sigil(n.)
"标记、标记或印章",15世纪中期, sigille,源自晚期拉丁语 sigillum,源自拉丁语 sigilla(中性复数)"小雕像、小图像、印章",是 signum "识别标记、标志"的缩小形式(参见 sign(n.))。在占星术中,一种被认为具有巨大力量的神秘装置(1650年代)。
When my mistress died, she had under her arm-hole a small scarlet bag full of many things, which, one that was there delivered unto me. There was in this bag several sigils, some of Jupiter in Trine, others of the nature of Venus, some of iron, and one of gold, of pure angel-gold, of the bigness of a thirty-three shilling piece of King James's coin. ["The Antiquarian Repertory," London, 1780]
当我的女主人去世时,她的腋下有一个小的深红色袋子,里面装满了许多东西,其中一个人把它交给了我。这个袋子里有几个印章,有些是木星三合的,有些是金星的性质,有些是铁的,还有一个是纯天使金的,大小与詹姆斯国王的33先令硬币相同。["古董百科全书",伦敦,1780年]
相关: Sigillary(形容词); sigillation("封印行动; 被封印的事实"); sigillative("用于封印或关闭")。
该词起源时间:15世纪中期