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Limousin|limuzæ̃|
Also 8 Lemosine, Limosine.
[Name of an old province in central France.]
1. A native or inhabitant of the former province of Limousin or of the region round Limoges; also, the dialect of this region. Also attrib. or as adj., of or pertaining to this region, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
1653T. Urquhart tr. Rabelais's Works (1664) ii. vi. 33 When all comes to all, thou art a Limousin, and thou wilt here by the affected speech counterfeit the Parisiens. 1706J. Stevens New Spanish & Eng. Dict. Pref., In Catalonia..they have besides a peculiar language of their own... This is a sort of Limosine, or that of the Country of Limoges, being an old barbarous French, formerly brought into this Country out of France. 1716C. Campbell tr. Dameto's Hist. Balearick Islands i. v. 64 That which is in use at this time commonly called the Lemosine Language being originally from Limosin a Province of France, whose Capital is Limoge. 1787A. Young Jrnl. 10 June in Trav. France (1792) I. 18 Chestnuts on a calcareous soil, contrary to the Limosin maxim. 1911S. M. Hogan St. Vincent Ferrer iv. 29 St. Vincent himself tells us that he preached in his mother-tongue—Limousin. 1932W. L. Graff Lang. 377 Provençal group, with different varieties: Provençal..Limousin, Gascon. 1964Archivum Linguisticum XVI. 34 In quoting this dialect [sc. North Occitan] I give Limousin forms. 1968F. White Ways of Aquitaine iv. 55 The churches of the Limousin abbeys form a school of their own, deeply impressive because of their darkness and their strength. 1973J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 62 The V.V.S.O.P. Cognac—pale, liquid ecstasy with a bouquet of Limousin oak.
2. An animal belonging to the French breed of beef cattle so called. Also attrib.
1970Times 6 Apr. 10/7 The Limousin, a hardy, deep fawn coloured animal, is a beef breed which has impressed many visitors to Paris shows. 1971Country Life 30 Dec. 1857/3 Limousins from the Limoges area..are the most recent invaders of the northern English counties. 1973Ibid. 1 Mar. 548/1 A German Zimmenthal bull, and..a Limousin bull in France. |