Sinicadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɪnɪk/, U.S.

/ˈsɪnɪk/

Forms: 1600s Sinick, 1600s 1800s– Sinic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Sinicus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Sinicus (mid 16th cent. or earlier) < Sinae (plural), denoting the inhabitants of China and of East Asia more widely (see Sinaean adj.) + -icus -ic suffix. Compare French sinique (1572 or earlier in Middle French). Compare slightly earlier Sinaean adj. Compare also earlier Seric adj.

Chinese. In later use also with wider reference to East Asian peoples (cf. Sinesian adj., Sinetic adj., Sinitic adj. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [adjective]

Seric1587

Chinesian1625

Sinaean1639

Sinic1650

Sinetic1849

sinicized1854

Sinitic1859

Chink1899

1650 T. Vaughan Magia Adamica 61 There was..in a Village of China call'd Sanxuen, a square stone... In the uppermost part of this stone was figur'd a Crosse, and underneath it an Inscription in Sinic Characters.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §8 Martinius tells us..that the antient writers of the Sinick history [L. Sinicos Scriptores] speak much of the Flood.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. iv. 27 Bory de St. Vincent..admits fifteen species of Men. These are, 1st, the Japetic;..5th, the Sinic.

1974 Foreign Affairs 52 341 The Sinic world as a cultural unit in some ways parallels the West, but in others it is sharply different.

2003 Mod. Asian Stud. 37 740 The sinic zone system is less a theory than a prism through which the Chinese have viewed, and may continue to view the world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sinic
释义	Sinicadj. Brit. /ˈsɪnɪk/, U.S. /ˈsɪnɪk/ Forms: 1600s Sinick, 1600s 1800s– Sinic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Sinicus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Sinicus (mid 16th cent. or earlier) < Sinae (plural), denoting the inhabitants of China and of East Asia more widely (see Sinaean adj.) + -icus -ic suffix. Compare French sinique (1572 or earlier in Middle French). Compare slightly earlier Sinaean adj. Compare also earlier Seric adj. Chinese. In later use also with wider reference to East Asian peoples (cf. Sinesian adj., Sinetic adj., Sinitic adj. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [adjective] Seric1587 Chinesian1625 Sinaean1639 Sinic1650 Sinetic1849 sinicized1854 Sinitic1859 Chink1899 1650 T. Vaughan Magia Adamica 61 There was..in a Village of China call'd Sanxuen, a square stone... In the uppermost part of this stone was figur'd a Crosse, and underneath it an Inscription in Sinic Characters. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §8 Martinius tells us..that the antient writers of the Sinick history [L. Sinicos Scriptores] speak much of the Flood. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. iv. 27 Bory de St. Vincent..admits fifteen species of Men. These are, 1st, the Japetic;..5th, the Sinic. 1974 Foreign Affairs 52 341 The Sinic world as a cultural unit in some ways parallels the West, but in others it is sharply different. 2003 Mod. Asian Stud. 37 740 The sinic zone system is less a theory than a prism through which the Chinese have viewed, and may continue to view the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1650
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