单词 | origan |
释义 | origann. Now rare or historical. Any plant of the genus Origanum; esp. wild marjoram or oregano, O. vulgare. In early use also: †wild thyme or pennyroyal (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > marjoram organOE marjorama1393 origanuma1398 origan?1440 organuma1450 orgament1552 grove marjoram1578 goat's marjoram1597 goat's organy1597 orgamy1609 field marjoram1640 origany1728 hop-plant1817 mastic1852 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 902 Kest origane ystamped with brymstoon Vppon their hole. c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 66 (MED) Origane, þat is puliol realle. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 110 In their iourneying they eate of Origan, to sharpe their teeth. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxix. 236 Origan is of three sortes,..garden Origan, wilde Origan, and that kinde which they call Origanum Onitis. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B8v I chaunst to see her in her proper hew, Bathing her selfe in origane and thyme. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 286 They [sc. tortoises] eate Origan, for that herbe is an antidote against Viperine poyson for them. 1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 248 They put Origan, and other Herbs, powder'd, into it. 1819 H. Busk Banquet i. 17 The tufted origan and vulgar heath. 1854 G. Bush Illustr. of Holy Script. 222/1 Zumeet is the flower mixed with honey, butter, and spice; tumeet is the same flour done up with origan oil. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xvi. 159 Origane and the winter gilliflower carpeted the borders. 1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. ii. 24 A typical sauce for boiled fish contained pepper, lovage, parsley, origan, dried onion, honey, vinegar [etc.]. 1977 J. Fowles Daniel Martin 343 Phoebe also came gradually to accept that garlic and origan and suchlike exotic fancies did not drop one dead at the first mouthful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1440 |
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