nomadicadj.

Brit.

/nə(ʊ)ˈmadɪk/, U.S.

/noʊˈmædɪk/

Forms: 1800s nomadick, 1800s– nomadic.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νομαδικός.

Etymology: < ancient Greek νομαδικός wandering, pastoral < νομαδ- , νομάς nomad n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin nomadicus wandering, pastoral (a1540, apparently in an isolated attestation). Compare earlier nomadical adj. and also nomad adj.

a. Of a person or group of people: living as a nomad or nomads; itinerant. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [adjective] > Gipsy or Romany

nomadian1591

Gypsy1595

Bohemian1665

gypsyish1787

nomad1798

nomadical1801

nomadic1818

nomade1819

Romani1837

pikey1838

Romanian1841

Roman1851

Tzigane1853

mobile1866

Rom1906

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a way of life

wanderingc1400

walking1491

vagrant1546

unsettled1593

Scenite1600

irresianta1657

nomad1798

nomadical1801

seatless1807

nomadic1818

nomade1819

semi-nomadic1843

nomad-pastoral1880

semi-nomad1948

1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Nomadick,..having no fixed abode.

1838 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. May 191 She..acquired an extraordinary influence over the tribes of nomadic Arabs who roam through this region.

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 97 The American is nomadic in religion, in ideas, in morals.

1933 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. Great Brit. & Irel. 119 Nomadic tribes of fishermen and hunters, whose wandering life affords an opportunity for the culture to extend enormously.

1969 G. Snyder Earth House Hold 111 Many of us are, again, hunters and gatherers. Poets, musicians, nomadic engineers and scholars.

1988 M. Seymour Ring of Conspiraters Introd. 14 Nomadic though Ford was in his shifts of home..he was never more than a few miles from Rye.

b. Of an animal (esp. a bird or mammal): moving from place to place to find food.

ΚΠ

1865 E. C. C. Agassiz Seaside Stud. in Nat. Hist. 14 Among the nomadic Polyps is a small floating Actinia, called Arachnactis.., from its resemblance to a spider.

1877 J. A. Allen Amer. Bisons 465 The buffalo is quite nomadic in its habits.

1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte I. i. 1 Tall brick houses, browbeating each other in gloomy respectability across the white streets; broad pavements, promenaded mainly by the nomadic cat.

1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn iv. 54 He recalled the gardens of water which had flowered in foam for him, strange ships and nomadic gulls.

1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. 292 The noisy friar-bird is nomadic in its habits.

1991 Discover Dec. 24/2 Smuts followed the nomadic baboon troop on and off for six years in their wanderings through the dry grasslands.

2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a nomad or nomads.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a way of life > characteristic of

nomade1823

nomadica1834

nomad1835

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 326 The tribes who still sojourned in the nomadic state.

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xl. 530 Our march had a very nomadic..appearance.

1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) vi In their nomadic habits they retain the..formalities of the distant past.

1922 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 342 The Kirgisian population has retained its nomadic habits.

1933 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 18 72 A change from a nomadic and free and easy life in the tropics, to a North Temperate Zone where the hazards against health are more pronounced.

1986 Sunday Express Mag. 2 Nov. 58/4 Mr Roddick appeared on the scene, fresh from an equally nomadic past, tin-mining in Africa, sailing down the Amazon and working a sheep farm in Australia.

†3. Medicine. Of an ulcerating lesion: spreading. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > ulcer > qualities of

virulentc1400

wrootingc1400

fraudulent?1541

serpent?1541

walkripe1585

lachrymous1617

phagedaenical1635

phagedaenic1656

phagedaenous1659

cacoethic1684

feeding1750

indolent1826

resolutive1837

nomadic1842

1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) at Nomade By analogy, the word Nomadic has been applied to spreading ulcer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nomadic
释义	nomadicadj. Brit. /nə(ʊ)ˈmadɪk/, U.S. /noʊˈmædɪk/ Forms: 1800s nomadick, 1800s– nomadic. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νομαδικός. Etymology: < ancient Greek νομαδικός wandering, pastoral < νομαδ- , νομάς nomad n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin nomadicus wandering, pastoral (a1540, apparently in an isolated attestation). Compare earlier nomadical adj. and also nomad adj. 1. a. Of a person or group of people: living as a nomad or nomads; itinerant. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [adjective] > Gipsy or Romany nomadian1591 Gypsy1595 Bohemian1665 gypsyish1787 nomad1798 nomadical1801 nomadic1818 nomade1819 Romani1837 pikey1838 Romanian1841 Roman1851 Tzigane1853 mobile1866 Rom1906 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a way of life wanderingc1400 walking1491 vagrant1546 unsettled1593 Scenite1600 irresianta1657 nomad1798 nomadical1801 seatless1807 nomadic1818 nomade1819 semi-nomadic1843 nomad-pastoral1880 semi-nomad1948 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Nomadick,..having no fixed abode. 1838 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. May 191 She..acquired an extraordinary influence over the tribes of nomadic Arabs who roam through this region. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 97 The American is nomadic in religion, in ideas, in morals. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. Great Brit. & Irel. 119 Nomadic tribes of fishermen and hunters, whose wandering life affords an opportunity for the culture to extend enormously. 1969 G. Snyder Earth House Hold 111 Many of us are, again, hunters and gatherers. Poets, musicians, nomadic engineers and scholars. 1988 M. Seymour Ring of Conspiraters Introd. 14 Nomadic though Ford was in his shifts of home..he was never more than a few miles from Rye. b. Of an animal (esp. a bird or mammal): moving from place to place to find food. ΚΠ 1865 E. C. C. Agassiz Seaside Stud. in Nat. Hist. 14 Among the nomadic Polyps is a small floating Actinia, called Arachnactis.., from its resemblance to a spider. 1877 J. A. Allen Amer. Bisons 465 The buffalo is quite nomadic in its habits. 1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte I. i. 1 Tall brick houses, browbeating each other in gloomy respectability across the white streets; broad pavements, promenaded mainly by the nomadic cat. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn iv. 54 He recalled the gardens of water which had flowered in foam for him, strange ships and nomadic gulls. 1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. 292 The noisy friar-bird is nomadic in its habits. 1991 Discover Dec. 24/2 Smuts followed the nomadic baboon troop on and off for six years in their wanderings through the dry grasslands. 2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a nomad or nomads. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a way of life > characteristic of nomade1823 nomadica1834 nomad1835 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 326 The tribes who still sojourned in the nomadic state. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xl. 530 Our march had a very nomadic..appearance. 1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) vi In their nomadic habits they retain the..formalities of the distant past. 1922 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 342 The Kirgisian population has retained its nomadic habits. 1933 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 18 72 A change from a nomadic and free and easy life in the tropics, to a North Temperate Zone where the hazards against health are more pronounced. 1986 Sunday Express Mag. 2 Nov. 58/4 Mr Roddick appeared on the scene, fresh from an equally nomadic past, tin-mining in Africa, sailing down the Amazon and working a sheep farm in Australia. †3. Medicine. Of an ulcerating lesion: spreading. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > ulcer > qualities of virulentc1400 wrootingc1400 fraudulent?1541 serpent?1541 walkripe1585 lachrymous1617 phagedaenical1635 phagedaenic1656 phagedaenous1659 cacoethic1684 feeding1750 indolent1826 resolutive1837 nomadic1842 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) at Nomade By analogy, the word Nomadic has been applied to spreading ulcer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1818
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