单词 | celticize |
释义 | Celticizev. transitive To make Celtic in character or form; to give Celtic qualities or characteristics to (a person or thing); to cause (a person or group) to adopt Celtic culture, practices, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [verb (transitive)] Celticize1851 1851 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 22 Nov. No person ever thought that England was in a fair way of being Celticized when Irishmen filled the chairs of philosophy, history, and theology. 1875 Anthropologia 1 552 If Lycia was Celticized by way of Galatia, it must have been through Phrygia. 1905 P. Vinogradoff Growth of Manor i. ii. 62 A form slightly celticised by the adjunct of a Gaulish suffix as Polignac. 1982 G. I. Merion-Jones Vernacular Archit. Brittany 23/1 It is probable that these tribes were pre-Celtic peoples later Celticized. 2012 James Joyce Q. 49 284 In the early-twentieth century, a number of Irish writers and republican politicians..did set out to Celticize (if not de-Anglicize) Ireland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < v.1851 |
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