Niloticadj.n.

Brit.

/nʌɪˈlɒtɪk/, U.S.

/naɪˈlɑdɪk/

Forms: 1600s Nilotick, 1600s Nilotik, 1600s 1800s– Nilotic, 1800s Nileotic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Nīlōticus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Nīlōticus of or belonging to the Nile or the country around it < Hellenistic Greek Νειλώτης Nilote n. + classical Latin -icus -ic suffix. Compare French nilotique , adjective (1606 in sense A. 1, 1869 in sense A. 2).

A. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Nile, the Nile region, or its inhabitants.

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

Nilotic1653

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Sudan or Nile > [adjective]

Nilotic1653

Nigritian1757

Sudanian1837

Sudanese1853

Dinka1861

1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 108 This Egyptian frog, crawling out of the mire and mud of some Nilotik mear.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ Ded. i The early felicitie of Moses, when exposed in an Ark of Nilotick papyre.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 82 Meroe, Nilotic Isle, and more to west, The realm of Bocchus to the Black-moor sea.

1680 R. Boyle Exper. Chymicall Princ. i. 30 This Nilotick Salt was very apt to imbibe the moist aire.

1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 171 Laid..amongst reeds and Nilotic mud.

1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. ix. 147 The Egyptian or Nilotic race, have a sharp and prominent face.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 247/2 Commerce was practised to some extent in very early times, as is proved..by the Nilotic influence on early Minoan art.

1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xii. 206 The system of irrigation, first introduced in the Nilotic and Tigro-Euphratean valleys.

1993 Independent 11 Sept. 48/2 Mahmoud's idols of the 1920s..remained the bearers of the torch of Egyptian culture, fiercely defending the nation's Egyptianism and its particular Nilotic character.

2. spec. Designating or relating to a group of African languages forming a subfamily of the Nilo-Saharan phylum and spoken by some East African peoples, including the Bari, Dinka, Luo, Masai and Teso. Also: designating or relating to the people or peoples speaking a language of this group.In early use designating a number of different groupings (cf. Nilo-Hamitic adj.), usually those now regarded as Western Nilotic. According to the widely-accepted classification of African languages by Greenberg (see quot. 1966), the term was extended to cover three branches: Western Nilotic (including Shilluk, Dinka, Nuer, Acholi, Lango, and Luo), Eastern Nilotic (including Bari, Teso-Turkana, Lotuxo, and Masai) and Southern Nilotic (Kalenjin and Datooga).

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [adjective] > Nilotic

Nilo-Hamitic1850

Nilotic1850

Nuer1850

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Nilotic

Nilotic1930

1850 J. L. Krapf Vocab. Six E. Afr. Langs. p. v It is, as it were, the introduction into the Nilo-Hamitic, or Nilotic family of languages, which must be distinguished from the Nigro-Hamitic, or Nigrotic stock of languages.

1915 A. Werner Lang. Families Afr. iii. 41 These..may perhaps be grouped together as a ‘Nilotic’ subdivision of the Sudan family.

1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. vii. 173 The Acholi and Belanda no doubt are of Nilotic origin.

1949 tr. L. Homburger Negro-Afr. Lang. ii. 42 Central Nilotic languages have no s, z; in them Arab suk becomes šuk.

1966 J. H. Greenberg Lang. Afr. (ed. 2) 85 The closest relatives of these languages [sc. the Nilo-Hamitic languages] are the group of languages traditionally called Nilotic... The term Nilotic may be extended to include both the Nilotic and Nilo-Hamitic languages.

1973 Sci. Amer. July 74/2 The Sebei, a Southern Nilotic people who live on the northern slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda.

1992 F. McLynn Hearts of Darkness iii. xii. 257 Until that time his experience had been confined to the comparatively minor headmen of the segmentary Nilotic societies of the north.

