英语词汇curse的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

curse. The word curse goes back to the Old English curs for the same, while the expression curse word for a profane or ob- scene word is first recorded in about 1870. Though it hasn’t made the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest curse yet found is: “If you do not obey this decree, may a donkey copu- late with you!” According to Reinheld Aman, editor of Male- dicta, this is found in documents of the Egyptian 23rd Dynasty (749–21 b.c.). “The curse” is still used for “menstruation” among a large number of American women. How old the ex- pression is hasn’t been established, but it is first recorded in John Dos Passos’s 42nd Parallel (1930): “She was afraid her pe- riod was coming on. She’d only had the curse a few times yet.” Variations are Eve’s curse and the curse of Eve.

词汇	curse
词源	curse. The word curse goes back to the Old English curs for the same, while the expression curse word for a profane or ob- scene word is first recorded in about 1870. Though it hasn’t made the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest curse yet found is: “If you do not obey this decree, may a donkey copu- late with you!” According to Reinheld Aman, editor of Male- dicta, this is found in documents of the Egyptian 23rd Dynasty (749–21 b.c.). “The curse” is still used for “menstruation” among a large number of American women. How old the ex- pression is hasn’t been established, but it is first recorded in John Dos Passos’s 42nd Parallel (1930): “She was afraid her pe- riod was coming on. She’d only had the curse a few times yet.” Variations are Eve’s curse and the curse of Eve.
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