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单词 australasiatic
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Australasiaticadj.n.

Brit. /ˌɒstrəleɪzɪˈatɪk/, /ˌɒstrəleɪʒɪˈatɪk/, /ˌɒstrəleɪsɪˈatɪk/, /ˌɒstrəleɪʃɪˈatɪk/, /ˌɔːstrəleɪzɪˈatɪk/, /ˌɔːstrəleɪʒɪˈatɪk/, /ˌɔːstrəleɪsɪˈatɪk/, /ˌɔːstrəleɪʃɪˈatɪk/, U.S. /ˌɔstrəˌleɪʒiˈædɪk/, /ˌɑstrəˌleɪʒiˈædɪk/, /ˌɔstrəˌleɪziˈædɪk/, /ˌɑstrəˌleɪziˈædɪk/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Australasia , -atic suffix.
Etymology: < Australasia (see Australasian adj. and n.) + -atic suffix, after Asiatic adj. and Asiatic n. Compare earlier Australasian adj., Australasian n.Compare French australasiatique, adjective (1831 or earlier).
A. adj.
Of or relating to Australasia; Australasian. Now nonstandard.The article from which quot. 1816 is taken is a satirical representation of several members of Parliament as an imaginary Pacific island group called the ‘Friendless Islands’ (cf. Friendly Islands n.), ‘Craf-cal-lee’ standing for John Calcraft MP (1765–1831).
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [adjective]
Australasian1802
Australasiatic1816
austral1823
South Asian1827
1816 Courier 12 Apr. Craf-cal-lee, which is a kind of Australasiatic Delos, has lately shifted to a position, whence, as tradition goes, it had before moved.
1915 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 51 227 The Tertiary fragmentation of the Australasiatic continent.
2013 @TheQueenofScots 24 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 24 Nov. 2021) If Australia & NZ do ever unite, I expect a good name. ‘The United Dominion of the Australasiatic and Oceanic Realms of the Southern Cross’.
B. n.
1. A native or inhabitant or Australasia; an Australasian. Now rare.
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1824 Sydney Gaz. 18 Mar. The mind of an Australasiatic is not formed to be bounded by the Blue Mountains,..but to possess all the wisdom, virtues, and honours, as well as the bold ingenuous front, of our Saxon ancestors.
1949 Sydney Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 8/6 The Government bungles the simpler problem of its own Australasiatics!
2. The variety of English spoken in Australasia. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > Australian English
Australasiatic1890
Australian English1940
Strine1965
1890 Cornhill Mag. July 98 It was neither Cockney nor Yankee, but a nasal blend of both..: in a word, it was Australasiatic of the worst description.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.n.1816
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