myosotis
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin myosōtis, from Koine Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς (muosōtís, literally “ears of a mouse”), from genitive of μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) and nominative plural of οὖς (oûs, “ear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]myosotis (plural myosotises)
- Any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 87:
- Cut all the myosotis there is.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 13, in Crime out of Mind[1]:
- How would he, then, describe Tilly's manner and appearance at breakfast ? Peregrine shrugged and said it was much as usual; she was gay and very pretty in her dirndl skirt and blue and yellow silk apron embroidered with myosotis.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 87:
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French
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Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from New Latin myosōtis, from Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς (muosōtís, “mouse's ear; forget-me-not”). It is so named because the shape of the petals resembles that of a mouse's ear.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]myosotis m (invariable)
- forget-me-not
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […][2], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
- Les chevelures, bien collées sur les fronts et tordues à la nuque, avaient, en couronnes, en grappes ou en rameaux, des myosotis, du jasmin, des fleurs de grenadier, des épis ou des bleuets.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “myosotis”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
- “myosotis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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