albrician.

Brit.

/alˈbrɪsɪə/, U.S.

/ælˈbrɪʃə/

Forms: 1600s albriçia, 1600s 1800s albricia.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish albricia.

Etymology: < Spanish albricia (13th cent. in plural in this sense; mid 12th cent. in singular as an exclamation of jubilation), probably ultimately a borrowing into Ibero-Romance < Arabic al-bišāra ( < al the + bišāra good news, glad tidings, also the reward given to a messenger bearing good news), with remodelling of the ending by folk-etymological association with Spanish -icia (see -ice suffix¹). Compare Catalan albixena (late 13th cent.), albíxera (14th cent. or earlier), etc. (often in plural; compare albricies (plural), Portuguese alvissara (13th cent.).Arabic bišāra (in Spanish Arabic usually bušāra) is ultimately < bašara to rejoice, to be delighted, to be happy; compare baššara to announce (something) as good news. The form of the Spanish word suggests borrowing of the Arabic word via an unattested colloquial Arabic variant *bišrā; compare the attested variants bušr, bušrā. See further J. Corominas Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (ed. 2, 1981) at albricias, and also Y. Malkiel ‘Castilian albricias and its Ibero-Romance congeners’ in Studies in Philology 43 (1946) 498–521.

Now historical.

In Spain or Spanish contexts: a reward given to a messenger bearing good news. Usually in plural.

ΚΠ

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xiii. f. 31^v The Pilot sawe certeine high hils, which were ouer the Citie of Calicut..and with great ioy and pleasure, demaunded of the Generall Albrycias.

1640 J. Mabbe tr. M. de Cervantes Exemplarie Novells i. 53 Some of them..hasted away before to ask Albricias of the kinsfolke and friends.

1662 S. Tuke Adventures of Five Hours (1671) v. ii. 78 Give me my Albricias, Sir, I bring you the rarest news.

1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iv. 63 Albricias, Madam, for my good News.

?1722 J. Newton Alexis's Paradise i. 4 Gentle Fidamira, forgive these Looks and Words that come in a Morning to demand Albricias of you for the News.

1893 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 6 93 Bartolo awakens his comrades..and demands that they give him ‘albricias’.

1950 Hispanic Rev. 18 293 Juanete rushes in to demand albricias in exchange for the good news.

1993 M. Harney Kinship & Polity in Poema de Mio Cid i. 36 The Cid..jokes with Alvar Fáñez about the albricias due to him upon their departure into exile.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	albricia
释义	albrician. Brit. /alˈbrɪsɪə/, U.S. /ælˈbrɪʃə/ Forms: 1600s albriçia, 1600s 1800s albricia. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish albricia. Etymology: < Spanish albricia (13th cent. in plural in this sense; mid 12th cent. in singular as an exclamation of jubilation), probably ultimately a borrowing into Ibero-Romance < Arabic al-bišāra ( < al the + bišāra good news, glad tidings, also the reward given to a messenger bearing good news), with remodelling of the ending by folk-etymological association with Spanish -icia (see -ice suffix¹). Compare Catalan albixena (late 13th cent.), albíxera (14th cent. or earlier), etc. (often in plural; compare albricies (plural), Portuguese alvissara (13th cent.).Arabic bišāra (in Spanish Arabic usually bušāra) is ultimately < bašara to rejoice, to be delighted, to be happy; compare baššara to announce (something) as good news. The form of the Spanish word suggests borrowing of the Arabic word via an unattested colloquial Arabic variant bišrā; compare the attested variants bušr, bušrā. See further J. Corominas Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico* (ed. 2, 1981) at albricias, and also Y. Malkiel ‘Castilian albricias and its Ibero-Romance congeners’ in Studies in Philology 43 (1946) 498–521. Now historical. In Spain or Spanish contexts: a reward given to a messenger bearing good news. Usually in plural. ΚΠ 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xiii. f. 31^v The Pilot sawe certeine high hils, which were ouer the Citie of Calicut..and with great ioy and pleasure, demaunded of the Generall Albrycias. 1640 J. Mabbe tr. M. de Cervantes Exemplarie Novells i. 53 Some of them..hasted away before to ask Albricias of the kinsfolke and friends. 1662 S. Tuke Adventures of Five Hours (1671) v. ii. 78 Give me my Albricias, Sir, I bring you the rarest news. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iv. 63 Albricias, Madam, for my good News. ?1722 J. Newton Alexis's Paradise i. 4 Gentle Fidamira, forgive these Looks and Words that come in a Morning to demand Albricias of you for the News. 1893 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 6 93 Bartolo awakens his comrades..and demands that they give him ‘albricias’. 1950 Hispanic Rev. 18 293 Juanete rushes in to demand albricias in exchange for the good news. 1993 M. Harney Kinship & Polity in Poema de Mio Cid i. 36 The Cid..jokes with Alvar Fáñez about the albricias due to him upon their departure into exile. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1582
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