thymen.

Brit.

/tʌɪm/, U.S.

/taɪm/

Forms: α. Middle English–1700s tyme, 1500s–1700s time. β. Middle English– thyme (Middle English–1600s thime).

Etymology: < French thym (13th cent. in Godefroy Compl.), < Latin thymum, in late medieval Latin often timum, timus, < Greek θύμον (θύμος), < θύειν to burn sacrifice.

a. A plant of the genus Thymus, N.O. Labiatæ, comprising shrubby herbs with fragrant aromatic leaves, found chiefly in the Mediterranean region; esp. T. vulgaris (Garden Thyme), a native of Spain and Italy, cultivated as a pot-herb, and T. Serpyllum (Wild Thyme), occurring on dry banks and pastures in Britain and throughout Europe. (See also 1b.)

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > thyme or wild thyme

brotherwortOE

puliol mountainc1300

thyme1398

pelletera1400

petergrassa1425

serpola1425

running thyme1548

serpille1558

pellamountain1575

creeping thyme1597

mother of thyme1597

serpolet1693

shepherd's thyme1857

mountain puliol1908

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > thyme

fillec1000

thyme1398

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > garden thyme

thyme1398

zaatar1917

α.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 494/1 Tyme, flowre, timus... Tyme, herbe, tima.

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 53 Saveray, mynt and tyme.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Riiii^v Wo be to you pharisees, whiche tytheth myntes, rewe, tyme, & suche other small herbes.

1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 80 The Garden Time is a plant right profitable.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 249 I know a banke where the wilde time blowes.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 57 Bruise..a little Time, or some other sweet herb.

1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 193 Lemon Tyme.

β. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. lix. (Bodl.) lf. 203 b/2 Epithimum is þe floure of thyme.c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 644/6 Nomina Herbarum..Hic caulus, uwle (?) or thyme.1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 155^v Thyme hath the poure to driue furth fleme.1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 21 in Justa Edouardo King Desert caves, With wilde thyme and the gadding vine oregrown.1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. xv. 94 Thyme, which onely yeeldeth Nectar.1855 C. Kingsley Theseus in Heroes i. 199 The hills are sweet with thyme and basil.

b. With qualifying words, denoting various species or varieties: as creeping thyme n. = wild thyme (see sense 1a). lemon thyme n. a cultivated variety of T. Serpyllum, having a scent like that of lemons (often called T. citriodorus). †musk thyme n. T. virginicus. Also applied to plants of other genera, chiefly aromatic labiates, as basil thyme (see basil n.¹ 2), cat-thyme n. at cat n.¹ Compounds 3, horse-thyme n. at horse n. Compounds 2c.garden thyme, mother of thyme, running thyme, savory thyme, water thyme: see the first element.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > thyme or wild thyme

brotherwortOE

puliol mountainc1300

thyme1398

pelletera1400

petergrassa1425

serpola1425

running thyme1548

serpille1558

pellamountain1575

creeping thyme1597

mother of thyme1597

serpolet1693

shepherd's thyme1857

mountain puliol1908

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > musk thyme

lemon-thyme1629

musk thyme1676

1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 636 Thyme: Running Thyme prouoketh the termes and vrine.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 457 Called..in English wilde Time, Puliall Mountaine,..running Time, creeping Time, Mother of Time.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 459 Our English women call it Muske Time.

1676 J. Beal in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 587 The Thymes, denominated from Mastic, Lemon, Musk, Yellow and White Thyme.

1714 [see sense 1aα. ].

2. oil of thyme n. a fragrant volatile oil obtained from the common thyme, used as an antiseptic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antiseptic > [noun] > prepared from plants

oil of thyme1753

populin1833

thyme-oil1868

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Oil Mr. Geoffroy made a multitude of experiments on the oil of thyme.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 446 Oil of Thyme..consists of an oxidized portion, thymole, and of a hydrocarbon, thymene. The latter constitutes the more volatile portion of the oil.

1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 407 An odour resembling oil of thyme.

1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 474 Oil of Thyme..consists of a fluid portion, separable into cymene.., and thymene.., and of a solid crystalline body called thymol.., which has a very pungent taste, and the aroma of the crude oil.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

thyme-blossom n.

thyme-leaf n.

thyme-root n.

thyme-capt adj.

ΚΠ

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel (1823) I. 119 This thyme-capt hill beneath one's feet.

thyme-fed adj.

