词汇 | capuchin |
词源 | Capuchin. The order of Capuchin monks, established in 1520, came into being when Franciscan friar Matteo di Bascio insisted that the habit worn by the Franciscans wasn’t the one that St. Francis had worn. He stubbornly fashioned himself a sharp-pointed pyramidal hood (capuche), let his beard grow, and went barefoot; the pope granted him permission eight years later to wear this costume and form a separate order that would preach to the poor. The new offshoot of Franciscans came to be named for the headdress its monks still wear, and it wasn’t long before a woman’s combined cloak and hood was dubbed a capuchin after the monks’ cowl. The tropical Capu chin monkey and Capuchin pigeon are named for the Capuchin’s costume—the monkey’s black hair and appearance resembling the monastic cowl, and the pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of black feathers. |
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