单词 | primet |
释义 | primetn.Thesaurus » Categories » Probably a misreading of privet n.1, claimed in R. C. A. Prior Pop. Names Brit. Plants (1863) 187 to occur in the Grete Herball (1526) as a name of the primrose (although no such word occurs in that source), and used by Prior to suggest an etymology for privet n.1 (see discussion at that entry). Cf. primrose n. and adj. and primerole n., and see discussion at these entries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n. |
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