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▪ I. anime, n.1 Armour. Now hist.
Brit. |ˌanɪˈmeɪ|, |ˈanɪmə|, U.S. |ˈænəˌmeɪ|
Forms: α. 15 annyme, 15 19– anime; β. 15–16 19– anima; γ. 15 anymate; Also with capital initial.
[‹ Middle French, French anime (dated 15th cent. in A. J. Greimas Dictionnaire du moyen français (1992) at cited word; now hist. or obsolete) and its probable etymon Italian anima (second half of the 14th cent.), perhaps a spec. use of anima life, soul (see anima n.).
The suggestion that the word is derived from classical Latin lāmina thin plate (see lame n.1) is unsupported. Compare:
1919C. J. Battersby in Yorks. Archaeol. Jrnl. 25 333 Florio's opinion on the etymology of the word is obviously not that of Sainte-Palaye. The former connected it with the Latin anima in its sense of ‘life’, ‘soul’; the latter connected it with the Latin lamina, ‘a metal plate’. ]
A cuirass or breastplate, of Italian origin, constructed of plates overlapping in such a way as to allow comparatively flexible movement.
a1549Inventory Henry VIII (1998) 159/1 Item an Annyme for the felde withowt A rest... Item xxviij blacke Animas for the felde with Tases lackinge vij paier of gauntelettes. 1565Temple-Newsam Inventory in Yorks. Archaeol. Jrnl. (1919) 25 331 One olde armor like an Anima, xvjs viiid. 1579T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 565 Lucullus..marched directly towardes his enemy, armed with an anima of steele [Fr. d'une anime d'acier], made with scallope shelles, shining like the sunne. 1611J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words 28/3 A'nima, the soule of mankind. Also the core of kernell of any fruit. Also a cuirace or brestplate, so called because it armeth the heart. 1931F. M. Kelly & F. Schwabe Short Hist. Costume & Armour II. 75 The lighter almain rivet may possibly have been of the anima type, i.e., with a flexible cuirass of overlapping horizontal bands of steel. 1934G. C. Stone Gloss. Arms & Armor 10 (caption) Anime (Venetian?), second half of the 16th century. 1958C. Blair European Armour v. 124 A special form of cuirass, apparently invented in Italy in c. 1530, was the anime... This was made like the old coat of plates of overlapping horizontal lames but they were now joined together by internal leathers and sliding rivets. 2006C. Gravett Tudor Knight 60/2 A form of cuirass that is sometimes seen between the 1530s to about 1560 is the anime.
▪ II. anime, n.3
Brit. |ˈanɪmeɪ|, U.S. |ˈænɪmeɪ|
Plural unchanged
Forms: 19– anime, 19– animé
[‹ Japanese anime animation (1970 or earlier), shortened > n. Perhaps compare also French animé (in dessin animé animation, cartoon (1935 or earlier) > n.) + animé animé adj.).]
A Japanese or Japanese-style animated film or television programme, drawn in a meticulously detailed style, usually featuring characters with distinctive large, staring eyes, and typically having a science-fiction or fantasy theme, sometimes including violent or sexually explicit material; this genre of entertainment. Freq. attrib.
1985Re: Japanese Animation in net.comics (Usenet newsgroup) 20 Feb. Almost all Japanese animated series are either based on manga (Japanese comic books) or are printed in comic form after the fact either as anime comics (using frame reproductions like a photo-novel) or as adaptations. 1988MacUser Nov. 60/1 This game is the closest thing I've seen on a computer to Japanese anime-style animated cartoons. 1995Time Out 6 Dec. 81/3 Set in 2029 and making inspired use of cutting-edge computer animation techniques, director Mamoru Oshii's sci-fi animé conjures up an eye-dazzling, futuristic cityscape that, sadly, is not matched by the human landscapes at the heart of the story. 2001ON 5 Feb. 81/1 The setting is an anime standard: a dreary, postindustrial Tokyo-type city. |