muryann.

Brit.

/ˈmʌrɪən/,

/ˈmʌrjən/, U.S.

/ˈməriən/,

/ˈmərjən/

Forms: 1800s meryan, 1800s meryon, 1800s myryan, 1800s– muryan.

Origin: A borrowing from Cornish. Etymon: Cornish muryon.

Etymology: < Cornish muryon (collective) ants, cognate with Breton merien , collective (compare Old Breton moriuon , Middle Breton meryenenn , singulative), Welsh myrion , collective (singulative myrionen , secondary singular form (after plurals in -ion ) mŷr ant (1632: see mire n.²)). Compare maur n., pismire n.The sense ‘fairy’ is not attested in Cornish.

English regional (Cornwall).

An ant. Also (in Cornish mythology): a type of fairy (see quot. 2002).Occasionally used as a term of endearment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant

anteOE

emmeteOE

mirea1300

maur1366

pismirec1395

formice1484

merpyss1527

calicrat?1590

pissant1649

formica1865

muryan1865

macraner1907

1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 1st Ser. 131 The ant is called by the peasantry a Muryan... If you place a piece of tin in a bank of muryans at a certain age of the moon, it will be turned into silver.

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 37/2 She's fayther's little meryon.

1953 K. M. Briggs Personnel of Fairyland i.56 The Cornish people are very careful to avoid hurting muryans (as ants are called there) for they have a good will for the Small People.

2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 222/2 Muryans, in Cornish folk-legend, fairies who were originally larger than human beings in size but who, year by year, grew smaller in size until they became ants and died.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muryan
释义	muryann. Brit. /ˈmʌrɪən/, /ˈmʌrjən/, U.S. /ˈməriən/, /ˈmərjən/ Forms: 1800s meryan, 1800s meryon, 1800s myryan, 1800s– muryan. Origin: A borrowing from Cornish. Etymon: Cornish muryon. Etymology: < Cornish muryon (collective) ants, cognate with Breton merien , collective (compare Old Breton moriuon , Middle Breton meryenenn , singulative), Welsh myrion , collective (singulative myrionen , secondary singular form (after plurals in -ion ) mŷr ant (1632: see mire n.²)). Compare maur n., pismire n.The sense ‘fairy’ is not attested in Cornish. English regional (Cornwall). An ant. Also (in Cornish mythology): a type of fairy (see quot. 2002).Occasionally used as a term of endearment. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant anteOE emmeteOE mirea1300 maur1366 pismirec1395 formice1484 merpyss1527 calicrat?1590 pissant1649 formica1865 muryan1865 macraner1907 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 1st Ser. 131 The ant is called by the peasantry a Muryan... If you place a piece of tin in a bank of muryans at a certain age of the moon, it will be turned into silver. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 37/2 She's fayther's little meryon. 1953 K. M. Briggs Personnel of Fairyland i.56 The Cornish people are very careful to avoid hurting muryans (as ants are called there) for they have a good will for the Small People. 2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 222/2 Muryans, in Cornish folk-legend, fairies who were originally larger than human beings in size but who, year by year, grew smaller in size until they became ants and died. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865
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