Gondaln.adj.

/ˈɡɒndəl/

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

Etymology: < Gondal, the name of an imaginary island in the North Pacific invented in their childhood by Emily and Anne Brontë (see Brontëan adj.) in stories that they composed.The choice of the name may have been prompted by awareness of the name of Gondal (Gujarati Goṁdal ), the name of a former princely state and its capital in Gujarat, India (now a city and municipality), which the children may have encountered in their reading. Compare similarly Angrian adj.²

A. n.

The name of an imaginary island invented by Emily and Anne Brontë; also, an inhabitant of this island.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > specific fictional places

Gondal1834

Speewah1890

Pornosec1949

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > creation or description of characters > inhabitants of fictional places

houyhnhnm1726

Gondal1834

1834 E. Brontë & A. Brontë Diary 24 Nov. in M. Spark Brontë Lett. (1966) 18 The Gondals are discovering the interior of Gaaldine.

1966 M. Spark Brontë Lett. 17 The Gondal manuscripts were not preserved, but the love..and excesses of the exotic people of Gondal moved in the poetry of Emily and Anne to the time of their latest compositions.

B. adj.

Of or pertaining to this island.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adjective] > specific place

Angrian1834

Gondal1911

1911 J. M. Dembleby Key to Brontë Wks. i. 17 Emily Brontë..was writing, on July 30th, 1845, that she, Emily, was..engaged upon and intended to continue some puerile compositions called The Gondal Chronicles, which she spoke of as ‘delighting’ her and Anne.

1912 M. Sinclair Three Brontës 193 There are no recognisable references to the Gondal poems.

1932 C. Morgan in H. J. & H. Massingham Great Victorians 70 The opening of ‘The Prisoner’, telling how narrator and jailer visit a dungeon and speak with a female prisoner confined there, is evidently fictitious, probably Gondal.

1966 [see sense A.].

Derivatives

ˈGondalan adj.

ΚΠ

1941 F. E. Ratchford Brontës' Web of Childhood xiii. 252 Gondalan Vikings.

Gondaland n.

ΚΠ

1908 C. Shorter Brontës Life & Lett. I. x. 215 The Gondaland Chronicles, to which reference is made, must remain a mystery for us.

Gonˈdalian adj.

/ɡɒnˈdeɪlɪən/

ΚΠ

1841 E. Brontë Diary 30 July in C. W. Hatfield Poems E. J. Brontë (1941) 167 The Gondolians [sic] are at present in a threatening state, but there is no open rupture as yet.

1941 Notes & Queries 181 182/2 Those [sc. poems of Emily Brontë] which were prepared for publication had Gondalian names and references carefully expunged.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	gondal
释义	Gondaln.adj. /ˈɡɒndəl/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Gondal. Etymology: < Gondal, the name of an imaginary island in the North Pacific invented in their childhood by Emily and Anne Brontë (see Brontëan adj.) in stories that they composed.The choice of the name may have been prompted by awareness of the name of Gondal (Gujarati Goṁdal ), the name of a former princely state and its capital in Gujarat, India (now a city and municipality), which the children may have encountered in their reading. Compare similarly Angrian adj.² A. n. The name of an imaginary island invented by Emily and Anne Brontë; also, an inhabitant of this island. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > specific fictional places Gondal1834 Speewah1890 Pornosec1949 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > creation or description of characters > inhabitants of fictional places houyhnhnm1726 Gondal1834 1834 E. Brontë & A. Brontë Diary 24 Nov. in M. Spark Brontë Lett. (1966) 18 The Gondals are discovering the interior of Gaaldine. 1966 M. Spark Brontë Lett. 17 The Gondal manuscripts were not preserved, but the love..and excesses of the exotic people of Gondal moved in the poetry of Emily and Anne to the time of their latest compositions. B. adj. Of or pertaining to this island. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adjective] > specific place Angrian1834 Gondal1911 1911 J. M. Dembleby Key to Brontë Wks. i. 17 Emily Brontë..was writing, on July 30th, 1845, that she, Emily, was..engaged upon and intended to continue some puerile compositions called The Gondal Chronicles, which she spoke of as ‘delighting’ her and Anne. 1912 M. Sinclair Three Brontës 193 There are no recognisable references to the Gondal poems. 1932 C. Morgan in H. J. & H. Massingham Great Victorians 70 The opening of ‘The Prisoner’, telling how narrator and jailer visit a dungeon and speak with a female prisoner confined there, is evidently fictitious, probably Gondal. 1966 [see sense A.]. Derivatives ˈGondalan adj. ΚΠ 1941 F. E. Ratchford Brontës' Web of Childhood xiii. 252 Gondalan Vikings. Gondaland n. ΚΠ 1908 C. Shorter Brontës Life & Lett. I. x. 215 The Gondaland Chronicles, to which reference is made, must remain a mystery for us. Gonˈdalian adj. /ɡɒnˈdeɪlɪən/ ΚΠ 1841 E. Brontë Diary 30 July in C. W. Hatfield Poems E. J. Brontë (1941) 167 The Gondolians [sic] are at present in a threatening state, but there is no open rupture as yet. 1941 Notes & Queries 181 182/2 Those [sc. poems of Emily Brontë] which were prepared for publication had Gondalian names and references carefully expunged. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1834
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