ΚΠ

1900 F. S. Ellis tr. G. de Lorris Rom. Rose I. iii. 19 Her breath was sweet as breeze, thyme fed.

thyme-flavoured adj.

thyme-grown adj.

C2.

thyme-camphor n. = thymol n.

thyme fish n. a name for the grayling, its smell being held to resemble that of thyme (whence the generic name Thymallus).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Thymallus > member of (grayling)

graylingc1450

umber1496

umbra1610

esch1659

thyme fish1756

bluefish1807

blanket fish1870

Michigan grayling1879

pink1901

shutt1939

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 50 This canal is seen to abound with very fine trouts, thyme fish, and others.

thyme-leaved adj. /-liːvd/ having leaves resembling those of thyme (rendering modern Latin serpyllifolius in specific names).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [adjective] > of or having particular labiate plants

thymy1727

thyme-leaved1789

1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 395 Arenaria serpyllifolia, Thyme-leaved Sandwort.

1859 D. Bunce Trav. with Dr. Leichhardt iv. 27 Decaspora disticha and Thymifolia, the first two-leaved, and the latter the thyme-leaved Decaspora.

1972 Y. Lovelock Veg. Bk. III. 336 Small or thyme-leaved mint..is only found in Tasmania.

thyme-oil n. oil of thyme: see 2.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antiseptic > [noun] > prepared from plants

oil of thyme1753

populin1833

thyme-oil1868

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 791 On continuing the distillation of the thyme-oil, there passes over..a mixture of thymene (and cymene) with about ⅓ pt. of thymol.

† thyme wart n. (also thyme wert) Obsolete used by Holland to render Latin thymion, Greek θύμιον a kind of wart (= thymus n. 2).

ΚΠ

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. x. 448 For the thyme werts particularly, they vse them [Cackerell heads] raw.

Derivatives

thyme v. (transitive) to cover or scent with thyme.

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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > impart perfume [verb (transitive)] > impart specific fragrance

civet1601

bemusk1611

thyme1628

musk1632

ambera1640

spice1648

rose-water1655

jessamy1688

becivet1805

lavender1820

rose1875

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xii. sig. I8^v Nor does the sedulous Bee thyme all her thighes from one Flowres single vertues.

thymed adj.

/taɪmd/ covered with thyme.

