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paynim的意思
paynim
英 ['peɪnɪm]
- n. 异教徒；异教国；非基督徒（尤指回教）
- adj. 异教的
英文词源
- paynim (n.)
- mid-13c., "heathen lands," from Old French paienime, paienisme "heathen, pagan; Saracen lands or culture or faith," from Late Latin paganismus "heathendom" (Augustine), from paganus "heathen" (see pagan); mistaken meaning "a heathen person" (late 14c., also in Old French) is via phrases such as paynim lands.