mouchen.

Brit.

/muːʃ/, U.S.

/muʃ/

Forms: 1600s mouch, 1600s mouches (plural), 1800s– mouche.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mouche.

Etymology: < French mouche small piece of taffeta worn on the face (1618), small tuft of hair allowed to grow beneath the lower lip (1840), specific uses of mouche fly (early 12th cent. in Old French as musche ) < classical Latin musca fly (see Musca n.).

1. A small black patch worn on the face as an ornament or to conceal a blemish. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > adorning with patches > ornamental patches or spots

spot1578

patch1592

beauty spot1647

fly1658

mouche1676

gunpowder spot1681

powder-spot1683

beauty patch1691

mouchet1699

coquette patch1705

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xxii. 119 From which time it hath continued well, she not having worn any Mouch upon it of late years.

a1685 M. Evelyn Mundus Muliebris (1690) 6 Mouches for pushes, to be sure, From Paris the tré-fine procure.

1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard II. ii. 180 A coral necklace encircled her throat, and a few black patches, or mouches, as they were termed, served as a foil to the bloom of her cheek and chin.

1859 Habits Good Society iv. 168 Henrietta of Orleans..was amongst the first to display mouches or patches at court.

1863 E. C. Gaskell Crowley Castle in All Year Round 3 Dec. 16/2 Her little mouche put on with skill; the tiny half-moon patch, to lengthen the..eye; the minute star to give the effect of a dimple.

1969 V. Nabokov Ada ii. vii. 401 ‘I'll find a mouche (patch) to conceal it’, she said.

1977 L. Sanders Second Deadly Sin vii. 145 Just below one corner of her mouth was a small black mole, although it could have been a velvet mouche.

2. A natural mark on the face resembling such a patch; a beauty spot; (also) a small patch of beard shaped and allowed to grow under the lower lip.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark

spotOE

markOE

tachea1400

macula?a1425

ruby1542

plotch1548

flea-biting1552

fleck1598

blanch1608

staina1616

naeve1619

neve1624

dark1637

sunspot1651

pip1676

liver spot1684

beauty spot1795

heat-spot1822

spilus1822

ink-spot1839

punctation1848

punctuation1848

macule1864

soldier's spots1874

pock1894

mouche1959

1959 M. Steen Woman in Back Seat i. i. 8 At the angle of the jaw,..there should be a dark brown mouche, about the size of a small pea.

1970 P. Berton National Dream iii. iv. 118 Hector Louis Langevin, a bulky man with pouchy eyes, a page-boy hair style and a tiny mouche beneath his lower lip.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mouche
释义	mouchen. Brit. /muːʃ/, U.S. /muʃ/ Forms: 1600s mouch, 1600s mouches (plural), 1800s– mouche. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mouche. Etymology: < French mouche small piece of taffeta worn on the face (1618), small tuft of hair allowed to grow beneath the lower lip (1840), specific uses of mouche fly (early 12th cent. in Old French as musche ) < classical Latin musca fly (see Musca n.). 1. A small black patch worn on the face as an ornament or to conceal a blemish. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > adorning with patches > ornamental patches or spots spot1578 patch1592 beauty spot1647 fly1658 mouche1676 gunpowder spot1681 powder-spot1683 beauty patch1691 mouchet1699 coquette patch1705 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xxii. 119 From which time it hath continued well, she not having worn any Mouch upon it of late years. a1685 M. Evelyn Mundus Muliebris (1690) 6 Mouches for pushes, to be sure, From Paris the tré-fine procure. 1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard II. ii. 180 A coral necklace encircled her throat, and a few black patches, or mouches, as they were termed, served as a foil to the bloom of her cheek and chin. 1859 Habits Good Society iv. 168 Henrietta of Orleans..was amongst the first to display mouches or patches at court. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Crowley Castle in All Year Round 3 Dec. 16/2 Her little mouche put on with skill; the tiny half-moon patch, to lengthen the..eye; the minute star to give the effect of a dimple. 1969 V. Nabokov Ada ii. vii. 401 ‘I'll find a mouche (patch) to conceal it’, she said. 1977 L. Sanders Second Deadly Sin vii. 145 Just below one corner of her mouth was a small black mole, although it could have been a velvet mouche. 2. A natural mark on the face resembling such a patch; a beauty spot; (also) a small patch of beard shaped and allowed to grow under the lower lip. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark spotOE markOE tachea1400 macula?a1425 ruby1542 plotch1548 flea-biting1552 fleck1598 blanch1608 staina1616 naeve1619 neve1624 dark1637 sunspot1651 pip1676 liver spot1684 beauty spot1795 heat-spot1822 spilus1822 ink-spot1839 punctation1848 punctuation1848 macule1864 soldier's spots1874 pock1894 mouche1959 1959 M. Steen Woman in Back Seat i. i. 8 At the angle of the jaw,..there should be a dark brown mouche, about the size of a small pea. 1970 P. Berton National Dream iii. iv. 118 Hector Louis Langevin, a bulky man with pouchy eyes, a page-boy hair style and a tiny mouche beneath his lower lip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676
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