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单词 gentilitian
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gentilitianadj.

Brit. /ˌdʒɛntᵻˈlɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌdʒɛn(t)əˈlɪʃən/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– gentilitian, 1900s– gentilician.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin gentīlītius , -an suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin gentīlītius (see gentilitious adj.) + -an suffix. Compare earlier gentilitial adj., gentilitious adj.
rare.
Belonging to or characteristic of a particular nation, gens (gens n. a), or family.
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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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