Pentagonianadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpɛntəˈɡəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/ˌpɛn(t)əˈɡoʊniən/

Forms: in sense A. 1 with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pentagon n., -ian suffix.

Etymology: < pentagon n. + -ian suffix. With sense A. 1 compare earlier pentagon adj., pentagonal adj.

A. adj.

†1. = pentagonal adj. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > polygonal > pentagonal

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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > two-dimensional > pentagonal

cinquangled1557

pentagonal?a1560

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1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge i. 111 Their circular, pentagonian [It. pentagoni], hexagonian, octagonian, square and crosse ones.

2. Chiefly U.S. Of or relating to the Pentagon, or the United States Department of Defense (see pentagon n. 3); characteristic of the Pentagon or its occupants.

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1982 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 15 May (BC Cycle) Whatever indefinable charm the stage show has is completely lost in this lumbering and largely uninteresting and uninvolving exercise, where the obvious waste reaches almost Pentagonian proportions.

1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. ii. 5/1 The American,..in contrast, was a Pentagonian technocrat, a man who obeyed the rules.

1995 Time (Nexis) 8 May (Chronicles section) The quintessentially Pentagonian solution: custom-made earplugs that cost $65 a pair.

B. n.

Chiefly U.S. A person who works for the United States Department of Defense (in the Pentagon).

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1956 C. W. Mills Power Elite v. 187 Its seventeen and a half miles of corridor, 40,000-phone switchboards, fifteen miles of pneumatic tubing, 2,100 intercoms, connect with one another and with the world, the 31,300 Pentagonians.

1978 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 72 805/1 The internal argumentation between academicians and Pentagonians.

1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 22 Apr. a2 Pentagonians who bark about highway robbery among contractors or defects in weapons systems are regularly exiled to Alaska or reassigned to desks where they can't see the books or the duds.

2003 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Apr. 18/2 The earliest use I can find of S.S.E. [sc. soda-straw effect], as a Pentagonian would nomenclate it, is in the July 22, 1998, Defense Daily.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pentagonian
释义	Pentagonianadj.n. Brit. /ˌpɛntəˈɡəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌpɛn(t)əˈɡoʊniən/ Forms: in sense A. 1 with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pentagon n., -ian suffix. Etymology: < pentagon n. + -ian suffix. With sense A. 1 compare earlier pentagon adj., pentagonal adj. A. adj. †1. = pentagonal adj. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > polygonal > pentagonal five-squared1535 five-square1552 cinquangled1557 pentagonal?a1560 pentagon1570 pentelater1571 quinquangle1590 Pentagonian1598 quinquangled1636 quinquangular1636 pentangular1661 quintangular1687 pentelateral1728 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > two-dimensional > pentagonal cinquangled1557 pentagonal?a1560 pentagon1570 pentelater1571 quinquangle1590 Pentagonian1598 quinquangled1636 quinquangular1636 pentangular1661 quintangular1687 pentelateral1728 pentagonoid1882 1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge i. 111 Their circular, pentagonian [It. pentagoni], hexagonian, octagonian, square and crosse ones. 2. Chiefly U.S. Of or relating to the Pentagon, or the United States Department of Defense (see pentagon n. 3); characteristic of the Pentagon or its occupants. ΚΠ 1982 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 15 May (BC Cycle) Whatever indefinable charm the stage show has is completely lost in this lumbering and largely uninteresting and uninvolving exercise, where the obvious waste reaches almost Pentagonian proportions. 1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. ii. 5/1 The American,..in contrast, was a Pentagonian technocrat, a man who obeyed the rules. 1995 Time (Nexis) 8 May (Chronicles section) The quintessentially Pentagonian solution: custom-made earplugs that cost $65 a pair. B. n. Chiefly U.S. A person who works for the United States Department of Defense (in the Pentagon). ΚΠ 1956 C. W. Mills Power Elite v. 187 Its seventeen and a half miles of corridor, 40,000-phone switchboards, fifteen miles of pneumatic tubing, 2,100 intercoms, connect with one another and with the world, the 31,300 Pentagonians. 1978 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 72 805/1 The internal argumentation between academicians and Pentagonians. 1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 22 Apr. a2 Pentagonians who bark about highway robbery among contractors or defects in weapons systems are regularly exiled to Alaska or reassigned to desks where they can't see the books or the duds. 2003 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Apr. 18/2 The earliest use I can find of S.S.E. [sc. soda-straw effect], as a Pentagonian would nomenclate it, is in the July 22, 1998, Defense Daily. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1598
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