单词 | palatial |
释义 | † palatialadj.1n. Chiefly Phonetics. Obsolete. A. adj.1 = palatal adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > [adjective] > palate palatical1654 palatine1656 palatial1707 palatal1786 palatic1823 pharyngopalatine1843 palatoglossal1850 palatopharyngeal1850 prepalatal1853 thyropalatine1872 palato-alveolar1884 transpalatine1891 uranic1898 1707 E. Lhuyd Archæologia Britannica 11/3 (heading) Palatial letters omitted. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Palatial, belonging to the palate; formed as a sound from the palate of the mouth. Kenrick. 1791 R. P. Knight Analyt. Ess. Greek Alphabet i. 5 The harshest and most emphatical palatial consonant..is the Kappa. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Barrow) Palatial, pertaining to the palate; as, the palatial retraction of the tongue. B. n. = palatal n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [noun] > palatal palatine1697 palatial1792 palatal1817 linguopalatal1818 palato-dental1844 postpalatal1899 prepalatal1900 palatic1904 palato-alveolar1971 1792 W. Jones Orig. & Family of Nations in Wks. (1799) I. 139 Dentals being changed for dentals, and palatials for palatials. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018). palatialadj.2 1. That is a palace; of or relating to a palace. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > dwelling of king or ruler > [adjective] pretoir1485 palaestral?a1513 palaestrialc1550 palatine1598 palatiate1632 palatial?1722 palaceda1789 impalaced1845 palatian1845 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > large or palatial palatine1598 palacious1628 palatial?1722 ?1722 C. Campbell Vitruvius Brit. II. 2/2 More Gaiety than is proper either for the Temple or Palatial Stile. 1733 ‘Atalia’ Court Legacy ii. vi. 37 This Night he's arriv'd from his Palatial Seat. 1754 A. Drummond Travels xiii. 271 A very magnificent structure..built in the palatial stile of those days. 1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 447 In domestic and palatial architecture the stories are thus enumerated from the lowest upwards. 1967 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 10 56 Such apathy was typical of the palatial intrigue politics of a state dominated by feudalism. 2000 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 1 Nov. 4 Lieutenant Keling, chief of the palatial guards during the reign of Sultan Abdul Rahman Muazam Shah of Lingga. 2. Resembling or reminiscent of a palace in regard to spaciousness, magnificence, etc.Now the principal sense. ΚΠ 1839 J. H. Ingraham Capt. Kyd II. ii. i. 74 This ancient, well-frequented, and popular inn, the humble progenitor of the numerous costly and palatial hotels that now adorn the modern city. 1862 T. B. Aldrich Out of his Head 199 An avalanche of three-cent pieces which slid from the roof of a palatial mansion in Fifth Avenue. 1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel I. i. 2 With a house at the top of Queen's Gate,..with a palatial moor in Scotland, with a seat in Sussex, and as many carriages and horses as would suit an archduchess. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xvi Palatial in its dimensions, it [sc. the house] stands in the midst of exquisitely laid-out gardens. 1928 Daily Express 26 May 9/3 There was shown at Olympia last year a ‘land-yacht’ that was palatial in its appointments. 1946 C. A. Oakley Second City iii. 168 Celtic Park..seemed so palatial, in odd comparison with an adjacent graveyard, that it was described as the ‘Paradise’. 1982 W. Boyd Ice-cream War (1983) ii. ii. 120 It was not nearly as grand as the palatial Kaiserhof in Dar. Derivatives palatiˈality n. rare ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > large or palatial > quality of palatiality1894 1894 Harper's Weekly Mag. 7 Apr. 317 In point of ‘palatiality’ the newly..reconstructed house..leads the list. 1908 W. D. Howells Roman Holiday & Others x. 300 The museum..is of a palatiality worthy of a sovereign. paˈlatialness n. ΚΠ 1937 F. M. Ford Let. 17 Feb. (1965) 272 We have now added to the palatialness of this apartment. 1998 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 15 Nov. (Travel section) 1 At the same time, you have to have that ‘wow’ aspect, the impression of palatialness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1n.1707adj.2?1722 |
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