parsnip
意味
- アメリカボウフウ(セリ科の植物で,白い根は食用になる)
例文
Fair words butter no parsnips.
巧言令色少なし仁。
Fine words butter no parsnips.
ただ口先ばかりでは何の役にも立たない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From 16th-century parsnepe, from Middle English passenep, a modification of Old French pasnaie by influence of Middle English nepe (“turnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”) as in pastināre (“to dig up the ground”).. The irregular intrusive r may be due to influence from parsley.