minnien.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɪni/, U.S.

/ˈmɪni/, Scottish English

/ˈmɪnɪ/

Forms: 1600s– minnie, 1700s– minny; Scottish pre-1700 mynny, pre-1700 mynnye, pre-1700 1700s– minnie, pre-1700 1700s– minny, pre-1700 1700s– mynnie, 1700s minie, 1800s– mihnney (Shetland), 1900s– minni (Shetland), 1900s– minno (Orkney).

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mammy n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably a variant of mammy n. Compare mummy n.²Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. in sense 1 from Scotland, Ireland, Westmorland, Northumberland, and Cumbria.

British regional.

†1. Scottish and English regional (northern). One's mother. Obsolete.An affectionate term of reference used chiefly by children.

ΚΠ

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 106 Sen that I borne wes of my mynnye, I wowit never ane vder bot ȝow.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 144 A lacke what ailes my minnie at me heigh hoe.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 63 My Minnie hath the lave on't.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 223 I'll be Dady's Bairn and Minies Bairn.

1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 306 My Minnie does constantly deave me, And bids me beware o' young men.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xi. 231 Light loves I may get mony a ane, But minnie ne'er anither.

1858 C. Kingsley Oubit in Andromeda & Other Poems 3 My minnie bad me bide at hame until I won my wings.

1899 J. Shaw Country Schoolmaster i. 31 Gang and see the swallow flee, Sit and hear the gawk [sc. cuckoo], The foal before it's minnie's e'e, And all that year ye've luck.

2. Orkney and Shetland. One's grandmother. More generally: an old woman.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother

eldmotherc1000

grandamc1225

good-dame1400

grandmother1424

beldamc1440

lucky1629

granny1659

grandmama1694

lucky minnie1755

grandma1772

grandmammy1789

gran1829

babushka1834

abuela1836

grandmom1860

grandmum1861

grammy1886

dadi1888

minnie1888

grams1893

bubbe1895

nana1899

gram1923

nanny1927

lola1934

abuelita1937

oma1948

nain1954

nan1955

makulu1980

omi1988

1888 J. M. E. Saxby in B. Edmondston & J. M. E. Saxby Home of Naturalist 137 A Shetlander told me she remembered when she was a little girl seeing this ceremony performed by her old grandmother. ‘Minnie..raise up frae the fire [etc.].’

1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 21 O, weel I mind da happy day I got dee frae mi minnie.

1898 Shetland News 12 Feb. 8/2 Old mihnney Conlay..was pleased to say, [etc.].

1954 New Shetlander No. 40. 20 Shu's me bairns' Minnie noo.

1976 R. Bulter Shaela 22 Da peerie stab in near da fire whaar I was wint ta sit An waatch da rim o Minnie's wheel.

1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Minnie, an older woman.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Minnien.²

Brit.

/ˈmɪni/, U.S.

/ˈmɪni/

Forms: 1900s– Minnie, 1900s– Minny. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Minenwerfer.

Etymology: Shortened < German Minenwerfer minenwerfer n. Probably influenced by the female forename Minnie: compare later Moaning Minnie n. 3.

Military slang. Now historical.

A German trench mortar used in the First World War (1914–18); the bomb discharged by it. Cf. Moaning Minnie n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mortar > trench mortar

trench mortar1871

minenwerfer1914

mine-thrower1914

Minnie1915

Stokes1915

toc emma1916

T.M.1925

Moaning Minnie1944

1915 Searchlight (No. 2 Company London Electr. Engineers) June 12 At night the trying thing is the Minnie Wooper or sausage, a sausage-shaped bomb thrown from a trench mortar.

1915 Red Feather (6th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry) Aug. 86/1 It was the ‘minnie-woffers’ which put the fear of God into them.

1915 Times 4 Nov. 6/1 Dr C. E. Pepper..describes in a letter home the German trench mortar known as Minenwerfer, which, he says, the soldiers call a ‘Minnie-lover’.]

1915 King's (Liverpool Regiment) Nov. 2 Two men wounded by big Minnie (Minenwerfer).

1915 Irish Times 12 Dec. 3/3 The most unpleasant things the Allemand favours us with are the Minenwerfer, which are commonly called ‘Minnies’, a sort of aerial torpedo.

1917 A. G. Empey From Fire Step 36 A German ‘Minnie’ (trench mortar) had exploded in the next traverse.

1927 E. Thompson These Men thy Friends 116 A minnie had been established in the enemy line.

1937 D. M. Jones In Parenthesis v. 103 The 'major he said—tomorrow we go in again... It's the Minnies what gets you down.

