north-north-eastadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˌnɔːθnɔːθˈiːst/,

/ˌnɔːnɔːrˈiːst/, U.S.

/ˌnɔrθˌnɔrθˈist/,

/ˌnɔrˌnɔrˈist/

Forms: see north adv., adj., and n. and east adv., adj., and n.¹ Also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., north-east adj.

Etymology: < north adj. + north-east adj. Compare Dutch noordnoordoost (1615), German Nordnordost (noun), Swedish nordnordost (1642 as noun, 1671 as adjective), Danish nordnordost; and also Old French northz northest, noun (1224; Middle French, French nord-nord-est), Spanish nornordeste (1492), Italian nordnordest (a1512 as nornodeste), Portuguese nornordeste (1701 or earlier).

Abbreviated N.N.E.

A. adj.

1. Of a wind: blowing from the north-north-east.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific point of compass

southeOE

northeOE

northerneOE

easternOE

southernOE

south-easternOE

north-easternOE

westernOE

south-westernOE

southena1325

north-east1379

east-north-easta1398

east-south-easta1398

north-north-easta1398

north-westa1398

south-southeasta1398

south-westc1400

south-easta1425

nor'-westa1500

south-southwesta1522

north-westera1525

northerlya1544

southerly1550

south-southeast?1560

south-easterly1577

north-north-west1601

subprincipal1601

southernly1610

north-westerly1611

easternly1614

northernly1632

westwardly1653

northwardly1654

north-easterly1686

southwardly1693

southwesterly1703

eastling1725

south-southeasterly1803

westland1818

south-southwesterly1822

north-western1829

north-north-easterly1831

southwesterly1883

nor-nor-east1891

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 135^v Þe oþir is by est þat & hatte chorus, the norþ norþest wynde.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. i. f. 2 The northnortheaste wynde roughely tossed the shyppes.

1619 W. P. Relation of Wonderfull Voiage 7 The 13. in the morning wee saw the Ilands of Tenerifa, and great Canaena, and the same day about noone wee sayld betweene them both with a stiffe north north east wind, and a swift streame.

1850 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 13 105 Only the north-north-east breezes freely enter the creek, and only high winds from the north-east..ventilate and clear out the valley and creek.

1925 E. A. Robinson Coll. Poems (1937) 900 Here..the wind is always north-north-east.

1993 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 156 375 The north-north-east wind is subdominant and associated with lower wind speeds than the west-south-west winds.

2. Situated in or directed towards the north-north-east. rare before 19th cent.

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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-east > [adjective] > north-north-east

north-north-east?c1475

north-north-easterly1831

north-north-eastward1930

?c1475 in J. Gairdner Sailing Direct. (1889) 13 Ye must Rere at a North north est moone.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 The rede aurora, quhilkis..hed persit the crepusculyne lyne matutine of the northt northt est orizone.

1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. (1850) ix. 468 The main mountain range has in general a northeast to north-northeast course.

1883 Science 23 Feb. 76/1 Baltimore lies on the eastern margin of the broad archaean belt,..having the north-north-east trend of the Atlantic seaboard.

1917 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. xciii. v. 110/2 From Gibson the axis of the downwarp has a general north-northeast trend to the great bend of Chaco River.

1950 Jrnl. Ecol. 38 145 The survey area lies between Whitemill Point and the Taings of Torsker.., passing out into the North Ronaldsay Firth in a north-north-east direction.

1991 Ecology 72 28/2 L. Nitida shows erect leaves with a north-northeast (NNE) azimuth.

B. n.

1. The point of the horizon lying midway between north and north-east; the direction of this; (also) the compass point corresponding to this.

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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-east > [noun] > north-north-east

nor-nor-east1595

north-north-east1691

north-north-eastward1902

1513 E. Howard Let. 12 Apr. in BL MS Cotton Caligula d vi. f. 337 (334) The wynd roos so soon At north north East that we weer feyn [to] set us in w^t the traad.

1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 229^v [It] runneth to the quarter of south southwest, and north northeast.

1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe iv. sig. G^v Thinkes my Knight Aduenturer we can no point of our compasse? Doe wee not knowe North north-east?

1691 London Gaz. No. 2708/3 The Wind being at North-North-East.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xi. 169 As I was looking about for a secure Landing-place, I saw a Sail to the North North-East.

