Scythianadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsɪðɪən/,

/ˈsɪθɪən/, U.S.

/ˈsɪθiən/,

/ˈsɪðiən/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s Sythian.

Etymology: < Latin Scythia, < Greek Σκυθία ( < Σκύθης Scyth n.) + -an suffix.

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to Scythia, an ancient region extending over a large part of European and Asiatic Russia, or to the nomadic people by whom it was inhabited.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [adjective]

MidianitishOE

MoabitishOE

Ammonitea1325

Moabitea1325

Amalekitea1382

Midianitea1382

Amorite1530

Scythian1567

Philistian1569

Sabaeana1586

Scythian-likea1599

Nabatean1614

Philistean1623

Scythic1623

Chaldean1732

Alarodian1737

Philistinian1773

Judahite1797

Philistine1842

Moabitic1851

Himyaritic1854

Akkadian1856

Scythized1861

Cimmerian1862

Idumaean1863

Himyaric1864

Hittite1871

Kassite1894

Hattian1908

Khaldian1908

Kenite1911

Hattic1913

Ephthalite1920

Subarian1923

Hurrian1928

Gutian1929

Saka1958

Luvian1963

Urartian1965

Eblaite1976

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xv. f. 190^v Hypanis That springeth in the Scythian hilles.

1587–90 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. i. i. 44 Tamburlaine, that sturdie Scythian thiefe.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 35 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) For though it [sc. Nomadism] be an old Scythian use, yet it is very behoofefull in this Country of Ireland.

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Four Plays in One in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ffffffff2/2 What Scythian snow so white? what crystal chaster?

1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. xix The irruptions of northern or Scythian barbarians.

1882 J. Ruskin Bible of Amiens iii. 100 The northern kingdoms are moated from the Scythian desert by the Vistula.

in extended use.1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xviii. 266 All the domestic accommodations of milk, poultry, butter, &c., were out of the question in this Scythian camp.

†2. Philology. Used as a designation for the Ural-Altaic family of languages. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > west Scythian

Scythiac1794

Ossetian1854

Scythian1885

1885 Whitney Philol. in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 779/1 Ural-Altaic (Scythian, Turanian) Family.

B. n.

a. A person belonging to the race by which Scythia was inhabited; = Scyth n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [noun] > person

Idumaeanc897

PhilistineeOE

PhilisteeOE

Philistianc1375

Midianitea1382

Moabitea1382

Chaldee1382

Scytha1387

Ammonitea1393

Alana1450

Amorite1530

Kenite1535

Scythian1543

Nabatean1555

Illyrian1584

Sabaean1607

Hittite1608

Homerite1613

White Hun1653

Judahite1708

Alarodian1709

Cimmerian1797

Thamudite1833

Himyarite1842

Akkadian1857

Saka1880

Ephthalite1882

Kassite1888

Hurrian1911

Hattian1914

Tarsian1914

Subarian1923

Gutian1928

Urartian1934

Nesite1949

Luvian1961

Eblaite1976

1543 T. Becon Invect. against Swearing in Wks. (1560) I. 223 b The law among the Scythyans was y^t, if [etc.].

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. I Raile not proud Scythian.

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B4^v That it may rayse drops in a Torters eye, And make a flynt heart Sythian pytifull.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xxvi. 563 (note) In speaking of all, or any, of the northern shepherds of Europe, or Asia, I indifferently use the appellations of Scythians, or Tartars.

1883 W. R. Morfill Slavonic Lit. ii. 38 I shall not discuss the question here as to whether the Scythians were a Mongolian or Indo-European race.

b. Russian Literature. An advocate of Scythism (sense c).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > literary movements or theories > adherent of

modernist1703

symbolist1812

romanticist1821

classicist1827

romantic1827

symbolizer1854

archaist1867

realist1868

verist1884

naturalist1888

naturist1892

Teutonist1894

veritist1894

literary theorist1896

neoclassicist1899

social realist1909

futurist1911

postmodernist1914

vorticist1914

postmodern1917

Scythian1923

surrealist1925

populist1930

ultraist1931

socialist-realist1935

lettrist1946

New Negro1953

formalist1955

pre-modernist1962

Scyth1972

dirty realist1987

po-mo1996

1923 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 193 There is an immense wealth of pride in these Scythians, they heartily and sincerely despise the West.

