insularadj.n.

/ˈɪnsjʊlə/

Etymology: < Latin insulāris, < insula island: see -ar suffix¹. Compare French insulaire.

A. adj.

a. Of or pertaining to an island; inhabiting or situated on an island.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [adjective]

islandish1577

insular1611

insulary1642

islandic1846

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Insulaire, Insular, Iland-like; of, or belonging to, an Iland.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. vi. 73 In ancient times..they called every Insular Prince by the name of Neptune.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 78 The names and other..signs of approximation, rather augmented than diminished our insular feuds.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. ii. 29 The insular Teutons showed themselves the most zealous of missionaries.

b. Physical Geography. Of climate: Of the moderate or temperate kind which prevails in situations surrounded and tempered by the sea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > of or relating to climate > specific types of climate

excessive1830

insular1830

oceanic1849

continental1865

marine1865

Mediterranean1888

maritime1939

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 97 An alteration from what has been termed an ‘insular’ to an ‘excessive’ climate.

1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iii. 118 The term ‘Insular Climate’ has been always given to climates in which the annual range of temperature is small.

1885 R. H. Scott Elem. Meteorol. 344 Hence comes the subdivision of climates into insular or moderate, and continental or excessive. The west coasts of continents enjoy insular..climates.

2. Of the nature of an island; composing or forming an island.

ΚΠ

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. ii. §4 That the Tyre mentioned by Sanchoniathon was not the famous Insular Tyrus, but some other Tyre.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 228 The alleged exposure of certain insular rocks in the Bothnian and other bays.

1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia i. 1 A description of the great insular land—Australia.

a. transferred. Detached or standing out by itself like an island; insulated.

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b. Botany. ‘Situated alone, applied to galls which occur singly on a leaf’ ( Cent. Dict. 1890).

c. Pathology. insular sclerosis. ‘Moxon's term for Sclerosis, disseminated’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1886).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > sclerosis

multiple sclerosis1885

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis1886

insular sclerosis1891

tuberous sclerosis1898

epiloia1911

tuberose sclerosis1933

Lou Gehrig disease1941

MS1955

1891 Lancet 3 Oct. 780 We are inclined to think that the evidence of insular sclerosis is not quite convincing.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 932 In insular sclerosis the tremor is completely absent during rest.

d. Anatomy (see quot. 1886).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [adjective] > lobe

rhinencephalic1846

postnasal1859

parietal1861

prefrontal1878

postrhinal1880

postfrontal1883

suboccipital1885

insular1886

transfrontal1889

preoptic1890

premotor1923

1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Insular, relating to an Insula, or to the Island of Reil.

a. Pertaining to islanders; esp. having the characteristic traits of the inhabitants of an island (e.g. of Great Britain); cut off from intercourse with other nations, isolated; self-contained; narrow or prejudiced in feelings, ideas, or manners.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > [adjective]

insulary1642

provincial1755

insular1775

parochialic1848

parochial1856

Podsnappian1866

vestryish1882

parish pump1923

parish-pumpish1968

1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 116 The relief given to the mind in the penury of insular conversation by a new topick.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned II. xiii. 150 Percy Bobus, with true insular breeding, took up the newspaper.

1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall I. ix. 85 My English accent, and my insular notions, as he called them.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. ix. 427 They were a race insular in temper as well as in geographical position.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vi. 229 The English have a scornful insular way Of calling the French light.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 252 Without ceasing to be English, he has escaped from being insular.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 136 I am not sufficiently insular to deny a foreign nobility all the graces and virtues that add lustre to our own.

b. Palaeography. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > others

bastard1524

secretary1571

Gothical1612

Gothicc1660

Longobardic1677

Lombardic1697

Langobardic1724

longhand1729

rustic1768

Lombard1833

Carlovingian1853

mogigraphic1857

Carolingian1881

Beneventan1882

hand-printed1882

insular1908

script1920

1908 W. M. Lindsay Contractions in Early Latin Minuscule MSS. 1 The most fertile source of error..is the unfamiliarity of the writers with the contractions used in the Irish or pre-Carolingian script... The correct term is Insular, for English MSS. are included and Welsh too.

1913 F. W. Hall Compan. Classical Texts 167 Insular hands..i.e. Irish and Anglo-Saxon; a peculiar type of the half-uncial developed in the sixth century.

1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 195/1 Insular hand, the name given to the Hiberno-Saxon script widely used in England until the Norman Conquest for non-Latin texts. Its origins may be traced to 6th-century Ireland. An example is the first London Charter, 1066, which may be seen in the Guildhall Library.

1960 E. A. Lowe Eng. Uncial 14 By Insular symptoms we mean features and practices peculiar to Anglo-Saxon (and Irish) scribes.

1971 T. A. M. Bishop Eng. Caroline Minuscule p. xiii The most extensive repertories of Insular abbreviations in Caroline minuscule are MSS. of probably Continental origin.

B. n.

An inhabitant of an island; an islander.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on island

insulana1464

islander?1553

islandman1575

islesmana1578

insulary1585

insular1744

Isleman1815

off-islander1876

islandress1892

1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §109 It is much to be lamented that our insulars..grow stupid or dote sooner than other people.

1845 in J. Pye Patron. Brit. Art v. 206 Generous insulars of our country.

