† moustiquen.

Forms: 1600s moustick, 1600s moustico, 1800s mustic, 1800s moustique.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French moustique, mousquitte, mousquite.

Etymology: < French moustique (1654), variant (with metathesis) of †mousquitte, †mousquite mosquito n., perhaps after tique tick n.¹ Compare earlier mosquito n.In form moustico in quot. 1666, probably partly after mosquito n. or its Spanish etymon.

Obsolete.

A mosquito.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Culicidae > member of (gnat or mosquito)

mosquito1572

moustique1666

mosquito fly1750

gnat1787

mosquito gnat1828

skeeter1839

vampire1864

culicid1907

mozzie1916

1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands i. xxiv. 146 A sort of very small Flies, by some called Mousticoes [Fr. Moustiques], which are felt commonly before they are seen.

1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 152 The Inhabitants..are much incommoded with Ants, Mousticks [etc.].

1801 C. Grant Hist. Mauritius 68 The gnat called moustique or maringouin is very troublesome.

1887 A. M. Mackay in Mem. (1890) 374 These little horrors—ants and mustics—are the plague of my life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	moustique
释义	† moustiquen. Forms: 1600s moustick, 1600s moustico, 1800s mustic, 1800s moustique. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French moustique, mousquitte, mousquite. Etymology: < French moustique (1654), variant (with metathesis) of †mousquitte, †mousquite mosquito n., perhaps after tique tick n.¹ Compare earlier mosquito n.In form moustico in quot. 1666, probably partly after mosquito n. or its Spanish etymon. Obsolete. A mosquito. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Culicidae > member of (gnat or mosquito) mosquito1572 moustique1666 mosquito fly1750 gnat1787 mosquito gnat1828 skeeter1839 vampire1864 culicid1907 mozzie1916 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands i. xxiv. 146 A sort of very small Flies, by some called Mousticoes [Fr. Moustiques], which are felt commonly before they are seen. 1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 152 The Inhabitants..are much incommoded with Ants, Mousticks [etc.]. 1801 C. Grant Hist. Mauritius 68 The gnat called moustique or maringouin is very troublesome. 1887 A. M. Mackay in Mem. (1890) 374 These little horrors—ants and mustics—are the plague of my life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1666
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