north-north-westn.adj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌnɔːθnɔːθˈwɛst/,

/ˌnɔːnɔːˈwɛst/, U.S.

/ˌnɔrθˌnɔrθˈwɛst/,

/ˌnɔrˌnɔrˈwɛst/

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

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

Etymology: < north adj. + north-west n. Compare Dutch noordnoordwest (1642), German Nordnordwest, Swedish nordnordväst (1642), Danish nordnordvest; and also Middle French nort noroest (c1480; French nord-nord-ouest), Spanish nornoroeste (1492), Italian nordnordovest (1596), Portuguese nornoroeste (1813 or earlier).

Abbreviated N.N.W.

A. n.

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

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

north-north-westa1387

nor-nor-westa1632

north-north-westward1862

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) f. 175^v Toward þe north norþeweste.

c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls 117 As wisly as I sey the north-north-west [v.r. north nor west]..So yif me myght to ryme.

a1595 W. Cullen Chron. Aberdeen in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1842) II. 47 Twisday..was..ane day of grytt woynd at the south wast and northt northt wast.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 259 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The contrary wind forc'd us to laveering to the North-north-west.

1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue III. xxiii. 354 The next day the wind being at North-North-West, we turn'd up and anchor'd in ten fathom.

1764 Pennsylvania Gaz. 20 Dec. The Schooner Sally and Polly..was drove off the Virginia Coast, by a hard Gale of Wind at North North-west.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 216/2 One principal street, running from south-south-east to north-north-west.

1882 R. Jefferies Bevis II. vii. 110 Looking eagerly out of window in the morning to see if there was a wind they were delighted to see the clouds drifting from the north-north-west.

1967 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Atmospheric Sci. & Astrogeol. 1155/2 The..‘Wind of 120 days’..blows from late May till the end of September, from north-northwest.

2000 Age (Austral.) (Electronic ed.) 23 Feb. They [sc. the balloonists] are tracking away to the north-north-west.

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

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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

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.

B. adj.

Situated in or directed towards the north-north-west. Also (of a wind): blowing from the north-north-west. rare before 19th cent.

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

north-north-westa1398

nor-nor-west1612

north-north-westerly1844

north-north-westward1990

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 173^v Þis londe haþ in þe norþe norþe weste syde þe see occean.

1817 Let. 30 Aug. in S. Smith Wks. (1860) 125/2 It appeared to me that Macquarrie had taken a north-north-west course from Bathurst.

1836 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 126 31 The wind rather high and gusty, not particularly cold, and north-north-west (by the ventometer).

1868 W. T. Brigham Notes on Volcanoes Hawaiian Islands 341 The group [of islands] extends in a north-north-west direction from this last island.

1935 Amer. Midland Naturalist 16 518 Streams are few on the steep north-northwest face of Pine Mountain.

1995 Science 2 June 1333/3 The aftershocks define a north-northwest trend.

C. adv.

In a north-north-west direction; towards the north-north-west.In quot. 1604 at sense A. 2 (and, alluding to this, quot. 1751) in extended use: at a time when the wind blows from the north-north-west.

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

north-north-west?c1475

nor-nor-west1580

north-north-westward1784

north-north-westerly1913

?c1475 in J. Gairdner Sailing Direct. (1889) 11 The cours is North northwest and South South est.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 380 I am but mad North North west; when the wind is Southerly, I knowe a Hauke, from a hand saw.

1631 D. Ellffryth in William & Mary Q. (1944) 1 314 Keep this Course tell you bring that Sandy Iland South-west of you and then Steere away north north west ffor Cape gratideos their is all a Cleere Sea.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxvii. 313 Notwithstanding I used all the arguments in my power to persuade them, I was only mad north, north west.

1759 Pennsylvania Gaz. 6 Dec. Thence by Land of Alexander Williams North North West 60 Perches to a black Oak.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. iv. 87 Twenty-three miles north north-west.

1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 65 A line drawn through its center would run north-northwest and south-southeast.

1915 Science 16 July 84/2 Some 23 km. north-northwest of Gerona..lies the lake of Bañolas.

1942 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 231 133 The old quarries on the Deri, 1 ½ miles north-north-west of Abergavenny, have been examined.

