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Dalmatian, n. and a.|dælˈmeɪʃən|
[f. Dalmatia, the name of a region of Yugoslavia on the eastern coast of the Adriatic (formerly an Austrian province), + -an.]
A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Dalmatia.
1581W. Allen Apol. Two Eng. Coll. iii. f. 29v He [sc. Gregory XIII] hath made one [seminary] for the Dalmatians. 1654T. Bayly End to Controversie 11 Dalmatians, who immediately after their supper inducing, or mixing, the Heresies of Manchæus with the Catholike Religion, were overthrown, and supplanted by the Turks. 1788[see Servian n.]. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 507/2 The Venetians..regained their power over the Dalmatians.
2. ellipt. for Dalmatian dog below.
1893H. Dalziel Diseases of Dogs (ed. 3) 58 Dogs that travel much on hard dry roads, as Dalmatians often do. 1959Chambers's Encycl. IV. 579/2 The Dalmatian..is large with a white coat covered with black or brown spots.
3. A Romance language formerly spoken by natives of Dalmatia.
1911Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 507/2 Of these nine [Romance] languages, Dalmatian is now extinct. 1933Bloomfield Lang. iv. 61 The Dalmatian is extinct: one of the dialects, Ragusan, died out in the fifteenth century; another, Veliote, survived into the nineteenth. 1954Pei & Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 52 Dalmatian, an extinct Romance language, spoken formerly on the eastern coast of the Adriatic.
B. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.
a1680Evelyn Diary June an. 1645 (1955) II. 446 A prospect down the Adriatic as far as Istria & the Dalmatian side. 1813J. C. Eustace Tour through Italy I. vii. 163 This wonderful event..is attested by the ocular evidence of some Dalmatian peasants. 1936A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. iii. 63 That masterpiece of Dalmatian art the west doorway of the cathedral of Trogir (Trau).
2. Dalmatian dog, the spotted coach-dog, sometimes called ‘smaller Danish dog’. Also Dalmatian pointer, etc.
1810Sporting Mag. XXXVI. 61/2 Portrait of a Dalmatian dog. 1824T. Bewick Quadrupeds (ed. 8) 339 The Dalmatian, or Coach Dog..has been erroneously called the Danish Dog..It is frequently kept in genteel houses, as an elegant attendant on a carriage. 1881,1897[see plum pudding c]. |