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Marmaric, a.|mɑːˈmærɪk|
Also 5 -merike, -morike, 7 -maricke.
[ad. L. Marmaric-us, adj. of Marmarica (see below).]
Of or belonging to the ancient Marmarica (now Benghazi) on the north coast of Africa. So Marˈmarican a., in the same sense; n., an inhabitant of Marmarica.
c1470Harding Chron. xlix. i, As proude and bryme as lyon Marmerike. Ibid. clxxxvii. iii, In all the world was then no prince hym like..in the felde a lyon marmorike. 1593Queen Elizabeth Boeth. iv. met. iii. 11 Another the Marm[ar]ican lion [orig. Marmaricus leo; Chaucer has a lyoun of þe contre of marmorike] With Tuske and paw indueth. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 359 These also are the epithets of lions:—wrathful,..violent, Marmarican. 1627May tr. Lucan iii. E 2 b, Marmaricke troops the horned Ammon prest. Ibid. iv. G 5 b, Swift Marmaricans. |