† psittacn.

Forms: late Middle English psitake, 1800s psittac.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin psittacus.

Etymology: < classical Latin psittacus < Hellenistic Greek ψιττακός parrot (already in ancient Greek as ψιττακή, feminine), of unknown origin, probably a loanword.A derivation of the Greek word from an Eastern source, perhaps ultimately < Sanskrit śuka parrot, has been suggested, but it presents phonological problems and is not supported by evidence. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (psi·tæk) /ˈpsɪtæk/.

Obsolete. rare.

A parrot.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > parrot

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psittac?a1425

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Poll1600

coxcomb bird1734

poll-parrot1768

Polly1826

anthropoglot1828

feather-top1891

psittacine1949

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 182 (MED) Þere ben manye Popegayes, þat þei [sc. the inhabitants of Prester John's Empire] clepen Psitakes in hire langage, And þei speken of hire propre nature.

1881 Academy 1 Oct. 252/1 To him parrots are psittacs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	psittac
释义	† psittacn. Forms: late Middle English psitake, 1800s psittac. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin psittacus. Etymology: < classical Latin psittacus < Hellenistic Greek ψιττακός parrot (already in ancient Greek as ψιττακή, feminine), of unknown origin, probably a loanword.A derivation of the Greek word from an Eastern source, perhaps ultimately < Sanskrit śuka parrot, has been suggested, but it presents phonological problems and is not supported by evidence. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (psi·tæk) /ˈpsɪtæk/. Obsolete. rare. A parrot. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > parrot popinjaya1387 psittac?a1425 parrota1529 Poll1600 coxcomb bird1734 poll-parrot1768 Polly1826 anthropoglot1828 feather-top1891 psittacine1949 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 182 (MED) Þere ben manye Popegayes, þat þei [sc. the inhabitants of Prester John's Empire] clepen Psitakes in hire langage, And þei speken of hire propre nature. 1881 Academy 1 Oct. 252/1 To him parrots are psittacs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1425
随便看	to create havoc to credit out to creep the cross to creep to the cross to creesh the loof to cringe with swire to cringe with the swire to crinkle in the hams to crook one's elbow or little finger to crook one's mou' to crop out to crop the causey to crop the feathers of to crop up to cross a bridge when one comes to it to cross a cheque to cross a fortune-teller's hand with silver to cross a fortuneteller's hand with silver to cross and jostle to cross cross the path get in front of and jostle to cross cross the path of and jostle to cross legs to cross on to cross one's fingers to cross one's heart