diademn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌɪədɛm/, U.S.

/ˈdaɪəˌdɛm/

Etymology: < French dyademe (13th cent. in Godefroy), modern French diadème, < Latin diadēma, Greek διάδημα band or fillet, esp. the regal fillet of Persian kings, adopted by Alexander of Macedon and his successors; < διαδεῖν to bind round, < δια- across, through + δεῖν to bind.

a. A crown; an ornamental cincture or covering for the head, worn as a symbol of honour, esp. of royal dignity. (In quot. c1290, applied to the aureola or crown of a martyr. Now chiefly poetic and rhetorical.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > crown

kine-helmOE

crownOE

diademc1290

garlandc1330

circlea1340

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the head > [noun] > coronet or circlet

mindOE

crownOE

diademc1290

coronalc1330

circlea1340

garland?a1366

coronaclea1400

crowneta1425

crownalc1443

chapleta1464

circlet1481

cronet1519

cronicle1569

graundcie1592

anadem1598

coronet1599

carcanet1602

frontlet1610

circuita1616

rosary1651

tiar1660

tiara1718

ferronière1831

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 167/2125 Al round it orn a-boute is heued, ase it were a dyademe.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. xii. 3 And lo! a greet reed dragoun, hauynge seuene heedes..and in the heedis of him seuen diademes.

1415 T. Hoccleve To Sir J. Oldcastle 232 O Constantyn..O cristen Emperour..Wel was byset on thee thy diadeeme!

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxix In habyte royal with scepter in hande and diademe on his hed.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 90 A vice of Kings..That from a shelfe the precious Diadem stole And put it in his pocket.

1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā 69 I wish to behold thee with the diadem on thy head.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 433 Many a gem Fit for a Sultan's diadem.

b. spec. A band or fillet of cloth, plain or adorned with jewels, worn round the head, originally by Persian monarchs, as a badge of royalty. (The original sense of the word in Greek and Latin.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > band worn round head

coronalc1330

diadem1579

fillet1688

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 557 He had sent her his Diadeame or royall bande, and called her by the name and title of Queene.

1656 A. Cowley Praise of Pindar in Pindaric Odes ii. Notes Diadems (which were used by the ancient Kings..for the mark of Royalty)..were Bindings of white Ribband about the Head, set and adorn'd with precious stones.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 388 Diocletian..ventured to assume the diadem..It was no more than a broad white fillet set with pearls, which encircled the emperor's head.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 226 (note) A diadem..this badge of Oriental autocracy—a purple silken fillet embroidered with pearls.

c. A wreath of leaves or flowers worn round the head.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the head > [noun] > coronet or circlet > chaplet, wreath, garland of flowers or leaves

gerlaundeschec1230

flower-garland1303

garland1303

baca1350

crownalc1443

aneusc1500

diadem1530

coronal1579

crants1592

coronet1600

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 213/2 Diademe of laurell, laureole.

1883 Myra's Jrnl. Dress & Fashion Sept. 418/2 Diadems of orange flowers have been more worn lately.

d. Heraldry. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > extra-scutal devices > [noun] > figure or device over shield and helmet > circle or rim enclosing crowns

diadem1728

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Diadem, in Heraldry, is applied to certain Circles, or Rims, serving to bind, or inclose the Crowns of Soveraign Princes; and to bear the Globe, and Cross, or the Flower de Lis, for their Crest.

1787 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry (ed. 4) Diadem..is now frequently used to signify the Circles, which close on the top of the Crowns of Sovereigns, and support the Mound.

2. figurative. The authority or dignity symbolized by a diadem; royal or imperial dignity, sovereignty; = crown n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > royal or princely authority

richeeOE

kingdomOE

richdomOE

crownc1175

principalityc1350

realtya1375

regala1375

majestyc1375

thronea1382

sceptre1382

principatec1384

sovereignty1387

regalya1393

diadema1400

regalty?a1400

rialtyc1400

royaltya1425

rialc1425

regalityc1450

rialnessc1450

sovereignityc1560

throneship1599

principatie1677

thronedom?1790

sceptredom1878

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22357 Þan sal he fare To iursalem..And yeild up þare his diademe.

a1400–50 Alexander 3240 Don aȝayne þe dignite, þe diademe of Pers, And all þe riȝtis of þi rewme resayue as before.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxiiii That the Erle of Richemond, should once attein to the Croune and diademe of the realme.

1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 10 Such things can not be seuered from the princely Diadem.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xviii. 348 A diadem could not..raise the personal character of the Protector.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 15 Old Dandolo Refused the diadem of all the Cæsars.

3. figurative. A distinction or adornment conferring glory or dignity, figured as a crown.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] > a source of credit or honour (to)

worshipeOE

honourc1325

glorya1382

diadem1526

credit1586

plume1605

honestation1629

reputation1653

a feather in the cap, hat1699

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bviii^v They shall receyue of the hande of god the crowne of glory and dyademe of honour.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 3 One of the fairest..Plumes in the triumphant Diademe of the Roman Empire.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 370 The name of Yankee was a reproach here; it was a diadem there.

