† zizanyn.

Forms: Middle English ȝiȝannie, Middle English ȝiȝannije, Middle English ȝiȝanny, 1500s–1700s zizanie, 1500s–1800s zizany.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French zizanie.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French zizanie harmful weed (13th cent. in Old French; 14th cent. in figurative use), plant of the genus Zizania (1823) < post-classical Latin zizania (feminine singular) harmful weed (Vetus Latina and Vulgate), also in figurative use (4th cent.), reinterpretation of zizania , neuter plural (Vetus Latina and Vulgate; also (rare) zizanium , singular) < Hellenistic Greek ζιζάνια , plural of ζιζάνιον weed that grows in wheat < a loanword (perhaps ultimately < Sumerian ziz₂ emmer wheat) + -ιον , suffix forming nouns; compare -y suffix³, -y suffix⁴. Compare zizania n.

Obsolete.

1. A weed that grows among wheat; tares, darnel; = zizania n. 1. Also figurative: a pernicious influence or unwanted element; cf. tare n.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > [noun] > weed > tare(s)

zizanya1400

taresa1425

titter1573

furrow-weed1608

zizania1756

walder1764

the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > other weeds

zizanya1400

hog's fennel1525

zizania1526

eyebright1578

henbit1578

red eye-bright1657

common orache1728

sitfast1762

winter weed1787

dubbeltjie1795

red bartsia1805

tread-softly1814

rattlesnake leaf1822

popple1855

horse-nettle1860

Cape weed1878

tree-tobacco1895

king devil1898

khaki weed1907

white top1909

three-corner jack1919

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person > like a weed

weedeOE

popplea1425

darnel1444

zizania1526

thistle1563

zizany1581

fungus1659

tare1686

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1138 Þi wete sal bi-com ȝiȝanny [Gött. ȝiȝannije, Fairf. darnel].

c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 100 Recipe semen iusquiamus, ȝiȝannie, i. darnel.

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Dii Zizany, droe.

1581 J. Hamilton Catholik Traictise Epist. f. 3 To desaue ye varld to sau zizanie and pernicious heresie in mennis hartis.

1602 J. Colville Parænese sig. ĩij Nether go I about thus pointing out the rycht vay, as your enemie to sau zizanie vithin your feild vhillas you be à sleap.

a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. xii. 314 Many holy and excellent persons God has dispersed, as wheat among the tares and zizany.

1789 T. Jefferson Let. 22 Jan. in Papers (1958) XIV. 482 There is zizanie between the D. of Portland, Fox, and Sheridan.

2. An aquatic grass of the genus Zizania; wild rice; = zizania n. 2. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > rice > types of rice or rice-plants

fundi1670

ricea1710

wild rice1748

zizania1756

zizany1759

water oats1771

Canada rice1786

Carolina rice1787

menomin1791

Patna rice1795

Indian rice1809

pulut1820

dhan1832

hungry rice1858

swamp rice1861

Menominee1949

miracle rice1968

1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. C. Gedner Of Use of Curiosity in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 149 A great number of plants fit for food might be sown, such as zizany of Canada [L. Zizania canadensis].

1803 G. Nicholson On Food 86 Rough Dog's-tail Grass, or Cynosurus echinatus; Water Zizany, or Zizania aquatica.

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

单词	zizany
释义	† zizanyn. Forms: Middle English ȝiȝannie, Middle English ȝiȝannije, Middle English ȝiȝanny, 1500s–1700s zizanie, 1500s–1800s zizany. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French zizanie. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French zizanie harmful weed (13th cent. in Old French; 14th cent. in figurative use), plant of the genus Zizania (1823) < post-classical Latin zizania (feminine singular) harmful weed (Vetus Latina and Vulgate), also in figurative use (4th cent.), reinterpretation of zizania , neuter plural (Vetus Latina and Vulgate; also (rare) zizanium , singular) < Hellenistic Greek ζιζάνια , plural of ζιζάνιον weed that grows in wheat < a loanword (perhaps ultimately < Sumerian ziz₂ emmer wheat) + -ιον , suffix forming nouns; compare -y suffix³, -y suffix⁴. Compare zizania n. Obsolete. 1. A weed that grows among wheat; tares, darnel; = zizania n. 1. Also figurative: a pernicious influence or unwanted element; cf. tare n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > [noun] > weed > tare(s) zizanya1400 taresa1425 titter1573 furrow-weed1608 zizania1756 walder1764 the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > other weeds zizanya1400 hog's fennel1525 zizania1526 eyebright1578 henbit1578 red eye-bright1657 common orache1728 sitfast1762 winter weed1787 dubbeltjie1795 red bartsia1805 tread-softly1814 rattlesnake leaf1822 popple1855 horse-nettle1860 Cape weed1878 tree-tobacco1895 king devil1898 khaki weed1907 white top1909 three-corner jack1919 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person > like a weed weedeOE popplea1425 darnel1444 zizania1526 thistle1563 zizany1581 fungus1659 tare1686 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1138 Þi wete sal bi-com ȝiȝanny [Gött. ȝiȝannije, Fairf. darnel]. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 100 Recipe semen iusquiamus, ȝiȝannie, i. darnel. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Dii Zizany, droe. 1581 J. Hamilton Catholik Traictise Epist. f. 3 To desaue ye varld to sau zizanie and pernicious heresie in mennis hartis. 1602 J. Colville Parænese sig. ĩij Nether go I about thus pointing out the rycht vay, as your enemie to sau zizanie vithin your feild vhillas you be à sleap. a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. xii. 314 Many holy and excellent persons God has dispersed, as wheat among the tares and zizany. 1789 T. Jefferson Let. 22 Jan. in Papers (1958) XIV. 482 There is zizanie between the D. of Portland, Fox, and Sheridan. 2. An aquatic grass of the genus Zizania; wild rice; = zizania n. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > rice > types of rice or rice-plants fundi1670 ricea1710 wild rice1748 zizania1756 zizany1759 water oats1771 Canada rice1786 Carolina rice1787 menomin1791 Patna rice1795 Indian rice1809 pulut1820 dhan1832 hungry rice1858 swamp rice1861 Menominee1949 miracle rice1968 1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. C. Gedner Of Use of Curiosity in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 149 A great number of plants fit for food might be sown, such as zizany of Canada [L. Zizania canadensis]. 1803 G. Nicholson On Food 86 Rough Dog's-tail Grass, or Cynosurus echinatus; Water Zizany, or Zizania aquatica. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1400
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