argentineadj.¹n.¹

/ˈɑːdʒəntʌɪn/

Etymology: < French argentin, < Latin argentīnus of silver.

A. adj.¹

1. Of, made of, or containing silver.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > silver > made of silver

silvernc888

silver1032

argentinea1538

a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. B.j^v An antick deaurate with letters argentine.

1791 Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 353 Argentine spicula were seen in the larger grains.

1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) xxiv. 224 The property of blackening argentine salts.

2. Silvery.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > silvery

whiteOE

silverc1405

silverish1530

argentine1578

argenta1593

silver-coloured1594

silver-white1598

silver-like1611

silvery1611

argenteous1881

silvern1885

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 526 Argentine, or Siluer Thistel.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xxi. 236 Celestiall Dian, Goddesse Argentine .

1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man I. iii. 46 The meanest sounds that pampered mine ear have been argentine.

1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt II. 35 The argentine raiment which the moon..had thrown over Karnak.

B. n.¹

1. Silver, or a material simulating it:

a. ? Wrought silver, silver filagree.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > art of working in silver > wrought silver

argentine1587

argentry1642

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 857/1 Images of sore and terrible countenances, all armed in curious worke of argentine.

Thesaurus »

Categories »

b. Imitation silver, electroplate.

c. The silvery lamellæ on the scales of fish, used in the manufacture of artificial pearls.

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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > scales or parts of

mails1484

fish-scalea1661

argentine1839

isopedine1907

1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 972/1 The material which gives this metallic lustre to the scales of Fishes, known in commerce under the name of ‘Argentine.’

1848 M. W. Savage Bachelor of Albany xi. 111 The argentine and albata did their best to look silvery.

2. Zoology. A genus of small fishes, of the family Salmonidæ, with very silvery scales: see A. 1. Also applied by Pennant to the Scopelus Pennanti or Humboldtii, now called the Pearlside.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Argentine

argentine1769

1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 276 The Argentine..is a small fish of a slender form.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 285 Shoals of argentine are consumed annually in this commerce.

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†3. Herbalism. The Silver-weed ( Potentilla anserina), Gerard, 1597; Withering. Argentine Thistle, the Cotton Thistle ( Onopordium Acanthium) Lyte, 1578.

4. Mineralogy. Slate-spar (Humble Dict. Geol.).

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > hexagonal > calcite > varieties

alabasterc1384

agarica1400

alabastrites1582

alabastrite1592

Iceland crystal1673

agaric mineral1728

milk of the moon1728

Iceland spar1771

argentine1795

rock milk1804

slate-spar1804

schieferspar1807

calc-spar1822

wonderstone1824

manganocalcite1852

neotype1854

hislopite1859

aphrite1868

thinolite1879

moonmilk1885

vaterite1913

micrite1959

1795 in R. Kirwan Elem. Mineral.

1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 678 Argentine..a pearly lamellar calcite..colour white, grayish, yellowish, or reddish.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

Argentineadj.²n.²

/ˈɑːdʒəntʌɪn/

Etymology: < Spanish Argentina: see definition.

A. adj.²

Of or belonging to Argentina, the federal republic (República or Confederación Argentina) which occupies the greater part of the southern end of South America, and is named from the Rio de la Plata (Spanish plata silver).

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [adjective] > South America > specific parts > Argentina

Argentine1830

1830 Ann. Reg. 1829 xii. 243/1 As to the confederation which formed the Argentine republic,..the different provinces had their armies in the field, and were fighting equally bitterly against each other.

1834 Penny Cycl. II. 308/2 Argentine republic.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 488/2 Along the Argentine slopes of the Andes.

1891 T. Child Spanish-Amer. Republics 280 The Argentine love of showy novelties.

1917 G. Ross Argentina & Uruguay 46 According to Argentine Law, all children born on Argentine soil are ipso facto Argentines.

1920 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 334 No two Argentine horses are of the same mind for more than a few seconds at a time.

B. n.²

1. A native or inhabitant of Argentina. Also, a horse or pony of a breed peculiar to Argentina.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Argentina

Argentine1829

Argentinian1918

Argentino1920

Argie1982

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds

Frison?a1400

jennet1463

garron1540

Galloway1598

ghoonta1613

Goonhilly1640

forester1712

yabu1753

Highland pony1768

Narragansett pacer1777

Suffolk punch1784

Nubian1790

Cleveland bay1796

cob1818

Conestoga1824

marsh tacky1826

Narragansett1826

Russian pony1829

Clydesdale1831

Turkoman1831

Morgan1841

tarpan1841

Waler1849

Percheron1855

Canuck1860

Anglo-Arabian1864

Anglo-Arab1869

Belgium1878

Palouse1881

standardbred1888

Belgium draught horse1889

saddlebred1891

Timor pony1895

Haflinger1899

Argentine1901

Belgian1907

palomino1914

Appaloosa1924

Trakehner1926

Lipizzaner1928

Tennessee walking horse1938

Bhotia1939

cremello1944

Akhal-Teke1947

Palouse horse1947

Tennessee walker1960

Falabella1977

1829 Ann. Reg. 1828 Chron. 432/1 An intrepid chief, with a handful of Argentines, has recovered our old possessions.

1860 Chambers's Encycl. I. 388/2 The Banda Oriental has been a bone of contention between the Brazilians and the Argentines.

