† molossn.

Forms: 1700s–1800s molosse, 1800s moloss.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Molossus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Molossus molossus n. In sense 2 after scientific Latin Molossus (see molossid n. and adj.). Compare Middle French, French molosse (1555 in sense 3, 1611 in Cotgrave in sense 1, 1817 in sense 2), Italian molosso (a1556 in sense 2).N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (molǫ·s) /məʊˈlɒs/.

Obsolete. rare.

1. Prosody. A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables; = molossus n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > three long syllables

molossus1586

molossa1730

a1730 A. Blackwall Sacred Classics (1731) II. i. ii. 100 The smaller Alcaic verse with a Molosse interpos'd.

2. Zoology. A molossid bat.

ΚΠ

a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXII. 249 Molosses of the Old World..Collared Molosse..Plaited Molosse.

3. A Molossian dog. Cf. Molossian adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > family Molossidae (mastiff bat)

molossine1840

moloss1842

mastiff bat1851

monk bat1851

molossoid1890

molossid1958

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > giant breeds > mastiff > other types of

moloss1842

bull-mastiff1871

molossus1879

Dogue de Bordeaux1895

Tosa1945

boerboel1965

Dogo1975

Neapolitan1987

Dogo Argentino1989

1842 T. De Quincey Mod. Greece in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 123/1 Out bounds..a horrid infuriated ruffian of a dog—oftentimes a huge moloss, big as an English cow.

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

单词	moloss
释义	† molossn. Forms: 1700s–1800s molosse, 1800s moloss. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Molossus. Etymology: < classical Latin Molossus molossus n. In sense 2 after scientific Latin Molossus (see molossid n. and adj.). Compare Middle French, French molosse (1555 in sense 3, 1611 in Cotgrave in sense 1, 1817 in sense 2), Italian molosso (a1556 in sense 2).N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (molǫ·s) /məʊˈlɒs/. Obsolete. rare. 1. Prosody. A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables; = molossus n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > three long syllables molossus1586 molossa1730 a1730 A. Blackwall Sacred Classics (1731) II. i. ii. 100 The smaller Alcaic verse with a Molosse interpos'd. 2. Zoology. A molossid bat. ΚΠ a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXII. 249 Molosses of the Old World..Collared Molosse..Plaited Molosse. 3. A Molossian dog. Cf. Molossian adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > family Molossidae (mastiff bat) molossine1840 moloss1842 mastiff bat1851 monk bat1851 molossoid1890 molossid1958 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > giant breeds > mastiff > other types of moloss1842 bull-mastiff1871 molossus1879 Dogue de Bordeaux1895 Tosa1945 boerboel1965 Dogo1975 Neapolitan1987 Dogo Argentino1989 1842 T. De Quincey Mod. Greece in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 123/1 Out bounds..a horrid infuriated ruffian of a dog—oftentimes a huge moloss, big as an English cow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1730
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