Pernev.

Brit.

/pəːn/, U.S.

/pərn/

Forms: 1500s Pearne, 1600s Pern, 1800s– Perne. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Perne.

Etymology: < the name of Andrew Perne (?1519–89), Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge (1554–80), who became notorious for changing his position adroitly during the religious changes and reversals of successive Tudor regimes.

rare. Now historical.

transitive. To turn (a garment); to change (one's opinion, adherence, etc.) frequently and insincerely. Cf. Pernize v.

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1568 T. Drant tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Epigr. & Sentences sig. E.ii^v Who from their snares by sleight can slide, In these so pernest tymes, Onlesse that god become his guide?]

c1589 Dial. Tyran. Dealing Bps. D ij Jacke. What Doctor Pearne? Why he is the notablest turnecoate in al this land,..it is made a prouerbe..that if one haue a coate or cloake that is turned, they saye it is Pearned.

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 121 Those that, to ease their Purse, or please their Prince, Pern their Profession, their Religion mince.

1895 Dict. National Biogr. at Perne, Andrew The scholars at Cambridge, it was said, translated ‘perno’ by ‘I turn, I rat, I change often.’ It became proverbial to say of a coat or a cloak that had been turned that it had been Perned.

1972 Renaissance Q. 25 15 His readiness to adjust his theological views to those first of Edward VI, then of Mary, and finally of Elizabeth earned him the soubriquet of ‘Turncoat’ and a new verb ‘perne’ came to be applied to something that had turned or reversed itself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perne
释义	Pernev. Brit. /pəːn/, U.S. /pərn/ Forms: 1500s Pearne, 1600s Pern, 1800s– Perne. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Perne. Etymology: < the name of Andrew Perne (?1519–89), Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge (1554–80), who became notorious for changing his position adroitly during the religious changes and reversals of successive Tudor regimes. rare. Now historical. transitive. To turn (a garment); to change (one's opinion, adherence, etc.) frequently and insincerely. Cf. Pernize v. ΚΠ 1568 T. Drant tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Epigr. & Sentences sig. E.ii^v Who from their snares by sleight can slide, In these so pernest tymes, Onlesse that god become his guide?] c1589 Dial. Tyran. Dealing Bps. D ij Jacke. What Doctor Pearne? Why he is the notablest turnecoate in al this land,..it is made a prouerbe..that if one haue a coate or cloake that is turned, they saye it is Pearned. 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 121 Those that, to ease their Purse, or please their Prince, Pern their Profession, their Religion mince. 1895 Dict. National Biogr. at Perne, Andrew The scholars at Cambridge, it was said, translated ‘perno’ by ‘I turn, I rat, I change often.’ It became proverbial to say of a coat or a cloak that had been turned that it had been Perned. 1972 Renaissance Q. 25 15 His readiness to adjust his theological views to those first of Edward VI, then of Mary, and finally of Elizabeth earned him the soubriquet of ‘Turncoat’ and a new verb ‘perne’ came to be applied to something that had turned or reversed itself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1589
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