1891 T. Child Spanish-Amer. Republics 275 In all that concerns civilization, the Argentines look up to the French.

1893 C. E. Akers Argentine, Patagonian & Chilian Sketches 42 In very rare cases is an Argentine found doing anything that requires severe physical exertion.

1901 R. Kipling Five Nations (1903) 163 Atop of a sore-backed Argentine.

2. the Argentine, Argentina.Argentina is now the preferred form.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [noun] > Argentina

the Argentine1891

1891 T. Child Spanish-Amer. Republics 276 In the Argentine and in Uruguay.

1891 T. Child Spanish-Amer. Republics 279 The auctioneer..is a great personage in the Argentine.

Compounds

Argentine ant n. a small brown South American ant, Iridomyrmex humilis, which has been introduced into and become a household and orchard pest in parts of the United States, South Africa, and elsewhere.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > member of genus Irydomyrmex > iridomyrmex humilis or Argentine ant

Argentine ant1908

1908 C. W. Woodworth in California Agric. Exper. Station Circular No. 38. p. 1 (title) The Argentine Ant in California.

1948 F. Wightman Wind is Free (1949) vii. 105 Like the Argentine ant in South Africa, the white ant appeared suddenly on the island and now is attacking everything.

Derivatives

Argentinian adj. and n.

/ɑːdʒənˈtɪnɪən/ (a) adj. belonging to Argentina; (b) n. = sense B. 1.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Argentina

Argentine1829

Argentinian1918

Argentino1920

Argie1982

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [adjective] > Argentina

Argentinian1918

Argie1982

1918 C. B. Jordan tr. V. B. Ibáñez Four Horsemen of Apocalypse (1919) i. i I am an Argentinian citizen.

1918 C. B. Jordan tr. V. B. Ibáñez Four Horsemen of Apocalypse (1919) i. i She was speaking alone to the Argentinian.

Argentino n.

/ɑːdʒɛnˈtiːnəʊ/ a native of Argentina.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Argentina

