单词 | philopena |
释义 | philopena /fil'euh pee"neuh/, n. 1. a custom, presumably of German origin, in which two persons share the kernels of a nut and determine that one shall receive a forfeit from the other at a later time upon the saying of a certain word or the performance of a certain action. 2. the thing shared. 3. the forfeit paid. Also, fillipeen. [1830-40, Amer.; earlier philippina < D philippine < G Vielliebchen, dim. of viellieb very dear; in earlier form viellieb was taken as proper name Philippe Philip and -chen was made into fem. suffix -ina, giving a woman's name; in later form the word was Anglicized along pseudo-classical lines (cf. PHILO-, PENAL)] |
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