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語源

From 中期英語 mereman, from 古期英語 *meremann (“merman”) (suggested by 古期英語 meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”)), equivalent to mer- +‎ man. Cognate with Dutch meerman (“merman”), German Meermann (“merman”).

発音

• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)mən

名詞

merman (plural mermen)

1. A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
   • 1653, The Loves of Hero and Leander: A Mock Poem, London, page 19:

     The meer man hath no feet but fins
     And this hath legs you see and shins.

同意語

• merguy (informal)

上位語

• merperson

下位語

• merboy
• merfather

参考

• mermaid
• merfolk

アナグラム

• Nammer