Circassiann.adj.

Brit.

/səˈkasɪən/,

/səːˈkasɪən/, U.S.

/sərˈkæsiən/

Forms: Also 1600s Sarcassen and (of a woman) Sarcashen, Sarcashien.

Etymology: < Circassia, latinized form of Russian čerkes (feminine čerkešenka , plural čerkesy ) + -ia suffix¹: see -ian suffix.

A. n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Circassia, a region in the northern Caucasus, of Caucasian race but non-Indo-European in language; also, the North Caucasian language of this people.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun]

Circassian1555

Svan1601

Mingrelian1613

Abkhaz1686

Abaza1693

Lezgin1728

Ossetian1794

Abkhazian1799

Adyghe1799

Ainu1811

Chechen1814

Ossete1814

Kabardian1824

Tat1834

Laz1836

Caucasian1843

Svanetian1854

Ossetin1869

Gurian1876

Avar1881

Ingush1902

Megrelian1961

Megrel1967

the mind > language > languages of the world > Caucasian > [noun] > north Caucasian

Abaza1840

Adyghe1840

Circassian1842

Abkhazian1855

Abkhaz1875

Chechen1928

Ubykh1951

Ingush1954

Kabardian1956

1555 R. Eden tr. S. von Herberstein Rerum moscouiticarum commentarii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 289^v The Slauon tounge..vsed of..the Circasians and Quinquemontanians.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 66 Some captiue Sarcassens and Georgians.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 72 [The King of Georgia's] Wife, a Sarcashen.

1639 E. Pagitt Relation Christians 47 Of the Greeke Communion are the..Georgians, Circassians, Mengrelians and Melchites.

1842 R. H. Barham Netley Abbey in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 114 Could they speak, In their Georgian, Circassian, or Turkish, or Greek.

1854 L. Loewe Dict. Circassian Lang. Pref. 5 The Circassians call themselves the people of Addee-ghey (which word I take to signify ‘Mountaineer’, or ‘Highlander’, from the Circassian ‘Attaghagh’).

1905 A. Goodrich-Freer In Syrian Saddle i. v. 102 Among Circassians.

1905 A. Goodrich-Freer In Syrian Saddle i. v. 105 Their ordinary tongue continues to be Circassian.

1923 L. Maude & A. Maude tr. L. Tolstoy War & Peace II. vii. x. 235 An hussar was Natasha, and a Circassian was Sonya, with a burnt-cork moustache and eyebrows.

2. A thin worsted fabric. Also attributive.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > worsted > types of

stamin?c1225

worsted1348

monk's cloth1441

set cloth1467

vesse1483

St. Thomas worsted1518

St. Omer's worsted1530

caddis1558

cloth-rash1592

Philip and Cheyney1614

none-so-pretty1622

tammy1675

cheyneyc1680

crape1682

bunting1742

beaudoy1759

wildbore1784

Princetta?1790

Circassian1824

plain-back1830

Coburg1844

Tournai1858

Tricotine1914

1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 341 Rather a gentlemanly personage—Green Circassian hunting coat and turban—Like a foreigner.

1845 Lowell Offering V. 255 If cold, her gown is of ‘green circassian’.

1853 Catal. Irish Industr. Exhib. Woollen & Mixed Fabrics Double twills, merinos, moreens, Circassians, alpacas, etc.

B. adj.

Of, pertaining to, or connected with the Circassians; Circassian circle: a type of dance popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [adjective]

Circassian1638

Alan1705

Lezgin1780

Abkhaz1788

Mingrelian1788

Ossetin1788

Abaza1823

Lezgi1828

Ainua1837

Adyghe1847

Ossetic1850

Ossetian1854

Svanetian1854

Abkhazian1856

Avarian1875

Ossete1884

Ossetan1892

Kabardian1902

Gurian1932

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > group dances

Circassian circle1888

snake-dance1931

conga1935

palais glide1936

Big Apple1937

Madison1960

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 290 Scander..King of Georgia..by a Sarcashien Lady had 3 hopefull sonnes.

a1791 J. Wesley Serm. in Wks. (1811) IX. 234 Bodies of Georgian, Circassian, Mengrelian Christians.

1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 172 The personal beauty for which the modern Persians are noted is inherited from Circassian and Georgian concubines.

1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 788/2 The greatest stain upon the Circassian character was the custom of selling their children.

1888 R. Kipling Daughter of Regiment in Plain Tales from Hills 174 A gentleman who doesn't know the Circassian Circle ought not to stand up for it.

