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单词 zegadine
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zegadinen.

Brit. /ˈzɛɡədiːn/, U.S. /ˈzɛɡəˌdin/
Forms: 1600s zagodine, 1600s zegardine, 1600s zegedine, 1600s 1900s– zegadine.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymons: proper name Zegedinum, Szegedin.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < post-classical Latin Zegedinum (16th cent. or earlier), Latin for of the name of Szeged (Hungarian Szeged, German Segedin), a town in Hungary.The place name is pronounced with initial voiceless /s/ in Hungarian and with initial voiced /z/ in German. The semantic motivation is unclear, as the town of Szegedin does not appear to have any connection with the production of silverware. Perhaps compare the name of IstvánSzegedi Kis (1505–72; known in Latin as Stephanus Zegedinus), prominent Hungarian theologian (born in Szegedin), whose work frequently cited by English writers in the early 17th cent.
rare (chiefly historical) after 17th cent.
A large two-handled drinking cup, typically made of silver, of a type traditionally used in certain Oxford colleges. Cf. ox-eye cup n. at ox-eye n. Compounds.
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1651 C. Barksdale Nympha Libethris iv. xlv. 91 Oft have we discours'd 'ore a Zegedine Of Double, and now and then a pot of wine.
a1668 in MS Balliol Coll. Oxf. Arch. Plate Rec. 2 f. 59v Other Plates given by Commoners... Mag.: Price. a Bedmaker in the colledge..the 5th Zegadine of 5li price.
a1690 in MS Balliol Coll. Oxf. Arch. Plate Rec. 2 f. 83v Given to the King in the year. 1642..Silver plate..05. Great two eard pots: called Zegardines.
1963 Connoisseur Oct. 103/2 (caption) College Cup for Balliol College, Oxford, 1963: a new adaptation of an old type of design, known in this college as a 'Zegadine'. Given by the Glover family to celebrate the college's 700th anniversary.
2004 H. M. Clifford Treasured Inheritance 31/2 A search through the New College long books reveals the presence of zegadines in 1657.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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