moidoren.

Brit.

/ˈmɔɪdɔː/,

/ˌmɔɪˈdɔː/, U.S.

/ˈmɔɪˌdɔr/

Forms: 1700s moedor, 1700s moedore, 1700s moider, 1700s moidor, 1700s moyder, 1700s moydor, 1700s moydore, 1700s moyodore, 1700s– moidore.

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese moeda de ouro.

Etymology: < Portuguese moeda de ouro, lit. ‘coin of gold’ < moeda money n. + de of + ouro gold ( < classical Latin aurum : see auro- comb. form). Compare French moëda (1842; 1721 as moede, 1833 as moëde).

A Portuguese gold coin current in England and its colonies in the first half of the 18th cent., then worth about 27 shillings (now historical). Hence colloquial: †the sum of 27 shillings (obsolete). Also more generally (usually in plural): any gold coin. Cf. doubloon n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Portuguese coins

portague1532

crusado1544

Portugal1546

Portuguese1577

patacon1584

vintem1584

milreis1589

pataca1625

moidore1710

octave1747

Johannes1758

joe1765

half joe1775

escudo1821

centavo1857

1702 in W. A. Shaw Sel. Tracts Eng. Monetary Hist. (1896) 166 In Portugal the Moeda is recconed at ten Crusados or 28s. 7.1d.]

1710 in Essex Inst. Historical Coll. (1920) LVI. 283 Staford Webber is... Cred. By a moyder gold, 2 li.

1711–12 I. Newton in W. A. Shaw Sel. Tracts Eng. Monetary Hist. (1896) 178 The Moydores of Portugal, one with another, as they are brought hither by the Merchant..in England are worth 27s. 8d. Half penny.

1731 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 325 The gentlemen subscribed two moiders a piece, and have two tickets each night to dispose of to ladies.

1749 B. Franklin Let. 16 Oct. in Wks. (1887) II. 153 I send you also a moidore enclosed, which please to accept towards chaise hire.

1775 Massachusetts Spy 17 Mar. 4/3 Lost, a Sum of Money, all in Gold, viz. 3 Moidores, 1 Four Pistol piece, and 1 Half Guinea.

1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage I. viii. 153 To pay back the dowager's hard moidores.

1891 C. Welch Recoll. 1830–40 168 The gold coins most popular in circulation were..moidores, $6·00.

1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 541/2 Beyond the bulkhead I knew were the treasure-chests full of doubloons and moidores and pieces of eight.

1931 Amer. Hist. Rev. 36 726 Securing..for six shillings a Spanish milled dollar, or for thirty-six shillings a moidore, or for forty-eight shillings a half Johannes.

1990 D. Walcott Omeros viii. 44 He kept falling for fathoms towards his fortune: moidores, doubloons.

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

单词	moidore
释义	moidoren. Brit. /ˈmɔɪdɔː/, /ˌmɔɪˈdɔː/, U.S. /ˈmɔɪˌdɔr/ Forms: 1700s moedor, 1700s moedore, 1700s moider, 1700s moidor, 1700s moyder, 1700s moydor, 1700s moydore, 1700s moyodore, 1700s– moidore. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese moeda de ouro. Etymology: < Portuguese moeda de ouro, lit. ‘coin of gold’ < moeda money n. + de of + ouro gold ( < classical Latin aurum : see auro- comb. form). Compare French moëda (1842; 1721 as moede, 1833 as moëde). A Portuguese gold coin current in England and its colonies in the first half of the 18th cent., then worth about 27 shillings (now historical). Hence colloquial: †the sum of 27 shillings (obsolete). Also more generally (usually in plural): any gold coin. Cf. doubloon n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Portuguese coins portague1532 crusado1544 Portugal1546 Portuguese1577 patacon1584 vintem1584 milreis1589 pataca1625 moidore1710 octave1747 Johannes1758 joe1765 half joe1775 escudo1821 centavo1857 1702 in W. A. Shaw Sel. Tracts Eng. Monetary Hist. (1896) 166 In Portugal the Moeda is recconed at ten Crusados or 28s. 7.1d.] 1710 in Essex Inst. Historical Coll. (1920) LVI. 283 Staford Webber is... Cred. By a moyder gold, 2 li. 1711–12 I. Newton in W. A. Shaw Sel. Tracts Eng. Monetary Hist. (1896) 178 The Moydores of Portugal, one with another, as they are brought hither by the Merchant..in England are worth 27s. 8d. Half penny. 1731 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 325 The gentlemen subscribed two moiders a piece, and have two tickets each night to dispose of to ladies. 1749 B. Franklin Let. 16 Oct. in Wks. (1887) II. 153 I send you also a moidore enclosed, which please to accept towards chaise hire. 1775 Massachusetts Spy 17 Mar. 4/3 Lost, a Sum of Money, all in Gold, viz. 3 Moidores, 1 Four Pistol piece, and 1 Half Guinea. 1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage I. viii. 153 To pay back the dowager's hard moidores. 1891 C. Welch Recoll. 1830–40 168 The gold coins most popular in circulation were..moidores, $6·00. 1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 541/2 Beyond the bulkhead I knew were the treasure-chests full of doubloons and moidores and pieces of eight. 1931 Amer. Hist. Rev. 36 726 Securing..for six shillings a Spanish milled dollar, or for thirty-six shillings a moidore, or for forty-eight shillings a half Johannes. 1990 D. Walcott Omeros viii. 44 He kept falling for fathoms towards his fortune: moidores, doubloons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1710
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