请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 gentilic
释义

gentilicadj.n.

Brit. /dʒɛnˈtɪlɪk/, U.S. /dʒɛnˈtɪlɪk/
Forms: 1600s gentilique, 1800s– gentilic.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin gentilicus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin gentilicus heathen, pagan (5th cent.) < classical Latin gentīlis gentile adj. + -icus -ic suffix. Compare slightly earlier gentilical adj., and also earlier gentile n., gentile n.Compare French gentilique (1608 or earlier).
A. adj.
1. Of or relating to those who do not subscribe to the dominant religion of a particular society; spec. heathen, non-Christian; = gentilical adj. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [adjective]
heathenishc893
heathen971
misbelievedc1225
Barbarya1300
payenc1300
miscreantc1330
paynimc1330
uncircumcideda1382
uncircumciseda1400
gentilec1400
heathenly1415
paganismc1425
profanec1450
pagan1464
ethnical?a1475
payemec1480
miscredentc1500
heathenish1535
whorish1535
ethnic1542
ethnish1542
idolous1546
mammetrous1546
gentilish1550
idolatrous?1550
idololatrical1550
infidel1551
idolatrical1556
gentilical1573
paganical?1573
idolish1577
heatheny1580
irreligious1585
paganish1589
gentilic1603
idolaster1608
gentilitious1613
heathenous1613
idolatrizing1614
image-worshipping1621
misreligious1623
Mahounda1625
gentilizing1637
idololatrousa1641
infidelious1648
Baalitical1652
national1661
idolatric1669
paganic1676
gentilized1684
Baalish1690
idololatrica1711
infidelical1802
semi-fidel1834
Greekish1851
paganistic1853
unselect1882
goyish1888
1603 H. Clapham Three Partes Salomon Song of Songs Expounded 261 Such vncertaintie there is in this Gentilique computation.
1604 J. Gordoun Ενωτικον 26 The Gentilique religion of the Druides.
2. Grammar. Of a noun, adjective, etc.: indicating the country, locality, etc., with which a person or thing is affiliated. Also of a suffix, etc.: forming words which indicate this.
ΚΠ
1846 B. Davies tr. F. H. W. Gesenius Hebrew Gram. ii. iii. §83 In Patronymic and Gentilic nouns..the Nun is restored.
1932 Classical Rev. 46 11/1 Τυρίμνος is a derivative from Τυρις, formed by the Gentilic suffix -mn-.
2018 Genealogy 2 (online journal, accessed14 Sept. 2020) The use of the idioms ‘sons of Assyria’ and ‘people of Assyria’, and the gentilic adjective ‘Assyrian’ should not be understood as being in some way an expression of either conceptual confusion or primitive mentality.
3. Of or relating to a nation, family, or tribe; national, familial, tribal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > [adjective] > national
ledelyc1275
ledishc1275
public1427
gentilea1522
national1591
gentilitious1632
gentilitian1645
gentilitial1650
gentilic1863
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [adjective]
gentilea1522
tribal1632
tribual1650
intertribal1862
gentilic1863
tribalistic1961
1863 W. L. Bevan in W. Smith Dict. Bible III. 1537/1 The general Scriptural view of a historical or, more properly, a gentilic unity of the human race.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. x. xlvii. 435 If Lydia be merely a Gentilic name she may be one of those two ladies.
1961 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 92 501 The Pericleidae were a relatively small gentilic group, not a tribe of the type found in the primary Ionian towns.
1998 B. S. J. Isserlin Israelites (2001) iv. 93 The development of class divisions and religious reforms might transform society, but they left its gentilic structure in evidence.
B. n.
A word expressing affiliation with a particular country, town, tribe, etc.; esp. a word derived from a place name and denoting a native or inhabitant of that place. Cf. gentile n. 3.
ΚΠ
1845 E. Henderson in tr. Bk. Twelve Minor Prophets 224 םוֹרשׁתּי contracted םׄרשׁתּיׄ a gentilic, and not a patronymic, as some have imagined.
1902 Amer. Jrnl. Semitic Langs. & Lit. 18 246 The termination ai certainly forms gentilics. Thus Aššur, the city Asshur, forms Aššurai, ‘inhabitant of Asshur’.
2016 Caribbean Stud. 44 210 When referring to specific languages he opted for demonyms or gentilics (e.g., Anguillian, Haitian, Jamaican).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.n.1603
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/4 15:38:56