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▪ I. san1|sæn|
[Gr. σάν.]
The name (first recorded by writers of the sixth century b.c.) for a sibilant (Ϻ) found in early Doric scripts (later displaced by sigma), which has been compared with various Semitic sibilants and sampi.
1584B. Rich tr. Herodotus' Famous Hystory i. f.44v, All the wordes in theyr language which consist of 4 or more sillables do commonly end in one letter: which letter the Dores cal San the Iones Sigma. 1709I. Littlebury tr. Herodotus' Hist. I. i. 89 All Names representing the Person or Dignity of a Man, terminate in that letter which the Dorians call San, and the Ionians Sigma. 1860Chambers's Encycl. I. 169/2 In accommodating itself [sc. the Phoenician alphabet] to the necessities of the Greek tongue..the name Sigma was transferred to San. 1912[see sampi]. 1915J. Sandys tr. Pindar's Odes 559 In olden days, the lay of the dithyramb was wont to wind its straggling length along, and the sibilant san was discarded. 1933[see koppa]. 1961L. H. Jeffery Local Scripts Arch. Greece i. ii. 33 By the second half of the fifth century, the sign of san was no longer in use, except in conservative Crete, and as an emblem on the coins of Sikyon.
▪ II. san3|san|
[Jap.: a contraction of the more formal sama.]
A Japanese honorific title, equivalent to Mr., Mrs., etc., suffixed to personal or family names as a mark of politeness; also colloq. or in imitation of the Japanese form, suffixed to other names or titles (cf. mama-san).
When suffixed to a female personal name, and in more polite endearment, san is often coupled with the prefix O- (see quot. 1922).
1878C. Dresser in Jrnl. Soc. Arts XXVI. 175/1 Mr. Sakata, or, as they would say Sakata San, who was appointed..as one of my escort through Japan. 1891A. M. Bacon Japanese Girls & Women xi. 304 He is a person to be treated with respect,—to be bowed to profoundly, addressed by the title San, and spoken to in the politest of languages. 1922Joyce Ulysses 321 The fashionable international world attended en masse this afternoon at the wedding... Miss Grace Poplar, Miss O Mimosa San. 1952T. J. Mulvey These are your Sons vii. 146 ‘You go away, O'Reilly-san?’ the little girl asked. 1964I. Fleming You only live Twice i. 16 ‘Bondo-san,’ said Tiger Tanaka, Head of the Japanese Secret Service, ‘I will now challenge you to this ridiculous game.’ 1968Guardian 23 Feb. 11/4 Corpsman Kenneth Corner..told her [sc. a Vietnamese girl]: ‘It's going to be all right baby-san, it's going to be all right.’ 1972J. Ball Five Pieces of Jade xiv. 188 It would make me the greatest pleasure, Nakamura san.
▪ III. san
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