单词 | hibernian |
释义 | Hibernianadj.n. A. adj. Of or belonging to Ireland; Irish. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Ireland > [adjective] Irishc1325 Hibernian1632 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 436 The conscionable carriage of the Hybernian Clergy. 1711 A. Pope Let. 25 June in Corr. (1956) I. 121 What he observes at the bottom of pag. 20th..was objected to by yourself... 'Tis right Hibernian, and I confess it what the English call a bull, in the expression. 1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta II. xxi. 460 I suppose your Hibernian squabbles..would soon have an end. 1881 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 19 The truly Hibernian predicament of being notoriously unknown. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 252/2 Hibernian Embroidery..with Satin and Buttonhole Stitches upon velvet, silk, or net foundations, with coloured silks or filoselles. B. n. A native of Ireland: an Irishman. ΚΠ 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 35. ⁋2 The Native Hibernians, who are reckoned not much unlike the ancient Bœotians. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 288 This was not lost on the shrewd quick-eared Hibernian. Derivatives Hiˈbernianism n. Irish character or nationality; an Irish characteristic, trait, or idiom. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > quality or character Teaguism1732 Iricism1743 Paddyism1799 Irishness1804 Irishism1820 Irishry1822 Hibernianism1833 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > idiom of Irishism1737 Hibernianism1833 Iricism1833 Paddyism1890 1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 620 He altered the family name from Macowen..to Owenson, and thereby destroyed its Hibernianism. 1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge xii. 81 A prevailing disposition of the constabulary to let Hibernianism revel and rollic on the anniversary of its patron saint. 1894 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 59 9/1 A colloquial Hibernianism. Hiˈbernianly adv. in a Hibernian manner. ΚΠ 1873 Harper's Mag. 485 New scenes..new sea landscapes as Mrs. Trollope Hibernianly calls them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1632 |
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