epichorialadj.

Brit.

/ˌɛpᵻˈkɔːrɪəl/, U.S.

/ˌɛpəˈkɔriəl/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἐπιχώριος , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἐπιχώριος in or of the country ( < ἐπι- epi- prefix + χώρα country (see choral adj.²) + -ιος, suffix forming adjectives) + -al suffix¹.

Identified with or limited to a particular country or district.Frequently in ancient Greek contexts (cf. note at epichoric adj.).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective]

countryc1384

epichorial1833

enchorial1864

1833 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 161 A very peculiar, perfectly epichorial, and most distracting method of separating dust from carpets.

1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 52 159 This adornment is quite epichorial; we never saw it out of the Veronese.

1908 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1907 595 The island of Cyprus, where..there survived in the ‘epichorial’, or native, syllabic writing, an especially pure phonetic system.

1941 Classical Q. 35 105 Nikolaos drew on a good source of a clearly epichorial character.

2008 Z. Papakonstantinou Lawmaking & Adjudication in Archaic Greece ii. 22 The Homeric epics and other archaic poetry..articulate..ideals and social realities that are recognizable by most Greeks at the expense of elements of strict epichorial interest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	epichorial
释义	epichorialadj. Brit. /ˌɛpᵻˈkɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /ˌɛpəˈkɔriəl/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἐπιχώριος , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἐπιχώριος in or of the country ( < ἐπι- epi- prefix + χώρα country (see choral adj.²) + -ιος, suffix forming adjectives) + -al suffix¹. Identified with or limited to a particular country or district.Frequently in ancient Greek contexts (cf. note at epichoric adj.). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] countryc1384 epichorial1833 enchorial1864 1833 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 161 A very peculiar, perfectly epichorial, and most distracting method of separating dust from carpets. 1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 52 159 This adornment is quite epichorial; we never saw it out of the Veronese. 1908 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1907 595 The island of Cyprus, where..there survived in the ‘epichorial’, or native, syllabic writing, an especially pure phonetic system. 1941 Classical Q. 35 105 Nikolaos drew on a good source of a clearly epichorial character. 2008 Z. Papakonstantinou Lawmaking & Adjudication in Archaic Greece ii. 22 The Homeric epics and other archaic poetry..articulate..ideals and social realities that are recognizable by most Greeks at the expense of elements of strict epichorial interest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1833
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