dromedaryn.

/ˈdrɒmɪdəri/

/ˈdrʌmɪdəri/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s dromodarye, dromodarie ( dromounday), Middle English dromadayr, dromyder, drowmondere, dromond-, dromydary, ( drombodary), Middle English–1600s dromadary, 1500s dromedare, dromeder, dromunder, drumbledarie, drumbledary, drummi-, dromeldory, 1600s dromidore, dromderrie, dromidary, dromodary.

Etymology: < Old French dromedaire (modern French dromadaire ), late Latin dromedārius (Vulgate, Isa. lx. 6) for *dromadārius (sc. camēlus ), < dromas , dromad-em dromedary, < Greek δρομάς , δρομάδα , running, runner + Latin suffix -ārius : see -ary suffix¹.The drumble- , dromel- forms are due to popular association with vernacular words in drumble- comb. form.

1. A light and fleet breed of the camel, specially reared and trained for riding. See camel n.Usually of the Arabian or one-humped camel, but the Bactrian camel may also be improved into a Dromedary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Camelus > camelus dromedarius (dromedary)

dromedary13..

dromedc1380

hygeen1600

Arabian camel1607

mehari1738

deloul1855

Sherari1888

13.. K. Alis. 3407 Olifans and camailes, Dromedaries.

c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (1898) 111 Right swyft as dromyders.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. lx. 6 The lederis of dromedis [1382 dromedaries] of Madian and Effa.

c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 638 Hic dromedarius, a drowmondere.

c1500 Melusine (1895) xxxvi. 274 Thenne came a trucheman mounted vpon a dromadary.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6207 Two dromondarys drowe hit [a chariot], dressit þerfore.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ii^v/1 A Drumbledarie, Dromedarius.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. H4 Ryding vpon a Dromedare on hie, Of stature huge, and horrible of hew.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 298 A Dromidore, and Camel differ much in quality, but not in quantity, being of one height, bredth, and length..the Dromidory..will ride above 80 miles in the day.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. lxv The Camels and Dromedaries of a Caravan.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. lii. 271 Mounted on dromedaries, they crossed the desert.

†2. = dromond n. Obsolete. [Late Latin had dromeda also as the name of a sailing vessel: ‘Lembus est genus naviculæ quas Dromedas dicimus’, Fulgentius, Super Serm. Antiq. (c550).]

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > types of vessel used for war trade > [noun]

dromond13..

hagboat1353

cog1373

cog ship1376

carrackc1386

dromedary?c1475

galleon1529

drumbler1598

hag1725

CAM1943

?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 818 With lxxx shippes of large towre, With dromedarys of great honour.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cxciv. 171 He and his companye robbed two dromondes [1520 dromedaryes] besyde sandwyche.

1568 C. Watson tr. Polybius Hystories f. 66^v They looked for taking certaine of their dromundaries, costed into a creek adjoining.

†3. A stupid, bungling fellow. Obsolete. Cf. drumble-dore n. at drumble- comb. form .

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun]

mafflardc1450

juffler15..

dromedary1567

madbrain1570

batie buma1586

addle-head1592

blunderkin1596

nit1598

addle-pate1601

hash1655

blunderbuss1692

blunderhead1692

shaffles1703

fog-pate1732

blunderer1741

puzzle-pate1761

slouch1767

étourdi1768

botch1769

puddle1782

bumble1789

scatter-brain1790

addle-brain1799

puzzle-head1815

shaffler1828

chowderhead1833

muddlehead1833

muddler1833

flounderer1836

duffer1842

muddle-pate1844

plug1848

incompetent1866

schlemiel1868

dinlo1873

drumble-dore1881

hodmandod1881

dub1887

prune1895

foozler1896

bollock1916

messer1926

Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942

spaz1965

spastic1981

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Bij Because Democrites iudgd art To be more basse then witte, Therefore those drummidories seeke So sleightlie after it.

1597 Pilgrimage Parnassus ii. 217 An old Stigmatick, an ould sober Dromeder.

1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry ii. sig. E2^v A soule-lesse Dromodary.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Dromedary, a Thief or Rogue...You are a purple Dromedary..You are a Bungler or a dull Fellow at thieving.

1785 in F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue

Compounds

attributive, as dromedary camel, dromedary corps, dromedary hump.

ΚΠ

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. v. f. 75 Dromedary camels that were wounderfull swift.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 739 [He] had scaped..flying vpon a drumbledary cammell.

1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. vii. 301 He moved against them with the third cavalry, the dromedary corps, and two companies of infantry.

1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley III. v. 73 The dromedary humps of certain hills.

Derivatives

dromeˈdarian adj. and n. (a) adj. of the nature of a dromedary; (b) n. a rider on a dromedary.

ΚΠ

1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. xii. 20 On his Dromedarian Brute.

