单词 | unoriental |
释义 | unorientaladj. Not oriental in character or conduct. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective] > character > not western unoriental1789 1789 Hartly House, Calcutta II. xv. 17 All this plaintive language is very unoriental, and shall be renounced. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xxviii. 17 He..burst out into a most unoriental roar of laughter. 1896 L. Whibley Greek Oligarchies i. 3 The characteristics attributed to the constitutions are entirely Greek and un-Oriental. 1926 Harvard Theol. Rev. 19 35 His chief objections are that the picture is too intellectualistic, moralistic, sentimental, and unoriental. 1971 P. Polomka Indonesia since Sukarno 212 In replying to criticism of their ‘un-Oriental’ behaviour, they argue that, in fact, Javanese culture has a place for rude and disrespectful behaviour. 1999 Jewish Chron. 30 July 33/5 Beijing is surprisingly unoriental and like most large Western cities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1789 |
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