4. transferred. Something that surmounts and adorns like a crown; a crowning ornament.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > crowning ornament

diadem1781

1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 82 The crescent moon, the diadem of night, Stars countless, each in his appointed place, Fast anchored.

1817 Ld. Byron Manfred i. i. 64 Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.

1845–75 Mackay Seven Angels of Lyre iii A rainbow is her diadem.

5. Short for diadem-monkey n. at Compounds 2.

6. Surgery. In Latin form diadema: a bandage for the head.

ΚΠ

1811 in R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.)

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as diadem-shaped adj.

ΚΠ

1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iii. v. 450 Diadem and coronet shaped ornaments.

C2.

diadem-lemur n. a species of Indris.

diadem-monkey n. Cercopithecus diadematus.

diadem-spider n. the garden spider, Epeira diadema.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > suborder Labidognatha or Dipneumones > miscellaneous types > epeira diadema (garden-spider)

garden spider1701

diadem-spider1854

cross-spider1883

1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 67 The large diadem spider, which spins so strong a web.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

diademv.

Etymology: < diadem n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdiadem.

transitive. To place a diadem upon; to adorn with or as with a diadem; to crown. Chiefly in past participle: cf. diademated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > as with a crown or helmet

crownc1225

diadem1362

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the head > [verb (transitive)] > to crown

diadem1362

instrophiate1592

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > other specific ornament

horn1421

knob1549

enjewel1659

diadem1738

thread1796

bechalka1800

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 268 Dauid schal ben dyademed and daunten hem alle.

1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 15 When diadem'd with Rays divine..Her Priestess Muse, forbids the Good to dye.

1772 W. Jones tr. Mesihi in Poems 109 And ev'ry stalk is diadem'd with flow'rs.

1826 H. H. Wilson tr. Uttara Ráma Cheritra 46 Hills, whose towering peaks Are diademed with clouds.

1858 J. M. Neale tr. Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix (1865) 13 The Judge that comes in mercy..To diadem the right.

Derivatives

diademed adj.

/ˈdaɪədɛmd/ wearing or adorned with a diadem; crowned.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [adjective] > relating to a crown or coronation > wearing a crown, crowned

crownedc1225

diademated1727

diademed1790

incoronate1867

incoronated1867

1790 J. Williams Shrove Tuesday (1794) 9 Where Despots diadem'd and toga'd stride.

1805 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 3 556 One of the three diademed princes.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 137 Is he not obeyed, worshipped after his sort, as all the Tiaraed and Diademed of the world..could not be?

