peninsularadj.n.

Brit.

/pᵻˈnɪnsjᵿlə/, U.S.

/pəˈnɪns(ə)lər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peninsula n., -ar suffix¹.

Etymology: < peninsula n. + -ar suffix¹. Compare French péninsulaire (noun) inhabitant of a peninsula (1556 as noun in an isolated attestation in Middle French; subsequently from 1834), (adjective) of or relating to a peninsula (1834).

A. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a peninsula.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [adjective] > peninsula

peninsulara1613

peninsulated1781

a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) x. 67 Inclosed after a peninsular figure, betweene Danubius and the Sea.

a1771 R. Wood Troade in Ess. Homer (1775) 312 Its compact peninsular form.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 123 An insular or peninsular site was specially preferred.

1895 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1894 130 The ‘peninsular district’ here includes the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland and Virginia, together with the State of Delaware.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 671 A scheme to enclose the peninsular delta of the North Bull at Dollymount.

1991 Past & Present Aug. 105 In 1957, the year when the British granted independence to the peninsular part of Malaysia.

2. spec. (usually with capital initial). Of or belonging to the Iberian peninsula, comprising Spain and Portugal; spec. (frequently in Peninsular war) of, relating to, or designating the war waged there from 1808 to 1814 between Napoleonic France and the combined forces of Britain, Spain, and Portugal (now historical).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other specific war

Punic War1556

Vandal war1613

American Civil War1775

Seven Years War1775

Revolutionary Wara1784

Peninsular war1811

Great War1815

Mormon war1833

opium war1841

the Thirty Years' War1841

the Thirty Years' War1842

Mexican War1846

Napoleonic War1850

Crimean War1854

Hundred Years War1874

Balkan war1881

Boer War1883

Winter War1939

Six Day War1967

Yom Kippur War1973

Gulf War1981

Falklands conflict1982

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Iberian peninsula and islands > [adjective] > Iberian peninsula

peninsular1811

1811 Reformists' Reg. 1 Jan. 247/1 The impolicy of the Peninsular war.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) iv. 36 The name of Montague Tigg will perhaps be familiar to you, in connexion with the most remarkable events of the Peninsular War?

a1863 W. M. Thackeray Mr. & Mrs. Berry ii He is an old Peninsular man.

1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 52 The maiden I wronged in Peninsular days.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 777/1 The evidence does not enable us to say..whether the first Peninsular adapter or translator was a Castilian or a Portuguese.

1986 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 31 149 In Peninsular and Canary Island dialects, velarization of word-final prevocalic /n/ is rare.

2003 Times (Nexis) 9 Dec. (Times2 section) 22 The last of Bernard Cornwell's excellent series about the Peninsular War starts with the Duke of Wellington in terrible spirits.

B. n.

1. A native or inhabitant of a peninsula, esp. of the Iberian peninsula.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > inhabitant of isthmus or peninsula

isthmian1601

demi-islandera1649

peninsular1854

1854 W. H. Hurlbert Gan-Eden xii. 155 The whites in Cuba..are divided primarily into old Spaniards, or Peninsulars, and Creoles.

1889 Nation (N.Y.) 17 Oct. 319/2 The Arabs traded with the far-off peninsulars.

1939 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 23 582 As for the unity of the Spanish language, both the Peninsulars and the spanish Americans have tried to conserve it.

1985 J. A. Michener Texas iii. 122 He was a criollo, not a peninsular; that honored name was reserved for those actually born in the Iberian peninsula.

2002 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 16 Sept. 10 c A verbal exhortation by a parish priest to take up arms against the gachupines, or Spanish peninsulars, and fight for racial equality and the redistribution of land.

