Memphianadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈmɛmfɪən/, U.S.

/ˈmɛm(p)fiən/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Greek Μέμϕις , -an suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek Μέμϕις Memphis (ultimately < ancient Egyptian mn-nfr-(pjpj) , originally the name of the funerary complex and related royal residence of Pepy I, and later applied more widely to the city as a whole; compare Akkadian mempi ) + -an suffix, perhaps after Middle French memphien (1585 as adjective in the passage translated in quot. 1605 at sense B. 1). Compare earlier Memphite adj., Memphitic adj., Memphitical adj.

A. adj.

1. Relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis; gen. (literary) Egyptian.† Memphian stone n. Obsolete a stone with alleged anaesthetic properties; cf. stone Memphite n. at Memphite adj.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > North Africa > Egypt

Memphiticc1450

Memphitec1475

Egyptiacal?1567

Memphitical1581

Memphian1605

Egyptiac1635

Egyptian1646

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vii. 239 His enuious brethrens treacherous drift, Him [sc. Joseph] to the sterne of Memphian State had lift.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 85 They long For Memphian hotch-potch, Leeks, and Garlike strong.

1635 J. Rutter Shepheards Holy-day v. ii. sig. F5^v A Memphian stone, that has the power To bring a deadly sleepe on all the senses.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 307 Busiris and his Memphian Chivalrie.

1705 J. Philips Blenheim 234 The Memphian Soldiery That swell'd the Erythræan Wave, when Wall'd The unfroze Waters marvellously stood.

1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 23 Indisputable Antiques, and of the Memphian Marble.

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III lxv. 35 Like skulls at Memphian banquets.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vii. 66 The Memphian mummy..shook off its rags.

1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur viii. i. 481 The half-fledged birds nested in the ear of the great bust out on the Memphian sands.

1939 Man 37 172/1 Other similar models were made of Sukkur, the Memphian god of the dead with whom Osiris was equated.

1988 ELH 55 212 Mnemosyne's face is unlike..the huge visage of the Memphian sphinx.

2. Of or relating to Memphis, Tennessee. rare.

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1848 M. F. Tupper Let. 20 June in Southern Literary Messenger (1849) Feb. 123/2 How strange it seems to have a Memphian friend,—however, Tennessee—strange adjunct brings one hot-foot from Old Egypt to Young Columbia.

1861 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 12 Oct. 172/2 What intense degree of agony..will be inflicted on the Yankees by the forcible removal of the cuticle from the visual organs of the Memphian Rebels, V. F. is unable to estimate.

1987 Callaloo 33 153 There they were, two massive, Memphian men.

1995 Runner's World (Electronic ed.) 30 30 The course..includes Elvis Presley Boulevard..and finishes up inside the faux-Egyptian Pyramid sports arena. Quintessentially Memphian.

B. n.

1. Chiefly literary. A native or inhabitant of Memphis in ancient Egypt; an Egyptian.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Egypt > [noun] > parts of

Alexandrian1539

Memphite1557

Memphian1605

Saite1678

Cairene1844

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 27 One,..a fearefull slaughter made Of all the First-borne that the Memphians had [Fr. tous fils aisnez du memphien rivage].

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table vii. 187 Tranced in her Lord's Olympian smile His lotus-loving Memphian lies.

1890 J. S. Blackie Song of Heroes i. 9 God who..merged the Memphians, horse and rider, In the deep throat of the sea.

2. An inhabitant or native of Memphis, Tennessee.

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1851 De Bow's Rev. Oct. 533 Architecture seemed to have been studied by the Memphians. Some of their private residences are not surpassed in New-Orleans.

1938 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 24 485 The health of Memphians, situated as they were in the midst of a swampy region inundated annually by the Mississippi, was wretched throughout the nineteenth century.

1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Aug. b7 A soft summer downpour greeted the crowd arriving for Memphis Night, with 100 Memphians on hand to holler for their girls.

1992 Ebony Mar. 108/3 It was unbridled ambition and an incredible thirst for education that lifted the 51-year-old, 6-foot-6 native Memphian from poverty to the highest political office in the nation's 15th-largest city.

