monomachyn.

Brit.

/məˈnɒməki/, U.S.

/məˈnɑməki/

Forms: 1500s–1600s monomachie, 1600s monamachy, 1600s– monomachy.

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

Etymology: < Middle French monomachie (1534) or its etymon post-classical Latin monomachia monomachia n.; compare -machy comb. form. Compare Spanish monomaquia (1545).

Now rare.

A combat or contest between two people or opposing forces; a duel; a fight involving single combat. Also: combat of this nature.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > single combat or duel

handplayeOE

deraignc1300

battlea1400

duellation1502

two-hand battlec1503

combat1567

push of pick1578

monomachy1582

combacy1586

hand fight1587

duel1589

rencounter1590

single fight1598

field meeting1603

camp-fight1605

duello1606

judicial combat1610

fight of stand?1611

stand-fight?1611

business1612

monomachia1624

single combat1625

single field1630

duelliona1637

rencontrea1722

affair of honour1737

meeting1813

holmgang1847

mensur1848

duomachy1885

1582 A. Fleming (title) A monomachie of motives in the mind of man.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xix. sig. Bb1^v (heading) The monomachie betweene Anaxius and Pyrocles.

1618 T. Adams Happines of Church ii. 175 Christ after his monomachie or single combate with the deuill in the desart, had Angels to attend him.

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 62 All the monsters and terrours of the earth in single monomachy to overcome.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 51 This with our Church Monomachie Ends with a Gigantomathie.

a1770 C. Smart Duellist 38 The morning came—and man to man, The grand monomachy began.

1885 Academy 1 Aug. 69/1 The other [kind of combat] is the monomachy for especial purpose..to decide an important question without shedding the blood of the general.

1964 Acta Classica 7 25 (title) Reviling and monomachy as battle-preludes in ancient warfare.

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

单词	monomachy
释义	monomachyn. Brit. /məˈnɒməki/, U.S. /məˈnɑməki/ Forms: 1500s–1600s monomachie, 1600s monamachy, 1600s– monomachy. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French monomachie; Latin monomachia. Etymology: < Middle French monomachie (1534) or its etymon post-classical Latin monomachia monomachia n.; compare -machy comb. form. Compare Spanish monomaquia (1545). Now rare. A combat or contest between two people or opposing forces; a duel; a fight involving single combat. Also: combat of this nature. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > single combat or duel handplayeOE deraignc1300 battlea1400 duellation1502 two-hand battlec1503 combat1567 push of pick1578 monomachy1582 combacy1586 hand fight1587 duel1589 rencounter1590 single fight1598 field meeting1603 camp-fight1605 duello1606 judicial combat1610 fight of stand?1611 stand-fight?1611 business1612 monomachia1624 single combat1625 single field1630 duelliona1637 rencontrea1722 affair of honour1737 meeting1813 holmgang1847 mensur1848 duomachy1885 1582 A. Fleming (title) A monomachie of motives in the mind of man. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xix. sig. Bb1^v (heading) The monomachie betweene Anaxius and Pyrocles. 1618 T. Adams Happines of Church ii. 175 Christ after his monomachie or single combate with the deuill in the desart, had Angels to attend him. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 62 All the monsters and terrours of the earth in single monomachy to overcome. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 51 This with our Church Monomachie Ends with a Gigantomathie. a1770 C. Smart Duellist 38 The morning came—and man to man, The grand monomachy began. 1885 Academy 1 Aug. 69/1 The other [kind of combat] is the monomachy for especial purpose..to decide an important question without shedding the blood of the general. 1964 Acta Classica 7 25 (title) Reviling and monomachy as battle-preludes in ancient warfare. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1582
随便看	bebishop bebite beblacksmithed beblain beblast beblear bebleed bebless beblest beblind beblister beblockhead beblood beblooded beblooding bebloods bebloody bebloom beblot beblotch beblubbered beblunderbuss beblur bebog bebop