1886 Longman's Mag. 7 517 A nimbleness foreign to us phlegmatic, deliberate insulars.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	insular
释义	insularadj.n. /ˈɪnsjʊlə/ Etymology: < Latin insulāris, < insula island: see -ar suffix¹. Compare French insulaire. A. adj. 1. a. Of or pertaining to an island; inhabiting or situated on an island. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [adjective] islandish1577 insular1611 insulary1642 islandic1846 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Insulaire, Insular, Iland-like; of, or belonging to, an Iland. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. vi. 73 In ancient times..they called every Insular Prince by the name of Neptune. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 78 The names and other..signs of approximation, rather augmented than diminished our insular feuds. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. ii. 29 The insular Teutons showed themselves the most zealous of missionaries. b. Physical Geography. Of climate: Of the moderate or temperate kind which prevails in situations surrounded and tempered by the sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > of or relating to climate > specific types of climate excessive1830 insular1830 oceanic1849 continental1865 marine1865 Mediterranean1888 maritime1939 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 97 An alteration from what has been termed an ‘insular’ to an ‘excessive’ climate. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iii. 118 The term ‘Insular Climate’ has been always given to climates in which the annual range of temperature is small. 1885 R. H. Scott Elem. Meteorol. 344 Hence comes the subdivision of climates into insular or moderate, and continental or excessive. The west coasts of continents enjoy insular..climates. 2. Of the nature of an island; composing or forming an island. ΚΠ 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. ii. §4 That the Tyre mentioned by Sanchoniathon was not the famous Insular Tyrus, but some other Tyre. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 228 The alleged exposure of certain insular rocks in the Bothnian and other bays. 1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia i. 1 A description of the great insular land—Australia. 3. a. transferred. Detached or standing out by itself like an island; insulated. Categories » b. Botany. ‘Situated alone, applied to galls which occur singly on a leaf’ ( Cent. Dict. 1890). c. Pathology. insular sclerosis. ‘Moxon's term for Sclerosis, disseminated’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1886). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > sclerosis multiple sclerosis1885 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis1886 insular sclerosis1891 tuberous sclerosis1898 epiloia1911 tuberose sclerosis1933 Lou Gehrig disease1941 MS1955 1891 Lancet 3 Oct. 780 We are inclined to think that the evidence of insular sclerosis is not quite convincing. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 932 In insular sclerosis the tremor is completely absent during rest. d. Anatomy (see quot. 1886). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [adjective] > lobe rhinencephalic1846 postnasal1859 parietal1861 prefrontal1878 postrhinal1880 postfrontal1883 suboccipital1885 insular1886 transfrontal1889 preoptic1890 premotor1923 1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Insular, relating to an Insula, or to the Island of Reil. 4. a. Pertaining to islanders; esp. having the characteristic traits of the inhabitants of an island (e.g. of Great Britain); cut off from intercourse with other nations, isolated; self-contained; narrow or prejudiced in feelings, ideas, or manners. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > [adjective] insulary1642 provincial1755 insular1775 parochialic1848 parochial1856 Podsnappian1866 vestryish1882 parish pump1923 parish-pumpish1968 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 116 The relief given to the mind in the penury of insular conversation by a new topick. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned II. xiii. 150 Percy Bobus, with true insular breeding, took up the newspaper. 1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall I. ix. 85 My English accent, and my insular notions, as he called them. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. ix. 427 They were a race insular in temper as well as in geographical position. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vi. 229 The English have a scornful insular way Of calling the French light. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 252 Without ceasing to be English, he has escaped from being insular. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 136 I am not sufficiently insular to deny a foreign nobility all the graces and virtues that add lustre to our own. b. Palaeography. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > others bastard1524 secretary1571 Gothical1612 Gothicc1660 Longobardic1677 Lombardic1697 Langobardic1724 longhand1729 rustic1768 Lombard1833 Carlovingian1853 mogigraphic1857 Carolingian1881 Beneventan1882 hand-printed1882 insular1908 script1920 1908 W. M. Lindsay Contractions in Early Latin Minuscule MSS. 1 The most fertile source of error..is the unfamiliarity of the writers with the contractions used in the Irish or pre-Carolingian script... The correct term is Insular, for English MSS. are included and Welsh too. 1913 F. W. Hall Compan. Classical Texts 167 Insular hands..i.e. Irish and Anglo-Saxon; a peculiar type of the half-uncial developed in the sixth century. 1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 195/1 Insular hand, the name given to the Hiberno-Saxon script widely used in England until the Norman Conquest for non-Latin texts. Its origins may be traced to 6th-century Ireland. An example is the first London Charter, 1066, which may be seen in the Guildhall Library. 1960 E. A. Lowe Eng. Uncial 14 By Insular symptoms we mean features and practices peculiar to Anglo-Saxon (and Irish) scribes. 1971 T. A. M. Bishop Eng. Caroline Minuscule p. xiii The most extensive repertories of Insular abbreviations in Caroline minuscule are MSS. of probably Continental origin. B. n. An inhabitant of an island; an islander. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on island insulana1464 islander?1553 islandman1575 islesmana1578 insulary1585 insular1744 Isleman1815 off-islander1876 islandress1892 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §109 It is much to be lamented that our insulars..grow stupid or dote sooner than other people. 1845 in J. Pye Patron. Brit. Art v. 206 Generous insulars of our country. 1886 Longman's Mag. 7 517 A nimbleness foreign to us phlegmatic, deliberate insulars. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.n.1611
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