Argentine1829

Argentinian1918

Argentino1920

Argie1982

1920 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 335 The work of the Texans was neat and expeditious, that of the Argentiños clumsy and slow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	argentine
释义	argentineadj.¹n.¹ /ˈɑːdʒəntʌɪn/ Etymology: < French argentin, < Latin argentīnus of silver. A. adj.¹ 1. Of, made of, or containing silver. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > silver > made of silver silvernc888 silver1032 argentinea1538 a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. B.j^v An antick deaurate with letters argentine. 1791 Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 353 Argentine spicula were seen in the larger grains. 1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) xxiv. 224 The property of blackening argentine salts. 2. Silvery. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > silvery whiteOE silverc1405 silverish1530 argentine1578 argenta1593 silver-coloured1594 silver-white1598 silver-like1611 silvery1611 argenteous1881 silvern1885 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 526 Argentine, or Siluer Thistel. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xxi. 236 Celestiall Dian, Goddesse Argentine . View more context for this quotation 1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man I. iii. 46 The meanest sounds that pampered mine ear have been argentine. 1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt II. 35 The argentine raiment which the moon..had thrown over Karnak. B. n.¹ 1. Silver, or a material simulating it: a. ? Wrought silver, silver filagree. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > art of working in silver > wrought silver argentine1587 argentry1642 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 857/1 Images of sore and terrible countenances, all armed in curious worke of argentine. Thesaurus » Categories » b. Imitation silver, electroplate. c. The silvery lamellæ on the scales of fish, used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > scales or parts of mails1484 fish-scalea1661 argentine1839 isopedine1907 1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 972/1 The material which gives this metallic lustre to the scales of Fishes, known in commerce under the name of ‘Argentine.’ 1848 M. W. Savage Bachelor of Albany xi. 111 The argentine and albata did their best to look silvery. 2. Zoology. A genus of small fishes, of the family Salmonidæ, with very silvery scales: see A. 1. Also applied by Pennant to the Scopelus Pennanti or Humboldtii, now called the Pearlside. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Argentine argentine1769 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 276 The Argentine..is a small fish of a slender form. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 285 Shoals of argentine are consumed annually in this commerce. Categories » †3. Herbalism. The Silver-weed ( Potentilla anserina), Gerard, 1597; Withering. Argentine Thistle, the Cotton Thistle ( Onopordium Acanthium) Lyte, 1578. 4. Mineralogy. Slate-spar (Humble Dict. Geol.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > hexagonal > calcite > varieties alabasterc1384 agarica1400 alabastrites1582 alabastrite1592 Iceland crystal1673 agaric mineral1728 milk of the moon1728 Iceland spar1771 argentine1795 rock milk1804 slate-spar1804 schieferspar1807 calc-spar1822 wonderstone1824 manganocalcite1852 neotype1854 hislopite1859 aphrite1868 thinolite1879 moonmilk1885 vaterite1913 micrite1959 1795 in R. Kirwan Elem. Mineral. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 678 Argentine..a pearly lamellar calcite..colour white, grayish, yellowish, or reddish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). Argentineadj.²n.² /ˈɑːdʒəntʌɪn/ Etymology: < Spanish Argentina: see definition. A. adj.² Of or belonging to Argentina, the federal republic (República or Confederación Argentina) which occupies the greater part of the southern end of South America, and is named from the Rio de la Plata (Spanish plata silver). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [adjective] > South America > specific parts > Argentina Argentine1830 1830 Ann. Reg. 1829 xii. 243/1 As to the confederation which formed the Argentine republic,..the different provinces had their armies in the field, and were fighting equally bitterly against each other. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 308/2 Argentine republic. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 488/2 Along the Argentine slopes of the Andes. 1891 T. Child Spanish-Amer. Republics 280 The Argentine love of showy novelties. 1917 G. Ross Argentina & Uruguay 46 According to Argentine Law, all children born on Argentine soil are ipso facto Argentines. 1920 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 334 No two Argentine horses are of the same mind for more than a few seconds at a time. B. n.² 1. A native or inhabitant of Argentina. Also, a horse or pony of a breed peculiar to Argentina. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Argentina Argentine1829 Argentinian1918 Argentino1920 Argie1982 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds Frison?a1400 jennet1463 garron1540 Galloway1598 ghoonta1613 Goonhilly1640 forester1712 yabu1753 Highland pony1768 Narragansett pacer1777 Suffolk punch1784 Nubian1790 Cleveland bay1796 cob1818 Conestoga1824 marsh tacky1826 Narragansett1826 Russian pony1829 Clydesdale1831 Turkoman1831 Morgan1841 tarpan1841 Waler1849 Percheron1855 Canuck1860 Anglo-Arabian1864 Anglo-Arab1869 Belgium1878 Palouse1881 standardbred1888 Belgium draught horse1889 saddlebred1891 Timor pony1895 Haflinger1899 Argentine1901 Belgian1907 palomino1914 Appaloosa1924 Trakehner1926 Lipizzaner1928 Tennessee walking horse1938 Bhotia1939 cremello1944 Akhal-Teke1947 Palouse horse1947 Tennessee walker1960 Falabella1977 1829 Ann. Reg. 1828 Chron. 432/1 An intrepid chief, with a handful of Argentines, has recovered our old possessions. 1860 Chambers's Encycl. I. 388/2 The Banda Oriental has been a bone of contention between the Brazilians and the Argentines. 1891 T. Child Spanish-Amer. Republics 275 In all that concerns civilization, the Argentines look up to the French. 1893 C. E. Akers Argentine, Patagonian & Chilian Sketches 42 In very rare cases is an Argentine found doing anything that requires severe physical exertion. 1901 R. Kipling Five Nations (1903) 163 Atop of a sore-backed Argentine. 2. the Argentine, Argentina.Argentina is now the preferred form. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [noun] > Argentina the Argentine1891 1891 T. Child Spanish-Amer. Republics 276 In the Argentine and in Uruguay. 1891 T. Child Spanish-Amer. Republics 279 The auctioneer..is a great personage in the Argentine. Compounds Argentine ant n. a small brown South American ant, Iridomyrmex humilis, which has been introduced into and become a household and orchard pest in parts of the United States, South Africa, and elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > member of genus Irydomyrmex > iridomyrmex humilis or Argentine ant Argentine ant1908 1908 C. W. Woodworth in California Agric. Exper. Station Circular No. 38. p. 1 (title) The Argentine Ant in California. 1948 F. Wightman Wind is Free (1949) vii. 105 Like the Argentine ant in South Africa, the white ant appeared suddenly on the island and now is attacking everything. Derivatives Argentinian adj. and n. /ɑːdʒənˈtɪnɪən/ (a) adj. belonging to Argentina; (b) n. = sense B. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Argentina Argentine1829 Argentinian1918 Argentino1920 Argie1982 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [adjective] > Argentina Argentinian1918 Argie1982 1918 C. B. Jordan tr. V. B. Ibáñez Four Horsemen of Apocalypse (1919) i. i I am an Argentinian citizen. 1918 C. B. Jordan tr. V. B. Ibáñez Four Horsemen of Apocalypse (1919) i. i She was speaking alone to the Argentinian. Argentino n. /ɑːdʒɛnˈtiːnəʊ/ a native of Argentina. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Argentina Argentine1829 Argentinian1918 Argentino1920 Argie1982 1920 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 335 The work of the Texans was neat and expeditious, that of the Argentiños clumsy and slow. 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