† bird's-nien.

Forms: 1600s birdsn'eye, 1600s birds-nye, 1600s 1900s birds-nie.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., English nye , eye n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of bird n. + nye, variant of eye n.¹ (see forms at that entry), probably as an alteration of pigsney n. Compare earlier bird's eye n. 1a.

Obsolete.

In singular and plural. A term of endearment for a young girl or woman; a sweetheart. Cf. pigsney n.In quot. 1922 apparently an isolated archaic use.

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the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > vulgar term of endearment

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1650 Last Will Philip Herbert 4 O Mistris May, come to bed Sweet-heart come, my Duck, my Birds-nye.

1661 R. Davenport City Night-cap ii, in I. Reed Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Plays (1780) XI. 289 Oh, my sweet birds-nie! What a wench have I of thee!

1661 R. Davenport City Night-cap ii, in I. Reed Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Plays (1780) XI. 306 Pr'ythee, sweet birds-nye, be content.

1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune iii. i. 33 Poor Fool, poor Birdsnies! poor Lambkin.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 199 His dainty birdsnies, lady Penelope Rich.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	birds-nie
释义	† bird's-nien. Forms: 1600s birdsn'eye, 1600s birds-nye, 1600s 1900s birds-nie. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., English nye , eye n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of bird n. + nye, variant of eye n.¹ (see forms at that entry), probably as an alteration of pigsney n. Compare earlier bird's eye n. 1a. Obsolete. In singular and plural. A term of endearment for a young girl or woman; a sweetheart. Cf. pigsney n.In quot. 1922 apparently an isolated archaic use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > vulgar term of endearment prick1540 bird's-nie1650 sod1911 hoor1965 1650 Last Will Philip Herbert 4 O Mistris May, come to bed Sweet-heart come, my Duck, my Birds-nye. 1661 R. Davenport City Night-cap ii, in I. Reed Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Plays (1780) XI. 289 Oh, my sweet birds-nie! What a wench have I of thee! 1661 R. Davenport City Night-cap ii, in I. Reed Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Plays (1780) XI. 306 Pr'ythee, sweet birds-nye, be content. 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune iii. i. 33 Poor Fool, poor Birdsnies! poor Lambkin. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 199 His dainty birdsnies, lady Penelope Rich. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1650
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