absinthn.

Brit.

/ˈabsɪnθ/, U.S.

/ˈæbˌsɪnθ/

Forms: late Middle English 1600s 1800s– absinth, late Middle English 1700s– absinthe (now nonstandard), 1500s absynthe, 1600s 1800s absynth, 1800s absanth.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French absinthe; Latin absinthium.

Etymology: < Middle French absinthe (French absinthe ) wormwood (second half of the 14th cent. in Middle French as assenz , in a text showing Italian influence; beginning of the 13th cent. in Old French as absince , denoting an alcoholic drink containing wormwood, probably wine mixed with wormwood) or its etymon classical Latin absinthium absinthium n. Compare Italian assenzio (a1311 denoting a drink made from wormwood, a1321 in figurative use denoting something extremely bitter, c1340 denoting the plant). With the figurative use in sense 2 compare French absinthe , in same sense (16th cent. in Middle French; now chiefly in the phrase de fiel et d'absinthe ‘gall and wormwood’). Compare absinthe n., a later independent borrowing of the French noun. N.E.D. (1884) enters both this and absinthe n. in a single entry, for which it also gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (absǣṅt) /absæ̃ːt/.

a. Common wormwood, Artemisia absinthium, noted for the intensely bitter taste of its leaves and stems, and used (esp. formerly) in herbal remedies and as a flavouring for drinks. Cf. absinthium n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > wormwood

wermodc725

mugworteOE

absinthiumOE

wormwooda1400

absinthc1429

Pontic wormwood1551

Roman wormwood1551

mouse-wort1607

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 3592 Forto..alle erthly joie multiply Ware absinthe als in regarde of alder-leest joye hevenly.

1479 Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (Caxton) iii. iii I shal fede my peple with absinth, comunly named worm wode the whiche is a bitter herbe.

1597 P. Lowe Whole Course Chirurg. vii. ii. f. Z The pouder Aloes, mixed with the Oyle of Absynthe and a little waxe is verye good.

1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. iv. 253 Absinth and poyson be my sustenance.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Tt^v Though Absynth be an herb of vulgar dignotion, yet scarce two agree in..describing its Species.

1791 W. Nicholson tr. J. A. C. Chaptal Elements Chem. III. ii. 56 Balm, mint, and the greater absinthe, contain their oils in the stem and leaves.

1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 172 The principal bitter used in England is..derived from the hop plant..in Italy it is from absinth.

1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 374 Wormwoods and Mugworts... Absinthe wormwood, A. absinthium (alien)... S. Canada, ne. U.S.

1993 K. N. Sanecki Discovering Herbs (ed. 5) 101 Wormwood Artemisia absinthium (Compositae) Perennial Absinth, green ginger. One of the loveliest plants in the herb garden.

b. North American. Any of several North American plants of the genus Artemisia, esp. the common sagebrush, A. tridentata.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > Artemisia or mugwort

mugworteOE

artemisiaOE

mugweeda1400

motherwort1440

matricary1523

French wormwood1548

holy wormwood1548

sea-mugwort1548

sea-wormwood1548

tree wormwood1548

Roman wormwood1551

southernwood1577

garden cypress1578

mouse-wort1607

field southernwood1739

sage1805

hyssop1807

sage-bush1807

appleringie1808

absinth1841

sage-brush1850

1841 P. J. de Smet Let. 1 Sept. in Lett. & Sketches (1843) 108 It abounds in absynth, cactus, and all such plants and herbs as are chiefly found on arid lands.

1849 F. Parkman Calif. & Oregon Trail 146 Multitudes of strange medicinal herbs, more especially the absanth, which covered every declivity.

1959 Winnipeg Free Press 12 June 4/4 Absinth with its large, silvery, very odorous leaves, was common.

†2. figurative. Something extremely bitter or unpalatable. Cf. wormwood n. 2. Obsolete.

