Arabian.

Brit.

/əˈreɪbɪə/, U.S.

/əˈreɪbiə/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Arabia.

Etymology: < Arabia as a name for the Arabian peninsula < classical Latin Arabia < ancient Greek Ἀραβία < Hellenistic Greek Ἀραβ- , Ἄραψ Arab n.¹ (although this is apparently first attested later) + -ία -ia suffix¹.Arabia occurs as a place name in English contexts from Old English onwards (in early use sometimes with Latin case inflections), beside later Araby , Arabie , etc. (see Araby n. and adj.). Compare the following Old English, Middle English, and early modern English examples, some of which also illustrate the traditional association of the region with perfumes and spices:eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 10 Ondlong þæs Re[a]dan Sæs..ligeð þæt land Arabia & Sabei & Eudomane [L. Arabia Eudaemon].OE Stowe Psalter lxxi.15 Et uiuet et dabitur ei de auro arabię : & he leofað & bið seald him of golde arabian landes [lOE Canterbury arabie].c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 4 Þa hæfdon heo þa ȝyt þreoræ daȝæ fer ær heo comen to arabiam. ▸ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 99 In Arabia is store, mir, and canel. ▸ ?a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. l. 55 Afftir the deth of Phocas..Cam Machomeet..Born in Arabia.1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. iii. 53 Let our Merchants answere, which owe their Spices to Arabia.1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. vii. sig. Ll3^v I envy not Arabia's Odours, whil'st that of this fresh Blusher [sc. a nosegay] charms my sense.

Chiefly poetic. Now rare.

1. A (notional) place likened to Arabia, esp. in being exotic and mysterious, or resembling paradise.

ΚΠ

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 138 The conclusion indeed may seem to come out of the Eutopia of novelty and the Arabia of paradoxes, yet liveth in the Eden of sober verity.

1681 H. Anderson Serm. Cathedral Church at Winchester 15 Were the whole World turned into a Seraglio of Delight, and every Region into an Arabia; could every Field become a Paradise, and every Object that we meet with, bring with it a Magazine of Pleasure.

1824 Philomathic Jrnl. Oct. 257 The creeping jasmine tufts the fragrant way, And makes each garden an Arabia.

1922 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 502/4 Andalucia is an ‘Arabia’ which has been miraculously planted beyond the arid wastes of La Mancha.

2. allusively. Perfume, incense, or spices.In later use chiefly with allusion to quot. 1714.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun]

pigment?a1200

aromac1220

spicea1250

spicery1297

specea1300

specerya1400

espice1483

savoura1500

sorts1530

speciesa1649

Arabia1693

1693 S. Wesley Life our Blessed Lord i. 16 Which with inestimable Sweets perfume And scatter all Arabia round the Room.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i. 8 All Arabia breaths from yonder Box.

1794 M. Darwall Poems I. 112 From thy sweet lips Arabia breathes, And Philomel resigns To thy superior voice her wreathes.

1818 tr. in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 44/1 The whole of Arabia breathes from the hair of one of them.

1883 O. Wilde Duchess of Padua ii. 46 Some herbs, Which have no perfume, on being bruiséd die With all Arabia round them.

1945 C. S. Lewis That Hideous Strength xv. 399 Fragrant names hovered in her mind—nard and cassia's balmy smells and all Arabia breathing from a box.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	arabia
释义	Arabian. Brit. /əˈreɪbɪə/, U.S. /əˈreɪbiə/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Arabia. Etymology: < Arabia as a name for the Arabian peninsula < classical Latin Arabia < ancient Greek Ἀραβία < Hellenistic Greek Ἀραβ- , Ἄραψ Arab n.¹ (although this is apparently first attested later) + -ία -ia suffix¹.Arabia occurs as a place name in English contexts from Old English onwards (in early use sometimes with Latin case inflections), beside later Araby , Arabie , etc. (see Araby n. and adj.). Compare the following Old English, Middle English, and early modern English examples, some of which also illustrate the traditional association of the region with perfumes and spices:eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 10 Ondlong þæs Re[a]dan Sæs..ligeð þæt land Arabia & Sabei & Eudomane [L. Arabia Eudaemon].OE Stowe Psalter lxxi.15 Et uiuet et dabitur ei de auro arabię : & he leofað & bið seald him of golde arabian landes [lOE Canterbury arabie].c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 4 Þa hæfdon heo þa ȝyt þreoræ daȝæ fer ær heo comen to arabiam. ▸ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 99 In Arabia is store, mir, and canel. ▸ ?a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. l. 55 Afftir the deth of Phocas..Cam Machomeet..Born in Arabia.1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. iii. 53 Let our Merchants answere, which owe their Spices to Arabia.1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. vii. sig. Ll3^v I envy not Arabia's Odours, whil'st that of this fresh Blusher [sc. a nosegay] charms my sense. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. 1. A (notional) place likened to Arabia, esp. in being exotic and mysterious, or resembling paradise. ΚΠ 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 138 The conclusion indeed may seem to come out of the Eutopia of novelty and the Arabia of paradoxes, yet liveth in the Eden of sober verity. 1681 H. Anderson Serm. Cathedral Church at Winchester 15 Were the whole World turned into a Seraglio of Delight, and every Region into an Arabia; could every Field become a Paradise, and every Object that we meet with, bring with it a Magazine of Pleasure. 1824 Philomathic Jrnl. Oct. 257 The creeping jasmine tufts the fragrant way, And makes each garden an Arabia. 1922 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 502/4 Andalucia is an ‘Arabia’ which has been miraculously planted beyond the arid wastes of La Mancha. 2. allusively. Perfume, incense, or spices.In later use chiefly with allusion to quot. 1714. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] pigment?a1200 aromac1220 spicea1250 spicery1297 specea1300 specerya1400 espice1483 savoura1500 sorts1530 speciesa1649 Arabia1693 1693 S. Wesley Life our Blessed Lord i. 16 Which with inestimable Sweets perfume And scatter all Arabia round the Room. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i. 8 All Arabia breaths from yonder Box. 1794 M. Darwall Poems I. 112 From thy sweet lips Arabia breathes, And Philomel resigns To thy superior voice her wreathes. 1818 tr. in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 44/1 The whole of Arabia breathes from the hair of one of them. 1883 O. Wilde Duchess of Padua ii. 46 Some herbs, Which have no perfume, on being bruiséd die With all Arabia round them. 1945 C. S. Lewis That Hideous Strength xv. 399 Fragrant names hovered in her mind—nard and cassia's balmy smells and all Arabia breathing from a box. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1651
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