Etoniann.adj.

Brit.

/iːˈtəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/iˈtoʊniən/

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

Etymology: < the name of Eton College (see Eton n.) + -ian suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Etonensis (1610 or earlier in British sources). Compare also post-classical Latin Etonia, denoting Eton College (1612 or earlier in British sources).

A. n.

A present or former pupil of Eton College (see Eton n.). Cf. Old Etonian n.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > pupil at specific school

Etonian1635

Paul's pigeona1661

Westmonasterian1677

Westminster1691

Rugbeian1714

Wykehamist1758

Wykhamite1828

Westminsterian1835

Marlburian1851

Shirburnian1859

Pauline1861

Harrovian1864

Salopian1866

Whitgiftian1880

1635 H. Wotton Let. 24 Nov. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 357 I shall give your Lordship in my next an account of your Etonians.

1769 A. B. Poyntz Je Ne Sçai Quoi p. v A poor Etonian, who..is still forced to pay cruelly for his own cruel means of punishment.

c1770 King George III in Etoniana v. 81 You were an Etonian.

1840 Evergreen June 311/2 Almost all the most distinguished men of the day were Etonians.

1872 W. Stebbing Some Verdicts Hist. Reviewed iv. 225 ‘The..puerile witticisms in this political nosegay̧’ had at first made him ascribe it to some precocious Etonian.

1919 E. V. Lucas Phantom Jrnl. 104 I found a really good confectioner's,..and, in the company of frozen Etonians not less greedy than I, ate little pots of jam.

1953 A. Cecil Queen Victoria & her Prime Ministers xii. 275 The young Etonian walked in the great park of Raby besides the eminent Hebrew statesman.

1958 S. Hyland Who goes Hang? xi. 54 He was an Etonian..and he made his jokes unsmilingly as a concession to the old school tie convention.

2011 Australian (Nexis) 7 June 14 He's an Etonian and an Oxford man, the kind of guy who fully expects to inherit an empire.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Eton College.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > place of education > school > [adjective] > specific schools

Wykehamica1711

Westminster1728

Etonian1749

Wykehamical1758

Pauline1831

Wykehamist1865

Wellingtonian1867

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. i. 6 O Learning..in thy favourite Fields, where the..Thames washes thy Etonian Banks.

1783 G. W. Lemon Eng. Etymol. at Who The Etonian and Westminster method of deriving a future from an aorist.

1841 Lady Stanley Let. in N. Mitford Ladies of Alderley (1938) 11 Etonian ways have no charm for him.

1883 J. Brinsley-Richards Seven Years at Eton 321 It held a quart of beer, and the ceremony of drinking out of it constituted an initiation into the higher circle of Etonian swelldom.

1931 T. H. Pear Voice & Personality 75 There is an Etonian voice, the soft cultured drawl.

1980 A. C. Danto Nietzsche as Philosopher (new ed.) 8 I can picture poor Mr. Robertson, riveted by an Etonian politeness to the conventions of the common-table.

2000 Observer 18 June 18/3 This cheery garment [sc. a Union Flag waistcoat]..is worn simply as one of the arcane perks of being an Etonian prefect.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	etonian
释义	Etoniann.adj. Brit. /iːˈtəʊnɪən/, U.S. /iˈtoʊniən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Eton , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of Eton College (see Eton n.) + -ian suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Etonensis (1610 or earlier in British sources). Compare also post-classical Latin Etonia, denoting Eton College (1612 or earlier in British sources). A. n. A present or former pupil of Eton College (see Eton n.). Cf. Old Etonian n. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > pupil at specific school Etonian1635 Paul's pigeona1661 Westmonasterian1677 Westminster1691 Rugbeian1714 Wykehamist1758 Wykhamite1828 Westminsterian1835 Marlburian1851 Shirburnian1859 Pauline1861 Harrovian1864 Salopian1866 Whitgiftian1880 1635 H. Wotton Let. 24 Nov. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 357 I shall give your Lordship in my next an account of your Etonians. 1769 A. B. Poyntz Je Ne Sçai Quoi p. v A poor Etonian, who..is still forced to pay cruelly for his own cruel means of punishment. c1770 King George III in Etoniana v. 81 You were an Etonian. 1840 Evergreen June 311/2 Almost all the most distinguished men of the day were Etonians. 1872 W. Stebbing Some Verdicts Hist. Reviewed iv. 225 ‘The..puerile witticisms in this political nosegay̧’ had at first made him ascribe it to some precocious Etonian. 1919 E. V. Lucas Phantom Jrnl. 104 I found a really good confectioner's,..and, in the company of frozen Etonians not less greedy than I, ate little pots of jam. 1953 A. Cecil Queen Victoria & her Prime Ministers xii. 275 The young Etonian walked in the great park of Raby besides the eminent Hebrew statesman. 1958 S. Hyland Who goes Hang? xi. 54 He was an Etonian..and he made his jokes unsmilingly as a concession to the old school tie convention. 2011 Australian (Nexis) 7 June 14 He's an Etonian and an Oxford man, the kind of guy who fully expects to inherit an empire. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Eton College. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [adjective] > specific schools Wykehamica1711 Westminster1728 Etonian1749 Wykehamical1758 Pauline1831 Wykehamist1865 Wellingtonian1867 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. i. 6 O Learning..in thy favourite Fields, where the..Thames washes thy Etonian Banks. 1783 G. W. Lemon Eng. Etymol. at Who The Etonian and Westminster method of deriving a future from an aorist. 1841 Lady Stanley Let. in N. Mitford Ladies of Alderley (1938) 11 Etonian ways have no charm for him. 1883 J. Brinsley-Richards Seven Years at Eton 321 It held a quart of beer, and the ceremony of drinking out of it constituted an initiation into the higher circle of Etonian swelldom. 1931 T. H. Pear Voice & Personality 75 There is an Etonian voice, the soft cultured drawl. 1980 A. C. Danto Nietzsche as Philosopher (new ed.) 8 I can picture poor Mr. Robertson, riveted by an Etonian politeness to the conventions of the common-table. 2000 Observer 18 June 18/3 This cheery garment [sc. a Union Flag waistcoat]..is worn simply as one of the arcane perks of being an Etonian prefect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1635
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