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单词 quakemire
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quakemiren.

Forms: 1500s quackemyre, 1500s quackmyre, 1500s quakemyre, 1500s–1800s quakemire, 1600s–1700s quackmire.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quake v.1, mire n.1
Etymology: < quake v.1 + mire n.1 Compare discussion at quagmire n.
Obsolete.
= quagmire n. Frequently figurative.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog
mizzyc1400
quawa1500
quick-mire1509
quavemire1530
quallmire1553
quamire1555
quagmire1566
quakemire1577
gog-mire1583
quag1589
quabmire1597
quadmire1610
bog-mire1624
bumby1632
quick1648
trembling bog1697
shake-bog1815
quake1896
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 9 v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I He was forced to fasten the quakemyre with hurdles, and vpon them to buylde the citie.
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries ii. 70 a His horse was gotten into a quackmyre.
1604 T. Bilson Suruey Christs Sufferings 305 You therefore..that would raine helpe you out of this quake mire..may do well to beware of maintaining such spirituall cogitations.
1699 T. Edwards Paraselene dismantled of her Cloud 279/3 The Light within..(which is the ground of these Mens Assurance, a mere Pelagian Rock or Quackmire).
1746 J. Exton Maritime Dicæologie vi. 113 If the Judgments were given agreeable to the former Judgment..yet is there no better ground for the same, made to appear for founding them upon than for the former, which is but a quakemire.
1799 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. III. 100/1 A Quack-Mire, a Slough, A Mire, a Puddle.
1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston 719 Quag, a quagmire, or quakemire; a bog.
1946 E. Radford Unusual Words 224 Quagmire, is merely a corruption of quake-mire, or boggy, soft ground that trembles, or quakes, under foot.]

Derivatives

quakemired adj.
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1599 G. Chapman Humerous Dayes Myrth sig. D Howe nowe my liege! what quackemyred in Philosophie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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