o(u)n Without a mynȝeoune lady thai can nocht lif.
a1556 Certaine Songs in N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) sig. I.jv Who so to marry a minion Wyfe, Hath hadde good chaunce and happe.
1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. M3 My mignone Isabel.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 187 By all consents the minionst mayde to wiue.
1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 372 A secret Love to some base Minion Lust.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) IX. 73 When the tempter shall dress up any beloved minion sin.
a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) I. 89 They will have some pet production, some favourite passage, some minion thought.
2. Dainty, neat; elegant, fine.
a. Of an animal or thing. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > delicate or dainty
finea1375
dely?c1400
delicate?a1425
minionate1496
minion1528
minion1529
gingerly1534
daintyc1540
minikin1545
daint1590
inconyc1592
minic1598
delicated1605
minical1668
finickingc1749
minionette1749
dinky1788
daintified1834
airy-fairy1837
mignon1837
minny1942
1528 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 307 His Hynes lykythe youre mynyon howse so well, that [etc.].
1543 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 175 To my lorde of Northfolke a mynyon geldinge.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1744) V. 116 Wreshil a very fayre and mynion Castle.
b. Of a person, group of people, or their actions. Obsolete.Sometimes with extended sense ‘liable to be particular, fastidious’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > delicate or dainty
finea1375
dely?c1400
delicate?a1425
minionate1496
minion1528
minion1529
gingerly1534
daintyc1540
minikin1545
daint1590
inconyc1592
minic1598
delicated1605
minical1668
finickingc1749
minionette1749
dinky1788
daintified1834
airy-fairy1837
mignon1837
minny1942
1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader lxxii. sig. Nivv Some enter [the fold] thorow their curious singinge, and minyon dawnsinge.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 125 A young ruffleer trymmyng hymselfe after ye moste galaunte and mynion facion.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 264 What shall he regarde the lofty grace of Cicero?..or his mynion deuises and toyes?
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 28 I may be charged by the minion refiners of English, neither to write State-English, Court-English, nor Secretarie-English.
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 313 In silken Robes the minion Men appear, Which Maids and youthful Brides shou'd blush to wear.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 78 My lady,—who made A downward crescent of her minion mouth.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
a. (In sense A. 1.)
(a)
† minion maintainer n. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered v. 17 An whoremaster and a minion maintainer.
(b)
† minion-guided adj. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 455 Third Henry's feeble minion-guided rule.
(c)
† minion trim adv. Obsolete (trim adv. 2).
ΚΠ
?c1500Mynyon trym [see sense A. 1a].
b. (In sense A. 4.)
(a)
† minion bore n. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. vii. 144 He had 2 or 3 small brass Guns of a Minion bore.
† minion ladle n. Obsolete (ladle n. 2a).
ΚΠ
1583 in C. L. Kingsford Rep. MSS Ld. de l'Isle & Dudley (1925) I. 296 Fower saker ladelles, three minion ladelles, fower fawlcon ladelles, two ladelles for fawlconettes, Two spunges.
(b)
† minion-proof adj. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1634 J. Winthrop Jrnl. 4 Mar. (1996) 110 A vessell..to be minion proof & her vpper decke muskett proofe.
C2.
† minion drake n. Obsolete a kind of small cannon.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > small or short pieces
murderer1495
curtala1509
minion1513
passe-volant1513
pikmoyane1513
saker1521
base1539
robinet1547
quarter cannon?a1549
bersec1550
murdresarc1550
yetling1558
battardc1565
demi-cannon1577
calabass1578
double curtal1582
demi-culverin1587
rabinet1596
murdering piece1601
drake1627
putter1646
cartow1650
putterlingc1650
minion drakea1661
cut1672
under-saker1678
murther1688
carronade1779
carthoun1849
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cornw. 212 Two small Mynion-Drakes..were planted on a little Barrough within Randome-shot of the Enemy.
1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 102 Two small iron Minion Drakes (all the Artillery they had).
minion shot n. (a) shot used with a minion (now historical); †(b) the range of a minion (obsolete).
ΚΠ
1547 Inventory Henry VIII in Archaeologia (1982) 107 169/2 Mynnyon shotte..fawcons hotte.
1648 Earl of Clarendon Let. 24 Sept. in State Papers (1773) II. 415 The Vice-Admirals..were within minion shot one of the other.
1976 H. L. Blackmore Armouries of Tower of London 234 The average weight of the minion shot listed in 1589 was 4 lb.

Derivatives

† minion-like adv. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 18 Hitherto will our sparkefull Youth laugh at their great grandfathers English, who had more care to do well, than to speake minion-like.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xvii. 285 That with the Fearne-crown'd Flood he [sc. the Wey] Minion-like doth play.
1720 E. Ward Delights of Bottle 54 Each kind Vint'ner, Minion-like, must bend To teasing Fops and Hum'rists they attend.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† minionn.2

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Perhaps partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: French minion , minium ; minium n.
Etymology: < French †minion (second half of the 16th cent. in Middle French), variant of minium minium n. In sense 2 perhaps independently developed as a variant of minium n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mi·nyən) /ˈmɪnjən/.
Obsolete.
1. = minium n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > cinnabar or vermilion
vermilion1296
cinnabara1382
miniuma1398
vermily1590
vermeil1610
minion1621
orange vermilion1864
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > red lead
red leadc1450
minium1601
minion1621
litharge1683
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. iii. 572 Let them paint their faces with minion and cerusse.
1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. xliv. 517 The Countrie doth abound with Lead, and Brass, and with Minion also.
2. Calcined iron ore, formerly mixed with lime to make a form of cement.
ΚΠ
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §213 What I used was the siftings of the iron stone, after calcination at the iron furnaces... This material, among the furnace men in these parts, is called Minion.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §214 Minion, or iron stone burnt.
1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 401 The small Ore thus sifted out is called Minion, and is thrown away.
1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Minion, a kind of iron ore, frequently used with a mixture of lime as a water-cement.
1873 Weale's Dict. Terms Minion, the siftings of iron-stone after calcination at the iron-furnaces.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† minionv.

Forms: 1500s mynion, 1600s mignion, 1600s 1800s minion.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: minion n.1
Etymology: < minion n.1 Compare Middle French mignonner to pamper, treat well (15th cent.).
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To treat as a minion; to caress, treat tenderly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress [verb (transitive)]
freeOE
coy1340
daunsel1362
to fawn on, upon1477
daut?a1513
cherish1568
fona1586
minion1598
flatter1599
ingle1599
biscot1653
ningle1659
fond1676
smuggle1679
fondle1686
caress1697
nauntle1828
smudge1844
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 13 She myniond him with her soft hand, and said, why mourns my sonne? What bold woes dare inuade thy breast?
a1619 S. Daniel Trag. Philotas Apol., in Whole Wks. (1623) 255 For though the affection of the multitude (whom he did mignion)..discerned not his ends..: Yet [etc.].
2. transitive. poetic. To make subordinate to.
ΚΠ
1841 E. S. Wortley Maiden of Moscow iv. xxii. 113 New phantasies tumultuous rise Before his vision-haunted eyes;—Moscow in chains!—the imperial throne Of Russia, minioned to his own.

Derivatives

minioning n. rare
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > treating as a minion
minioning1604
1604 J. Marston Malcontent iv. iii. sig. F3 Sooner hard steele will melt with Southerne wind;..Then women vow'd to blushlesse impudence, With sweet behauiour and soft minioning, Will turne from that where appetite is fixt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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