Maltan.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːltə/,

/ˈmɒltə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔltə/,

/ˈmɑltə/

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

Etymology: < Malta, the name of an island in the central Mediterranean < Italian Malta < classical Latin Melita, ancient Greek Μελίτη, perhaps of pre-Indo-European origin.Compare the name of Mljet , an island in the Adriatic, which also appears in classical Latin as Melita : see Melitan adj., Melitaean adj.

†1.

a. attributive. Of or designating the Knights of Malta (cf. Maltese n. 1b). See Malta cross n. at sense 1b. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 21 Which vertus dimmes the Malta-knights.

1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B2 He in the Malta habit Is the naturall brother of the King.

1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 9 Another Tripoline, their vice admiral, was the next day taken by the Malta gallies.

b. Malta cross n. = Maltese cross n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [noun] > Malta cross

Malta crossa1684

Maltese cross1829

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 42 The Chevalier Paul..his..Malta Crosse esteem'd at 10 thousand Crownes.

1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (rev. ed.) Malta-cross, so call'd because worn by the Knights of that Order.

2. Malta fever n. the febrile illness of humans caused by Brucella melitensis, once very common in Malta and other parts of the Mediterranean; brucellosis. Cf. Mediterranean fever n. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > other fevers

fever hectica1398

emitrichie1398

hectic1398

etisie1527

emphysode fever1547

frenzy-fever1613

purple fever1623

prunella1656

marcid fever1666

remittent1693

feveret1712

rheumatic fever1726

milk fever1739

stationary fever1742

febricula1746

milky fever1747

camp-disease1753

camp-fever1753

sun fever1765

recurrent fever1768

rose fever1782

tooth-fever1788

sensitive fever1794

forest-fever1799

white leg1801

hill-fever1804

Walcheren fever1810

Mediterranean fever1816

malignant1825

relapsing fever1828

rose cold1831

date fever1836

rose catarrh1845

Walcheren ague1847

mountain fever1849

mill fever1850

Malta fever1863

bilge-fever1867

Oroya fever1873

hyperpyrexia1875

famine-fever1876

East Coast fever1881

spirillum fevera1883

kala azar1883

black water1884

febricule1887

urine fever1888

undulant fever1896

rabbit fever1898

rat bite fever1910

Rhodesian sleeping sickness1911

sandfly fever1911

tularaemia1921

sodoku1926

brucellosis1930

Rift Valley fever1931

Zika1952

Lassa fever1970

Marburg1983

1863 Army Med. Dept. Statist. Rep. 3 512 (note) Could we take rheumatism from his description of relapsing fever, and add it to that of his gastric fever, we should have our Malta fever.

1875 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Aug. 224/2 (heading) On ‘Malta Fever’: with a suggestion.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 463 (note) Some nosologists object to the term Malta Fever.

1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions xii. 91 You ought to be in bed, my son. Haven't you got Malta Fever?

1959 R. Hough Admirals in Collision (1973) iv. 55 There had been an unusually persistent outbreak of that bane of Mediterranean service, Malta fever.

1985 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 June 1799/1 Brucellosis in the Mediterranean is usually due to Brucella melitensis and was formerly known as Malta fever.

3. Malta fungus n. = Maltese fungus n. at Maltese n. and adj. Compounds.

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the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > other fungi

bolet1526

boletus1601

byssus1753

fly-fungus1822

turban-top1828

stilbid1846

empusa1856

Scotch bonnet1861

wolf's-milk1861

lizard's herb1866

fairy ring1870

Malta fungus1870

flowers of tan1882

mycorrhiza1886

fumago1887

milky cap1887

moss-gold1887

oomycete1889

razor strop fungus1893

club-fungusa1909

sulphur tuft1909

bolete1914

old man of the woods1972

1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 377/2 F[ungus] of Malta, Cynomorion coccineum.]

