单词 | enchorial |
释义 | enchorialadj. That belongs to, or is used in, a particular country: a. Used (after Greek ἐγχώρια γράμματα, occurring on the Rosetta stone) as the distinctive epithet of the popular (as distinguished from the hieroglyphic and the hieratic) form of the ancient Egyptian written character; in technical use now commonly superseded by demotic n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > of specific languages > Egyptian epistolographic1669 hieratic1669 epistolic1670 demotic1822 enchorial1822 1822 Q. Rev. 28 189 A close comparison of the enchorial or demotic character with the corresponding Greek on the Rosetta stone. b. In general sense (somewhat rare.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] countryc1384 epichorial1833 enchorial1864 1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. III. 98 The name..transmitted by the enchorial tradition..is clearly Teutonic. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 June 4/2 That indescribable enchorial something which is British and not Netherlandish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1822 |
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