ΚΠ

1885 St. James's Gaz. 17 Aug. 6/2 Upon its thymed banks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thyme
释义	thymen. Brit. /tʌɪm/, U.S. /taɪm/ Forms: α. Middle English–1700s tyme, 1500s–1700s time. β. Middle English– thyme (Middle English–1600s thime). Etymology: < French thym (13th cent. in Godefroy Compl.), < Latin thymum, in late medieval Latin often timum, timus, < Greek θύμον (θύμος), < θύειν to burn sacrifice. 1. a. A plant of the genus Thymus, N.O. Labiatæ, comprising shrubby herbs with fragrant aromatic leaves, found chiefly in the Mediterranean region; esp. T. vulgaris (Garden Thyme), a native of Spain and Italy, cultivated as a pot-herb, and T. Serpyllum (Wild Thyme), occurring on dry banks and pastures in Britain and throughout Europe. (See also 1b.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > thyme or wild thyme brotherwortOE puliol mountainc1300 thyme1398 pelletera1400 petergrassa1425 serpola1425 running thyme1548 serpille1558 pellamountain1575 creeping thyme1597 mother of thyme1597 serpolet1693 shepherd's thyme1857 mountain puliol1908 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > thyme fillec1000 thyme1398 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > garden thyme thyme1398 zaatar1917 α. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 494/1 Tyme, flowre, timus... Tyme, herbe, tima. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 53 Saveray, mynt and tyme. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Riiii^v Wo be to you pharisees, whiche tytheth myntes, rewe, tyme, & suche other small herbes. 1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 80 The Garden Time is a plant right profitable. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 249 I know a banke where the wilde time blowes. View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 57 Bruise..a little Time, or some other sweet herb. View more context for this quotation 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 193 Lemon Tyme. β. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. lix. (Bodl.) lf. 203 b/2 Epithimum is þe floure of thyme.c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 644/6 Nomina Herbarum..Hic caulus, uwle (?) or thyme.1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 155^v Thyme hath the poure to driue furth fleme.1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 21 in Justa Edouardo King Desert caves, With wilde thyme and the gadding vine oregrown.1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. xv. 94 Thyme, which onely yeeldeth Nectar.1855 C. Kingsley Theseus in Heroes i. 199 The hills are sweet with thyme and basil. b. With qualifying words, denoting various species or varieties: as creeping thyme n. = wild thyme (see sense 1a). lemon thyme n. a cultivated variety of T. Serpyllum, having a scent like that of lemons (often called T. citriodorus). †musk thyme n. T. virginicus. Also applied to plants of other genera, chiefly aromatic labiates, as basil thyme (see basil n.¹ 2), cat-thyme n. at cat n.¹ Compounds 3, horse-thyme n. at horse n. Compounds 2c.garden thyme, mother of thyme, running thyme, savory thyme, water thyme: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > thyme or wild thyme brotherwortOE puliol mountainc1300 thyme1398 pelletera1400 petergrassa1425 serpola1425 running thyme1548 serpille1558 pellamountain1575 creeping thyme1597 mother of thyme1597 serpolet1693 shepherd's thyme1857 mountain puliol1908 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > musk thyme lemon-thyme1629 musk thyme1676 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 636 Thyme: Running Thyme prouoketh the termes and vrine. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 457 Called..in English wilde Time, Puliall Mountaine,..running Time, creeping Time, Mother of Time. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 459 Our English women call it Muske Time. 1676 J. Beal in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 587 The Thymes, denominated from Mastic, Lemon, Musk, Yellow and White Thyme. 1714 [see sense 1aα. ]. 2. oil of thyme n. a fragrant volatile oil obtained from the common thyme, used as an antiseptic. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antiseptic > [noun] > prepared from plants oil of thyme1753 populin1833 thyme-oil1868 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Oil Mr. Geoffroy made a multitude of experiments on the oil of thyme. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 446 Oil of Thyme..consists of an oxidized portion, thymole, and of a hydrocarbon, thymene. The latter constitutes the more volatile portion of the oil. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 407 An odour resembling oil of thyme. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 474 Oil of Thyme..consists of a fluid portion, separable into cymene.., and thymene.., and of a solid crystalline body called thymol.., which has a very pungent taste, and the aroma of the crude oil. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. thyme-blossom n. thyme-leaf n. thyme-root n. b. thyme-capt adj. ΚΠ 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel (1823) I. 119 This thyme-capt hill beneath one's feet. thyme-fed adj. ΚΠ 1900 F. S. Ellis tr. G. de Lorris Rom. Rose I. iii. 19 Her breath was sweet as breeze, thyme fed. thyme-flavoured adj. thyme-grown adj. C2. thyme-camphor n. = thymol n. thyme fish n. a name for the grayling, its smell being held to resemble that of thyme (whence the generic name Thymallus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Thymallus > member of (grayling) graylingc1450 umber1496 umbra1610 esch1659 thyme fish1756 bluefish1807 blanket fish1870 Michigan grayling1879 pink1901 shutt1939 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 50 This canal is seen to abound with very fine trouts, thyme fish, and others. thyme-leaved adj. /-liːvd/ having leaves resembling those of thyme (rendering modern Latin serpyllifolius in specific names). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [adjective] > of or having particular labiate plants thymy1727 thyme-leaved1789 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 395 Arenaria serpyllifolia, Thyme-leaved Sandwort. 1859 D. Bunce Trav. with Dr. Leichhardt iv. 27 Decaspora disticha and Thymifolia, the first two-leaved, and the latter the thyme-leaved Decaspora. 1972 Y. Lovelock Veg. Bk. III. 336 Small or thyme-leaved mint..is only found in Tasmania. thyme-oil n. oil of thyme: see 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antiseptic > [noun] > prepared from plants oil of thyme1753 populin1833 thyme-oil1868 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 791 On continuing the distillation of the thyme-oil, there passes over..a mixture of thymene (and cymene) with about ⅓ pt. of thymol. † thyme wart n. (also thyme wert) Obsolete used by Holland to render Latin thymion, Greek θύμιον a kind of wart (= thymus n. 2). ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. x. 448 For the thyme werts particularly, they vse them [Cackerell heads] raw. Derivatives thyme v. (transitive) to cover or scent with thyme. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > impart perfume [verb (transitive)] > impart specific fragrance civet1601 bemusk1611 thyme1628 musk1632 ambera1640 spice1648 rose-water1655 jessamy1688 becivet1805 lavender1820 rose1875 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xii. sig. I8^v Nor does the sedulous Bee thyme all her thighes from one Flowres single vertues. thymed adj. /taɪmd/ covered with thyme. ΚΠ 1885 St. James's Gaz. 17 Aug. 6/2 Upon its thymed banks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1398
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