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单词 insignia
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insignian.

Brit. /ɪnˈsɪɡnɪə/, U.S. /ənˈsɪɡniə/, /ᵻnˈsɪɡniə/
Forms: Less frequently in singular insigne /ɪnˈsɪɡniː/.
Etymology: < Latin insignia, plural of insigne ‘mark’, ‘sign’, ‘badge of office’, noun use of neuter singular of insignis : see insigne adj. Compare French insigne (Dict. Acad. 1835), and see ensign n.
Chiefly with plural agreement.
1.
a. Badges or distinguishing marks of office or honour; emblems of a nation, person, etc.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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