wongesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

wonges

1. genitive singular of wange

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 wang, wange (“cheek”), from Proto-West Germanic *wangā, from Proto-Germanic *wangô.

発音

• IPA: /ˈwɔ̝ːnɡəs/, /ˈwɔnɡəs/
• IPA: /ˈwoːnɡəs/, /ˈwunɡəs/ (West Midland, from Old English wong)
• IPA: /ˈwaːnɡəs/, /ˈwanɡəs/ (especially Northern or North Midland)

名詞

wonges pl (plural only)

1. The cheeks (area below the eyes)

   Near-synonyms: cheke, ler

2. (rare) The molars; the back teeth.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story via the 'title' parameter)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Oure manciple, I hope he wil be deed, / Swa werkes ay the wanges in his heed

     I expect our manciple will [soon] be dead, / So continually ache the teeth in his head

     The use of the verb "hope" in the sense of "expect" or "predict" was a feature of the Northern English dialect of Chaucer's day; Chaucer uses it here for comic effect.

関連する語

• thonwonge
• wong toth

派生した語

• Middle Scots: wongys

参照

• “wō̆ng, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “wang, n..”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.