单词 | mrs mixen |
释义 | > as lemmasMrs Mixen 2. Used as a contemptuous or disapproving form of address. In later use with reference to a woman (also Mrs Mixen) or child.In quot. c1440 the emendation myx has been suggested (cf. mix n.1 2). ΚΠ c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 989 I am comyn fra þe conquerour,..Messenger to þis myxen, for mendemente of þe pople. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 22 Who told you as much, Mrs. Mixen. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Mexen, Mixen,..(2) a term of reproach to a female. ‘Yô little mixen’... It seems to have originated as a comic substitute for vixen. < as lemmas |
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