Alicianadj.

Brit.

/əˈlɪsɪən/,

/əˈlɪʃ(ɪ)ən/,

/əˈlɪʃn/, U.S.

/əˈlɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Alice , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Alice, the heroine of two books by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (see Alice n.¹) + -ian suffix.

Resembling or characteristic of the character Alice (see Alice n.¹) or the books in which she appears; fantastical, absurd, illogical. Cf. Alice-in-Wonderland adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective] > of fanciful nature

feigned1526

fantasticala1546

conceited1588

capricious1594

fanatical1598

vaporous1605

chimerical1638

chimeric1655

lymphatical1678

chimerian1682

wild goose1770

visionary1777

whimmy1785

whimming1787

Laputan1866

viewy1866

Alice1872

Alice-in-Wonderland1874

fantasied1882

Alician1898

blue-sky1920

pie in the sky1930

rocambolesque1935

1898 Standard 5 Dec. 3/4 A letter [from ‘Lewis Carroll’ (C. L. Dodgson)] to Miss Gertrude Chataway is highly Alician.

1916 I. Zangwill War for World 204 The most cursory examination of history reveals it as a Wonderland truly Alician.

1959 Ada (Oklahoma) 9 July 4/1 Things are apt to reach the Alician state of ‘curiouser and curiouser’.

2006 Observer 19 Nov. (Review section) 20/3 They go into..an Alician looking-glass and, in an alternative Paris, enter a film within a film based on two Henry James stories.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alician
释义	Alicianadj. Brit. /əˈlɪsɪən/, /əˈlɪʃ(ɪ)ən/, /əˈlɪʃn/, U.S. /əˈlɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Alice , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of Alice, the heroine of two books by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (see Alice n.¹) + -ian suffix. Resembling or characteristic of the character Alice (see Alice n.¹) or the books in which she appears; fantastical, absurd, illogical. Cf. Alice-in-Wonderland adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective] > of fanciful nature feigned1526 fantasticala1546 conceited1588 capricious1594 fanatical1598 vaporous1605 chimerical1638 chimeric1655 lymphatical1678 chimerian1682 wild goose1770 visionary1777 whimmy1785 whimming1787 Laputan1866 viewy1866 Alice1872 Alice-in-Wonderland1874 fantasied1882 Alician1898 blue-sky1920 pie in the sky1930 rocambolesque1935 1898 Standard 5 Dec. 3/4 A letter [from ‘Lewis Carroll’ (C. L. Dodgson)] to Miss Gertrude Chataway is highly Alician. 1916 I. Zangwill War for World 204 The most cursory examination of history reveals it as a Wonderland truly Alician. 1959 Ada (Oklahoma) 9 July 4/1 Things are apt to reach the Alician state of ‘curiouser and curiouser’. 2006 Observer 19 Nov. (Review section) 20/3 They go into..an Alician looking-glass and, in an alternative Paris, enter a film within a film based on two Henry James stories. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1898
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