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单词 britannish
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Britannishadj.

Forms: Old English Brittanisc, 1500s Brytannysh, 1500s–1600s Brittanish, 1600s Britannish, 1600s–1700s Britanish.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Britannia , -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of Britannia (see Britannia n.) or its etymon classical Latin Britannia Britain n.2 + -ish suffix1. In quot. OE after classical Latin Britannicus Britannic adj. Compare British adj.In Old English only in the Old English translation of Orosius Hist. The word was evidently reborrowed in the 16th cent., and there is no continuity of use with the Old English.
Obsolete.
= British adj. 3. Also (rare): of or from Brittany in northern France.
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BritannishOE
BritishOE
Britona1387
Britannical1548
Britannian1589
Britain1609
Britannic1635
pongo1944
Brit1948
OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 18 Be westansuðan [is] se garsecg þe man hæt Brittanisca [L. oceanum Britannicum], & be norðan on oðre healfe þæs garsegges earme is Brittannia þæt land.
1547 J. Bale Lattre Examinacyon A. Askewe Pref. f. 8v_margin Brytannysh.
1583 tr. B. des Périers Mirrour of Mirth f. 5v They had played youthfull prankes with the Brittanish Maydes, which are of a good inclination that waye, as the talke goeth.
1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. i. 1/2 Other Ilands..vnder the shadow of Great Albion..are also accounted Britannish.
1633 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata (ed. 2) vi. §67 It is named by the severall shoars it washeth, as Spanish, Brittanish, Balticke.
1691 W. Yworth New Art of making Wines To Rdr. sig. B6 This Britanish Island brings forth that Chaos, from whence ariseth the first Matter and Seed of the Mineral Kingdom.
1705 Boston News-let. 5 Mar. 2/1 20 odd bails of white Linnen,—nen, viz. Holland, Britanish, Platillis, and roan and other sorts of Linnen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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