| 单词 | punkie |
| 释义 | punkie in American English (ˈpʌŋki) US noun biting midge Word origin dial. Du *punkje < Delaware púnkwəs, dim. of púnkwəs, dim. of púnkw, ashes, dust: so named from their sizepunkie in American English (ˈpʌŋki) noun any of the minute biting gnats of the family Ceratopogonidae Also called: biting midge, no-see-um Word origin [1760–70, Amer.; ‹ New York D *punkje, alter. of Munsee Delaware pónkwəs (equiv. to Proto-Algonquian *penkw- dust, ashes + *-ehs- dim. suffix) + D -je dim. suffix]This word is first recorded in the period 1760–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boutique, broadcast, icing, letdown, right of way |
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