1986 P. Berton Vimy ii. iii. 81 The men..never felt safe from the rain of Whizbangs, Minnies, Jack Johnsons, Rum Jars, and Coal Boxes.

1998 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 4 May (Arts section) 18 Here we find Saddler, sliding still, this time through a sludge of broken lives and human remains, dodging gunfire and ‘minnies’.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1917 B.E.F. Times 20 Jan. in Wipers Times: Compl. Series (2006) 159/1 Wading through a Minnie-hole (brand-new), We gingerly descend to C.H.Q.

1930 E. Blunden De Bello Germanico vi. 73 The German minnie-man knew how to upset our domestic programme.

1933 E. Blunden & S. Norman We'll shift our Ground 14 M. M. for bombing a minny-crew out.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† minniev.¹

Forms: 1700s–1800s minnie, 1800s minny.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: minnie n.¹

Etymology: < minnie n.¹ O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives the pronunciation as (mi·ni) /ˈmɪnɪ/.

Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete.

transitive. To mother or act as a mother towards (a lamb); to find the mother of (a lamb). Also reflexive: (of a lamb) to find a mother for itself.

ΚΠ

1772 Indictment of A. Murdison 3 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 283/1 Four or six lambs broke off from the flock of eild sheep..and run [sic] to the ewes, and minnied or mothered themselves by sucking.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) It is given as a proof of the accuracy of a shepherd's acquaintance with his flock..that, after the lambs have been separated from the ewes, he can minnie ilka lamb.

1861 F. O. Morris Rec. Animal Sagacity & Char. 117 There was not a single ewe..which did not minny her lambs—that is, assume the character of mother towards the offspring from which she had been separated.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

minniev.²

Brit.

/ˈmɪni/, U.S.

/ˈmɪni/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Minnie n.²

Etymology: < Minnie n.²

Military slang. rare. Now historical.

transitive. To attack with a Minnie.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > bombard > assail with types of artillery

trench-mortar1916

minnie1930

mortar1944

1930 E. Blunden De Bello Germanico iv. 46 He might have ‘minnied’ or gunned us out in a few light-hearted rounds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹?a1513

