fumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

動詞

fum (third-person singular simple present fums, present participle fumming, simple past and past participle fummed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To play upon a fiddle.
   • c. 1604, Thomas Dekker, John Webster, Westward Ho:

     Follow me, and fum as you go.

語源 2

Borrowed from Chinese 鳳 / 凤 (fèng).

名詞

fum (plural fums)

1. (mythology, obsolete) The fenghuang, a mythological Chinese bird.
   • 1823, Richard Sickelmore, The history of Brighton from the earliest period to the present time:

     The fum is a bird said to be found in no part of the world but China. It is described as of most admirable beauty, and if at any time absent, or long unseen, it is regarded as an omen of some misfortune to the royal family.

別の表記

• feng, fung, fung-hwang

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