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▪ I. ana, suffix and n.|ˈeɪnə, ˈɑːnə|
[a. L. -āna in neut. pl. of adjs. in -ānus (see -an suffix 1), as in (Dicta) Virgiliāna Sayings of Virgil, used in Fr. in 16–17th c. as n. sing. un Virgiliana, and extended to collections of the notable sayings or ‘table-talk’ of modern authors as un Huetiana (Littré); whence also the simple termination was taken substantively un ana; both usages were known to Eng. in beginning of 18th c., and subseq. extended or transferred to anecdotes, scraps of information, or gossip about persons or places of note.]
A. suffix. Appended orig. to proper names, and subsequently also to nouns denoting hobbies, activities, etc. with sense of:
a. Notable sayings of a person, literary trifles, society verses, items of gossip etc. of a place, as Walpoliana, Tunbrigiana;
b. Anecdotes of, notes about, or publications bearing upon, as Shaksperiana, Burnsiana;
c. Artefacts and other collectable items associated with a place, period, person, or activity, as Africana, Churchilliana, cricketana, Victoriana 2 etc.;
d. A style or fashion reminiscent of, or associated with, a particular period, as Victoriana.
[1666(title) Scaligeriana, sive Excerpta ex ore Josephi Scaligeri (ed. 1667 Scaligerana).] 1741(title) Caribeeana..chiefly wrote by several Hands in the West Indies. 1796Pegge Anonymiana. 1814(title) Frostiana; or the History of the River Thames in a frozen State. 1863H. Bohn Lowndes' Bibliogr. viii. Pref. 4 The volumes written respecting him, commonly called Shakespeariana.
B. n.
1. collect. sing. (with pl.) A collection of the memorable sayings or table-talk of any one.
1727–51Chambers Cycl., Ana's, or books in ana, are collections of the memorable sayings of persons of learning and wit. 1796Pegge Anonym. (1809) 140 Those observations of the Dutchess's that follow those of her husband are not of the nature of Anas, because they are her own. 1834Southey Doctor ccxxxi. (1862) 623 Boswell's Life of Johnson, which..for its intrinsic worth, is the Ana of all Anas.
2. collect. pl. Clever sayings or anecdotes of any one; notes and scraps of information relating to a person or place; literary gossip.
a1755? G. West to Gray (T.) They were pleased to publish some Tunbrigiana this season, but such ana! 1842Tennyson Will Waterproof xxv, Ere days, that deal in ana, swarm'd His literary leeches. 1881Sat. Rev. No. 1320. 214 To sweep ana and gossip out of..biographies.
▪ II. ‖ ana, adv.|ˈænə|
Often written āā or ā.
[med.L. a. Gr. ἀνά (see next), in its advb. sense.]
Used in recipes in the sense of throughout, of each, of every one alike, in specifying a quantity applicable to every ingredient; hence sometimes in older literature for ‘an equal quantity or number.’
a1500MS. Linc. Med. 293 (Halliw.) Tak ȝarow and way⁓brede ana. 1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 226 Make a tent of Euphorbium, mastick and French sope ana like much. 1651Cleveland Mixt Assembly 2 An Assembly brew'd Of Clerks and Elders ana. a1667Cowley My self Wks. 1710 II. 786 In the same Weight Prudence and Innocence take, Ana of each does the just Mixture make. a1700Dryden (J.) He'll bring an apothecary with a chargeable long bill of anas. 1879Syd. Soc. Lex., Ana, of each.
▪ III. ana
Abbreviated for anastomosing.
1871Athenæum 27 May 660 The Loddon district is called the County of Gunbower, which means, it is said, an ana branch.
▪ IV. ana
var. of anna, an Indian money of account. |