bulbuln.

Brit.

/ˈbʊlbʊl/, U.S.

/ˈbʊlˌbʊl/

Etymology: < (through Persian) Arabic bulbul.

1. A bird: a species of the genus Pycnonotus, belonging to the Thrush family, much admired in the East for its song; hence sometimes called the ‘nightingale’ of the East.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Pycnonotidae (bulbul)

bulbul1784

leaf-love1837

Criniger1856

toppie1899

1784 Sir W. Jones in Memoirs II. 37 We..cease to wonder that the Bulbul, with a thousand tales, makes such a figure in Persian poetry.

1797 Gentleman's Mag. 67 ii. 947 The fighting Bulbul, a kind of nightingale, said to be enamoured of the rose.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Recoll. Arab. Nights vii, in Poems 52 The living airs of middle night Died round the bulbul as he sung.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. ii. xiii The Bulbuls (Pycnonotus hæmorrhous) which fight with great spirit.

1878 C. R. Conder Tent Wk. Palestine II. 136 Among these thickets..the bulbuls, and hopping thrushes, were the only living things visible.

2. transferred. A sweet singer; also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer by type of voice > [noun] > sweet singer

nightingale?a1500

siren1592

blackbirda1640

bulbul1848

songbird1874

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxii. 562 You must belong to the Bulbul faction.

1865 London Rev. 30 Dec. 685/2 The Irish bulbul [T. Moore] records..how his oriental songs opened the west-end drawing-rooms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bulbul
释义	bulbuln. Brit. /ˈbʊlbʊl/, U.S. /ˈbʊlˌbʊl/ Etymology: < (through Persian) Arabic bulbul. 1. A bird: a species of the genus Pycnonotus, belonging to the Thrush family, much admired in the East for its song; hence sometimes called the ‘nightingale’ of the East. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Pycnonotidae (bulbul) bulbul1784 leaf-love1837 Criniger1856 toppie1899 1784 Sir W. Jones in Memoirs II. 37 We..cease to wonder that the Bulbul, with a thousand tales, makes such a figure in Persian poetry. 1797 Gentleman's Mag. 67 ii. 947 The fighting Bulbul, a kind of nightingale, said to be enamoured of the rose. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Recoll. Arab. Nights vii, in Poems 52 The living airs of middle night Died round the bulbul as he sung. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. ii. xiii The Bulbuls (Pycnonotus hæmorrhous) which fight with great spirit. 1878 C. R. Conder Tent Wk. Palestine II. 136 Among these thickets..the bulbuls, and hopping thrushes, were the only living things visible. 2. transferred. A sweet singer; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer by type of voice > [noun] > sweet singer nightingale?a1500 siren1592 blackbirda1640 bulbul1848 songbird1874 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxii. 562 You must belong to the Bulbul faction. 1865 London Rev. 30 Dec. 685/2 The Irish bulbul [T. Moore] records..how his oriental songs opened the west-end drawing-rooms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1784
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