英语词汇“babery”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

babery

/ˈbeɪbəri/

Now rare

noun

Grotesque or absurd ornamentation, carving, or pictures; an example of this.

Johnson (1755) gives the definition: ‘finery to please a babe or child’, which is followed in some later dictionaries..

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. Originally perhaps a variant (with loss of medial -n-) of baboonery. In later use probably originally a variant of the some forms with reduction of the second syllable, probably reinforced by reanalysis as showing babe or baby + -ery.

单词	babery
释义	babery /ˈbeɪbəri/ Now rare noun Grotesque or absurd ornamentation, carving, or pictures; an example of this. Johnson (1755) gives the definition: ‘finery to please a babe or child’, which is followed in some later dictionaries.. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. Originally perhaps a variant (with loss of medial -n-) of baboonery. In later use probably originally a variant of the some forms with reduction of the second syllable, probably reinforced by reanalysis as showing babe or baby + -ery.
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