† waywortn.

Forms: Middle English waiwurt, Middle English weyewourth, Middle English weywore (transmission error), Middle English wheywort, Middle English–1600s 1800s– waywort, 1500s weywort.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: way n.¹, wort n.¹

Etymology: < way n.¹ + wort n.¹ Compare early modern German wegewurz, wegwurz chicory (15th cent.). N.E.D. (1926) gives the pronunciation as (wēⁱ·wɒɹt) /ˈweɪwɜːt/.

Obsolete.

The common pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. In early use also: †any of several other herbaceous plants, perhaps including burnet saxifrage, Pimpinella saxifraga, and common chickweed, Stellaria media (obsolete).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > saxifrage and allies > [noun]

sengreenc1000

wayworta1300

saxifragec1440

stonebreak1548

grass of Parnassus1578

mountain pennywort1578

white liverwort1597

breakstone1688

Parnassia1727

mitella1731

lady's cushion1739

tiarella1759

American bastard sanicle1760

sanicle1760

mitrewort1771

queen's cushion1825

bishop's-cap1839

astilbe1843

coolwort1848

mitrewort1848

rodgersia1874

chrysosplene1877

rockfoil1879

old man's beard1882

foam flower1895

Indian rhubarb1897

mossy1938

piggyback plant1946

heucherella1949

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel

wayworta1300

pimpernel?a1425

sicklewortc1450

craches1530

margeline1572

wink-a-peep1626

shepherd's sun-dial1823

poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827

shepherd's weatherglass1827

shepherd's calendar1832

scarlet pimpernel1855

shepherd's dial1865

shepherd's clock1878

shepherd's glass1886

peeper1888

shepherd's hourglass1909

a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 556/25 Saxifragium, i. saxifrage, i. waiwurt.

?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 166 Ipia maior is an herbe þat men clepe pympernol or selfhol or weyewourth or morcrop.

a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 149 [Ippia Maior] testiculus muris, pimpernel, selfhehe [read selfhele], waywort, merecrop.

1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Waywort is Pimpernell.

1651 D. Border Πολυϕαρμακος και Χυμιστης sig. A7 Ipia major, Pimpernel self heal or waywort.

1857 J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths III. 694 (note) Way-wort, [is] pimpernel.

1902 N. Chesson Aquamarines 135 Wallflowers red and wallflowers rusty, Waywort from the wayside dusty.

1906 Country Life 21 Apr. 553/2 Its [sc. pimpernel's] occasional name of Waywort is due to its preference for creeping in the poor soil along the edges of the wayside.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	waywort
释义	† waywortn. Forms: Middle English waiwurt, Middle English weyewourth, Middle English weywore (transmission error), Middle English wheywort, Middle English–1600s 1800s– waywort, 1500s weywort. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: way n.¹, wort n.¹ Etymology: < way n.¹ + wort n.¹ Compare early modern German wegewurz, wegwurz chicory (15th cent.). N.E.D. (1926) gives the pronunciation as (wēⁱ·wɒɹt) /ˈweɪwɜːt/. Obsolete. The common pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. In early use also: †any of several other herbaceous plants, perhaps including burnet saxifrage, Pimpinella saxifraga, and common chickweed, Stellaria media (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > saxifrage and allies > [noun] sengreenc1000 wayworta1300 saxifragec1440 stonebreak1548 grass of Parnassus1578 mountain pennywort1578 white liverwort1597 breakstone1688 Parnassia1727 mitella1731 lady's cushion1739 tiarella1759 American bastard sanicle1760 sanicle1760 mitrewort1771 queen's cushion1825 bishop's-cap1839 astilbe1843 coolwort1848 mitrewort1848 rodgersia1874 chrysosplene1877 rockfoil1879 old man's beard1882 foam flower1895 Indian rhubarb1897 mossy1938 piggyback plant1946 heucherella1949 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 556/25 Saxifragium, i. saxifrage, i. waiwurt. ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 166 Ipia maior is an herbe þat men clepe pympernol or selfhol or weyewourth or morcrop. a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 149 [Ippia Maior] testiculus muris, pimpernel, selfhehe [read selfhele], waywort, merecrop. 1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Waywort is Pimpernell. 1651 D. Border Πολυϕαρμακος και Χυμιστης sig. A7 Ipia major, Pimpernel self heal or waywort. 1857 J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths III. 694 (note) Way-wort, [is] pimpernel. 1902 N. Chesson Aquamarines 135 Wallflowers red and wallflowers rusty, Waywort from the wayside dusty. 1906 Country Life 21 Apr. 553/2 Its [sc. pimpernel's] occasional name of Waywort is due to its preference for creeping in the poor soil along the edges of the wayside. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1300
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