1877 Daily Tel. 7 Nov. Ridden by dromedarians in Egyptian costume.

ˈdromedarist n. Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. ix. 132 Mohham′mad Ib′n Ka′mil the Dromedarist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dromedary
释义	dromedaryn. /ˈdrɒmɪdəri//ˈdrʌmɪdəri/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s dromodarye, dromodarie ( dromounday), Middle English dromadayr, dromyder, drowmondere, dromond-, dromydary, ( drombodary), Middle English–1600s dromadary, 1500s dromedare, dromeder, dromunder, drumbledarie, drumbledary, drummi-, dromeldory, 1600s dromidore, dromderrie, dromidary, dromodary. Etymology: < Old French dromedaire (modern French dromadaire ), late Latin dromedārius (Vulgate, Isa. lx. 6) for dromadārius (sc. camēlus* ), < dromas , dromad-em dromedary, < Greek δρομάς , δρομάδα , running, runner + Latin suffix -ārius : see -ary suffix¹.The drumble- , dromel- forms are due to popular association with vernacular words in drumble- comb. form. 1. A light and fleet breed of the camel, specially reared and trained for riding. See camel n.Usually of the Arabian or one-humped camel, but the Bactrian camel may also be improved into a Dromedary. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Camelus > camelus dromedarius (dromedary) dromedary13.. dromedc1380 hygeen1600 Arabian camel1607 mehari1738 deloul1855 Sherari1888 13.. K. Alis. 3407 Olifans and camailes, Dromedaries. c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (1898) 111 Right swyft as dromyders. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. lx. 6 The lederis of dromedis [1382 dromedaries] of Madian and Effa. c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 638 Hic dromedarius, a drowmondere. c1500 Melusine (1895) xxxvi. 274 Thenne came a trucheman mounted vpon a dromadary. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6207 Two dromondarys drowe hit [a chariot], dressit þerfore. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ii^v/1 A Drumbledarie, Dromedarius. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. H4 Ryding vpon a Dromedare on hie, Of stature huge, and horrible of hew. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 298 A Dromidore, and Camel differ much in quality, but not in quantity, being of one height, bredth, and length..the Dromidory..will ride above 80 miles in the day. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. lxv The Camels and Dromedaries of a Caravan. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. lii. 271 Mounted on dromedaries, they crossed the desert. †2. = dromond n. Obsolete. [Late Latin had dromeda also as the name of a sailing vessel: ‘Lembus est genus naviculæ quas Dromedas dicimus’, Fulgentius, Super Serm. Antiq. (c550).] ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > types of vessel used for war trade > [noun] dromond13.. hagboat1353 cog1373 cog ship1376 carrackc1386 dromedary?c1475 galleon1529 drumbler1598 hag1725 CAM1943 ?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 818 With lxxx shippes of large towre, With dromedarys of great honour. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cxciv. 171 He and his companye robbed two dromondes [1520 dromedaryes] besyde sandwyche. 1568 C. Watson tr. Polybius Hystories f. 66^v They looked for taking certaine of their dromundaries, costed into a creek adjoining. †3. A stupid, bungling fellow. Obsolete. Cf. drumble-dore n. at drumble- comb. form . ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun] mafflardc1450 juffler15.. dromedary1567 madbrain1570 batie buma1586 addle-head1592 blunderkin1596 nit1598 addle-pate1601 hash1655 blunderbuss1692 blunderhead1692 shaffles1703 fog-pate1732 blunderer1741 puzzle-pate1761 slouch1767 étourdi1768 botch1769 puddle1782 bumble1789 scatter-brain1790 addle-brain1799 puzzle-head1815 shaffler1828 chowderhead1833 muddlehead1833 muddler1833 flounderer1836 duffer1842 muddle-pate1844 plug1848 incompetent1866 schlemiel1868 dinlo1873 drumble-dore1881 hodmandod1881 dub1887 prune1895 foozler1896 bollock1916 messer1926 Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942 spaz1965 spastic1981 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Bij Because Democrites iudgd art To be more basse then witte, Therefore those drummidories seeke So sleightlie after it. 1597 Pilgrimage Parnassus ii. 217 An old Stigmatick, an ould sober Dromeder. 1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry ii. sig. E2^v A soule-lesse Dromodary. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Dromedary, a Thief or Rogue...You are a purple Dromedary..You are a Bungler or a dull Fellow at thieving. 1785 in F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Compounds attributive, as dromedary camel, dromedary corps, dromedary hump. ΚΠ 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. v. f. 75 Dromedary camels that were wounderfull swift. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 739 [He] had scaped..flying vpon a drumbledary cammell. 1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. vii. 301 He moved against them with the third cavalry, the dromedary corps, and two companies of infantry. 1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley III. v. 73 The dromedary humps of certain hills. Derivatives dromeˈdarian adj. and n. (a) adj. of the nature of a dromedary; (b) n. a rider on a dromedary. ΚΠ 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. xii. 20 On his Dromedarian Brute. 1877 Daily Tel. 7 Nov. Ridden by dromedarians in Egyptian costume. ˈdromedarist n. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. ix. 132 Mohham′mad Ib′n Ka′mil the Dromedarist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.13..
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