† muskinn.¹

Forms: 1500s muskyn, 1500s muskyne.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French musquin.

Etymology: < Middle French musquin, musequin pretty face, sweetheart, fun-loving girl (15th cent.; c1350 in sense ‘piece of armour in the shape of a lion's muzzle’; compare also the feminine form musquine sweetheart, fun-loving girl (15th cent.; French regional (Walloon) musquine )), probably < museau face (see muzzle n.¹) + French regional (Flanders, Picardy) -quin , diminutive suffix ( < Middle Dutch -kijn -kin suffix); perhaps also influenced by Middle Dutch muuskijn (Dutch (archaic) muisken ) little mouse < muus mouse n. + -kijn -kin suffix.

Obsolete.

A pretty face. Hence used as a term of endearment for a girl or young woman.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a girl > of or to a woman

mousec1525

coneya1529

nobsa1529

muskin1530

mully?1548

carissima1857

chickadee1860

Schatz1907

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun]

muskin1530

vizard1568

monkey-face?1589

chitty-face1601

angel face1605

smock-face1605

fish-facea1625

platter face1631

ammunition face1649

horn-facea1668

baby facea1684

crab face1706

hatchet face1707

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paddock-face1724

pudding face1748

dough face1755

Madonna face1790

company face1798

moon-face1822

pug-facea1845

puss1844

frog-face1872

bun-face1913

bitch face1969

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 247/1 Muskyn, a proper visage, musquin.

?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. Biiij^v The woman hath a wytt,..My muskyne and my mullye, My gelouer and my cullye, Yea, myne owne swete hart of Golde.

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

muskinn.²

Brit.

/ˈmʌskɪn/, U.S.

/ˈməskən/

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare Dutch (archaic) muisken little mouse (see muskin n.¹).Apparently revived in quot. 1922 from dictionary record.

rare.

A strange or eccentric person.

ΚΠ

1756 Connoisseur No. 138. 833 Those who..call a man a cabbage, a crab, a queer cub, an odd fish, and an unaccountable muskin, should never come into company without an interpreter.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 383 The embraces of some unaccountable muskin.

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

单词	muskin
释义	† muskinn.¹ Forms: 1500s muskyn, 1500s muskyne. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French musquin. Etymology: < Middle French musquin, musequin pretty face, sweetheart, fun-loving girl (15th cent.; c1350 in sense ‘piece of armour in the shape of a lion's muzzle’; compare also the feminine form musquine sweetheart, fun-loving girl (15th cent.; French regional (Walloon) musquine )), probably < museau face (see muzzle n.¹) + French regional (Flanders, Picardy) -quin , diminutive suffix ( < Middle Dutch -kijn -kin suffix); perhaps also influenced by Middle Dutch muuskijn (Dutch (archaic) muisken ) little mouse < muus mouse n. + -kijn -kin suffix. Obsolete. A pretty face. Hence used as a term of endearment for a girl or young woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a girl > of or to a woman mousec1525 coneya1529 nobsa1529 muskin1530 mully?1548 carissima1857 chickadee1860 Schatz1907 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun] muskin1530 vizard1568 monkey-face?1589 chitty-face1601 angel face1605 smock-face1605 fish-facea1625 platter face1631 ammunition face1649 horn-facea1668 baby facea1684 crab face1706 hatchet face1707 splatter-face1707 paddock-face1724 pudding face1748 dough face1755 Madonna face1790 company face1798 moon-face1822 pug-facea1845 puss1844 frog-face1872 bun-face1913 bitch face1969 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 247/1 Muskyn, a proper visage, musquin. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. Biiij^v The woman hath a wytt,..My muskyne and my mullye, My gelouer and my cullye, Yea, myne owne swete hart of Golde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). muskinn.² Brit. /ˈmʌskɪn/, U.S. /ˈməskən/ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare Dutch (archaic) muisken little mouse (see muskin n.¹).Apparently revived in quot. 1922 from dictionary record. rare. A strange or eccentric person. ΚΠ 1756 Connoisseur No. 138. 833 Those who..call a man a cabbage, a crab, a queer cub, an odd fish, and an unaccountable muskin, should never come into company without an interpreter. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 383 The embraces of some unaccountable muskin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1530n.²1756
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