Mediceanadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɛdᵻˈtʃiːən/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈtʃiən/,

/ˌmɛdəˈsiən/

Forms: 1600s–1800s Medicaean, 1600s– Medicean, 1700s– Medician.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Mediceus , -an suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Mediceus (1505 or earlier; < the name of the Medici family (see Medici n.) + classical Latin -eus : see -eous suffix) + -an suffix. Compare Italian mediceo (a1667), French médicéen.In phrase Medicean star (see sense 1) after post-classical Latin Medicea sidera (Galileo 1610, in Sidereus Nuncius, title page), named in honour of Galileo's former pupil, Cosimo II de' Medici, grand duke of Tuscany. With Medicean library (see sense 2) compare post-classical Latin Bibliotheca Medicea (1576 or earlier).

1. Astronomy. Designating the four largest moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto), discovered and so named by Galileo. Cf. Galilean adj.² a. Now historical.

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1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L5^v The Medicean foure reel about Jove; Two round old Saturn without Nominance.

1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6075 Some New Observations, made after a new and accurate way, of the farthest Elongations of the Medicean Stars from the Center of Jupiter.

1852 R. Grant Hist. Physical Astron. i. 19 The perpetual sequence of the Medicean stars, although always separated from Jupiter.

1898 A. Berry Short Hist. Astron. (1961) vi. 152 The new bodies were at first called by their discoverer Medicean planets.

1924 Chambers's Encycl. V. 66/2 He named [them] the Medicean stars, in honour of his protectors, the Medici family.

1942 Jrnl. Philos. 39 448 The moons of Jupiter were known as the Medician stars.

1989 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 565/2 Galileo, who first observed them in 1610, proposed that the satellites be named the Medicean stars, in honour of his patron, Cosimo II de' Medici, but they soon came to be known as the Galilean satellites in honour of their discoverer.

2010 Nature 29 July 579/1 (caption) Galileo's graphical chronicle shows three configurations of his ‘Medicean’ planets.

2. More generally: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Medici family; spec. (a) designating the library at Florence (otherwise called Laurentian) founded by Lorenzo de' Medici, and manuscripts preserved there; (b) designating various works of ancient art contained in the Florentine collections founded by members of the Medici family.

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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > specific movement or period

classical1546

pastoral1566

classic1597

Medicean1652

romantic1812

tedesco1814

realistic1829

realista1832

pseudo-classic1833

classicist1838

pseudo-classical1838

renaissant1839

modernist1848

post-classic1850

post-classical1851

pseudo-Gothic1853

classicizing1865

classicistic1866

serio-grotesque1873

geometric1877

neoclassical1877

modernistic1878

neoclassic1878

pseudo-archaic1878

William Morris1883

protocorinthian1884

veristic1884

William and Mary1886

Yuan1888

romanticistic1889

veritistic1894

auto-destructive1895

pre-Romantic1895

Trajanic1906

neo-realistic1909

New Romantic1909

neo-realist1912

futuristic1915

postmodern1916

Dada1918

Dadaist1918

surrealist1918

proto-Romantic1920

expressionistic1921

modernista1924

super-realist1925

superrealistic1925

postmodernist1926

proto-Baroque1926

post-symbolist1927

pre-modernist1927

surrealistic1930

Renaissancist1932

Colonial Revival1934

neo-baroque1935

socialist-realist1935

social realist1949

social realistic1949

kitchen sink1954

William IV1955

formalistic1957

Zhdanovite1957

neo-Dadaist1960

neo-modernist1960

William Morrisy1960

neo-Dada1962

Zhdanovist1966

conceptual1969

conceptualist1973

po-mo1987

pathetic1990

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > dynasty > [adjective] > specific European

Orange1647

Medicean1652

Merovingian1687

Plantagenet1716

Angevin1727

Carlovingian1781

Capetian1836

Ernestine1841

Carolingian1881

Robertine1896

Robertian1897

1652 Mercurius Politicus No. 90. 1427 Cæsar Borgia in Romania, and the Medicean Family in Florence, set the Italian Commanders to learn a new Lesson, which way to improve their new Conquests, by grandising and garbling many petty States in a formal Tyranny.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 188 Leo the tenth, and Clement the viith, both Popes of the Medicean family.

1729 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 508 There was in the Medicean Collection at Florence a compleat Skeleton of an Elephant.

1741 J. Martyn in tr. Virgil Georgicks iv. 262 (note) Pierius found aut in the Medicean manuscript.

1781 H. Cowley Belle's Stratagem iii. i. 35 Cou'd the Medician Venus be animated for me, and endow'd with a vulgar soul, I shou'd become the statue.

1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 5/2 The celebrated Medicean and Borghesan vases.

1893 J. Gow Compan. to Classics (ed. 3) vi. 45 The sole authority for the letters ad Familiares is in the Medicean library.

1904 Pilot 9 Apr. 338/1 A description of Medicean Rome.

1944 I. Origo Diary 28 June in War in Val d'Orcia (1947) 211 The Germans..destroy the magnificent Medicean gateway at the foot of the town.

1973 Times 27 Dec. 6/6 15 Medicean villas and 20 others in or near Florence; then some 10 around Lucca and finally..another 10 near Siena.

