单词 | manchegan |
释义 | Manchegann.adj. A. n. A native or inhabitant of La Mancha, a region (formerly a province) of central Spain. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Spain > parts of Catalan1480 Gallego1596 Gadite1607 Andalusian1612 Asturian1612 Galician1749 Valencian1769 Castilian1779 Manchego1779 Catalonian1781 Aragonese1823 Manchegan1846 Leonese1865 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 ii. i. 68 Who is he that can well describe at this present the fury that entred in the heart of the Manchegan. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ii. 183 With Pathetick expressions, which he was singular at, the Manchegan could not choose but melt into pity. 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxiii. 326 Sancho, a true Manchegan,..maintained that for a zapateo, a knocking of shoes, none could beat him. 1959 R. Croft-Cooke Quest for Quixote i. 63 He was proud of being a Manchegan, a country-bred Spaniard. B. adj. Of or relating to La Mancha. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Iberian peninsula and islands > [adjective] > Spain > parts of Spain Asturian1612 Celtiberian1614 Andalusian1615 Cantabrian1642 Catalonian1707 Valencia1794 Manchego1828 Castilian1829 Sevillian1830 Andorran1837 Manchegan1841 Gallegan1845 Leonese1845 Granadine1865 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. viii. 191 Cide Hamete Benengeli, an Arabicall and Manchegan [printed Machegan] Author, recounts [etc.]. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. ii. ii. 245 Conde instantly unclasped one of those terrible Manchegan knives which are generally carried by contrabandistas. 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxi. 296 The Manchegan bull, small, very powerful, and active, is considered to be the original stock of Spain. 1897 A. F. Jaccaci On Trail of Don Quixote iv. 96 It is arid, savage La Mancha which makes the Manchegan peasants shy, taciturn, and sombre. 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor iii. xviii. 732 To die, to risk death, even to raise a finger for any Cause..had about it the same high lunacy of a tilt with Manchegan windmills. 1966 H. W. Yoxall Fashion of Life xxv. 239 Seven glasses were set in front of each of us, with a small piece of Manchegan cheese between each glass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1612 |
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