Orcadiann.adj.

Brit.

/ɔːˈkeɪdɪən/, U.S.

/ɔrˈkeɪdiən/

Forms: 1600s Orkadian, 1600s– Orcadian.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Orcadēs , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Orcadēs the Orkney Islands + -ian suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Orchadia Orkney Islands (1454 in a Scottish source), Orcadensis of the Orkney Islands (1461, 1549 in Scottish sources), (noun) inhabitant of the Orkney Islands (a1109 in a British source).The name of the islands occurs in Old English as Orcadas (plural), Orcadus (singular and plural), and in Middle English as Orcadas (singular), Orcades (singular and plural); the latter form continues in use (as plural).

A. n.

A native or inhabitant of the Orkney Islands.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland > Scottish islands

Orcadian1614

Zetlander1614

Hebridean1632

Shetlander1690

Orkneyman1730

St. Kildan1764

Sheltie1888

Lewisman1927

1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. G3 I haue seldome seene..better house-keepers, then be these Orkadians, and Zetlanders.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 233/1 The Orcadians..use the Gothish Language, which they derive from the Norwegians.

1814 W. Scott Diary 17 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. vi. 205 For this slovenly labour the Orcadians,..cannot plead the occupation of fishing.

1860 J. R. Edkins Chinese Scenes (1863) 114 She knew I was an Orcadian.

1905 Man 5 55 Those who live near the mouth of the Mackenzie,..differ nearly as much in many respects as do..the Orcadians from the Majorcans.

1960 M. Magnusson & H. Pálsson tr. Njal's Saga 339 Then he arranged a passage with Kolbein the Black, an Orcadian.

2002 Church Times 25 Jan. 19/3 Orcadians' idea of a crime wave was the theft of two gnomes from a garden in Stromness.

B. adj.

Of, designating, or relating to the Orkney Islands.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Scotland > [adjective] > islands

Orkney1491

Hebridean1606

Orcadian1633

Zetlandic1701

Hebrid1748

Shetlandic1815

Hebridal1841

Lewisian1859

1633 W. Lithgow Scotlands Welcome sig. E2 And that Orcadian Kirkwall, eke rampierd.

1697 R. Blackmore King Arthur vi. 160 Th'Orcadian Isles descry Which scatter'd o'er the Ocean's bosom ly.

1705 R. Blackmore Eliza vi. 177 They left behind the Caledonian Hills, And craggy Cluster of Orcadian Isles.

1821 W. Scott Pirate III. xiii. 295 A rising ground, whence they commanded a full view of the Orcadian Stonehenge.

1869 R. Leighton Records xix. 100 The quaint Orcadian towns—Kirkwall, Stromness!

1887 D. C. F. Moodie Southern Songs (ed. 3) 50 Harold Mudadi was he hight—fourteenth Orcadian earl.

1929 A. T. Quiller-Couch Poems 116 As the Orcadian watcher from his rock Scans the grey tide-race eddying by his line.

1952 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 83 86 Two skulls of 12th-century Orcadian saints, Earl Magnus and Earl Rögnvald.

1995 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 16/2 If a limit were imposed, a staple of the Orcadian economy would be wiped out.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orcadian
释义	Orcadiann.adj. Brit. /ɔːˈkeɪdɪən/, U.S. /ɔrˈkeɪdiən/ Forms: 1600s Orkadian, 1600s– Orcadian. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Orcadēs , -ian suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Orcadēs the Orkney Islands + -ian suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Orchadia Orkney Islands (1454 in a Scottish source), Orcadensis of the Orkney Islands (1461, 1549 in Scottish sources), (noun) inhabitant of the Orkney Islands (a1109 in a British source).The name of the islands occurs in Old English as Orcadas (plural), Orcadus (singular and plural), and in Middle English as Orcadas (singular), Orcades (singular and plural); the latter form continues in use (as plural). A. n. A native or inhabitant of the Orkney Islands. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland > Scottish islands Orcadian1614 Zetlander1614 Hebridean1632 Shetlander1690 Orkneyman1730 St. Kildan1764 Sheltie1888 Lewisman1927 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. G3 I haue seldome seene..better house-keepers, then be these Orkadians, and Zetlanders. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 233/1 The Orcadians..use the Gothish Language, which they derive from the Norwegians. 1814 W. Scott Diary 17 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. vi. 205 For this slovenly labour the Orcadians,..cannot plead the occupation of fishing. 1860 J. R. Edkins Chinese Scenes (1863) 114 She knew I was an Orcadian. 1905 Man 5 55 Those who live near the mouth of the Mackenzie,..differ nearly as much in many respects as do..the Orcadians from the Majorcans. 1960 M. Magnusson & H. Pálsson tr. Njal's Saga 339 Then he arranged a passage with Kolbein the Black, an Orcadian. 2002 Church Times 25 Jan. 19/3 Orcadians' idea of a crime wave was the theft of two gnomes from a garden in Stromness. B. adj. Of, designating, or relating to the Orkney Islands. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Scotland > [adjective] > islands Orkney1491 Hebridean1606 Orcadian1633 Zetlandic1701 Hebrid1748 Shetlandic1815 Hebridal1841 Lewisian1859 1633 W. Lithgow Scotlands Welcome sig. E2 And that Orcadian Kirkwall, eke rampierd. 1697 R. Blackmore King Arthur vi. 160 Th'Orcadian Isles descry Which scatter'd o'er the Ocean's bosom ly. 1705 R. Blackmore Eliza vi. 177 They left behind the Caledonian Hills, And craggy Cluster of Orcadian Isles. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. xiii. 295 A rising ground, whence they commanded a full view of the Orcadian Stonehenge. 1869 R. Leighton Records xix. 100 The quaint Orcadian towns—Kirkwall, Stromness! 1887 D. C. F. Moodie Southern Songs (ed. 3) 50 Harold Mudadi was he hight—fourteenth Orcadian earl. 1929 A. T. Quiller-Couch Poems 116 As the Orcadian watcher from his rock Scans the grey tide-race eddying by his line. 1952 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 83 86 Two skulls of 12th-century Orcadian saints, Earl Magnus and Earl Rögnvald. 1995 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 16/2 If a limit were imposed, a staple of the Orcadian economy would be wiped out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1614
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