Limousinn.
/lɪmᵿˈzã//lɪmuːˈzã/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the former province of Limousin or of the region round Limoges; also, the dialect of this region. Also attributive or as adj. , of or pertaining to this region, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France > parts of
Normanc1275
Picardc1330
Gascona1387
Britonerc1390
Bretona1400
Normanda1400
Poitevin1483
Angevin1511
Navarrois1523
Savoyan1583
Armorican1593
Savoyard1595
meridional1605
Picardin1616
artesian1629
Biscayana1640
Limousin1653
Lyonnais1653
Languedocian1658
Biscayner1664
Navarrese1686
Provençale1730
Lorrainer1743
Navarran1770
Vendean1796
Tourangeau1883
Tourangeois1958
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > French > varieties of
Gascon1642
Walloon1642
langue d'oïla1682
Limousin1706
Picard1758
Scottish-French1789
Negro-French1819
Poitevin1845
Acadian French1850
Anglo-French1862
Swiss-French1941
Québécois1952
Lyonnais1955
Norman French1990
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais in Wks. (1664) ii. vi. 33 When all comes to all, thou art a Limousin, and thou wilt here by the affected speech counterfeit the Parisiens.
1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. Pref. In Catalonia..they have besides a peculiar language of their own... This is a sort of Limosine, or that of the Country of Limoges, being an old barbarous French, formerly brought into this Country out of France.
1716 C. Campbell tr. Dameto Hist. Balearick Islands i. v. 64 That which is in use at this time commonly called the Lemosine Language being originally from Limosin a Province of France, whose Capital is Limoge.
1787 A. Young Jrnl. 10 June in Trav. France (1792) i. 18 Chestnuts on a calcareous soil, contrary to the Limosin maxim.
1911 S. M. Hogan St. Vincent Ferrer iv. 29 St. Vincent himself tells us that he preached in his mother-tongue—Limousin.
1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. 377 Provençal group, with different varieties: Provençal..Limousin, Gascon.
1964 Archivum Linguisticum 16 34 In quoting this dialect [sc. North Occitan] I give Limousin forms.
1968 F. White Ways of Aquitaine iv. 55 The churches of the Limousin abbeys form a school of their own, deeply impressive because of their darkness and their strength.
1973 J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 62 The V.V.S.O.P. Cognac—pale, liquid ecstasy with a bouquet of Limousin oak.
2. An animal belonging to the French breed of beef cattle so called. Also attributive.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > of France
Charolais1893
Maine–Anjou1928
Limousin1970
1970 Times 6 Apr. 10/7 The Limousin, a hardy, deep fawn coloured animal, is a beef breed which has impressed many visitors to Paris shows.
1971 Country Life 30 Dec. 1857/3 Limousins from the Limoges area..are the most recent invaders of the northern English counties.
1973 Country Life 1 Mar. 548/1 A German Zimmenthal bull, and..a Limousin bull in France.
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