† Mokisson.

Forms: 1600s Mokisses (plural), 1600s 1800s Mokisso.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from a Bantu language.

Etymology: < a Bantu language of West Central Africa, probably < mo- , personal class prefix (see Modjadji n.) + -kisi, ultimately < common Bantu *-keti spirit, fetish, charm (compare Punu mugisi, term denoting a local ‘secret’ society or the dance performed by its members). Compare Portuguese moquísia (African) occult power of divination (1813).

Obsolete.

In central Africa, esp. in the former kingdom of Loango (now largely in south-western Congo): an idol.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol

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1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 8 In Angola the people are fearfull blacke, their Religion is Ethnick, their Idols are of great esteeme amongst them, and called Mokisso.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 9 Mokisses or deformed Idolls are indeered amongst them.

a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXI. 511/2 Their Mokissos, or idols, are rather considered as agents of the Deity, than as deities themselves; and are usually figures of wood or clay coarsely made, sometimes as large as life.

1854 Southern Q. Rev. July 81 The priest was careful that his blood fell upon Mokissos, or idols of the king.

1872 tr. C. F. Dupuis Origin of all Relig. Worship 316 The natives of Loango have a great many ‘Mokissos’ or idols of Divinities, which are in repute of having the government of the World distributed among themselves.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mokisso
释义	† Mokisson. Forms: 1600s Mokisses (plural), 1600s 1800s Mokisso. Origin: Probably a borrowing from a Bantu language. Etymology: < a Bantu language of West Central Africa, probably < mo- , personal class prefix (see Modjadji n.) + -kisi, ultimately < common Bantu -keti spirit, fetish, charm (compare Punu mugisi, term denoting a local ‘secret’ society or the dance performed by its members). Compare Portuguese moquísia* (African) occult power of divination (1813). Obsolete. In central Africa, esp. in the former kingdom of Loango (now largely in south-western Congo): an idol. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol godeOE anlikenessOE stockc1000 mammetc1225 Mahometc1275 Mahoundc1275 idola1325 simulacre1382 marmoseta1398 mammetrya1400 puppet1534 poppet?1548 block1570 Dagona1572 pagoda1582 pagody1588 Mokisso1634 poppet deitya1641 pageant idol1696 pageant thing1696 afgod1769 cult figure1895 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 8 In Angola the people are fearfull blacke, their Religion is Ethnick, their Idols are of great esteeme amongst them, and called Mokisso. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 9 Mokisses or deformed Idolls are indeered amongst them. a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXI. 511/2 Their Mokissos, or idols, are rather considered as agents of the Deity, than as deities themselves; and are usually figures of wood or clay coarsely made, sometimes as large as life. 1854 Southern Q. Rev. July 81 The priest was careful that his blood fell upon Mokissos, or idols of the king. 1872 tr. C. F. Dupuis Origin of all Relig. Worship 316 The natives of Loango have a great many ‘Mokissos’ or idols of Divinities, which are in repute of having the government of the World distributed among themselves. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1634
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