单词 | majestic |
释义 | Majesticn. A variety of potato, producing light-skinned, kidney-shaped tubers. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato > types of baker1651 Irish potato1664 sprout1771 London lady1780 ox-noble1794 pink-eye1795 kidney1796 Suriname1796 round1800 yam potato1801 bluenose1803 yam1805 bead-potato1808 Murphy1811 lumper1840 blue1845 salmon1845 merino1846 regent1846 pink1850 redskin potato1851 fluke1868 snowflake1882 magnum1889 ware1894 snowdrop1900 King Edward1902 Majestic1917 red1926 fingerling1930 Pentland1959 chipper1961 Maris Peer1963 Maris Piper1963 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > types of potato potato1629 Rough Red1771 sprout1771 London lady1780 russet1780 ox-noble1794 pink-eye1795 kidney1796 Suriname1796 silver-skin1797 yam potato1801 bluenose1803 yam1805 bead-potato1808 lumper1840 blue1845 merino1846 regent1846 pink1850 redskin potato1851 fluke1868 mangel-wurzel potato1875 snowflake1882 snowdrop1900 pomato1905 Idaho1911 Majestic1917 red1926 Pentland1959 1917 T. W. Sanders Bk. Potato (ed. 3) xviii. 99 Majestic, tubers, oval-shaped; hardy, strong grower; enormous cropper; fine quality and appearance. 1926 R. N. Salaman Potato Varieties xxvi. 285 Majestic has attained great popularity, and today is one of the most widely grown field crop potatoes in the country. 1963 Times 22 Apr. 2/6 Majestic, which takes up over 50 per cent of the maincrop acreage, was introduced in 1912. 1969 S. G. Harrison et al. Oxf. Bk. Food Plants (1981) 176/2 But 75 per cent of the total acreage in England and Wales is occupied by only three cultivars—‘Arran Pilot’, ‘Majestic’, and ‘King Edward’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). majesticadj. Possessing or characterized by majesty; of imposing dignity or grandeur; stately. a. Of things (material and immaterial). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] higheOE drightlikeOE highlyOE drightfula1225 prouda1275 principalc1385 solemna1387 gentlec1390 high and mighty1400 imperial?c1400 royalc1405 kinglyc1425 sublimatec1425 lordfulc1429 lordlyc1440 assumpt1447 raiseda1450 haught1470 kinglikec1485 lordlike1488 triumphant1494 greatlya1500 princely?a1510 supereminent1531 princelike1532 lofta1547 lofty1548 regal1561 supernal1562 haughty1563 excelse1569 queen-like?1571 majestical1578 erecteda1586 augustious1591 ennobled1592 imperious1592 enthronized1593 august1594 high-born1598 sublimed1602 jovial1604 majestic1606 enthroned1609 starred1615 exalted1623 majestuous1633 reared1638 sublimary1655 majestative1656 kingrik1663 superb1663 grand1673 celse1708 stilted1744 canonized1790 queenly1791 apotheosized1794 princified1857 1606 J. Davies Bien Venu sig. Biv Showes most maiestick, fit most Maiestie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 132 It doth amaze me, A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the Maiesticke world. View more context for this quotation 1636 C. Butler Princ. Musik Ep. Ded. ¶3 Those sacred, eloquent, and Majestik Meeters. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) iv. 33 No Tree whatsoever, becoming long Walks and Avenues, comparably to this Majestick plant [sc. the Elm]. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. i. 1 The view was bounded by the majestic Pyrenées. 1833 J. H. Newman in Brit. Mag. 4 543 There they [sc. Ambrosian chants] are in use still, in all the majestic austerity which gave them their original power. 1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples II. iv. x. 110 And those whose memories went back to the dark years of disaster and persecution..could hardly fail to re-echo in their hearts the majestic utterance of Richard Hooker. 1983 M. S. Power Hunt For Autumn Clowns 9 Pericles..saunters to the furthermost desk in the classroom, and squats in majestic isolation. 2011 J. Gillham Pictorial Guide Mountains Snowdonia III. i. 22 These are majestic peaks, angular in outline and with fine rocky ridges and spurs. b. Of persons, their attributes, etc. ΚΠ 1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. G4v It did vs good To see how your Maiestick presence dawnted The silly gentleman. 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 5 Bowing herselfe with a maiestique awe. a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) i. i. sig. Bv/1 Your no less prudent than Majestick Fa— With power & policy enricht this Land. 1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 389 But in the midst was seen A Lady of a more majestique Mien. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 145 He was Grave and Majestick, and carried it something like a King. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 127 His Stride magestic [later edd. majestic] and his Frown severe. 1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) v. 225 St. John is spiritually as simple as he is intellectually majestic. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxxxvi. 1 Lovely to many a man is Quintia; shapely, majestic, Stately, to me. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William v. 109 William stood, majestic in his glorious apparel, deep in thought. 1965 J. B. Soloveitchik Lonely Man of Faith x. in Tradition Summer 61 This kind of antirationalism led to complete rejection of majestic man willed and created by God. 2005 J. A. Walker Expressionism & Modernism Amer. Theatre iv. 125 Jones appears, looking majestic in his ‘light blue uniform coat, sprayed with brass buttons, heavy gold chevrons on his shoulders’. Compounds majestic-looking adj. ΚΠ 1771 A. Wall Life of Lamenther iii. 83 My Uncle was a fine majestic looking Man, and therefore struck me with much Awe and Dread. 1812 M. R. Mitford Let. 5 Jan. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. vi. 168 A fine majestic-looking old woman of sixty. 1967 D. Goodwin Pigeons & Doves of World 384 The large species of fruit pigeons are often termed the imperial pigeons because of their..majestic-looking if somewhat ponderous appearance. 2001 J. Ferguson-Lees & D. A. Christie Raptors of World 743/2 Very large, majestic-looking raptor with moderately projecting head and neck. Derivatives majesticness n. = majesty n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun] prideOE nobleyec1300 farec1330 pompc1330 statec1330 rialtya1375 estatec1385 lordliness1440 pompousness1447 noblenessc1450 worthinessc1450 pomperyc1460 affairc1480 gloryc1480 majesty1481 triumpha1513 shine?1529 royalness?1548 sumptuosity1550 triumphing1569 magnificie1570 presence1570 gite1589 equipage1612 majesticalness1613 ceremonya1616 splendour1616 stateliness1637 majesticnessa1643 scheme1647 pageantry1651 grandeur1652 splendidnessa1657 magnanimity1658 magnificency1668 fluster1676 energy1764 pompa1783 panoply1790 pageanting1873 a1643 W. Cartwright Poems in Comedies (1651) sig. M6v Such a..Lovely, self-arm'd, naked, Majestickness. 1685 H. More Illustr. Daniel & Revelation 263 Which is a marvellous manner of Transition..sutable to the usual Majestickness of this Book of the Apocalypse. 1752 M. C. D'Aulnoy Court Queen Mab 23 Whatever is admirable in Shape, Beauty of Features, and Majestickness of Mien, was all exquisitely perfect in Percinet. 1926 W. B. Maxwell Life iii. 27 They see and feel that white hair has brought them dignity, they like the majesticness of their adipose increase 2004 M. Prechtel Long Life viii. 124 The ever-present envy of her majesticness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917adj.1606 |
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