Amphisciann.

Brit.

/amˈfɪʃɪən/, U.S.

/æmˈ(p)fɪʃiən/

Forms:

α. 1500s– Amphiscian, 1600s Amphiskian, 1600s Amphyscian.

β. 1600s Amphiscean.

Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Amphiscii , -an suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Amphiscii Amphiscii n. + -an suffix; compare -ian suffix. Compare earlier Amphiscii n. Compare also Heteroscian n. and periscian n.In quot. 1594 after Middle French Amphiscien (1575 in the passage translated). With the β. forms compare -ean suffix.

Now rare (poetic and literary in later use).

An inhabitant or native of the tropics. Cf. Amphiscii n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of torrid zone

Amphiscian1594

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course f. 9b Amphiscians [Fr. Amphisciens] are they which haue their shadowes on both sides of them, Northward and Southward; such as are the inhabitants betweene the two Tropickes, and vnder the Equinoctial; as the Ethiopians, Arabians, and Indians.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Amphyscians [1672 Amphiskians] such people as live under the burning zone, near the equinoctial line.

1797 M. Bryan Compend. Syst. Astron. iii. 91 The people inhabiting the parallels to the equator,..within the torrid zone, are called Amphiscians, from Amphiscii, which signifies about and shadow, because these people have their shadow at noon on opposite sides of them.

1910 ‘B. L. Putnam Weale’ Confl. of Colour iii. 210 It has been too long held that amphiscians, together with those whose colour causes them to be wrongly classified as such, are different from other men.

2005 M. Leggott Milk & Honey 20 We have been Amphiscians here Inhabitants of tropics whose shadows Fall at one time northward At another time south.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amphiscian
释义	Amphisciann. Brit. /amˈfɪʃɪən/, U.S. /æmˈ(p)fɪʃiən/ Forms: α. 1500s– Amphiscian, 1600s Amphiskian, 1600s Amphyscian. β. 1600s Amphiscean. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Amphiscii , -an suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Amphiscii Amphiscii n. + -an suffix; compare -ian suffix. Compare earlier Amphiscii n. Compare also Heteroscian n. and periscian n.In quot. 1594 after Middle French Amphiscien (1575 in the passage translated). With the β. forms compare -ean suffix. Now rare (poetic and literary in later use). An inhabitant or native of the tropics. Cf. Amphiscii n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of torrid zone Amphiscian1594 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course f. 9b Amphiscians [Fr. Amphisciens] are they which haue their shadowes on both sides of them, Northward and Southward; such as are the inhabitants betweene the two Tropickes, and vnder the Equinoctial; as the Ethiopians, Arabians, and Indians. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Amphyscians [1672 Amphiskians] such people as live under the burning zone, near the equinoctial line. 1797 M. Bryan Compend. Syst. Astron. iii. 91 The people inhabiting the parallels to the equator,..within the torrid zone, are called Amphiscians, from Amphiscii, which signifies about and shadow, because these people have their shadow at noon on opposite sides of them. 1910 ‘B. L. Putnam Weale’ Confl. of Colour iii. 210 It has been too long held that amphiscians, together with those whose colour causes them to be wrongly classified as such, are different from other men. 2005 M. Leggott Milk & Honey 20 We have been Amphiscians here Inhabitants of tropics whose shadows Fall at one time northward At another time south. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1594
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