Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Sooterkin — Sooterkin, auch Suyger, ist eine sagenumwobene kleine Kreatur von der Größe einer Maus, von der manche Menschen in der Zeit vor der Aufklärung glaubten, dass Frauen sie unter bestimmten Umständen als Missgeburten gebären könnten. Die Legende… … Deutsch Wikipedia
sooterkin — ˈsu̇d.ə(r)kə̇n, ˈsüd. noun ( s) Etymology: probably from (assumed) Dutch dialect zoetkijn, diminutive of Dutch dialect zoet soot, from Middle Dutch soet more at soot 1. : an afterbirth formerly held to be produced by Dutch women delivered of a… … Useful english dictionary
sooterkin — noun A mouse like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to … Wiktionary
sooterkin — soot·er·kin … English syllables
Mary Toft — Mary Toft, in an engraving based on a painting by John Laguerre in 1726 Born … Wikipedia
Mary Toft — Portrait der Mary Toft nach John Laguerre (1688–1748) Mary Toft, gelegentliche Schreibweise auch Tofts, geborene Denyer (* getauft am 21. Februar 1703 [1] in Godalming; † Januar 1763, begraben am 13. Januar 1763 in Godalming), war eine Dienstmagd … Deutsch Wikipedia
Spite (sentiment) — Spite is a strong feeling of contempt, hatred, grudge, desire to injure, motivated by envy or perceived suffering of injustice.The infamous Underground Man, of Fyodor Dostoevsky s well known novella Notes From Underground, is a widely known and… … Wikipedia
John Maubray — (* 1700; † 17. Oktober 1732) war ein schottischer Arzt, der in London praktizierte und zu den frühen Lehrern von Hebammen und Geburtshelfern zählt. Aufgrund seiner Theorien erhielt er den Beinmanen Sooterkin Doctor.[1] Trotz seiner kurzen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Mary Tofts — (born c. 1701 January 1763), also called Mary Toft, was a maidservant from Godalming, England, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she hoaxed doctors into believing that she had given birth to at least sixteen… … Wikipedia
Maternal impression — This article is about the obsolete theory of inheritance. For the empirically validated genetic phenomenon, see Maternal effect. The conception of a maternal impression rests on the belief that a powerful mental (or sometimes physical) influence… … Wikipedia