1970 M. Ginsburg tr. Zamyatin Soviet Heretic 22 Ivanov-Razumnik..leader of the Scythians, a literary group that included Blok and Bely.

1974 H. T. Moore & A. Parry 20th-Cent. Russ. Lit. ii. 18 He was now briefly one of the Scythians, who confronted the new social events with fervor and a sense of exultation.

2. The language of Scythia.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > west Scythian

Scythian1668

Ossetic1841

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. i. i. §3. 3 The European Tartar, or Scythian, from which some conceive our Irish to have had its original.

1870 G. C. Swayne Herodotus v. 78 It is in three languages—old Persian, Babylonian, and Scythian.

1894 A. H. Sayce Primer of Assyriol. ii. 20 The script and language of Elam—sometimes, but incorrectly, called Scythian, Medic, or Protomedic.

1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. xiii. 425 Hesychios..cites words..from many non-Classical languages, such as..Scythian.

1972 W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-European Lang. xii. 235 The exiguous records of the Median language are of the same character as those of Scythian and Sarmatian.

Compounds

Scythian antelope n. = saiga n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Saiga (saiga)

Scythian antelope1781

saiga1801

1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 86 Scythian Antelope.

1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. ii. 339 The Saiga, or Scythian Antelope, is an inhabitant..of all the deserts from the Danube and the Dnieper to the river Irtish.

Scythian disease n. [for the reason for the name, compare Herodotus i. cv] atrophy of the male organs of generation, accompanied by loss of masculine attributes ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1898).

Scythian insanity n. the mental change occurring in the Scythian disease, manifested in the assumption of female dress and habits ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1898).

† Scythian lamb n. Obsolete = barometz n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > Tartarian lamb

Scythian lamb1659

Tartarian lamb1805

1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 524 Scythian Lamb Agnus Scyth.

Scythian stone n. some mineral.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > other miscellaneous minerals > [noun]

adamanteOE

adamantinec1225

adamant stonea1387

chrysocoll1590

chrysocolla1600

aloe1601

Scythian stone1608

diaspore1802

sideroclepte1814

allagite1823

spherulite1823

aluminide1826

rhodalite1836

aikinite1843

alvite1855

xanthitane1856

belonite1865

aenigmatite1868

opacite1875

viridite1879

neocyanite1882

sideronatrite1882

wittite1924

niggliite1936

anthonyite1963

perryite1965

KREEP1971

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 147 The gall of this beast [sc. the dart] mixed with the Sythian Stone, yealdeth a very good Eye-salue.

Derivatives

ˈScythian-like adj. and adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [adjective]