1990 Jrnl. Petrol. 31 779 Tristan da Cunha lies..north-northwest of Gough Island.

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

单词	north-north-west
释义	north-north-westn.adj.adv. Brit. /ˌnɔːθnɔːθˈwɛst/, /ˌnɔːnɔːˈwɛst/, U.S. /ˌnɔrθˌnɔrθˈwɛst/, /ˌnɔrˌnɔrˈwɛst/ Forms: see north adv., adj., and n. and west adv., adj., n.¹, and prep. Also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., north-west n. Etymology: < north adj. + north-west n. Compare Dutch noordnoordwest (1642), German Nordnordwest, Swedish nordnordväst (1642), Danish nordnordvest; and also Middle French nort noroest (c1480; French nord-nord-ouest), Spanish nornoroeste (1492), Italian nordnordovest (1596), Portuguese nornoroeste (1813 or earlier). Abbreviated N.N.W. A. n. 1. The point of the horizon midway between north and north-west; the direction of this; (also) the compass point corresponding to this. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-west > [noun] > north-north-west north-north-westa1387 nor-nor-westa1632 north-north-westward1862 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) f. 175^v Toward þe north norþeweste. c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls 117 As wisly as I sey the north-north-west [v.r. north nor west]..So yif me myght to ryme. a1595 W. Cullen Chron. Aberdeen in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1842) II. 47 Twisday..was..ane day of grytt woynd at the south wast and northt northt wast. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 259 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The contrary wind forc'd us to laveering to the North-north-west. 1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue III. xxiii. 354 The next day the wind being at North-North-West, we turn'd up and anchor'd in ten fathom. 1764 Pennsylvania Gaz. 20 Dec. The Schooner Sally and Polly..was drove off the Virginia Coast, by a hard Gale of Wind at North North-west. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 216/2 One principal street, running from south-south-east to north-north-west. 1882 R. Jefferies Bevis II. vii. 110 Looking eagerly out of window in the morning to see if there was a wind they were delighted to see the clouds drifting from the north-north-west. 1967 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Atmospheric Sci. & Astrogeol. 1155/2 The..‘Wind of 120 days’..blows from late May till the end of September, from north-northwest. 2000 Age (Austral.) (Electronic ed.) 23 Feb. They [sc. the balloonists] are tracking away to the north-north-west. †2. A wind blowing from the north-north-west. Obsolete. rare. 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 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. B. adj. Situated in or directed towards the north-north-west. Also (of a wind): blowing from the north-north-west. rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-west > [adjective] > north-north-west north-north-westa1398 nor-nor-west1612 north-north-westerly1844 north-north-westward1990 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 173^v Þis londe haþ in þe norþe norþe weste syde þe see occean. 1817 Let. 30 Aug. in S. Smith Wks. (1860) 125/2 It appeared to me that Macquarrie had taken a north-north-west course from Bathurst. 1836 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 126 31 The wind rather high and gusty, not particularly cold, and north-north-west (by the ventometer). 1868 W. T. Brigham Notes on Volcanoes Hawaiian Islands 341 The group [of islands] extends in a north-north-west direction from this last island. 1935 Amer. Midland Naturalist 16 518 Streams are few on the steep north-northwest face of Pine Mountain. 1995 Science 2 June 1333/3 The aftershocks define a north-northwest trend. C. adv. In a north-north-west direction; towards the north-north-west.In quot. 1604 at sense A. 2 (and, alluding to this, quot. 1751) in extended use: at a time when the wind blows from the north-north-west. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-west > [adverb] > north-north-west north-north-west?c1475 nor-nor-west1580 north-north-westward1784 north-north-westerly1913 ?c1475 in J. Gairdner Sailing Direct. (1889) 11 The cours is North northwest and South South est. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 380 I am but mad North North west; when the wind is Southerly, I knowe a Hauke, from a hand saw. 1631 D. Ellffryth in William & Mary Q. (1944) 1 314 Keep this Course tell you bring that Sandy Iland South-west of you and then Steere away north north west ffor Cape gratideos their is all a Cleere Sea. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxvii. 313 Notwithstanding I used all the arguments in my power to persuade them, I was only mad north, north west. 1759 Pennsylvania Gaz. 6 Dec. Thence by Land of Alexander Williams North North West 60 Perches to a black Oak. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. iv. 87 Twenty-three miles north north-west. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 65 A line drawn through its center would run north-northwest and south-southeast. 1915 Science 16 July 84/2 Some 23 km. north-northwest of Gerona..lies the lake of Bañolas. 1942 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 231 133 The old quarries on the Deri, 1 ½ miles north-north-west of Abergavenny, have been examined. 1990 Jrnl. Petrol. 31 779 Tristan da Cunha lies..north-northwest of Gough Island. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.adv.a1387
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