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单词 majestic
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Majesticn.

Brit. /məˈdʒɛstɪk/, U.S. /məˈdʒɛstɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: majestic adj.
Etymology: < majestic adj.
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.

Brit. /məˈdʒɛstɪk/, U.S. /məˈdʒɛstɪk/
Forms: 1600s maiestick, 1600s maiesticke, 1600s majesticke, 1600s majestik, 1600s–1700s majestick, 1600s–1700s majestique, 1700s– majestic, 1800s– magestic (irregular).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: majesty n., -ic suffix.
Etymology: < majesty n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier majestical adj.
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.
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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).
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