Menapiann.adj.
/mᵻˈnapɪən/, /mᵻˈneɪpɪən/, U.S. /məˈnæpiən/, /məˈneɪpiən/ A. n.
1. Roman History. A member of the Menapii.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > the Gauls > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Gaul
Frenchmanc1275
Gaula1387
Menapian1565
Gallo-Roman1861
1565 A. Golding in tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia Gloss. sig. Mmv Menapians, the people of Gelderlande and Cleueland, or as some suppose the people of Juliers in Belgicke.
1584 R. Lloyd Nine Worthies sig. Eiiv [I] slue in numbers infinite, the Morines, and Treuires, Menapians and Lexobians.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiii. 363 Gessoriacum, or Boulogne, in the narrow straights of the British channel, was chosen by the emperor for the station of the Roman fleet; and the command of it was intrusted to Carausius, a Menipian of the meanest origin.
1819 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. I. i. 46 The Menapian [sc. Carausius] unexpectedly fortified Boulogne, concluded an alliance with the barbarians, sailed to Britain,..and..set at defiance the whole power of Rome.
1879 Appletons' Jrnl. Nov. 386/2 Coming down to the historic times of Julius Cæsar, we find the Menapians, a warlike tribe..occupying this particular locality.
1993 Oxf. Illustr. Hist. Roman Brit. 200 In charge of his countermeasures, Maximian put an officer called M. Mausaeus Carausius, by origin a Menapian from the Low Countries.
2. Geology. The Menapian glaciation (see sense B. 2).
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > ice-age or glaciation > specific glaciation
Iowan1894
Scanian1895
Illinoian1896
sub-Aftonian1896
Mindel1909
Günz1910
Würm1910
Polonian1914
Nebraskan1930
Elster1934
little ice age1939
Donau1957
Wisconsin1967
Devensian1968
Wisconsinan1968
Anglian1976
Menapian1983
1983 T. Nilsson Pleistocene x. 138 Recent results also point to a potential split-up of the Menapian into two cold portions, separated by a warm interlude.
1998 Quaternary Internat. 47–8 115/1 It should cover a large part of the Bavelian and, maybe, part of the Menapian.
B. adj.† 1. Roman History. Of or relating to the Menapians. Obsolete.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > the Gauls > [adjective]
Celtic?1530
Gaulish1594
Gallican1598
Gaul1601
Gaulic1610
Menapian1709
Gallic1796
Gallo-Roman1841
1709 S. Cobb Female Reign 8 Cast on Menapian Fields your weeping Eyes.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 107 On Albion's coast, the exil'd band, From rich Menapian towns, and the green banks of Scheld alighted.
2. Geology. Of, relating to, or designating the first major Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe (possibly corresponding to the Günz of the Alps) or its deposits.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [adjective] > quaternary > specific glaciation periods
Kansan1894
Scanian1895
Wisconsin1895
Illinoian1896
sub-Aftonian1896
Riss1908
Würmian1927
Elster1934
Weichsel1934
Saale1937
Menapian1957
Nebraskan1966
Anglian1968
Devensian1968
Weichselian1968
Wisconsinan1968
Elsterian1969
Wolstonian1969
Würm1972
Donau1983
1957 W. H. Zagwijn in Geol. en Mijnbouw 19 235/2 The basal glacial has been named by the author Eburonian, the following interglacial Waalian or Waal Interglacial, and the next glacial Menapian.
1983 T. Nilsson Pleistocene x. 137 Strata intermediate between the Eburonian and the Menapian cold stages provide evidence of a genial climate.
1996 Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 120 171 Chinese Loess layers..appear to represent exceptionally dry and cold episodes, apparently correlative..with Menapian, Eburonian and Praetiglian glacials of the Rhine delta.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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