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magpie

/mˈæɡpˌaɪ/ やや難 頻度 9383位

意味

  1. カササギ(黒と白の羽をもち,カチカチと鳴くカラス科の鳥)
  2. 《話》(カササギのような)おしゃべり屋

語源

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From Mag, a nickname for Margaret that was used to denote a chatterer, + archaic pie (“magpie”), from Middle English pie, pye, from Old French pie, from Latin pīca, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker, magpie”). Displaced native Old English agu (“magpie”) and Middle English aguster (“magpie”), whence English haggister.

出典: Wiktionary「magpie」(CC BY-SA 4.0)

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