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Brito-|ˈbrɪtəʊ|
comb. form f. L. Brit(t)o Briton, used:
1. In sense ‘belonging to the ancient Britons and..’, as Brito-Pictish, Brito-Roman adjs.
1654Vilvain (title) Enchiridium Epigrammatum Latino-Anglicum; an epitome of essais, Englished out of Latin... Containing six Classes or Centuries of 1. Theologicals. 2. Historicals. 3. Heterogeneals. 4. Bryto-Anglicals. 5. Miscellaneals. 6. Mutuatitials. 1860Chambers's Encycl. I. 376/2 Of Roman or Brito-Roman manufacture. 1926Glasgow Herald 25 Oct. 6 A long list of British or Brito-Pictish ministers.
2. In sense ‘British and..’, as Brito-arctic, Brito-Canadian, Brito-Japanese. Also Brito-centric a., having Britain as the centre.
1866A. Bell Hist. Canada II. 321 In brief, what is denounced as a crime in a Gallo-Canadian shall pass for public virtue in a Brito-Canadian. 1898Geogr. Jrnl. XI. 134 It is evident, therefore, that the basalts of Cape Flora and Hooker island are similar to types widely distributed in the Brito-arctic volcanic province. 1905Westm. Gaz. 11 Sept. 2/3 ‘Anglo-Japanese’ certainly is an easier form than ‘Brito-Japanese’. 1924R. Macaulay Orphan Island xvi. §3 The world, as viewed from Orphan Island, wore a curious, Brito-Centric aspect. |