muffyn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌfi/, U.S.

/ˈməfi/, Scottish English

/ˈmʌfɪ/

Forms: 1800s– muffie, 1800s– muffy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muff n.⁴, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < muff n.⁴ + -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier muffit n. and mufty n.

Scottish.

The whitethroat, Sylvia communis. Cf. muff n.⁴, muffit n., mufty n. 2, muggy n.Recorded earliest in compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia communis (whitethroat)

whey-beard1614

glut1661

muff1661

whitethroat1673

nettle-monger1712

whitethroat warbler1817

whey-bird1825

muggy1829

nettle-tom1830

muffit1837

mufty1837

nettle creeper1845

feather-bed1854

jackstraw1879

feather-bird1885

mealy-mouth1885

miller1885

muffya1886

a1886 A. Burgess Poute (1890) 63 Yoo Kan help the Shillfa and his hen The Muffy-why-baerd.

1965 Sc. National Dict. VI. 350/2 Muffie, the whitethroat, Sylvia communis (Fif[e] 1933).

1984 W. B. Lockwood Oxf. Bk. Brit. Bird Names 105/2 Muffie, a Scottish name for a Whitethroat, the ‘little muff’ being the distinctive throat band.

Compounds

† muffy whey-beard n. [ < muffy n. + whey-beard n. at whey n. Compounds 2] Obsolete the whitethroat, Sylvia communis.

ΚΠ

a1886Muffy-why-baerd [see main sense].

muffy wren n. the willow warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus, or the whitethroat, Sylvia communis.

ΚΠ

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 26 Willow Warbler... Names arising from peculiarities of the nest... Muffie wren (Renfrew).

1984 W. B. Lockwood Oxf. Bk. Brit. Bird Names 105/2 Muffie, a Scottish name for a Whitethroat..; also Muffie Wren.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

muffyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌfi/, U.S.

/ˈməfi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muff n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < muff n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

Resembling a muff (muff n.¹).

ΚΠ

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin III. vii. 55 A little muffy sort of dog.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford ix. Signor Brunoni had not got that muffy sort of thing about his chin, but looked like a close-shaved Christian gentleman.

1859 All Year Round 31 Dec. 220 A huge, round, high cap, muffy and ridiculous as an English grenadier's, crowned his head.

1999 Farmers Guardian (Nexis) 23 Apr. 16 Too many Suffolk breeders are going down the head and bone route and are producing sheep with coarse wool and muffy legs.

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

单词	muffy
释义	muffyn. Brit. /ˈmʌfi/, U.S. /ˈməfi/, Scottish English /ˈmʌfɪ/ Forms: 1800s– muffie, 1800s– muffy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muff n.⁴, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < muff n.⁴ + -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier muffit n. and mufty n. Scottish. The whitethroat, Sylvia communis. Cf. muff n.⁴, muffit n., mufty n. 2, muggy n.Recorded earliest in compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia communis (whitethroat) whey-beard1614 glut1661 muff1661 whitethroat1673 nettle-monger1712 whitethroat warbler1817 whey-bird1825 muggy1829 nettle-tom1830 muffit1837 mufty1837 nettle creeper1845 feather-bed1854 jackstraw1879 feather-bird1885 mealy-mouth1885 miller1885 muffya1886 a1886 A. Burgess Poute (1890) 63 Yoo Kan help the Shillfa and his hen The Muffy-why-baerd. 1965 Sc. National Dict. VI. 350/2 Muffie, the whitethroat, Sylvia communis (Fif[e] 1933). 1984 W. B. Lockwood Oxf. Bk. Brit. Bird Names 105/2 Muffie, a Scottish name for a Whitethroat, the ‘little muff’ being the distinctive throat band. Compounds † muffy whey-beard n. [ < muffy n. + whey-beard n. at whey n. Compounds 2] Obsolete the whitethroat, Sylvia communis. ΚΠ a1886Muffy-why-baerd [see main sense]. muffy wren n. the willow warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus, or the whitethroat, Sylvia communis. ΚΠ 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 26 Willow Warbler... Names arising from peculiarities of the nest... Muffie wren (Renfrew). 1984 W. B. Lockwood Oxf. Bk. Brit. Bird Names 105/2 Muffie, a Scottish name for a Whitethroat..; also Muffie Wren. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). muffyadj. Brit. /ˈmʌfi/, U.S. /ˈməfi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muff n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < muff n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Resembling a muff (muff n.¹). ΚΠ 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin III. vii. 55 A little muffy sort of dog. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford ix. Signor Brunoni had not got that muffy sort of thing about his chin, but looked like a close-shaved Christian gentleman. 1859 All Year Round 31 Dec. 220 A huge, round, high cap, muffy and ridiculous as an English grenadier's, crowned his head. 1999 Farmers Guardian (Nexis) 23 Apr. 16 Too many Suffolk breeders are going down the head and bone route and are producing sheep with coarse wool and muffy legs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1886adj.1833
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