Gambliann.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɡamblɪən/, U.S.

/ˈɡæmbliən/

Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Gamble's Cave , Gamble's Drift , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < Gamble (in the names of Gamble's Cave and Gamble's Drift, geographical features near Elmenteita in the Rift Valley, Kenya: compare quot. 1931) + -ian suffix.

Geology. Now rare.

A. n.

An East African pluvial period of the Pleistocene, preceding the Makalian.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > quaternary > specific

recent1833

Pleistocene1852

Holocene1914

Gamblian1929

Flandrian1968

1929 L. S. B. Leakey & J. D. Solomon in Nature 6 July 9/1 In order to avoid the use of ordinals in referring to the Pluvial periods, we have proposed the following nomenclature... [table] Old Name... 2nd Pluvial... New Name... Gamblian.

1931 J. D. Solomon in L. S. B. Leakey Stone Age Cultures Kenya Colony 246 The term ‘Gamblian’ is derived form Gamble's Cave and Gamble's Drift, Elmenteita, the most important exposure of deposits of this period.

1960 C. B. M. McBurney Stone Age Northern Afr. i. 58 In Leakey's conception this culture would have flourished parallel to the blade-industry up to the end of the Gamblian.

B. adj.

Designating this period; of or relating to this period.

ΚΠ

1929 Nature 14 Sept. 414/1 An extinct water buffalo of Gamblian date.

1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. ii. 45 During the Gamblian Pluvial proper human culture passed into the Middle Stone Age.

2008 P. Giresse Trop. & Sub-trop. West Afr. 323/2 The Gamblian Pluvial owes its distinctive appearance to the fact that it shows various evidences of a warm and wet climate.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gamblian
释义	Gambliann.adj. Brit. /ˈɡamblɪən/, U.S. /ˈɡæmbliən/ Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Gamble's Cave , Gamble's Drift , -ian suffix. Etymology: < Gamble (in the names of Gamble's Cave and Gamble's Drift, geographical features near Elmenteita in the Rift Valley, Kenya: compare quot. 1931) + -ian suffix. Geology. Now rare. A. n. An East African pluvial period of the Pleistocene, preceding the Makalian. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > quaternary > specific recent1833 Pleistocene1852 Holocene1914 Gamblian1929 Flandrian1968 1929 L. S. B. Leakey & J. D. Solomon in Nature 6 July 9/1 In order to avoid the use of ordinals in referring to the Pluvial periods, we have proposed the following nomenclature... [table] Old Name... 2nd Pluvial... New Name... Gamblian. 1931 J. D. Solomon in L. S. B. Leakey Stone Age Cultures Kenya Colony 246 The term ‘Gamblian’ is derived form Gamble's Cave and Gamble's Drift, Elmenteita, the most important exposure of deposits of this period. 1960 C. B. M. McBurney Stone Age Northern Afr. i. 58 In Leakey's conception this culture would have flourished parallel to the blade-industry up to the end of the Gamblian. B. adj. Designating this period; of or relating to this period. ΚΠ 1929 Nature 14 Sept. 414/1 An extinct water buffalo of Gamblian date. 1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. ii. 45 During the Gamblian Pluvial proper human culture passed into the Middle Stone Age. 2008 P. Giresse Trop. & Sub-trop. West Afr. 323/2 The Gamblian Pluvial owes its distinctive appearance to the fact that it shows various evidences of a warm and wet climate. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1929
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