单词 | insignia |
释义 | insignian. Chiefly with plural agreement. 1. a. Badges or distinguishing marks of office or honour; emblems of a nation, person, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] ensigna1522 ensignment1567 office badge1593 fascesa1625 insignia1648 insigne1773 society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] marka1425 sign1591 insignia1648 red ribbon1652 1648 Merc. Acad. No. 1. 3 All the Insignia of the late Vice-Chancellor and Proctors. 1722 J. Richardson Acct. Statues Italy 15 A Figure representing the 4 Cardinal Virtues, as having the Insignia of them all. 1735 A. Pope Corr. Nov. (1956) III. 509 His watch..was a present to him from the King of Sicily, whose arms and Insignia are graved on the inner-case. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 578 I have received the King's commands to invest you with the Order of the Bath of which I now transmit you the insignia. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xi. 46 King Harold..received in due order the insignia of his kingly office. b. singular insigne n. a badge, ensign, or emblem. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] ensigna1522 ensignment1567 office badge1593 fascesa1625 insignia1648 insigne1773 1773 J. Bryant New Syst. I. 375 The swan was undoubtedly the insigne of Canaan. 1798 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. IV (ed. 5) 261 Should the insigne of a Chancellor's authority be borne by a mongrel robustious satellite of a French Directory? 1893 G. Allen in Westm. Gaz. 9 Aug. 3/1 A cross, which was once the instrument of the vilest punishment reserved for slaves, is now..an insigne of knighthood. 1912 R. A. Knox in The Blue Bk. July 124 The seal, and symbol, and secret of Watson is, of course, his bowler. It is not like other bowlers ——it is a priestly vestment, an insigne of office. 1948 W. R. Benét Reader's Encycl. 850/1 The men of Lord Louis Mountbatten's Southeastern Asia command wore it [sc. the figure of a phoenix] as an insigne in World War II. 2. insignia has also been used as singular, with plural insignias.The use is discussed by L. Pound in Amer. Speech (1956) XXXI. 156 f. ΚΠ 1774 Trinket 144 A red coat cockade and shoulder-knot, those irresistible insignias. 1802 Duke of Wellington Mem. Marhatta War in Dispatches (1837) I. 368 Bajee Rao..invested himself with every regal insignia. 1807 W. H. Ireland Stultifera Navis 182 Bells, ladle, and the fool's cap..Insignias of their liking. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 98 In his hand he bore a slender white wand, the dreaded insignia of his office. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 566 I met this morning a big burly chief with his insignia of office—a great stick. 1971 Times 24 Dec. 13/2 I saw not a single racer at Sestrière bearing an insignia that seemed out of place. 3. (Usually figurative from 1.) Marks or tokens indicative of anything. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [noun] tokenc1000 distinctionc1374 differencea1398 signeta1425 knowledge?c1475 smell?a1505 markc1522 badge1529 note1583 impress1590 monument1590 type1595 stamp1600 pressure1604 mintage1612 criterion1613 impressa1628 differencer1633 lineament1638 mole1644 discrimination1646 tessera1647 diagnostic1651 monumental1657 discretive1660 signate1662 footmark1666 trait1752 memorandum1766 fingerprint1792 insignia1796 identifier1807 designative1824 cachet1840 differentiator1854 tanga1867 trademark1869 signature1873 totem1875 differential1883 earmarkings1888 paw print1894 discriminator1943 ident1952 1796 E. Hamilton Lett. Hindoo Rajah II. 72 Families..in a situation to afford the expensive insignia of sorrow. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 287 All these insignia announced that the mighty London was at hand. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xvii. 155 Before the middle period of his life Newton was invested with all the insignia of immortality. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648 |
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