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > bitterness or acridity > bitter substance

bitterOE

austere1684

bittern1775

gall-drop1796

absinth1843

1843 Eng. Jrnl. Educ. Oct. 351 Even when it became necessary to administer to them ‘the bitter absinth’ of rebuke, he always smeared the rim of the goblet in which he tendered it to their lips with the sweet flavour of honeyed kindness.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. iv. 448 What a drop of concentrated absynth follows next.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	absinth
释义	absinthn. Brit. /ˈabsɪnθ/, U.S. /ˈæbˌsɪnθ/ Forms: late Middle English 1600s 1800s– absinth, late Middle English 1700s– absinthe (now nonstandard), 1500s absynthe, 1600s 1800s absynth, 1800s absanth. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French absinthe; Latin absinthium. Etymology: < Middle French absinthe (French absinthe ) wormwood (second half of the 14th cent. in Middle French as assenz , in a text showing Italian influence; beginning of the 13th cent. in Old French as absince , denoting an alcoholic drink containing wormwood, probably wine mixed with wormwood) or its etymon classical Latin absinthium absinthium n. Compare Italian assenzio (a1311 denoting a drink made from wormwood, a1321 in figurative use denoting something extremely bitter, c1340 denoting the plant). With the figurative use in sense 2 compare French absinthe , in same sense (16th cent. in Middle French; now chiefly in the phrase de fiel et d'absinthe ‘gall and wormwood’). Compare absinthe n., a later independent borrowing of the French noun. N.E.D. (1884) enters both this and absinthe n. in a single entry, for which it also gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (absǣṅt) /absæ̃ːt/. 1. a. Common wormwood, Artemisia absinthium, noted for the intensely bitter taste of its leaves and stems, and used (esp. formerly) in herbal remedies and as a flavouring for drinks. Cf. absinthium n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > wormwood wermodc725 mugworteOE absinthiumOE wormwooda1400 absinthc1429 Pontic wormwood1551 Roman wormwood1551 mouse-wort1607 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 3592 Forto..alle erthly joie multiply Ware absinthe als in regarde of alder-leest joye hevenly. 1479 Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (Caxton) iii. iii I shal fede my peple with absinth, comunly named worm wode the whiche is a bitter herbe. 1597 P. Lowe Whole Course Chirurg. vii. ii. f. Z The pouder Aloes, mixed with the Oyle of Absynthe and a little waxe is verye good. 1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. iv. 253 Absinth and poyson be my sustenance. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Tt^v Though Absynth be an herb of vulgar dignotion, yet scarce two agree in..describing its Species. 1791 W. Nicholson tr. J. A. C. Chaptal Elements Chem. III. ii. 56 Balm, mint, and the greater absinthe, contain their oils in the stem and leaves. 1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 172 The principal bitter used in England is..derived from the hop plant..in Italy it is from absinth. 1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 374 Wormwoods and Mugworts... Absinthe wormwood, A. absinthium (alien)... S. Canada, ne. U.S. 1993 K. N. Sanecki Discovering Herbs (ed. 5) 101 Wormwood Artemisia absinthium (Compositae) Perennial Absinth, green ginger. One of the loveliest plants in the herb garden. b. North American. Any of several North American plants of the genus Artemisia, esp. the common sagebrush, A. tridentata. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > Artemisia or mugwort mugworteOE artemisiaOE mugweeda1400 motherwort1440 matricary1523 French wormwood1548 holy wormwood1548 sea-mugwort1548 sea-wormwood1548 tree wormwood1548 Roman wormwood1551 southernwood1577 garden cypress1578 mouse-wort1607 field southernwood1739 sage1805 hyssop1807 sage-bush1807 appleringie1808 absinth1841 sage-brush1850 1841 P. J. de Smet Let. 1 Sept. in Lett. & Sketches (1843) 108 It abounds in absynth, cactus, and all such plants and herbs as are chiefly found on arid lands. 1849 F. Parkman Calif. & Oregon Trail 146 Multitudes of strange medicinal herbs, more especially the absanth, which covered every declivity. 1959 Winnipeg Free Press 12 June 4/4 Absinth with its large, silvery, very odorous leaves, was common. †2. figurative. Something extremely bitter or unpalatable. Cf. wormwood n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > bitterness or acridity > bitter substance bitterOE austere1684 bittern1775 gall-drop1796 absinth1843 1843 Eng. Jrnl. Educ. Oct. 351 Even when it became necessary to administer to them ‘the bitter absinth’ of rebuke, he always smeared the rim of the goblet in which he tendered it to their lips with the sweet flavour of honeyed kindness. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. iv. 448 What a drop of concentrated absynth follows next. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1429
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