单词 | mermaiden |
释义 | mermaiden Now rare.|ˈmɜːmeɪd(ə)n| Forms: see prec. and maiden. [f. mere n.1 + maiden; cf. prec.] = mermaid 1, 2.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 680 But it was wondir lyk to be Song of meremaydens of the see. c1440Jacob's Well 150 A mermayden of þe se..hath a body as a womman, & a tayl as a fysch, & clawys as an eryn. 1538Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. *293 Ane Terget of Gold, with ane Marmadyne in it of dyamontis. 1584Cogan Haven Health (1636) 170 A Syren or Mermayden, that is, halfe fish and halfe flesh. 1848E. Forbes Naked-eyed Medusæ 70 Sufficiently graceful to be the nightcap of the tiniest and prettiest of mermaidens. 1849M. Arnold Forsaken Merman vi, The cold strange eyes of a little Mermaiden. |

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