1998 Renaissance Q. 51 439 Most of the rich owners presumably approved, along with Vasari's Medician prince.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medicean
释义	Mediceanadj. Brit. /ˌmɛdᵻˈtʃiːən/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈtʃiən/, /ˌmɛdəˈsiən/ Forms: 1600s–1800s Medicaean, 1600s– Medicean, 1700s– Medician. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Mediceus , -an suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Mediceus (1505 or earlier; < the name of the Medici family (see Medici n.) + classical Latin -eus : see -eous suffix) + -an suffix. Compare Italian mediceo (a1667), French médicéen.In phrase Medicean star (see sense 1) after post-classical Latin Medicea sidera (Galileo 1610, in Sidereus Nuncius, title page), named in honour of Galileo's former pupil, Cosimo II de' Medici, grand duke of Tuscany. With Medicean library (see sense 2) compare post-classical Latin Bibliotheca Medicea (1576 or earlier). 1. Astronomy. Designating the four largest moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto), discovered and so named by Galileo. Cf. Galilean adj.² a. Now historical. ΚΠ 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L5^v The Medicean foure reel about Jove; Two round old Saturn without Nominance. 1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6075 Some New Observations, made after a new and accurate way, of the farthest Elongations of the Medicean Stars from the Center of Jupiter. 1852 R. Grant Hist. Physical Astron. i. 19 The perpetual sequence of the Medicean stars, although always separated from Jupiter. 1898 A. Berry Short Hist. Astron. (1961) vi. 152 The new bodies were at first called by their discoverer Medicean planets. 1924 Chambers's Encycl. V. 66/2 He named [them] the Medicean stars, in honour of his protectors, the Medici family. 1942 Jrnl. Philos. 39 448 The moons of Jupiter were known as the Medician stars. 1989 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 565/2 Galileo, who first observed them in 1610, proposed that the satellites be named the Medicean stars, in honour of his patron, Cosimo II de' Medici, but they soon came to be known as the Galilean satellites in honour of their discoverer. 2010 Nature 29 July 579/1 (caption) Galileo's graphical chronicle shows three configurations of his ‘Medicean’ planets. 2. More generally: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Medici family; spec. (a) designating the library at Florence (otherwise called Laurentian) founded by Lorenzo de' Medici, and manuscripts preserved there; (b) designating various works of ancient art contained in the Florentine collections founded by members of the Medici family. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > specific movement or period classical1546 pastoral1566 classic1597 Medicean1652 romantic1812 tedesco1814 realistic1829 realista1832 pseudo-classic1833 classicist1838 pseudo-classical1838 renaissant1839 modernist1848 post-classic1850 post-classical1851 pseudo-Gothic1853 classicizing1865 classicistic1866 serio-grotesque1873 geometric1877 neoclassical1877 modernistic1878 neoclassic1878 pseudo-archaic1878 William Morris1883 protocorinthian1884 veristic1884 William and Mary1886 Yuan1888 romanticistic1889 veritistic1894 auto-destructive1895 pre-Romantic1895 Trajanic1906 neo-realistic1909 New Romantic1909 neo-realist1912 futuristic1915 postmodern1916 Dada1918 Dadaist1918 surrealist1918 proto-Romantic1920 expressionistic1921 modernista1924 super-realist1925 superrealistic1925 postmodernist1926 proto-Baroque1926 post-symbolist1927 pre-modernist1927 surrealistic1930 Renaissancist1932 Colonial Revival1934 neo-baroque1935 socialist-realist1935 social realist1949 social realistic1949 kitchen sink1954 William IV1955 formalistic1957 Zhdanovite1957 neo-Dadaist1960 neo-modernist1960 William Morrisy1960 neo-Dada1962 Zhdanovist1966 conceptual1969 conceptualist1973 po-mo1987 pathetic1990 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > dynasty > [adjective] > specific European Orange1647 Medicean1652 Merovingian1687 Plantagenet1716 Angevin1727 Carlovingian1781 Capetian1836 Ernestine1841 Carolingian1881 Robertine1896 Robertian1897 1652 Mercurius Politicus No. 90. 1427 Cæsar Borgia in Romania, and the Medicean Family in Florence, set the Italian Commanders to learn a new Lesson, which way to improve their new Conquests, by grandising and garbling many petty States in a formal Tyranny. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 188 Leo the tenth, and Clement the viith, both Popes of the Medicean family. 1729 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 508 There was in the Medicean Collection at Florence a compleat Skeleton of an Elephant. 1741 J. Martyn in tr. Virgil Georgicks iv. 262 (note) Pierius found aut in the Medicean manuscript. 1781 H. Cowley Belle's Stratagem iii. i. 35 Cou'd the Medician Venus be animated for me, and endow'd with a vulgar soul, I shou'd become the statue. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 5/2 The celebrated Medicean and Borghesan vases. 1893 J. Gow Compan. to Classics (ed. 3) vi. 45 The sole authority for the letters ad Familiares is in the Medicean library. 1904 Pilot 9 Apr. 338/1 A description of Medicean Rome. 1944 I. Origo Diary 28 June in War in Val d'Orcia (1947) 211 The Germans..destroy the magnificent Medicean gateway at the foot of the town. 1973 Times 27 Dec. 6/6 15 Medicean villas and 20 others in or near Florence; then some 10 around Lucca and finally..another 10 near Siena. 1998 Renaissance Q. 51 439 Most of the rich owners presumably approved, along with Vasari's Medician prince. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1642
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