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Cappadocian, a. and n.|kæpəˈdəʊʃ(ɪ)ən|
Also † Capadocian.
[f. Cappadocia: see -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Cappadocia or its inhabitants.
B. n.
a. An inhabitant of Cappadocia, an ancient kingdom of Asia Minor, now part of Turkey.
b. The language of the Cappadocians.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 285 The Capadocians do breed of the Parthian horsses. Ibid. 286 The Cappadocian horsses are swift and lusty in their old age. 1762Sterne Tr. Shandy V. xxvii. 98 The Phoenicians,—the Arabians,—the Capadocians..did it. 1836Penny Cycl. VI. 272/1 The Cappadocians were very generally known during the Roman occupation of their country for their unprincipled and vicious character. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XIV. 253/1 The Cappadocian horses have been the theme of much deserved panegyric from the pens of several historians. 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 74/2 In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians occupied the whole region from the chain of Mount Taurus on the south to the shores of the Euxine. 1934A. Toynbee Study of Hist. II. 80 The Cappadocian Fathers of the Church. 1954Pei & Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 35 Cappadocian, an extinct language..of undetermined linguistic affinities..classified as Asianic. |