hippicadj.

Brit.

/ˈhɪpɪk/, U.S.

/ˈhɪpɪk/

Forms: 1800s hyppic, 1800s– hippic.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἱππικός.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἱππικός of a horse or horses, of riding or horsemanship, equestrian < ἵππος horse (see hippo- comb. form) + -ικός -ic suffix.Compare French hippique (1842).

Of or relating to horses or equestrianism.Also used humorously (esp. in the 19th cent.) to designate a horse-racing event.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [adjective]

horselyc1386

chevaline1550

horsy1591

equinal1609

caballine1712

hippian1758

equine1778

hippic1846

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [adjective]

hippian1758

turfy1843

hippic1846

1846 H. W. Torrens Remarks Uses Mil. Hist. 101 (note) A curious instance of the enduring nature of the hippic principle among original nomads.

1866 Let. 16 Aug. in Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs (1867) I. 447 We entered a pavilion, where Mr. Svertshkoff, the celebrated hyppic painter, has established his temporary atelier.

1871 Daily News 25 Aug. The hippic events of that cockney watering-place.

1885 Society in London 119 The other great hippic festivals of the year at Doncaster, at Stockbridge, and at Chester.

1903 Amer. Anthroplogist 5 138/1 Metamorphoses of witches into horses, sexual relations of witches with horses, hippic marks of their offspring, ride of the devil on ‘witch-horses’, [etc.].

1993 J. Meades Pompey (1994) 165 Plenty of roar from the power-horses, from the hidden hippic might.

2007 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 23 Feb. A rich and varied feast of Greek competitive feats, athletic, hippic and otherwise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hippic
释义	hippicadj. Brit. /ˈhɪpɪk/, U.S. /ˈhɪpɪk/ Forms: 1800s hyppic, 1800s– hippic. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἱππικός. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἱππικός of a horse or horses, of riding or horsemanship, equestrian < ἵππος horse (see hippo- comb. form) + -ικός -ic suffix.Compare French hippique (1842). Of or relating to horses or equestrianism.Also used humorously (esp. in the 19th cent.) to designate a horse-racing event. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [adjective] horselyc1386 chevaline1550 horsy1591 equinal1609 caballine1712 hippian1758 equine1778 hippic1846 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [adjective] hippian1758 turfy1843 hippic1846 1846 H. W. Torrens Remarks Uses Mil. Hist. 101 (note) A curious instance of the enduring nature of the hippic principle among original nomads. 1866 Let. 16 Aug. in Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs (1867) I. 447 We entered a pavilion, where Mr. Svertshkoff, the celebrated hyppic painter, has established his temporary atelier. 1871 Daily News 25 Aug. The hippic events of that cockney watering-place. 1885 Society in London 119 The other great hippic festivals of the year at Doncaster, at Stockbridge, and at Chester. 1903 Amer. Anthroplogist 5 138/1 Metamorphoses of witches into horses, sexual relations of witches with horses, hippic marks of their offspring, ride of the devil on ‘witch-horses’, [etc.]. 1993 J. Meades Pompey (1994) 165 Plenty of roar from the power-horses, from the hidden hippic might. 2007 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 23 Feb. A rich and varied feast of Greek competitive feats, athletic, hippic and otherwise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1846
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