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madrasa [madrasa 词源字典]: "A college for Islamic instruction", Arabic, 'school, college', from darasa 'to study'.[madrasa etymology, madrasa origin, 英语词源]
merchantable: "Suitable for sale", Late 15th century: from the obsolete verb merchant 'haggle, trade as a merchant', from Old French marchander, from marchand 'merchant'.
metrology: "The scientific study of measurement", Early 19th century: from Greek metron 'measure' + -logy.
marquise: "The wife or widow of a marquis", Early 17th century: French, feminine of marquis.
Min: "A dialect of Chinese spoken by over 50 million people, mainly in Fujian province, Hainan, and Taiwan. It has two main forms, northern and southern", Chinese.
musquash: "another term for muskrat", Early 17th century: from Western Abnaki mòskwas.
Monopoly money: "Money regarded as having no real existence or value", From the imitation money used in the game of Monopoly (see monopoly (sense 2)).
mid-: "Denoting the middle of", Old English midd, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin medius and Greek mesos.
Marathi: "The Indic language spoken in the western Indian state of Maharashtra by about 68 million people", Marathi, from Marāṭhā Maratha.
minger: "An unattractive or unpleasant person or thing", 1990s: from minging.
meitnerium: "The chemical element of atomic number 109, a very unstable element made by high-energy atomic collisions", 1990s: modern Latin, from the name of L. Meitner (see Meitner, Lise).
methuselah: "A wine bottle of eight times the standard size", 1930s: from Methuselah.
marsupium: "A pouch that protects eggs, offspring, or reproductive structures, especially the pouch of a female marsupial mammal", Mid 17th century: via Latin from Greek marsupion, diminutive of marsipos 'purse'.
moi: "Me (used in questions when accused of something that one knows one is guilty of)", French, 'me'.
musher: "A person who owns and drives a taxi cab", Late 19th century: from slang mush 'owner-driver of a cab', from mushroom, apparently referring to the increase in the number of vehicles owned as the business grows.
melodica: "A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end", 1960s: from melody, on the pattern of harmonica.
montane: "Of or inhabiting mountainous country", Mid 19th century: from Latin montanus, from mons, mont- 'mountain'.
matric: "Matriculation", Late 19th century: abbreviation.
monty: "The full amount expected, desired, or possible", Of unknown origin; the phrase is only recorded recently. Among various (unsubstantiated) theories, one cites the phrase the full Montague Burton, apparently meaning 'a complete three-piece suit' (from the name of a tailor of made-to-measure clothing in the early 20th century); another recounts the possibility of a military usage, the full monty being 'the full cooked English breakfast' insisted upon by Field Marshal Montgomery.
Mafioso: "A member of the Mafia or a similar criminal organization", Italian.