n.²1915

v.¹1772

v.²1930

单词	minnie
释义	minnien.¹ Brit. /ˈmɪni/, U.S. /ˈmɪni/, Scottish English /ˈmɪnɪ/ Forms: 1600s– minnie, 1700s– minny; Scottish pre-1700 mynny, pre-1700 mynnye, pre-1700 1700s– minnie, pre-1700 1700s– minny, pre-1700 1700s– mynnie, 1700s minie, 1800s– mihnney (Shetland), 1900s– minni (Shetland), 1900s– minno (Orkney). Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mammy n. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably a variant of mammy n. Compare mummy n.²Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. in sense 1 from Scotland, Ireland, Westmorland, Northumberland, and Cumbria. British regional. †1. Scottish and English regional (northern). One's mother. Obsolete.An affectionate term of reference used chiefly by children. ΚΠ a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 106 Sen that I borne wes of my mynnye, I wowit never ane vder bot ȝow. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 144 A lacke what ailes my minnie at me heigh hoe. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 63 My Minnie hath the lave on't. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 223 I'll be Dady's Bairn and Minies Bairn. 1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 306 My Minnie does constantly deave me, And bids me beware o' young men. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xi. 231 Light loves I may get mony a ane, But minnie ne'er anither. 1858 C. Kingsley Oubit in Andromeda & Other Poems 3 My minnie bad me bide at hame until I won my wings. 1899 J. Shaw Country Schoolmaster i. 31 Gang and see the swallow flee, Sit and hear the gawk [sc. cuckoo], The foal before it's minnie's e'e, And all that year ye've luck. 2. Orkney and Shetland. One's grandmother. More generally: an old woman. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother eldmotherc1000 grandamc1225 good-dame1400 grandmother1424 beldamc1440 lucky1629 granny1659 grandmama1694 lucky minnie1755 grandma1772 grandmammy1789 gran1829 babushka1834 abuela1836 grandmom1860 grandmum1861 grammy1886 dadi1888 minnie1888 grams1893 bubbe1895 nana1899 gram1923 nanny1927 lola1934 abuelita1937 oma1948 nain1954 nan1955 makulu1980 omi1988 1888 J. M. E. Saxby in B. Edmondston & J. M. E. Saxby Home of Naturalist 137 A Shetlander told me she remembered when she was a little girl seeing this ceremony performed by her old grandmother. ‘Minnie..raise up frae the fire [etc.].’ 1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 21 O, weel I mind da happy day I got dee frae mi minnie. 1898 Shetland News 12 Feb. 8/2 Old mihnney Conlay..was pleased to say, [etc.]. 1954 New Shetlander No. 40. 20 Shu's me bairns' Minnie noo. 1976 R. Bulter Shaela 22 Da peerie stab in near da fire whaar I was wint ta sit An waatch da rim o Minnie's wheel. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Minnie, an older woman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Minnien.² Brit. /ˈmɪni/, U.S. /ˈmɪni/ Forms: 1900s– Minnie, 1900s– Minny. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Minenwerfer. Etymology: Shortened < German Minenwerfer minenwerfer n. Probably influenced by the female forename Minnie: compare later Moaning Minnie n. 3. Military slang. Now historical. A German trench mortar used in the First World War (1914–18); the bomb discharged by it. Cf. Moaning Minnie n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mortar > trench mortar trench mortar1871 minenwerfer1914 mine-thrower1914 Minnie1915 Stokes1915 toc emma1916 T.M.1925 Moaning Minnie1944 1915 Searchlight (No. 2 Company London Electr. Engineers) June 12 At night the trying thing is the Minnie Wooper or sausage, a sausage-shaped bomb thrown from a trench mortar. 1915 Red Feather (6th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry) Aug. 86/1 It was the ‘minnie-woffers’ which put the fear of God into them. 1915 Times 4 Nov. 6/1 Dr C. E. Pepper..describes in a letter home the German trench mortar known as Minenwerfer, which, he says, the soldiers call a ‘Minnie-lover’.] 1915 King's (Liverpool Regiment) Nov. 2 Two men wounded by big Minnie (Minenwerfer). 1915 Irish Times 12 Dec. 3/3 The most unpleasant things the Allemand favours us with are the Minenwerfer, which are commonly called ‘Minnies’, a sort of aerial torpedo. 1917 A. G. Empey From Fire Step 36 A German ‘Minnie’ (trench mortar) had exploded in the next traverse. 1927 E. Thompson These Men thy Friends 116 A minnie had been established in the enemy line. 1937 D. M. Jones In Parenthesis v. 103 The 'major he said—tomorrow we go in again... It's the Minnies what gets you down. 1986 P. Berton Vimy ii. iii. 81 The men..never felt safe from the rain of Whizbangs, Minnies, Jack Johnsons, Rum Jars, and Coal Boxes. 1998 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 4 May (Arts section) 18 Here we find Saddler, sliding still, this time through a sludge of broken lives and human remains, dodging gunfire and ‘minnies’. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1917 B.E.F. Times 20 Jan. in Wipers Times: Compl. Series (2006) 159/1 Wading through a Minnie-hole (brand-new), We gingerly descend to C.H.Q. 1930 E. Blunden De Bello Germanico vi. 73 The German minnie-man knew how to upset our domestic programme. 1933 E. Blunden & S. Norman We'll shift our Ground 14 M. M. for bombing a minny-crew out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † minniev.¹ Forms: 1700s–1800s minnie, 1800s minny. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: minnie n.¹ Etymology: < minnie n.¹ O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives the pronunciation as (mi·ni) /ˈmɪnɪ/. Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete. transitive. To mother or act as a mother towards (a lamb); to find the mother of (a lamb). Also reflexive: (of a lamb) to find a mother for itself. ΚΠ 1772 Indictment of A. Murdison 3 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 283/1 Four or six lambs broke off from the flock of eild sheep..and run [sic] to the ewes, and minnied or mothered themselves by sucking. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) It is given as a proof of the accuracy of a shepherd's acquaintance with his flock..that, after the lambs have been separated from the ewes, he can minnie ilka lamb. 1861 F. O. Morris Rec. Animal Sagacity & Char. 117 There was not a single ewe..which did not minny her lambs—that is, assume the character of mother towards the offspring from which she had been separated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). minniev.² Brit. /ˈmɪni/, U.S. /ˈmɪni/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Minnie n.² Etymology: < Minnie n.² Military slang. rare. Now historical. transitive. To attack with a Minnie. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > bombard > assail with types of artillery trench-mortar1916 minnie1930 mortar1944 1930 E. Blunden De Bello Germanico iv. 46 He might have ‘minnied’ or gunned us out in a few light-hearted rounds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹?a1513n.²1915v.¹1772v.²1930
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Compounds

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† minniev.¹

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