B. n.

1. = Nilote n.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Sudan or Nile > [noun]

Nigritian1738

Sudan1799

Sudanese1826

Dinka1861

Sudani1874

fuzzy1890

fuzzy-wuzzy1892

Nilote1893

Nilotic1906

1906 Man 6 101 As a race they [sc. the Bari] are..Nilotics.

1920 Times 3 June 15/6 I am going forward among the Nilotics.

1958 Amer. Naturalist 92 348 The hot desert populations such as the Mediterraneans,..Nilotics, and Australians all appear very slender.

1989 Geo Special Winter 68/1 Those in the north and northeast of Uganda are mainly Nilotics.

2. The Nilotic group of languages. Also: a language within this group.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [noun] > Nilotic group of

Nilotic1920

1920 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 50 357 The rest of the Nilotics as shown above..say the cap of the boy.

1938 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. iii. 77 The third family included in the Negro division—namely Nilotic—comprises tongues spoken in the Upper Nile region as far south as Lake Victoria.

1975 K. Katzner Langs. of World i. 33 A western branch of Nilotic includes Luo, of Kenya.

1998 Word 49 81 Nubian is probably the second best-known family of languages (after Nilotic).

Compounds

Nilotic crocodile n. now rare the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [noun] > suborder Eusuchia > family Crocodylidae > crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile)

Nilotic crocodile1855

Nile crocodile1888

1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature III. 132 The best known species is the Nilotic Crocodile (Crocodilus vulgaris), which attains a length of twenty-five or thirty feet.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xix. 502 A kind of plover may often be seen in the company of the basking and gaping Nilotic crocodiles.

1997 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 16 May 8 The nearest thing to living dinosaurs that any human being would ever behold—Nilotic crocodiles.

† Nilotic monitor n. Obsolete the Nile monitor, Varanus niloticus.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Varanidae or genus Varanus > varanus niloticus (Nile monitor)

iguana1753

water monitor1811

Nilotic monitor1840

Nile monitor1900

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 274 Two species, in Egypt, have been considered the types of separate subdivisions; the Nilotic M[onitor]..and the Ground M[onitor].

