soucouyantn.

Brit.

/ˌsuːkuːˈjɒ̃/, U.S.

/ˌsukuˈjɑ̃/, Caribbean English /ˌsuːkuːˈjã/,

/ˌsuːkuːˈjan/

Forms: 1800s soucouyan, 1900s soo-koo-nyah, 1900s– soukouyan, 1900s– soucouyant, 1900s– soucriant, 1900s– sukuya, 1900s– sukuyan, 1900s– sucoyan, 1900s– sukunyah, 1900s– soukougnan, 1900s– sukoiyaa.

Origin: A borrowing from French Creole. Etymon: French Creole soukouyan.

Etymology: < French Creole soukouyan, apparently < a West African language (perhaps Fulfulde sukunya, or its apparent etymon Soninke suxuɲa, both denoting kinds of evil sorcerer). Compare French soucougnan, soukouyan (1842 or earlier).The form soucouyant probably arose by association with -ant suffix¹. The form soucriant may reflect French Creole souklian , variant (with epenthetic l ) of soukouyan , perhaps with remodelling after French criant, past participle of crier cry v.

In Caribbean folklore: a person, typically an old woman, believed to shed his or her skin at night and travel in the form of a ball of fire, and to suck the blood of victims while they sleep. Cf. old higue n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] > soucouyant

soucouyant1887

hag1894

old higue1895

1887 J. H. Collens Guide to Trinidad v. 41 Soucouyans, have an unnatural and indelicate propensity for casting off their skin.

1934 ‘J. Rhys’ Voy. in Dark iii. iv. 192 Lying in the dark..frightened of soucriants that fly in through the window and suck your blood.

1955 Caribbean Q. 4 ii. 103 The shrine is said to have originally been the gift of one Ma Monrose in thanksgiving for the saving of her child from a sukuyâ who had carried him off.

2017 D. Chariandy Brother 142 I remembered Mother would sometimes tell us tales of the ghosts and spirits that foolish little children..might imagine themselves encountering. Of soucouyants and lagahoos.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	soucouyant
释义	soucouyantn. Brit. /ˌsuːkuːˈjɒ̃/, U.S. /ˌsukuˈjɑ̃/, Caribbean English /ˌsuːkuːˈjã/, /ˌsuːkuːˈjan/ Forms: 1800s soucouyan, 1900s soo-koo-nyah, 1900s– soukouyan, 1900s– soucouyant, 1900s– soucriant, 1900s– sukuya, 1900s– sukuyan, 1900s– sucoyan, 1900s– sukunyah, 1900s– soukougnan, 1900s– sukoiyaa. Origin: A borrowing from French Creole. Etymon: French Creole soukouyan. Etymology: < French Creole soukouyan, apparently < a West African language (perhaps Fulfulde sukunya, or its apparent etymon Soninke suxuɲa, both denoting kinds of evil sorcerer). Compare French soucougnan, soukouyan (1842 or earlier).The form soucouyant probably arose by association with -ant suffix¹. The form soucriant may reflect French Creole souklian , variant (with epenthetic l ) of soukouyan , perhaps with remodelling after French criant, past participle of crier cry v. In Caribbean folklore: a person, typically an old woman, believed to shed his or her skin at night and travel in the form of a ball of fire, and to suck the blood of victims while they sleep. Cf. old higue n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] > soucouyant soucouyant1887 hag1894 old higue1895 1887 J. H. Collens Guide to Trinidad v. 41 Soucouyans, have an unnatural and indelicate propensity for casting off their skin. 1934 ‘J. Rhys’ Voy. in Dark iii. iv. 192 Lying in the dark..frightened of soucriants that fly in through the window and suck your blood. 1955 Caribbean Q. 4 ii. 103 The shrine is said to have originally been the gift of one Ma Monrose in thanksgiving for the saving of her child from a sukuyâ who had carried him off. 2017 D. Chariandy Brother 142 I remembered Mother would sometimes tell us tales of the ghosts and spirits that foolish little children..might imagine themselves encountering. Of soucouyants and lagahoos. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1887
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