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

单词	memphian
释义	Memphianadj.n. Brit. /ˈmɛmfɪən/, U.S. /ˈmɛm(p)fiən/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Greek Μέμϕις , -an suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek Μέμϕις Memphis (ultimately < ancient Egyptian mn-nfr-(pjpj) , originally the name of the funerary complex and related royal residence of Pepy I, and later applied more widely to the city as a whole; compare Akkadian mempi ) + -an suffix, perhaps after Middle French memphien (1585 as adjective in the passage translated in quot. 1605 at sense B. 1). Compare earlier Memphite adj., Memphitic adj., Memphitical adj. A. adj. 1. Relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis; gen. (literary) Egyptian.† Memphian stone n. Obsolete a stone with alleged anaesthetic properties; cf. stone Memphite n. at Memphite adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > North Africa > Egypt Memphiticc1450 Memphitec1475 Egyptiacal?1567 Memphitical1581 Memphian1605 Egyptiac1635 Egyptian1646 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vii. 239 His enuious brethrens treacherous drift, Him [sc. Joseph] to the sterne of Memphian State had lift. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 85 They long For Memphian hotch-potch, Leeks, and Garlike strong. 1635 J. Rutter Shepheards Holy-day v. ii. sig. F5^v A Memphian stone, that has the power To bring a deadly sleepe on all the senses. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 307 Busiris and his Memphian Chivalrie. View more context for this quotation 1705 J. Philips Blenheim 234 The Memphian Soldiery That swell'd the Erythræan Wave, when Wall'd The unfroze Waters marvellously stood. 1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 23 Indisputable Antiques, and of the Memphian Marble. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III lxv. 35 Like skulls at Memphian banquets. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vii. 66 The Memphian mummy..shook off its rags. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur viii. i. 481 The half-fledged birds nested in the ear of the great bust out on the Memphian sands. 1939 Man 37 172/1 Other similar models were made of Sukkur, the Memphian god of the dead with whom Osiris was equated. 1988 ELH 55 212 Mnemosyne's face is unlike..the huge visage of the Memphian sphinx. 2. Of or relating to Memphis, Tennessee. rare. ΚΠ 1848 M. F. Tupper Let. 20 June in Southern Literary Messenger (1849) Feb. 123/2 How strange it seems to have a Memphian friend,—however, Tennessee—strange adjunct brings one hot-foot from Old Egypt to Young Columbia. 1861 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 12 Oct. 172/2 What intense degree of agony..will be inflicted on the Yankees by the forcible removal of the cuticle from the visual organs of the Memphian Rebels, V. F. is unable to estimate. 1987 Callaloo 33 153 There they were, two massive, Memphian men. 1995 Runner's World (Electronic ed.) 30 30 The course..includes Elvis Presley Boulevard..and finishes up inside the faux-Egyptian Pyramid sports arena. Quintessentially Memphian. B. n. 1. Chiefly literary. A native or inhabitant of Memphis in ancient Egypt; an Egyptian. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Egypt > [noun] > parts of Alexandrian1539 Memphite1557 Memphian1605 Saite1678 Cairene1844 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 27 One,..a fearefull slaughter made Of all the First-borne that the Memphians had [Fr. tous fils aisnez du memphien rivage]. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table vii. 187 Tranced in her Lord's Olympian smile His lotus-loving Memphian lies. 1890 J. S. Blackie Song of Heroes i. 9 God who..merged the Memphians, horse and rider, In the deep throat of the sea. 2. An inhabitant or native of Memphis, Tennessee. ΚΠ 1851 De Bow's Rev. Oct. 533 Architecture seemed to have been studied by the Memphians. Some of their private residences are not surpassed in New-Orleans. 1938 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 24 485 The health of Memphians, situated as they were in the midst of a swampy region inundated annually by the Mississippi, was wretched throughout the nineteenth century. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Aug. b7 A soft summer downpour greeted the crowd arriving for Memphis Night, with 100 Memphians on hand to holler for their girls. 1992 Ebony Mar. 108/3 It was unbridled ambition and an incredible thirst for education that lifted the 51-year-old, 6-foot-6 native Memphian from poverty to the highest political office in the nation's 15th-largest city. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1605
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