monticlen.

Brit.

/ˈmɒntᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˈmɑn(t)ək(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English montycle, late Middle English mountycle, 1600s– monticle.

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

Etymology: < Middle French monticule monticule n.

Now rare.

A small mountain or hill. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill or mountain > [noun] > small

monticle1490

monticule1777

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos i. 13 Vpon whom was so moche sonde layde, that vpon polydorus semed to be a lityl hille or montycle.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos iii. 17 In whiche place there hadde be accumyled, or heped, of sonde a lytyl hylle or mountycle.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 732 The fleshy swellings which the Chyromanticks call hyllockes or Monticles do make the brawne or pulpe of the hand.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Monticles, little Mountains.

1851 G. Borrow Lavengro II. xxv. 154 He stood on the top of a steep monticle.

1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. ii. ii. 51 A moated hillock,..the learned-men's monticle or moated camp.

1984 New Yorker 23 July 58/1 Mars Hill stands in the morning shadow of a monticle of the same name.

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

单词	monticle
释义	monticlen. Brit. /ˈmɒntᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈmɑn(t)ək(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English montycle, late Middle English mountycle, 1600s– monticle. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monticule. Etymology: < Middle French monticule monticule n. Now rare. A small mountain or hill. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill or mountain > [noun] > small monticle1490 monticule1777 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos i. 13 Vpon whom was so moche sonde layde, that vpon polydorus semed to be a lityl hille or montycle. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos iii. 17 In whiche place there hadde be accumyled, or heped, of sonde a lytyl hylle or mountycle. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 732 The fleshy swellings which the Chyromanticks call hyllockes or Monticles do make the brawne or pulpe of the hand. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Monticles, little Mountains. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro II. xxv. 154 He stood on the top of a steep monticle. 1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. ii. ii. 51 A moated hillock,..the learned-men's monticle or moated camp. 1984 New Yorker 23 July 58/1 Mars Hill stands in the morning shadow of a monticle of the same name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1490
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