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单词 penisle
释义

penislen.

Forms: 1600s peneisle, 1600s penile, 1600s–1700s penisle.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pene- prefix, isle n.
Etymology: < pene- prefix + isle n., after peninsula n.
Obsolete.
A peninsula.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula
peninsulaa1552
byland1577
demi-island1600
half-island1600
chersonese1601
demi-isle1609
penisle1611
near-isle1625
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 577/1 A great cape of land or penile in Normandy.
1627 J. Speed Eng. Abridged i. §6 Britaine thereby is of a supposed Penisle made an Iland.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. ii. §3. 53 Promontory, Cape,..Point, Pene-isle.
1716 M. Davies Diss. Physick 39 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Podalirius..had her, endow'd with the Penisle call'd Chersonesus, for his Pains.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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