1870 H. Seddall Malta 340 Cynomorium coccineum (L.) Ærk el generàl (Malt.), the curious so-called Malta fungus, which grows abundantly on the General's Rock, off Gozo.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 508/1 Among the land plants [of Malta] may be noted..Cynomorium coccineum, the curious ‘Malta fungus’, formerly so valued for medicinal purposes that a guard was set for its preservation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	malta
释义	Maltan. Brit. /ˈmɔːltə/, /ˈmɒltə/, U.S. /ˈmɔltə/, /ˈmɑltə/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Malta. Etymology: < Malta, the name of an island in the central Mediterranean < Italian Malta < classical Latin Melita, ancient Greek Μελίτη, perhaps of pre-Indo-European origin.Compare the name of Mljet , an island in the Adriatic, which also appears in classical Latin as Melita : see Melitan adj., Melitaean adj. †1. a. attributive. Of or designating the Knights of Malta (cf. Maltese n. 1b). See Malta cross n. at sense 1b. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 21 Which vertus dimmes the Malta-knights. 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B2 He in the Malta habit Is the naturall brother of the King. 1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 9 Another Tripoline, their vice admiral, was the next day taken by the Malta gallies. b. Malta cross n. = Maltese cross n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [noun] > Malta cross Malta crossa1684 Maltese cross1829 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 42 The Chevalier Paul..his..Malta Crosse esteem'd at 10 thousand Crownes. 1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (rev. ed.) Malta-cross, so call'd because worn by the Knights of that Order. 2. Malta fever n. the febrile illness of humans caused by Brucella melitensis, once very common in Malta and other parts of the Mediterranean; brucellosis. Cf. Mediterranean fever n. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > other fevers fever hectica1398 emitrichie1398 hectic1398 etisie1527 emphysode fever1547 frenzy-fever1613 purple fever1623 prunella1656 marcid fever1666 remittent1693 feveret1712 rheumatic fever1726 milk fever1739 stationary fever1742 febricula1746 milky fever1747 camp-disease1753 camp-fever1753 sun fever1765 recurrent fever1768 rose fever1782 tooth-fever1788 sensitive fever1794 forest-fever1799 white leg1801 hill-fever1804 Walcheren fever1810 Mediterranean fever1816 malignant1825 relapsing fever1828 rose cold1831 date fever1836 rose catarrh1845 Walcheren ague1847 mountain fever1849 mill fever1850 Malta fever1863 bilge-fever1867 Oroya fever1873 hyperpyrexia1875 famine-fever1876 East Coast fever1881 spirillum fevera1883 kala azar1883 black water1884 febricule1887 urine fever1888 undulant fever1896 rabbit fever1898 rat bite fever1910 Rhodesian sleeping sickness1911 sandfly fever1911 tularaemia1921 sodoku1926 brucellosis1930 Rift Valley fever1931 Zika1952 Lassa fever1970 Marburg1983 1863 Army Med. Dept. Statist. Rep. 3 512 (note) Could we take rheumatism from his description of relapsing fever, and add it to that of his gastric fever, we should have our Malta fever. 1875 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Aug. 224/2 (heading) On ‘Malta Fever’: with a suggestion. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 463 (note) Some nosologists object to the term Malta Fever. 1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions xii. 91 You ought to be in bed, my son. Haven't you got Malta Fever? 1959 R. Hough Admirals in Collision (1973) iv. 55 There had been an unusually persistent outbreak of that bane of Mediterranean service, Malta fever. 1985 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 June 1799/1 Brucellosis in the Mediterranean is usually due to Brucella melitensis and was formerly known as Malta fever. 3. Malta fungus n. = Maltese fungus n. at Maltese n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > other fungi bolet1526 boletus1601 byssus1753 fly-fungus1822 turban-top1828 stilbid1846 empusa1856 Scotch bonnet1861 wolf's-milk1861 lizard's herb1866 fairy ring1870 Malta fungus1870 flowers of tan1882 mycorrhiza1886 fumago1887 milky cap1887 moss-gold1887 oomycete1889 razor strop fungus1893 club-fungusa1909 sulphur tuft1909 bolete1914 old man of the woods1972 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 377/2 F[ungus] of Malta, Cynomorion coccineum.] 1870 H. Seddall Malta 340 Cynomorium coccineum (L.) Ærk el generàl (Malt.), the curious so-called Malta fungus, which grows abundantly on the General's Rock, off Gozo. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 508/1 Among the land plants [of Malta] may be noted..Cynomorium coccineum, the curious ‘Malta fungus’, formerly so valued for medicinal purposes that a guard was set for its preservation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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