单词 | parchment |
释义 | parchment —parchmentlike, parchmenty, adj. /pahrch"meuhnt/, n. 1. the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write. 2. a manuscript or document on such material. 3. a stiff, off-white paper resembling this material. 4. a diploma. [1275-1325; late ME < MF, OF (parche < L Parthica (pellis) Parthian (leather) + -MENT (cf. ML percamentum, D perkament)); r. ME parchemin < OF (-min < ML pergaminum, var. of PERGAMENUM, for LL Pergamena charta paper of PERGAMUM)] |
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