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单词 papion
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papionn.

Forms: Middle English pampeon (transmission error), Middle English papioun, Middle English papoyn (transmission error), Middle English papyoun, Middle English–1500s papion.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French papion.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman papion (a1375 in an isolated attestation: see quot. a1375) < post-classical Latin papion- , papio a carnivorous beast used in hunting (a1244 in an isolated attestation: see quot. a1244), of unknown origin.Compare:a1244 J. de Vitriaco Hist. Orient. (Du Cange) Papiones quos appellant canes silvestres acriores quam lupi.a1375 Mandeville's Trav. (Harl.) v. 14 En Cipre lem chace ouesqe papions, qi semblent leopardz priuez, qi preignont trop bien les bestes sauages.
Obsolete. rare.
A large cat (perhaps a cheetah) used in hunting.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Acinonyx (cheetah)
papion?a1425
ounce1704
cheetah1774
hunting leopard1781
spotted tiger1787
tiger of chase1787
guepard1900
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 17 In Cipre men hunten with Papyouns [?a1425 Egerton papiouns; v.rr. papions, pampeons] þat ben lyche lyberdes.
c1450 Mandeville's Trav. (Coventry) (1973) 799 (MED) Beestes ther beth in many tovnes That men callith papiounes.
1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 98 The Tartars..make themselues two gownes..of woolues skins, or Fox skins, or els of Papions [L. de pellibus lupinis vel vulpibus vel papionibus].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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