dellとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English delle, del, from 古期英語 dell (“small dale”), from Proto-Germanic *daljō (“a hollow, abyss”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley, dale”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰol-, *dʰel- (“an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity”). Cognate with Dutch del (“a dell”), German Delle (“a hollow”).

名詞

dell (複数形 dells)

1. A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.^[1]
   • 1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50

     To this day they dwell

     In a lonely dell.

   • Tickell

     In dells and dales, concealed from human sight.

同意語

• dale
• dingle
• vale
• valley
• See also Thesaurus:valley

語源 2

Origin obscure. Originally thieves' cant. Compare Dutch del (“trollop, floozie”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

名詞

dell (複数形 dells)

1. (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
   • Ben Jonson

     Sweet doxies and dells.

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