1892 Athenæum 19 Mar. 380/1 Draped diademed bust of the empress.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	diadem
释义	diademn. Brit. /ˈdʌɪədɛm/, U.S. /ˈdaɪəˌdɛm/ Etymology: < French dyademe (13th cent. in Godefroy), modern French diadème, < Latin diadēma, Greek διάδημα band or fillet, esp. the regal fillet of Persian kings, adopted by Alexander of Macedon and his successors; < διαδεῖν to bind round, < δια- across, through + δεῖν to bind. 1. a. A crown; an ornamental cincture or covering for the head, worn as a symbol of honour, esp. of royal dignity. (In quot. c1290, applied to the aureola or crown of a martyr. Now chiefly poetic and rhetorical.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > crown kine-helmOE crownOE diademc1290 garlandc1330 circlea1340 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the head > [noun] > coronet or circlet mindOE crownOE diademc1290 coronalc1330 circlea1340 garland?a1366 coronaclea1400 crowneta1425 crownalc1443 chapleta1464 circlet1481 cronet1519 cronicle1569 graundcie1592 anadem1598 coronet1599 carcanet1602 frontlet1610 circuita1616 rosary1651 tiar1660 tiara1718 ferronière1831 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 167/2125 Al round it orn a-boute is heued, ase it were a dyademe. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. xii. 3 And lo! a greet reed dragoun, hauynge seuene heedes..and in the heedis of him seuen diademes. 1415 T. Hoccleve To Sir J. Oldcastle 232 O Constantyn..O cristen Emperour..Wel was byset on thee thy diadeeme! 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxix In habyte royal with scepter in hande and diademe on his hed. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 90 A vice of Kings..That from a shelfe the precious Diadem stole And put it in his pocket. View more context for this quotation 1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā 69 I wish to behold thee with the diadem on thy head. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 433 Many a gem Fit for a Sultan's diadem. b. spec. A band or fillet of cloth, plain or adorned with jewels, worn round the head, originally by Persian monarchs, as a badge of royalty. (The original sense of the word in Greek and Latin.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > band worn round head coronalc1330 diadem1579 fillet1688 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 557 He had sent her his Diadeame or royall bande, and called her by the name and title of Queene. 1656 A. Cowley Praise of Pindar in Pindaric Odes ii. Notes Diadems (which were used by the ancient Kings..for the mark of Royalty)..were Bindings of white Ribband about the Head, set and adorn'd with precious stones. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 388 Diocletian..ventured to assume the diadem..It was no more than a broad white fillet set with pearls, which encircled the emperor's head. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 226 (note) A diadem..this badge of Oriental autocracy—a purple silken fillet embroidered with pearls. c. A wreath of leaves or flowers worn round the head. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the head > [noun] > coronet or circlet > chaplet, wreath, garland of flowers or leaves gerlaundeschec1230 flower-garland1303 garland1303 baca1350 crownalc1443 aneusc1500 diadem1530 coronal1579 crants1592 coronet1600 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 213/2 Diademe of laurell, laureole. 1883 Myra's Jrnl. Dress & Fashion Sept. 418/2 Diadems of orange flowers have been more worn lately. d. Heraldry. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > extra-scutal devices > [noun] > figure or device over shield and helmet > circle or rim enclosing crowns diadem1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Diadem, in Heraldry, is applied to certain Circles, or Rims, serving to bind, or inclose the Crowns of Soveraign Princes; and to bear the Globe, and Cross, or the Flower de Lis, for their Crest. 1787 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry (ed. 4) Diadem..is now frequently used to signify the Circles, which close on the top of the Crowns of Sovereigns, and support the Mound. 2. figurative. The authority or dignity symbolized by a diadem; royal or imperial dignity, sovereignty; = crown n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > royal or princely authority richeeOE kingdomOE richdomOE crownc1175 principalityc1350 realtya1375 regala1375 majestyc1375 thronea1382 sceptre1382 principatec1384 sovereignty1387 regalya1393 diadema1400 regalty?a1400 rialtyc1400 royaltya1425 rialc1425 regalityc1450 rialnessc1450 sovereignityc1560 throneship1599 principatie1677 thronedom?1790 sceptredom1878 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22357 Þan sal he fare To iursalem..And yeild up þare his diademe. a1400–50 Alexander 3240 Don aȝayne þe dignite, þe diademe of Pers, And all þe riȝtis of þi rewme resayue as before. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxiiii That the Erle of Richemond, should once attein to the Croune and diademe of the realme. 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 10 Such things can not be seuered from the princely Diadem. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xviii. 348 A diadem could not..raise the personal character of the Protector. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 15 Old Dandolo Refused the diadem of all the Cæsars. 3. figurative. A distinction or adornment conferring glory or dignity, figured as a crown. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] > a source of credit or honour (to) worshipeOE honourc1325 glorya1382 diadem1526 credit1586 plume1605 honestation1629 reputation1653 a feather in the cap, hat1699 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bviii^v They shall receyue of the hande of god the crowne of glory and dyademe of honour. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 3 One of the fairest..Plumes in the triumphant Diademe of the Roman Empire. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 370 The name of Yankee was a reproach here; it was a diadem there. 4. transferred. Something that surmounts and adorns like a crown; a crowning ornament. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > crowning ornament diadem1781 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 82 The crescent moon, the diadem of night, Stars countless, each in his appointed place, Fast anchored. 1817 Ld. Byron Manfred i. i. 64 Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. 1845–75 Mackay Seven Angels of Lyre iii A rainbow is her diadem. 5. Short for diadem-monkey n. at Compounds 2. 6. Surgery. In Latin form diadema: a bandage for the head. ΚΠ 1811 in R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as diadem-shaped adj. ΚΠ 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iii. v. 450 Diadem and coronet shaped ornaments. C2. diadem-lemur n. a species of Indris. diadem-monkey n. Cercopithecus diadematus. diadem-spider n. the garden spider, Epeira diadema. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > suborder Labidognatha or Dipneumones > miscellaneous types > epeira diadema (garden-spider) garden spider1701 diadem-spider1854 cross-spider1883 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 67 The large diadem spider, which spins so strong a web. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). diademv. Etymology: < diadem n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdiadem. transitive. To place a diadem upon; to adorn with or as with a diadem; to crown. Chiefly in past participle: cf. diademated adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > as with a crown or helmet crownc1225 diadem1362 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the head > [verb (transitive)] > to crown diadem1362 instrophiate1592 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > other specific ornament horn1421 knob1549 enjewel1659 diadem1738 thread1796 bechalka1800 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 268 Dauid schal ben dyademed and daunten hem alle. 1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 15 When diadem'd with Rays divine..Her Priestess Muse, forbids the Good to dye. 1772 W. Jones tr. Mesihi in Poems 109 And ev'ry stalk is diadem'd with flow'rs. 1826 H. H. Wilson tr. Uttara Ráma Cheritra 46 Hills, whose towering peaks Are diademed with clouds. 1858 J. M. Neale tr. Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix (1865) 13 The Judge that comes in mercy..To diadem the right. Derivatives diademed adj. /ˈdaɪədɛmd/ wearing or adorned with a diadem; crowned. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [adjective] > relating to a crown or coronation > wearing a crown, crowned crownedc1225 diademated1727 diademed1790 incoronate1867 incoronated1867 1790 J. Williams Shrove Tuesday (1794) 9 Where Despots diadem'd and toga'd stride. 1805 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 3 556 One of the three diademed princes. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 137 Is he not obeyed, worshipped after his sort, as all the Tiaraed and Diademed of the world..could not be? 1892 Athenæum 19 Mar. 380/1 Draped diademed bust of the empress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.c1290v.1362
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