1780 J. Cook in A. Seward Elegy on Capt. Cook 7 We found ourselves quite embay'd, the ice extending from north-north-east [1777 N.N.E], round by the west and south, to east, in one compact body.

1859–60 Proc. Royal Soc. 10 563 At Angelsea the storm came from the north-north-east.

1891 Daily News 15 July 5/8 There being a high wind from the north north-east..the berthing was very uncomfortable for the..launches.

1955 Jrnl. Ecol. 43 545 Approximately 25 miles away to the north-north-east lies the Nou and Marang forest area of Mbulu District.

1988 J. McPhee in Control of Nature (1989) 126 Off in the ocean to the north-northeast, he picked out a skerry.

†2. A wind blowing from the north-north-east. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > direction from which wind blows > specific

north-north-east1601

west1828

southerly1837

1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 236 Eight other windes, called sub-principall, and which compound their names of their two next collaterall windes,..to wit, North-northeast, North-northwest.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. v. 134 They divide amongst them the rest of the winds,..as North-northweast, North-northeast.

C. adv.

In a north-north-east direction; towards the north-north-east.

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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-east > [adverb] > north-north-east

north-north-east1598

north-north-eastward1863

nor-nor-east1891

north-north-eastwards1902

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 240 It standeth North North-east & by East.

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 28 We hull'd off, North North-east, but still raised land.

1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue III. xxiii. 347 The twelfth of this month we crost the Æquator, steering North-North-East.

a1731 D. Defoe New Voy. round World (1787) III. 120 The coast running from port St. Julian, North North East.

1842 J. F. Cooper Two Admirals II. x. 151 They got round, and headed north-north-east.

1882 Amer. Naturalist 16 759 Dr. Pogge and Lieutenant Wissmann..were in Mieketta, eight marches north-north-east from Kimbundo.

1910 Science 15 July 95/2 Many of the conspicuous mountain-ridges, lakes, and drainage lines strike north-northeast and south-southwest.

1940 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 230 274 This site lies about 1·5 miles..north-north-east of Isleham Church.

1987 E. Newby Round Ireland in Low Gear iii. 38 I suggested that we should go and look at Danganbrack..which..was only half a mile north-north-east.

