wangeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wangā, from Proto-Germanic *wangô (“cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenǵ- (“neck, cheek”). More at English wang.

名詞

wange (plural wanges)

1. cheek; jaw
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story via the 'title' parameter)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Oure manciple, I hope he wil be deed, / Swa werkes ay the wanges in his heed

     I expect our manciple will [soon] be dead, / So continually ache the teeth in his head

     The use of the verb "hope" in the sense of "expect" or "predict" was a feature of the Northern English dialect of Chaucer's day; Chaucer uses it here for comic effect.