单词 | palatian |
释义 | palatianadj. Now rare. ΚΠ 1685 tr. Horace in A. Behn Misc. 241 If Phebus prosper the Palatian Towers [L. Palatinas aras], Favor Rome's Empire, and be wholly ours; May he for ever bless the State, And make it to all Ages great. 1730 J. Smedley Poems Several Occasions 179 Raise a Lyceum, a Palatian Dome, Like the fam'd Patron of the Wits of Rome. 2. Of, befitting, or resembling a palace; palatial. 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 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. i. 97 The..easy chairs..imparted even to this palatian chamber a lively and habitable air. 1872 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 535/2 Two or three might be seen..taking sketches of rare articles of furniture or effects for palatian interiors. 1996 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Aug. 25 The hotel was palatian but like many Regency establishments its plumbing must have been decadent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1685 |
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