单词 | mallorquin |
释义 | Mallorquinn.adj. A. n. 1. = Majorcan n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Spain > Balearics Majorcan1661 Minorquin1669 Minorcan1833 Mallorquin1839 Mallorcan1868 Ibicencan1911 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 339/1 In character the Mallorquines somewhat resemble the Catalans. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 277/2 A railway is in course of construction from Palma by Inca to Alcudia, and the stock is all held by Mallorquins. 1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train i. i. 4 He discovered that Mallorquins are almost the kindest and most sociable people in the world. 1974 R. Jeffries Mistakenly in Mallorca v. 34 She was not..a Mallorquin or a Spaniard. 1993 Guardian 15 May (Suppl.) 51/3 The Mallorquines have a heart as big as their 12th-century gothic cathedral. 2. The Catalan dialect of Majorca. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Catalan > dialects of Mallorcan1868 Mallorquin1868 Valencian1933 1868 H. O'Shea Guide to Spain & Portugal (ed. 3) 342/2 The ‘Mallorquin’ is a corruption of the Catalan dialect. 1933 Morning Post 11 July 13/3 That same language, which is called Provençal, Limousin, Catalan, Valencian, or Mallorquin, according to the place..the langue d'oc. 1952 E. Whelpton Balearics xvi. 201 Ibizan, like Mallorquin, is based on Catalan. 1973 Times 3 Mar. 26/2 Mallorquin, the local dialect of the native Catalan language, runs a poor second. 1982 M. Seymour-Smith Robert Graves xxvii. 438 The children had picked up..Mallorquín, the local dialect of Catalan. B. adj. = Majorcan adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Iberian peninsula and islands > [adjective] > Majorca Majorcanc1625 Mallorcan1868 Mallorquin1869 1869 H. W. Bates Illustr. Trav. I. 267/2 The women of Soller are..by no means so plain in their appearance as the majority of the Mallorquine females. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Let. 26 May (1932) 806 The Mallorquin servants cooked Spanish rice over a fire. 1974 R. Jeffries Mistakenly in Mallorca iii. 24 A Mallorquin inlaid sideboard. 1990 Country Life 24 May 4 (advt.) A traditional Mallorquin house in a tranquil and completely private setting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1839 |
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