1920 Blackwood Mag. Aug. 153/2 A troop of some thirty Circassian horsemen.

1963 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times II. 109 At the dancing-class..the thrill of meeting Clive and taking her hand for a moment or two in the peregrinations of the Circassian circle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	circassian
释义	Circassiann.adj. Brit. /səˈkasɪən/, /səːˈkasɪən/, U.S. /sərˈkæsiən/ Forms: Also 1600s Sarcassen and (of a woman) Sarcashen, Sarcashien. Etymology: < Circassia, latinized form of Russian čerkes (feminine čerkešenka , plural čerkesy ) + -ia suffix¹: see -ian suffix. A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Circassia, a region in the northern Caucasus, of Caucasian race but non-Indo-European in language; also, the North Caucasian language of this people. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun] Circassian1555 Svan1601 Mingrelian1613 Abkhaz1686 Abaza1693 Lezgin1728 Ossetian1794 Abkhazian1799 Adyghe1799 Ainu1811 Chechen1814 Ossete1814 Kabardian1824 Tat1834 Laz1836 Caucasian1843 Svanetian1854 Ossetin1869 Gurian1876 Avar1881 Ingush1902 Megrelian1961 Megrel1967 the mind > language > languages of the world > Caucasian > [noun] > north Caucasian Abaza1840 Adyghe1840 Circassian1842 Abkhazian1855 Abkhaz1875 Chechen1928 Ubykh1951 Ingush1954 Kabardian1956 1555 R. Eden tr. S. von Herberstein Rerum moscouiticarum commentarii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 289^v The Slauon tounge..vsed of..the Circasians and Quinquemontanians. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 66 Some captiue Sarcassens and Georgians. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 72 [The King of Georgia's] Wife, a Sarcashen. 1639 E. Pagitt Relation Christians 47 Of the Greeke Communion are the..Georgians, Circassians, Mengrelians and Melchites. 1842 R. H. Barham Netley Abbey in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 114 Could they speak, In their Georgian, Circassian, or Turkish, or Greek. 1854 L. Loewe Dict. Circassian Lang. Pref. 5 The Circassians call themselves the people of Addee-ghey (which word I take to signify ‘Mountaineer’, or ‘Highlander’, from the Circassian ‘Attaghagh’). 1905 A. Goodrich-Freer In Syrian Saddle i. v. 102 Among Circassians. 1905 A. Goodrich-Freer In Syrian Saddle i. v. 105 Their ordinary tongue continues to be Circassian. 1923 L. Maude & A. Maude tr. L. Tolstoy War & Peace II. vii. x. 235 An hussar was Natasha, and a Circassian was Sonya, with a burnt-cork moustache and eyebrows. 2. A thin worsted fabric. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > worsted > types of stamin?c1225 worsted1348 monk's cloth1441 set cloth1467 vesse1483 St. Thomas worsted1518 St. Omer's worsted1530 caddis1558 cloth-rash1592 Philip and Cheyney1614 none-so-pretty1622 tammy1675 cheyneyc1680 crape1682 bunting1742 beaudoy1759 wildbore1784 Princetta?1790 Circassian1824 plain-back1830 Coburg1844 Tournai1858 Tricotine1914 1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 341 Rather a gentlemanly personage—Green Circassian hunting coat and turban—Like a foreigner. 1845 Lowell Offering V. 255 If cold, her gown is of ‘green circassian’. 1853 Catal. Irish Industr. Exhib. Woollen & Mixed Fabrics Double twills, merinos, moreens, Circassians, alpacas, etc. B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or connected with the Circassians; Circassian circle: a type of dance popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [adjective] Circassian1638 Alan1705 Lezgin1780 Abkhaz1788 Mingrelian1788 Ossetin1788 Abaza1823 Lezgi1828 Ainua1837 Adyghe1847 Ossetic1850 Ossetian1854 Svanetian1854 Abkhazian1856 Avarian1875 Ossete1884 Ossetan1892 Kabardian1902 Gurian1932 society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > group dances Circassian circle1888 snake-dance1931 conga1935 palais glide1936 Big Apple1937 Madison1960 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 290 Scander..King of Georgia..by a Sarcashien Lady had 3 hopefull sonnes. a1791 J. Wesley Serm. in Wks. (1811) IX. 234 Bodies of Georgian, Circassian, Mengrelian Christians. 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 172 The personal beauty for which the modern Persians are noted is inherited from Circassian and Georgian concubines. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 788/2 The greatest stain upon the Circassian character was the custom of selling their children. 1888 R. Kipling Daughter of Regiment in Plain Tales from Hills 174 A gentleman who doesn't know the Circassian Circle ought not to stand up for it. 1920 Blackwood Mag. Aug. 153/2 A troop of some thirty Circassian horsemen. 1963 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times II. 109 At the dancing-class..the thrill of meeting Clive and taking her hand for a moment or two in the peregrinations of the Circassian circle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1555
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