单词 | gentilitian |
释义 | gentilitianadj. rare. Belonging to or characteristic of a particular nation, gens (gens n. a), or family. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > [adjective] > national ledelyc1275 ledishc1275 public1427 gentilea1522 national1591 gentilitious1632 gentilitian1645 gentilitial1650 gentilic1863 1645 E. Reynolds Self-deniall 31 Rahab, Babylon, Tyre, Ethiopia, Philistia, must renounce their naturall and gentilitian honours. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 9 Their [sc. a Muscovite infant] faces are explained or flatted by Art, and so directed to grow into this gentilitian forme. 1897 C. J. G. Rampini Hist. Moray & Nairn i. 8 In the Celtic family is to be found the germ of all his [sc. the Caledonian Pict] gentilitian and national peculiarities. 1986 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 80 193/2 Tribal society, like the oriental commune, is superficially communal due to gentilitian ties and familial forms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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