单词 | sarkese |
释义 | Sarkesen.adj. A. n. a. collective. Also Sarkees. The inhabitants of the Channel Island of Sark. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > islands Manxman1516 Scillonian1651 Manx1688 Jerseyman1825 Sarkese1845 Manxwoman1974 1845 G. W. James Sark Guide vii. 78 Most of the Sarkese now manufacture their own lobster pots... The Sarkese certainly love money even to a fault. 1928 L. E. Hale tr. J. L. V. Cachemaille Island of Sark 105 This..harbour..has a history of its own, interesting to the Sarkese, and also to the tourist. 1935 E. Platt Sark as I found It iv. 29 The Sarkees adore litigation. 1958 J. W. Day Lady Houston ix. 127 No other race of people but the Sarkese speak it [sc. ‘Norman-French’] today. 1965 ‘J. Christopher’ Wrinkle in Skin vi. 71 He had been one of the Sarkees engaged in the carriage business. 1978 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 May 572/5 Some of the Sarkese still reproach her with fraternization with the Germans. b. The language of Sark, a variety of Norman French. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > French > Norman Norman French1605 Normana1649 Anglo-Normanic1707 Anglo-Norman1818 Sarkese1957 1957 Sunday Times 10 Feb. 3/8 The debates in the Parlement are conducted in Sarkese which is apparently a slightly modernised version of Ancient Norman. B. adj. Of or pertaining to Sark. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > Sark Sarkese1882 1882 D. F. S. Channel Islands 77 The kind-hearted Sarkese thought the sentence too severe... The good Sarkese women kept her company. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.adj.1845 |
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