Modon.

Brit.

/ˈməʊdəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊˌdoʊ/

Forms: 1600s Modo, 1600s Modu.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps after classical Latin modo only, but, as remembered from the Latin liturgy or another text in Latin (see note below).Modo is one of a number of alleged devils mentioned by Harsnet (see quots. 1603¹ below) and thence by Shakespeare (see quots. 1608¹ below). These were originally named by Sara Williams (fl. 1575–1602), a servant in a Catholic household, who was subject to a series of exorcisms in 1585–6. They were reported from her testimony in a manuscript book extant in 1598, which was known to Harsnet, but is now lost. When she was questioned about the names in 1602, Williams reported that when her exorcist asked her to identify the spirits which possessed her, she ‘to content them, did alwayes devuise one name or other’, and that some of the names she invented were taken from the inscriptions on a set of wall-hangings she had seen (S. Harsnet Declar. Popish Impostures 181). Compare flibbertigibbet n. 2a, Hobbididance n., Mahu n. E. Blunden in Shakespeare Assoc. Lects. (1929) 14 8 suggests an implied reference by Shakespeare to Horace Epistles 2.1.213 ‘Ut magus: modo me Thebis; et modo ponit Athenis’.

(The name of) a devil. Cf. Mahu n. (Now only in allusion to Shakespeare.)

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1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures x. 48 Modu, Ma: Maynies deuill, was a graund Commaunder, Muster-maister ouer the Captaines of the seauen deadly sinnes..: so saith Sara Williams.

1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xxii. 148 Maho, and Modu (the two Generals of the infernal furies).

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 131 The Prince of darkenes is a Gentleman, modo he's caled and ma hu.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xv. 58 Hobbididence Prince of dumbnes, Mahu of stealing, Modo of murder.

1925 ‘J. Doyle’ Marmosite's Misc. 9 Moloch, Mars, Modo and many more again Swore vengeance for Mnevis on Jehovah's power.

1993 A. Waldman All is Full of Jove 94 I'd call him Daddy, and speak him Modo or Mahu who drinks the green mantle of the standing pool.

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

单词	modo
释义	Modon. Brit. /ˈməʊdəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊˌdoʊ/ Forms: 1600s Modo, 1600s Modu. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps after classical Latin modo only, but, as remembered from the Latin liturgy or another text in Latin (see note below).Modo is one of a number of alleged devils mentioned by Harsnet (see quots. 1603¹ below) and thence by Shakespeare (see quots. 1608¹ below). These were originally named by Sara Williams (fl. 1575–1602), a servant in a Catholic household, who was subject to a series of exorcisms in 1585–6. They were reported from her testimony in a manuscript book extant in 1598, which was known to Harsnet, but is now lost. When she was questioned about the names in 1602, Williams reported that when her exorcist asked her to identify the spirits which possessed her, she ‘to content them, did alwayes devuise one name or other’, and that some of the names she invented were taken from the inscriptions on a set of wall-hangings she had seen (S. Harsnet Declar. Popish Impostures 181). Compare flibbertigibbet n. 2a, Hobbididance n., Mahu n. E. Blunden in Shakespeare Assoc. Lects. (1929) 14 8 suggests an implied reference by Shakespeare to Horace Epistles 2.1.213 ‘Ut magus: modo me Thebis; et modo ponit Athenis’. (The name of) a devil. Cf. Mahu n. (Now only in allusion to Shakespeare.) ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > [noun] > specific names of Ruffinc1225 ragamuffinc1400 Tutivillusc1475 Modo1603 legiona1616 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures x. 48 Modu, Ma: Maynies deuill, was a graund Commaunder, Muster-maister ouer the Captaines of the seauen deadly sinnes..: so saith Sara Williams. 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xxii. 148 Maho, and Modu (the two Generals of the infernal furies). 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 131 The Prince of darkenes is a Gentleman, modo he's caled and ma hu. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xv. 58 Hobbididence Prince of dumbnes, Mahu of stealing, Modo of murder. View more context for this quotation 1925 ‘J. Doyle’ Marmosite's Misc. 9 Moloch, Mars, Modo and many more again Swore vengeance for Mnevis on Jehovah's power. 1993 A. Waldman All is Full of Jove 94 I'd call him Daddy, and speak him Modo or Mahu who drinks the green mantle of the standing pool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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