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語源

From marsh +‎ mallow.

発音

名詞

marsh mallow (plural marsh mallows)

1. A European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis, historically used medicinally and the source of what became the modern marshmallow confection (which no longer contains the plant).
   • 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 16:

     Amongst the herbs to be administered when the charm was sung over him were a yew-berry, lupin, helenium, marsh mallow, dock elder, wormwood and strawberry leaves.

2. Hibiscus moscheutos (crimsoneyed rosemallow, swamp rosemallow. eastern rosemallow)
3. Malva sylvestris (common mallow)

別の表記

• marsh mallow, marsh-mallow

語源

From 古期英語 mersċmealwe, corresponding to marsh +‎ mallow.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /mɑːʃˈmæləʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈmɑɹʃˌmɛl.oʊ/, /ˈmɑɹʃˌmæl.oʊ/
• (Indic) IPA: /ˈmɑ(r)ʃməlo(w)/
• 韻: -æləʊ

名詞

marshmallow (countable and uncountable, plural marshmallows)

1. Marsh mallow, a species of mallow, Althaea officinalis, that grows in marshy terrain. [from 9th c.]
   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 180:

     Our common Marsh Mallows have diverse soft, hoary white stalks rising to be three or four foot high, spreading forth many branches.

2. (countable, uncountable) A type of confectionery, originally (since Ancient Egyptian times) made from this plant, but now generally made of sugar or corn syrup, gelatin that has been presoftened in water, gum arabic, flavorings, and sometimes beaten egg whites, all whipped to a spongy consistency. [from 19th c.]
   • 1906, Elbert Hubbard, Love, Life and Work:

     The Disagreeable Girl is a female of the genus homo persuasion, built around a digestive apparatus that possesses marked marshmallow proclivities.

   • December 1915, P. G. Wodehouse, “My Battle with Drink”, in Vanity Fair:

     It was an apple marshmallow sundae, I recollect. I dug my spoon into it with an assumption of gaiety which I was far from feeling.

3. (figuratively) Someone who is soft and benign.

   He acts like a total badass, but he's really just a marshmallow once you get to know him.

   • 1995, Chrono Trigger:

     You're a marshmallow, Glenn.

派生語

派生した語

動詞

marshmallow (third-person singular simple present marshmallows, present participle marshmallowing, simple past and past participle marshmallowed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To soften (literally or figuratively).
   • 2005, Ken Gunther, Lilith: A Biography:

     For i could still feel her small face in my hands, her lips marshmallowing under the brushing knuckle of my index, the hard press of her capable contoured body.

   • 2005, Joylynn Jossel, If I Ruled the World:

     He didn't know if touching me meant that I would marshmallow up or if he would have to brace himself for a blow.

   • 2011, JB Sanders, Glen & Tyler's Honeymoon Adventure:

     Various dishes heaped with food were tucked haphazardly all over: mounds of whipped potatoes, medleys of buttered vegetables, marshmallowed sweet potatoes, oyster stuffing, cranberry sauce (fresh from the can) and even more dishes

参照

• “marshmallow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.