†2. A soldier of the Peninsular war (see sense A. 2). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > British > specific

redcoatc1605

cavalier1642

cavy1645

cave1661

peninsular1888

Ironside1889

Brodrick1903

Kitcheners1916

1888 Q. Rev. 167 196 He [sc. Besant] speaks of the ruffling captain, who was no doubt ‘an old Peninsular’.

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

单词	peninsular
释义	peninsularadj.n. Brit. /pᵻˈnɪnsjᵿlə/, U.S. /pəˈnɪns(ə)lər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peninsula n., -ar suffix¹. Etymology: < peninsula n. + -ar suffix¹. Compare French péninsulaire (noun) inhabitant of a peninsula (1556 as noun in an isolated attestation in Middle French; subsequently from 1834), (adjective) of or relating to a peninsula (1834). A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a peninsula. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [adjective] > peninsula peninsulara1613 peninsulated1781 a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) x. 67 Inclosed after a peninsular figure, betweene Danubius and the Sea. a1771 R. Wood Troade in Ess. Homer (1775) 312 Its compact peninsular form. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 123 An insular or peninsular site was specially preferred. 1895 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1894 130 The ‘peninsular district’ here includes the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland and Virginia, together with the State of Delaware. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 671 A scheme to enclose the peninsular delta of the North Bull at Dollymount. 1991 Past & Present Aug. 105 In 1957, the year when the British granted independence to the peninsular part of Malaysia. 2. spec. (usually with capital initial). Of or belonging to the Iberian peninsula, comprising Spain and Portugal; spec. (frequently in Peninsular war) of, relating to, or designating the war waged there from 1808 to 1814 between Napoleonic France and the combined forces of Britain, Spain, and Portugal (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other specific war Punic War1556 Vandal war1613 American Civil War1775 Seven Years War1775 Revolutionary Wara1784 Peninsular war1811 Great War1815 Mormon war1833 opium war1841 the Thirty Years' War1841 the Thirty Years' War1842 Mexican War1846 Napoleonic War1850 Crimean War1854 Hundred Years War1874 Balkan war1881 Boer War1883 Winter War1939 Six Day War1967 Yom Kippur War1973 Gulf War1981 Falklands conflict1982 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Iberian peninsula and islands > [adjective] > Iberian peninsula peninsular1811 1811 Reformists' Reg. 1 Jan. 247/1 The impolicy of the Peninsular war. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) iv. 36 The name of Montague Tigg will perhaps be familiar to you, in connexion with the most remarkable events of the Peninsular War? a1863 W. M. Thackeray Mr. & Mrs. Berry ii He is an old Peninsular man. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 52 The maiden I wronged in Peninsular days. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 777/1 The evidence does not enable us to say..whether the first Peninsular adapter or translator was a Castilian or a Portuguese. 1986 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 31 149 In Peninsular and Canary Island dialects, velarization of word-final prevocalic /n/ is rare. 2003 Times (Nexis) 9 Dec. (Times2 section) 22 The last of Bernard Cornwell's excellent series about the Peninsular War starts with the Duke of Wellington in terrible spirits. B. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of a peninsula, esp. of the Iberian peninsula. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > inhabitant of isthmus or peninsula isthmian1601 demi-islandera1649 peninsular1854 1854 W. H. Hurlbert Gan-Eden xii. 155 The whites in Cuba..are divided primarily into old Spaniards, or Peninsulars, and Creoles. 1889 Nation (N.Y.) 17 Oct. 319/2 The Arabs traded with the far-off peninsulars. 1939 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 23 582 As for the unity of the Spanish language, both the Peninsulars and the spanish Americans have tried to conserve it. 1985 J. A. Michener Texas iii. 122 He was a criollo, not a peninsular; that honored name was reserved for those actually born in the Iberian peninsula. 2002 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 16 Sept. 10 c A verbal exhortation by a parish priest to take up arms against the gachupines, or Spanish peninsulars, and fight for racial equality and the redistribution of land. †2. A soldier of the Peninsular war (see sense A. 2). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > British > specific redcoatc1605 cavalier1642 cavy1645 cave1661 peninsular1888 Ironside1889 Brodrick1903 Kitcheners1916 1888 Q. Rev. 167 196 He [sc. Besant] speaks of the ruffling captain, who was no doubt ‘an old Peninsular’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1613
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