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limitrophe, a. and n.|ˈlɪmɪtrəʊf|
[a. F. limitrophe, ad. late L. līmitrophus, līmitotrophus (a hybrid f. L. līmit-, līmes + Gr. -τρόϕος supporting), applied to lands set apart for the support of troops on the frontier.]
A. adj. Situated on the frontier; bordering on, adjacent to (another country).
1763Earl of Buckinghamshire Let. 6 Dec. in Despatches & Corr. (1902) ii. 113 The inconveniences which might arise if a country limitroph to Russia was governed by a sovereign allied and connected with the great European Powers. 1826[J. R. Best] 4 Years France 129 Russia has already absorbed, within its empire, that great limitrophe nation which might have been a barrier against further progress. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain vi. 503 Like many of these limitrophe Pyrenean districts it became independent soon after..731. 1881Daily News 22 Feb. 5/3 The policy of a limitrophe frontier with Russia revived. 1885Pall Mall G. 1 Apr. 1/2 England..was perfectly free to enter into any relations she pleased with the States limitrophe to India.
†B. n. A border-land. Obs.
1589A. M[unday] Hist. Palmendos v. (1653) 32 He..became..famous through all the neighbour Marches and limitrophes of Tharsus. 1598Dallington Meth. Trav. C ij b, The Prince ought to have of them [sc. castles] in his frontier places, and Lymitrophes (as they call them). 1963V. Nabokov Gift iii. 155 Thus ‘France’ corresponded to his warningly raised eyebrows; some kind of ‘limitrophes’ to the hairs in his nostrils.
Hence † limitrophing ppl. a., bordering, adjacent; † limitrophous a. (see quot.).
1623tr. Favine's Theat. Hon. iv. vii. 29 The Counties of Boulougne, Saint Paule, and other limitrophing Seigneuries. 1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Column, Limitrophous or boundary Column, is that which shews the limits of a kingdom, or country conquered. |