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单词 moy
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moyn.1

Forms: 1600s–1700s moy, 1600s–1700s moye; Scottish pre-1700 moy, pre-1700 moye.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: muid n.1
Etymology: Variant of muid n.1 (see α. forms at that entry). In some later uses (see e.g. quot. 1647 at sense 2) perhaps after Romance cognates of Old French, Middle French mui (see muid n.1).Occasionally with unchanged plural after a cardinal number.
Obsolete.
1. A liquid measure equivalent to four gallons (approx. 18.2 litres). rare.
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1518 Protocol Bk. J. Foular (1930) II. 39 v Moye of bere.
2. A dry measure of capacity, varying in quantity but usually amounting to several bushels, used esp. for salt.
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a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Lansdowne) iv. l. 1555 [Off golde ryngis] Thre moys that was thre bollys mete [Þis Hannybal..To Cartage gert..be sende].
1535 MS Rec. Aberdeen XVI in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 317/1 Twenty twa moys of gryt salt.
1535 MS Rec. Aberdeen XVI in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 317/1 Ane moy of salt.
1595 Acct. Bk. W. Morton f. 6 The count of our salte comes..to xli moyes and xii metis.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo ii. iv. 45 The corne measure most knowne is in Latine Modius, a measure... The Last of Amsterdam is 27 moyes.
1647 in Deposition Bks. Bristol (1935) I. 221 Whether or noe you did not heare Christopher demilla and Manuell Queely say that the merchant had their mele or corne at 15 barrs per moy.
1756 in Essex Inst. Historical Coll. (1910) XLVI. 331 To the ammount of 240 Moyes of Salt on the Sea Nymph.
1788 Rhode Island Commerce II. 370 A Moy of Salt [is] nigh equal to one English Tun.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

moyn.2

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French moy, moi.
Etymology: Evolved by the character of Pistol in Shakespeare's Hen. V from a misunderstanding of French moy, variant of moi moi pron. in the speech of a French soldier; perhaps punningly after moy n.1, although early evidence for this word in English is largely Scots.It seems unnecessary to suppose that there is an allusion to any genuine name of a coin; other suggestions have been made, although none has been established convincingly.
Obsolete.
Apparently: a coin of an imaginary type.Apparently an isolated use.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. iv. 13 French. O prennes miserecordio aye pitez de moy. Pist. Moy shall not serue, I will haue fortie Moyes... French. O perdonne moy. Pist. Say'st thou me so? is that a Tonne of Moyes?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

moyadj.

Brit. /mɔɪ/, U.S. /mɔɪ/, Scottish English /mɔɪ/
Origin: Probably a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch mooy.
Etymology: Probably < Middle Dutch mooy, moy, moey, Dutch mooi elegant, handsome, pretty, further etymology uncertain (compare Middle Low German mōi graceful, dainty, clean, probably < Middle Dutch). Compare mooi adj.
Scottish and English regional (northern).
Mild, gentle; demure. Also: affected in manners, prim; reserved, unsocial.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper
moy1487
strait-laced1554
mima1586
prim1702
prick-eared1707
prudish1717
priggish1731
primsy1786
trig1793
missish1795
missy1805
pershittie1808
missyish1818
missy-like1831
primmy1857
pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857
antiseptic1891
blue-nosed1893
prissy1894
Nice Nelly1922
prissified1923
prunes and prismy1931
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > not fit or inclined for society
moy1487
uncompanable1555
inconversable1577
unconversable1593
insociable1598
unsociable1600
dissociable1603
unconversing1643
insocial1654
incommunicative1670
segregative1685
uncommunicative1691
unsocial1731
unamicable1732
uncompanionable1748
dissocial1762
unclubbable?1764
ungregarious1829
lame1942
socially distanced1970
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adjective]
stillc825
tamec888
nesheOE
mildeOE
softOE
lithea1000
daftc1000
methefulOE
sefteOE
meekc1175
benign1377
pleasablea1382
mytha1400
tendera1400
unfelona1400
mansuetea1425
meeta1425
gentlec1450
moy1487
placablea1522
facile1539
effeminate1594
silver1596
mildya1603
unmalicious1605
uncruel1611
maliceless1614
tender-hefteda1616
unpersecutive1664
baby-milda1845
rose water1855
turtlish1855
unvindictive1857
soft-boiled1859
tenderful1901
soft-lining1967
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective]
seinec1330
sober1362
unfeastlyc1386
murec1390
unlaughter-milda1400
sadc1400
solemnyc1420
solemned1423
serious1440
solemnc1449
solenc1460
solemnel?1473
moy1487
demure1523
grave1549
staid1557
sage1564
sullen1583
weighty1602
solid1632
censoriousa1637
(as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650
untriumphant1659
setc1660
agelastic1666
austere1667
humourless1671
unlaughing1737
smileless1740
untriflinga1743
untittering1749
steady1759
dun1797
antithalian1818
dreich1819
laughterless1825
unsmiling1826
laughless1827
unfestive1844
sober-sided1847
gleeless1850
unfarcical1850
mome1855
deedy1895
button-down1959
buttoned-down1960
straight-faced1975
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > not affable > specifically of manners, looks, etc.
moy1487
squeamish1577
reserved1605
repellent1776
repellant1780
1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) l. 20 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 81 Sempill and coy, Vith fenȝeit fair nocht mak our-moy.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 238 Ȝit myld and moy.
c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 156 [Cupid] Vith semblant sueit he smylith sum thing moy To schaw he dois be craft his sute alluir.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 31 A bit butt, and bit bend, make a moy Maiden at the board end.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 113 Moy, demure, close or unsocial.
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 86 Moy, demure, coy.
1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. Moy, affecting great moderation in eating or drinking; modest; demure.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. Moy, reserved, close, unsociable.

Derivatives

moyly adv. Obsolete gently, demurely; quietly.
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1559 D. Lindsay Complaynt 333 in Wks. (1931) I. 49 Geue thay can..mollet moylie on ane Mule.
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 2) 111 So moylie so coylie [1597 (ed. 1) So moylike and coylike] He lukit like ane Sant.
1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter iii. ii. sig. E4 I may parcase catch him in a gilder my selfe..; and moylie mufle vp his maistership, with the garotta, or stiletto.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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