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单词 mossoo
释义

mossoon.

Brit. /məˈsuː/, U.S. /məˈsu/
Forms: 1800s mosso, 1800s moussu, 1800s– mossoo, 1800s– mussoo.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monsieur.
Etymology: Representing a popular pronunciation of French monsieur monsieur n. Compare mounseer n.
A Frenchman (chiefly used in representations of popular speech or with depreciatory reference). Also used humorously as a form of address or courtesy title: = monsieur n. 3a. Cf. mounseer n.
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FrenchmanOE
monsieur?a1513
Gaul1630
frog1657
Gallic1755
mounseer1755
parleyvoo1755
frog-eater1766
Galloman1787
mossoo1809
Frencher1826
Frenchy1829
parley1831
crapaud?c1834
wi-wi1841
froggy1853
1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 72 All flock'd round to see What Monsu was about.]
1809 Child of 36 Fathers I. 183 I declare to you, Moussu, the friend of that insolent, who have dared to utter that blasphemy, that you must..give me satisfaction for this infamous conduct.
1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. vi. 129 You pick out any Mossoo you like.
1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 426 Let Mosso have this if he likes it.
1886 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel 68 A stout fur-capped Mossoo.
1906 E. Nesbit Railway Children xiv. 295 He says his French just like Mossoo—A beastly stuck up thing to do.
1930 O. W. Holmes Let. 18 Apr. in Holmes–Laski Lett. (1953) II. 1238 A wonderfully interesting account of your jaw with the mussoos about classicism and romanticism, etc.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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