salamandrineadj.n.

/saləˈmandrɪn/

Etymology: < Latin salamandra salamander n. + -ine suffix¹.

A. adj.

1. Resembling or characteristic of the salamander in being able to resist fire, or live in it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > quality of being incombustible > [adjective] > fire-resistant > able to withstand fire

salamandrian1602

salamander1711

salamandrine1712

salamanderish1921

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 281. ¶13 A certain Salamandrine Quality, that made it capable of living in the midst of Fire and Flame.

a1849 E. A. Poe Hawthorne in Wks. (1865) III. 190 ‘It becometh not a divine’, saith Lord Coke, ‘to be of a fiery and salamandrine spirit’.

1870 Illustr. London News 29 Oct. 446 They led their salamandrine dance over the glazed delft plaques vis-à-vis to the leaping flames.

1886 A. Simson Trav. Ecuador xiv. 184 There was a hot fire and the necessity of carrying on culinary operations in its immediate vicinity, which tended to call our salamandrine qualities into requisition.

2. Zoology. Of or pertaining to the Salamandrinæ.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [adjective] > of or relating to Salamandridae

salamandrine1865

1865 Cope in Nat. Hist. Rev. Jan. 104 The representatives of these [types] in the Palæotropical region do not exhibit such decided salamandrine tendencies.

1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. xii. 287 Fashioning flank and limb into due salamandrine proportions.

1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 408 The Salamandrine Amblystoma mexicanum.

B. n.

1. = salamander n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > nature-spirit > inhabiting fire

salamander1657

salamandrine1797

1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 22 507 The charms of Amenoe, a salamandrine.

1846 Blackwood's Mag. 60 226 Every horrible legend of demon, ghost, goule, gnome, salamandrine, and fireking.

1885 T. P. Battersby Elf Island 15 Then perhaps the elves, and the fairies and the beautiful salamandrines will come back to us.

2. = salamander n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Salamandridae (newts) > salamander

salamander1611

moron1774

salamandrian1850

salamandrid1863

salamandroid1863

salamandrine1891

1891 in Cent. Dict.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	salamandrine
释义	salamandrineadj.n. /saləˈmandrɪn/ Etymology: < Latin salamandra salamander n. + -ine suffix¹. A. adj. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the salamander in being able to resist fire, or live in it. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > quality of being incombustible > [adjective] > fire-resistant > able to withstand fire salamandrian1602 salamander1711 salamandrine1712 salamanderish1921 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 281. ¶13 A certain Salamandrine Quality, that made it capable of living in the midst of Fire and Flame. a1849 E. A. Poe Hawthorne in Wks. (1865) III. 190 ‘It becometh not a divine’, saith Lord Coke, ‘to be of a fiery and salamandrine spirit’. 1870 Illustr. London News 29 Oct. 446 They led their salamandrine dance over the glazed delft plaques vis-à-vis to the leaping flames. 1886 A. Simson Trav. Ecuador xiv. 184 There was a hot fire and the necessity of carrying on culinary operations in its immediate vicinity, which tended to call our salamandrine qualities into requisition. 2. Zoology. Of or pertaining to the Salamandrinæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [adjective] > of or relating to Salamandridae salamandrine1865 1865 Cope in Nat. Hist. Rev. Jan. 104 The representatives of these [types] in the Palæotropical region do not exhibit such decided salamandrine tendencies. 1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. xii. 287 Fashioning flank and limb into due salamandrine proportions. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 408 The Salamandrine Amblystoma mexicanum. B. n. 1. = salamander n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > nature-spirit > inhabiting fire salamander1657 salamandrine1797 1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 22 507 The charms of Amenoe, a salamandrine. 1846 Blackwood's Mag. 60 226 Every horrible legend of demon, ghost, goule, gnome, salamandrine, and fireking. 1885 T. P. Battersby Elf Island 15 Then perhaps the elves, and the fairies and the beautiful salamandrines will come back to us. 2. = salamander n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Salamandridae (newts) > salamander salamander1611 moron1774 salamandrian1850 salamandrid1863 salamandroid1863 salamandrine1891 1891 in Cent. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1712
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