MidianitishOE

MoabitishOE

Ammonitea1325

Moabitea1325

Amalekitea1382

Midianitea1382

Amorite1530

Scythian1567

Philistian1569

Sabaeana1586

Scythian-likea1599

Nabatean1614

Philistean1623

Scythic1623

Chaldean1732

Alarodian1737

Philistinian1773

Judahite1797

Philistine1842

Moabitic1851

Himyaritic1854

Akkadian1856

Scythized1861

Cimmerian1862

Idumaean1863

Himyaric1864

Hittite1871

Kassite1894

Hattian1908

Khaldian1908

Kenite1911

Hattic1913

Ephthalite1920

Subarian1923

Hurrian1928

Gutian1929

Saka1958

Luvian1963

Urartian1965

Eblaite1976

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 39 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The old English also which there remayneth, have gotten up their cryes Scythian-like, as Crom-abo.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 40 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) I thought this manner of lewd crying and howling, not impertinent to be noted as uncivill and Scythian-like.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scythian
释义	Scythianadj.n. Brit. /ˈsɪðɪən/, /ˈsɪθɪən/, U.S. /ˈsɪθiən/, /ˈsɪðiən/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s Sythian. Etymology: < Latin Scythia, < Greek Σκυθία ( < Σκύθης Scyth n.) + -an suffix. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to Scythia, an ancient region extending over a large part of European and Asiatic Russia, or to the nomadic people by whom it was inhabited. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [adjective] MidianitishOE MoabitishOE Ammonitea1325 Moabitea1325 Amalekitea1382 Midianitea1382 Amorite1530 Scythian1567 Philistian1569 Sabaeana1586 Scythian-likea1599 Nabatean1614 Philistean1623 Scythic1623 Chaldean1732 Alarodian1737 Philistinian1773 Judahite1797 Philistine1842 Moabitic1851 Himyaritic1854 Akkadian1856 Scythized1861 Cimmerian1862 Idumaean1863 Himyaric1864 Hittite1871 Kassite1894 Hattian1908 Khaldian1908 Kenite1911 Hattic1913 Ephthalite1920 Subarian1923 Hurrian1928 Gutian1929 Saka1958 Luvian1963 Urartian1965 Eblaite1976 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xv. f. 190^v Hypanis That springeth in the Scythian hilles. 1587–90 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. i. i. 44 Tamburlaine, that sturdie Scythian thiefe. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 35 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) For though it [sc. Nomadism] be an old Scythian use, yet it is very behoofefull in this Country of Ireland. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Four Plays in One in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ffffffff2/2 What Scythian snow so white? what crystal chaster? 1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. xix The irruptions of northern or Scythian barbarians. 1882 J. Ruskin Bible of Amiens iii. 100 The northern kingdoms are moated from the Scythian desert by the Vistula. in extended use.1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xviii. 266 All the domestic accommodations of milk, poultry, butter, &c., were out of the question in this Scythian camp. View more context for this quotation †2. Philology. Used as a designation for the Ural-Altaic family of languages. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > west Scythian Scythiac1794 Ossetian1854 Scythian1885 1885 Whitney Philol. in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 779/1 Ural-Altaic (Scythian, Turanian) Family. B. n. 1. a. A person belonging to the race by which Scythia was inhabited; = Scyth n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [noun] > person Idumaeanc897 PhilistineeOE PhilisteeOE Philistianc1375 Midianitea1382 Moabitea1382 Chaldee1382 Scytha1387 Ammonitea1393 Alana1450 Amorite1530 Kenite1535 Scythian1543 Nabatean1555 Illyrian1584 Sabaean1607 Hittite1608 Homerite1613 White Hun1653 Judahite1708 Alarodian1709 Cimmerian1797 Thamudite1833 Himyarite1842 Akkadian1857 Saka1880 Ephthalite1882 Kassite1888 Hurrian1911 Hattian1914 Tarsian1914 Subarian1923 Gutian1928 Urartian1934 Nesite1949 Luvian1961 Eblaite1976 1543 T. Becon Invect. against Swearing in Wks. (1560) I. 223 b The law among the Scythyans was y^t, if [etc.]. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. I Raile not proud Scythian. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B4^v That it may rayse drops in a Torters eye, And make a flynt heart Sythian pytifull. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xxvi. 563 (note) In speaking of all, or any, of the northern shepherds of Europe, or Asia, I indifferently use the appellations of Scythians, or Tartars. 1883 W. R. Morfill Slavonic Lit. ii. 38 I shall not discuss the question here as to whether the Scythians were a Mongolian or Indo-European race. b. Russian Literature. An advocate of Scythism (sense c). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > literary movements or theories > adherent of modernist1703 symbolist1812 romanticist1821 classicist1827 romantic1827 symbolizer1854 archaist1867 realist1868 verist1884 naturalist1888 naturist1892 Teutonist1894 veritist1894 literary theorist1896 neoclassicist1899 social realist1909 futurist1911 postmodernist1914 vorticist1914 postmodern1917 Scythian1923 surrealist1925 populist1930 ultraist1931 socialist-realist1935 lettrist1946 New Negro1953 formalist1955 pre-modernist1962 Scyth1972 dirty realist1987 po-mo1996 1923 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 193 There is an immense wealth of pride in these Scythians, they heartily and sincerely despise the West. 1970 M. Ginsburg tr. Zamyatin Soviet Heretic 22 Ivanov-Razumnik..leader of the Scythians, a literary group that included Blok and Bely. 1974 H. T. Moore & A. Parry 20th-Cent. Russ. Lit. ii. 18 He was now briefly one of the Scythians, who confronted the new social events with fervor and a sense of exultation. 2. The language of Scythia. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > west Scythian Scythian1668 Ossetic1841 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. i. i. §3. 3 The European Tartar, or Scythian, from which some conceive our Irish to have had its original. 1870 G. C. Swayne Herodotus v. 78 It is in three languages—old Persian, Babylonian, and Scythian. 1894 A. H. Sayce Primer of Assyriol. ii. 20 The script and language of Elam—sometimes, but incorrectly, called Scythian, Medic, or Protomedic. 1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. xiii. 425 Hesychios..cites words..from many non-Classical languages, such as..Scythian. 1972 W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-European Lang. xii. 235 The exiguous records of the Median language are of the same character as those of Scythian and Sarmatian. Compounds Scythian antelope n. = saiga n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Saiga (saiga) Scythian antelope1781 saiga1801 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 86 Scythian Antelope. 1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. ii. 339 The Saiga, or Scythian Antelope, is an inhabitant..of all the deserts from the Danube and the Dnieper to the river Irtish. Scythian disease n. [for the reason for the name, compare Herodotus i. cv] atrophy of the male organs of generation, accompanied by loss of masculine attributes ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1898). Scythian insanity n. the mental change occurring in the Scythian disease, manifested in the assumption of female dress and habits ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1898). † Scythian lamb n. Obsolete = barometz n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > Tartarian lamb Scythian lamb1659 Tartarian lamb1805 1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 524 Scythian Lamb Agnus Scyth. Scythian stone n. some mineral. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > other miscellaneous minerals > [noun] adamanteOE adamantinec1225 adamant stonea1387 chrysocoll1590 chrysocolla1600 aloe1601 Scythian stone1608 diaspore1802 sideroclepte1814 allagite1823 spherulite1823 aluminide1826 rhodalite1836 aikinite1843 alvite1855 xanthitane1856 belonite1865 aenigmatite1868 opacite1875 viridite1879 neocyanite1882 sideronatrite1882 wittite1924 niggliite1936 anthonyite1963 perryite1965 KREEP1971 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 147 The gall of this beast [sc. the dart] mixed with the Sythian Stone, yealdeth a very good Eye-salue. Derivatives ˈScythian-like adj. and adv. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [adjective] MidianitishOE MoabitishOE Ammonitea1325 Moabitea1325 Amalekitea1382 Midianitea1382 Amorite1530 Scythian1567 Philistian1569 Sabaeana1586 Scythian-likea1599 Nabatean1614 Philistean1623 Scythic1623 Chaldean1732 Alarodian1737 Philistinian1773 Judahite1797 Philistine1842 Moabitic1851 Himyaritic1854 Akkadian1856 Scythized1861 Cimmerian1862 Idumaean1863 Himyaric1864 Hittite1871 Kassite1894 Hattian1908 Khaldian1908 Kenite1911 Hattic1913 Ephthalite1920 Subarian1923 Hurrian1928 Gutian1929 Saka1958 Luvian1963 Urartian1965 Eblaite1976 a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 39 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The old English also which there remayneth, have gotten up their cryes Scythian-like, as Crom-abo. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 40 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) I thought this manner of lewd crying and howling, not impertinent to be noted as uncivill and Scythian-like. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1543
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