moaning doven.

Brit.

/ˌməʊnɪŋ ˈdʌv/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊnɪŋ ˌdəv/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourning dove n.; moaning adj., dove n.

Etymology: Perhaps alteration of mourning dove n., after moaning adj., arising from U.S. regional (southern) pronunciation of mourning adj., or perhaps independently < moaning adj. + dove n., with reference to the bird's call. Compare quots. 1951 at sense 1 and 1955 at sense 1.Compare earlier, unrelated use of moaning dove as a poetic collocation:1747 J. Warton On Shooting in Odes on Various Subjects 44 Linnet, or warbling thrush, or moaning dove.

U.S. regional (southern).

1. The common ground dove, Columbina passerina, a very small greyish dove found from the southern United States to Brazil.

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1854 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz 2 Oct. The plaintive song of the moaning dove with the double bass of monsieur frog.

1888 Cent. Mag. Sept. 702/2 The ground or moaning dove is scarcely larger than a sparrow.

1951 Amer. Speech 26 93 Some people call our common dove the mourning dove... Those deeming the note mournful emphasize that significance in the adjective moanin'... Parallel usage affects names of the ground dove, witness moanin' dove.

1955 E. H. Forbush & J. R. May Nat. Hist. Amer. Birds 255 Eastern Ground Dove,..their soft cooing notes are a characteristic sound in their Florida haunts and have given the bird the local name of ‘Mourning Dove’ or ‘Moaning Dove’, as it is often pronounced, but..the bird should never be confused with the real Mourning Dove.

2. The mourning dove, Zenaida macroura. rare.

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1949 A. Sprunt & E. B. Chamberlain S. Carolina Bird Life 188 Eastern Mourning Dove... Zenaidura macroura carolinensis... Local Names: Turtle Dove; Carolina Dove; ‘Moaning’ Dove.

1951 [see sense 1].

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moaning dove
释义	moaning doven. Brit. /ˌməʊnɪŋ ˈdʌv/, U.S. /ˈmoʊnɪŋ ˌdəv/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourning dove n.; moaning adj., dove n. Etymology: Perhaps alteration of mourning dove n., after moaning adj., arising from U.S. regional (southern) pronunciation of mourning adj., or perhaps independently < moaning adj. + dove n., with reference to the bird's call. Compare quots. 1951 at sense 1 and 1955 at sense 1.Compare earlier, unrelated use of moaning dove as a poetic collocation:1747 J. Warton On Shooting in Odes on Various Subjects 44 Linnet, or warbling thrush, or moaning dove. U.S. regional (southern). 1. The common ground dove, Columbina passerina, a very small greyish dove found from the southern United States to Brazil. ΚΠ 1854 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz 2 Oct. The plaintive song of the moaning dove with the double bass of monsieur frog. 1888 Cent. Mag. Sept. 702/2 The ground or moaning dove is scarcely larger than a sparrow. 1951 Amer. Speech 26 93 Some people call our common dove the mourning dove... Those deeming the note mournful emphasize that significance in the adjective moanin'... Parallel usage affects names of the ground dove, witness moanin' dove. 1955 E. H. Forbush & J. R. May Nat. Hist. Amer. Birds 255 Eastern Ground Dove,..their soft cooing notes are a characteristic sound in their Florida haunts and have given the bird the local name of ‘Mourning Dove’ or ‘Moaning Dove’, as it is often pronounced, but..the bird should never be confused with the real Mourning Dove. 2. The mourning dove, Zenaida macroura. rare. ΚΠ 1949 A. Sprunt & E. B. Chamberlain S. Carolina Bird Life 188 Eastern Mourning Dove... Zenaidura macroura carolinensis... Local Names: Turtle Dove; Carolina Dove; ‘Moaning’ Dove. 1951 [see sense 1]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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