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

单词	north-north-east
释义	north-north-eastadj.n.adv. Brit. /ˌnɔːθnɔːθˈiːst/, /ˌnɔːnɔːrˈiːst/, U.S. /ˌnɔrθˌnɔrθˈist/, /ˌnɔrˌnɔrˈist/ Forms: see north adv., adj., and n. and east adv., adj., and n.¹ Also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., north-east adj. Etymology: < north adj. + north-east adj. Compare Dutch noordnoordoost (1615), German Nordnordost (noun), Swedish nordnordost (1642 as noun, 1671 as adjective), Danish nordnordost; and also Old French northz northest, noun (1224; Middle French, French nord-nord-est), Spanish nornordeste (1492), Italian nordnordest (a1512 as nornodeste), Portuguese nornordeste (1701 or earlier). Abbreviated N.N.E. A. adj. 1. Of a wind: blowing from the north-north-east. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific point of compass southeOE northeOE northerneOE easternOE southernOE south-easternOE north-easternOE westernOE south-westernOE southena1325 north-east1379 east-north-easta1398 east-south-easta1398 north-north-easta1398 north-westa1398 south-southeasta1398 south-westc1400 south-easta1425 nor'-westa1500 south-southwesta1522 north-westera1525 northerlya1544 southerly1550 south-southeast?1560 south-easterly1577 north-north-west1601 subprincipal1601 southernly1610 north-westerly1611 easternly1614 northernly1632 westwardly1653 northwardly1654 north-easterly1686 southwardly1693 southwesterly1703 eastling1725 south-southeasterly1803 westland1818 south-southwesterly1822 north-western1829 north-north-easterly1831 southwesterly1883 nor-nor-east1891 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 135^v Þe oþir is by est þat & hatte chorus, the norþ norþest wynde. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. i. f. 2 The northnortheaste wynde roughely tossed the shyppes. 1619 W. P. Relation of Wonderfull Voiage 7 The 13. in the morning wee saw the Ilands of Tenerifa, and great Canaena, and the same day about noone wee sayld betweene them both with a stiffe north north east wind, and a swift streame. 1850 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 13 105 Only the north-north-east breezes freely enter the creek, and only high winds from the north-east..ventilate and clear out the valley and creek. 1925 E. A. Robinson Coll. Poems (1937) 900 Here..the wind is always north-north-east. 1993 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 156 375 The north-north-east wind is subdominant and associated with lower wind speeds than the west-south-west winds. 2. Situated in or directed towards the north-north-east. rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-east > [adjective] > north-north-east north-north-east?c1475 north-north-easterly1831 north-north-eastward1930 ?c1475 in J. Gairdner Sailing Direct. (1889) 13 Ye must Rere at a North north est moone. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 The rede aurora, quhilkis..hed persit the crepusculyne lyne matutine of the northt northt est orizone. 1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. (1850) ix. 468 The main mountain range has in general a northeast to north-northeast course. 1883 Science 23 Feb. 76/1 Baltimore lies on the eastern margin of the broad archaean belt,..having the north-north-east trend of the Atlantic seaboard. 1917 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. xciii. v. 110/2 From Gibson the axis of the downwarp has a general north-northeast trend to the great bend of Chaco River. 1950 Jrnl. Ecol. 38 145 The survey area lies between Whitemill Point and the Taings of Torsker.., passing out into the North Ronaldsay Firth in a north-north-east direction. 1991 Ecology 72 28/2 L. Nitida shows erect leaves with a north-northeast (NNE) azimuth. B. n. 1. The point of the horizon lying midway between north and north-east; the direction of this; (also) the compass point corresponding to this. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-east > [noun] > north-north-east nor-nor-east1595 north-north-east1691 north-north-eastward1902 1513 E. Howard Let. 12 Apr. in BL MS Cotton Caligula d vi. f. 337 (334) The wynd roos so soon At north north East that we weer feyn [to] set us in w^t the traad. 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 229^v [It] runneth to the quarter of south southwest, and north northeast. 1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe iv. sig. G^v Thinkes my Knight Aduenturer we can no point of our compasse? Doe wee not knowe North north-east? 1691 London Gaz. No. 2708/3 The Wind being at North-North-East. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xi. 169 As I was looking about for a secure Landing-place, I saw a Sail to the North North-East. 1780 J. Cook in A. Seward Elegy on Capt. Cook 7 We found ourselves quite embay'd, the ice extending from north-north-east [1777 N.N.E], round by the west and south, to east, in one compact body. 1859–60 Proc. Royal Soc. 10 563 At Angelsea the storm came from the north-north-east. 1891 Daily News 15 July 5/8 There being a high wind from the north north-east..the berthing was very uncomfortable for the..launches. 1955 Jrnl. Ecol. 43 545 Approximately 25 miles away to the north-north-east lies the Nou and Marang forest area of Mbulu District. 1988 J. McPhee in Control of Nature (1989) 126 Off in the ocean to the north-northeast, he picked out a skerry. †2. A wind blowing from the north-north-east. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > direction from which wind blows > specific north-north-east1601 west1828 southerly1837 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 236 Eight other windes, called sub-principall, and which compound their names of their two next collaterall windes,..to wit, North-northeast, North-northwest. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. v. 134 They divide amongst them the rest of the winds,..as North-northweast, North-northeast. C. adv. In a north-north-east direction; towards the north-north-east. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-east > [adverb] > north-north-east north-north-east1598 north-north-eastward1863 nor-nor-east1891 north-north-eastwards1902 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 240 It standeth North North-east & by East. View more context for this quotation 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 28 We hull'd off, North North-east, but still raised land. 1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue III. xxiii. 347 The twelfth of this month we crost the Æquator, steering North-North-East. a1731 D. Defoe New Voy. round World (1787) III. 120 The coast running from port St. Julian, North North East. 1842 J. F. Cooper Two Admirals II. x. 151 They got round, and headed north-north-east. 1882 Amer. Naturalist 16 759 Dr. Pogge and Lieutenant Wissmann..were in Mieketta, eight marches north-north-east from Kimbundo. 1910 Science 15 July 95/2 Many of the conspicuous mountain-ridges, lakes, and drainage lines strike north-northeast and south-southwest. 1940 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 230 274 This site lies about 1·5 miles..north-north-east of Isleham Church. 1987 E. Newby Round Ireland in Low Gear iii. 38 I suggested that we should go and look at Danganbrack..which..was only half a mile north-north-east. 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