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单词 japhetian
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Japhetianadj.n.

Brit. /dʒəˈfiːtɪən/, /dʒeɪˈfiːtɪən/, U.S. /dʒəˈfidiən/
Forms: 1600s Iaphetian, 1600s 1800s–1900s Japetian, 1700s– Japhetian, 1800s Japhethian.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Japhet , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Japhet (also Japheth: see Japhethite n.) + -ian suffix. With use as noun compare earlier Japhethite n., Japhetan n.With the form Japetian compare the α. forms at Japhetic adj.
Now rare.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or belonging to any of the peoples mentioned in Genesis 10:2–5 as descended from Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; = Japhetic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Aryan > [adjective]
Japhetiana1638
Japhetic1710
Japhetan1764
Indo-European1814
Aryan1843
a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) i. xl. 283 There remain Tiras and our Iaphetian Madai.
1781 C. Vallancey Ess. Celtic Lang. 29 in Gram. Iberno-Celtic, or Irish Lang. (ed. 2) It is probable that the Montagnards of every nation in Europe, as well as in Africa, still retain the Japhetian dialect.
1850 J. Jordan in Christian Sabbath ii. 53 The Hindus are not of Shemitic but of Japhetian origin.
1887 I. Taylor in Nature 20 Oct. 597/2 The pre-scientific Japhetian theory and the Caucasian theory..have long been abandoned.
2001 G. D. Zimmerman Irish Storyteller iv. 90 Parsons concluded that the purest ‘Japhetian languages’, close to the language shared by God and man before babelization, were Irish and Welsh.
B. n.
A member of a people said to be descended from Japheth.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > European
Japhetic1710
Indian1793
Japhetian1803
Anglo-Indian1805
Indo-British1954
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > Old Testament > [noun]
MessiahOE
Maccabeea1425
Septuagint1564
Japhethite1598
Sethite1659
Noachides1703
Japhetian1803
Maccabeana1831
1803 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 118 The Fir Bolg, or Bologues, a fierce and warlike race of Japhetians, who first settled in Iræn or Indo-Scythia, at the mouth of the river Indus.
1850 J. Jordan in Christian Sabbath ii. 52 They were derived from a different family of Japhetians than the Greeks.
1998 S. Åkerman Rose Cross over Baltic 22 In Lampertus’ compilation..his focus [is] on the royal genealogy of the Franks, whose origins he places in Scandinavia, as sons of Japheth. As I show in detail, this document was received as part of the French Renaissance expansionist dream of a revived non-Roman Celtic empire populated by Japhetians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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