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单词 poppism
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poppismn.

Forms: 1600s popisme, 1600s poppysm, 1700s poppism.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French popisme.
Etymology: < French †popisme (1534–5 in Rabelais in Middle French) < classical Latin poppysmus (also poppysma ) < ancient Greek ποππυσμός , in Byzantine Greek also πόππυσμα < ποππύζειν to smack the lips, make a clucking sound, reduplicated form with expressive gemination, of imitative origin + -μός , suffix forming nouns (also -μα : see -oma comb. form).Compare the following earlier use of the classical Latin word in an English context:1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 297 Touching the manner of worshipping and adoring flashes of lightening, all nations..doe it with a kind of whistling or chirping of the lips. [margin] Poppysmus, in setting our lips close together, and drawing the breath inwards.
Obsolete.
The act of making a smacking sound with the lips; (also) a sound similar to this.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > sound of kiss or smacking of lips
smick-smack?1550
smack1570
smacking1628
poppism1653
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxiii. 104 The prancing flourishes, and smacking popismes [Fr. popismes], for the better cherishing of the horse, commonly used in riding.
1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World viii. 215 The Included Air therein so Comprest will issue forth with a little Poppysm, which is a manifest signe of the Compression of Air.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Adoration The method of adoring lightening,..was poppisms, or gentle clappings of the hands.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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