英语词汇quandary的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

quandary. Etymologists have long been in a quandary about the origins of quandary, “a state of perplexity, the difficulty causing it.” The word is at least four centuries old. The French phrase qu’en dirai-je?, “What shall I say of it?,” and Middle En- glish wandreth have been considered as ancestors and rejected by the experts. Grose suggests “an Italian word signifying a conjurer’s circle,” without giving the word. The O.E.D. suggests “a corruption of a scholastic Latin phrase,” perhaps quam dare? or quando dare?

词汇	quandary
词源	quandary. Etymologists have long been in a quandary about the origins of quandary, “a state of perplexity, the difficulty causing it.” The word is at least four centuries old. The French phrase qu’en dirai-je?, “What shall I say of it?,” and Middle En- glish wandreth have been considered as ancestors and rejected by the experts. Grose suggests “an Italian word signifying a conjurer’s circle,” without giving the word. The O.E.D. suggests “a corruption of a scholastic Latin phrase,” perhaps quam dare? or quando dare?
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