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

单词	nilotic
释义	Niloticadj.n. Brit. /nʌɪˈlɒtɪk/, U.S. /naɪˈlɑdɪk/ Forms: 1600s Nilotick, 1600s Nilotik, 1600s 1800s– Nilotic, 1800s Nileotic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Nīlōticus. Etymology: < classical Latin Nīlōticus of or belonging to the Nile or the country around it < Hellenistic Greek Νειλώτης Nilote n. + classical Latin -icus -ic suffix. Compare French nilotique , adjective (1606 in sense A. 1, 1869 in sense A. 2). A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Nile, the Nile region, or its inhabitants. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > North Africa > Nile region Nilotic1653 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Sudan or Nile > [adjective] Nilotic1653 Nigritian1757 Sudanian1837 Sudanese1853 Dinka1861 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 108 This Egyptian frog, crawling out of the mire and mud of some Nilotik mear. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ Ded. i The early felicitie of Moses, when exposed in an Ark of Nilotick papyre. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 82 Meroe, Nilotic Isle, and more to west, The realm of Bocchus to the Black-moor sea. View more context for this quotation 1680 R. Boyle Exper. Chymicall Princ. i. 30 This Nilotick Salt was very apt to imbibe the moist aire. 1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 171 Laid..amongst reeds and Nilotic mud. 1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. ix. 147 The Egyptian or Nilotic race, have a sharp and prominent face. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 247/2 Commerce was practised to some extent in very early times, as is proved..by the Nilotic influence on early Minoan art. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xii. 206 The system of irrigation, first introduced in the Nilotic and Tigro-Euphratean valleys. 1993 Independent 11 Sept. 48/2 Mahmoud's idols of the 1920s..remained the bearers of the torch of Egyptian culture, fiercely defending the nation's Egyptianism and its particular Nilotic character. 2. spec. Designating or relating to a group of African languages forming a subfamily of the Nilo-Saharan phylum and spoken by some East African peoples, including the Bari, Dinka, Luo, Masai and Teso. Also: designating or relating to the people or peoples speaking a language of this group.In early use designating a number of different groupings (cf. Nilo-Hamitic adj.), usually those now regarded as Western Nilotic. According to the widely-accepted classification of African languages by Greenberg (see quot. 1966), the term was extended to cover three branches: Western Nilotic (including Shilluk, Dinka, Nuer, Acholi, Lango, and Luo), Eastern Nilotic (including Bari, Teso-Turkana, Lotuxo, and Masai) and Southern Nilotic (Kalenjin and Datooga). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [adjective] > Nilotic Nilo-Hamitic1850 Nilotic1850 Nuer1850 the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Nilotic Nilotic1930 1850 J. L. Krapf Vocab. Six E. Afr. Langs. p. v It is, as it were, the introduction into the Nilo-Hamitic, or Nilotic family of languages, which must be distinguished from the Nigro-Hamitic, or Nigrotic stock of languages. 1915 A. Werner Lang. Families Afr. iii. 41 These..may perhaps be grouped together as a ‘Nilotic’ subdivision of the Sudan family. 1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. vii. 173 The Acholi and Belanda no doubt are of Nilotic origin. 1949 tr. L. Homburger Negro-Afr. Lang. ii. 42 Central Nilotic languages have no s, z; in them Arab suk becomes šuk. 1966 J. H. Greenberg Lang. Afr. (ed. 2) 85 The closest relatives of these languages [sc. the Nilo-Hamitic languages] are the group of languages traditionally called Nilotic... The term Nilotic may be extended to include both the Nilotic and Nilo-Hamitic languages. 1973 Sci. Amer. July 74/2 The Sebei, a Southern Nilotic people who live on the northern slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda. 1992 F. McLynn Hearts of Darkness iii. xii. 257 Until that time his experience had been confined to the comparatively minor headmen of the segmentary Nilotic societies of the north. B. n. 1. = Nilote n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Sudan or Nile > [noun] Nigritian1738 Sudan1799 Sudanese1826 Dinka1861 Sudani1874 fuzzy1890 fuzzy-wuzzy1892 Nilote1893 Nilotic1906 1906 Man 6 101 As a race they [sc. the Bari] are..Nilotics. 1920 Times 3 June 15/6 I am going forward among the Nilotics. 1958 Amer. Naturalist 92 348 The hot desert populations such as the Mediterraneans,..Nilotics, and Australians all appear very slender. 1989 Geo Special Winter 68/1 Those in the north and northeast of Uganda are mainly Nilotics. 2. The Nilotic group of languages. Also: a language within this group. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [noun] > Nilotic group of Nilotic1920 1920 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 50 357 The rest of the Nilotics as shown above..say the cap of the boy. 1938 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. iii. 77 The third family included in the Negro division—namely Nilotic—comprises tongues spoken in the Upper Nile region as far south as Lake Victoria. 1975 K. Katzner Langs. of World i. 33 A western branch of Nilotic includes Luo, of Kenya. 1998 Word 49 81 Nubian is probably the second best-known family of languages (after Nilotic). Compounds Nilotic crocodile n. now rare the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [noun] > suborder Eusuchia > family Crocodylidae > crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile) Nilotic crocodile1855 Nile crocodile1888 1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature III. 132 The best known species is the Nilotic Crocodile (Crocodilus vulgaris), which attains a length of twenty-five or thirty feet. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xix. 502 A kind of plover may often be seen in the company of the basking and gaping Nilotic crocodiles. 1997 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 16 May 8 The nearest thing to living dinosaurs that any human being would ever behold—Nilotic crocodiles. † Nilotic monitor n. Obsolete the Nile monitor, Varanus niloticus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Varanidae or genus Varanus > varanus niloticus (Nile monitor) iguana1753 water monitor1811 Nilotic monitor1840 Nile monitor1900 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 274 Two species, in Egypt, have been considered the types of separate subdivisions; the Nilotic M[onitor]..and the Ground M[onitor]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1653
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