Mohammedann.adj.

Brit.

/mᵿˈhamᵻd(ə)n/, U.S.

/moʊˈhɑməd(ə)n/

Forms:

α. 1600s Mahamedan, 1600s Mahumedan, 1600s– Mahomedan, 1700s– Mahommedan.

β. 1700s– Mohammedan, 1800s Mohummadan, 1800s– Mohamedan, 1800s– Mohammadan.

γ. 1800s– Moohummudan, 1800s– Muhammadan, 1900s– Muhammedan.

Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Mohammed , Muhammad , -an suffix.

Etymology: < Mohammed, variant of Muhammad (see Muhammad n.) + -an suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Muhammedanus (1643 or earlier), German Mohammedaner (noun), mohammedanisch (adjective).Now generally substituted for the older Mahometan n. and adj. For explanation of the α. forms, see discussion s.v. Mahomet n.

A. n.

An adherent of the religion of the prophet Muhammad; a follower of Islam, a Muslim.The term is not employed or favoured by Muslims, and its use is now widely seen as depreciatory or offensive. As was noted in Eng. Today (1992) Apr. 39: ‘The term Mohammedan..is considered offensive or pejorative to most Muslims since it makes human beings central in their religion, a position which only Allah may occupy’.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [noun] > person

Saracenc893

Mahomet1508

Mahometista1513

Mahometan1529

Turk1548

Mahomite1559

Mussulman1570

Ismaelite1571

Mahometician1588

Moor1588

Islam1613

Muslim1626

Mahometant1635

Mohammedan1663

Moorman1696

Unitarian1708

Islamite1786

Muslimin1819

Muslimite1840

Islamist1849

1663 J. Beale Let. 29 Sept. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 138 If wee attribute Divinity to this Agent Intellect, or to Memory (as some of the Acutest Schoolewits both Christians & Mahamedans have done) what shall wee say of the Memory of Dogs.

1777 J. Richardson Dict. Persian, Arabic & Eng. I. Dissert. p. xli/1 Many of the Mohammedans having a custom of carrying about them verses or chapters of the Alcoran, by way of preservatives or charms.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 62 A person..does not..become free, unless he flies from a foreign infidel master to a Muslim country, and there becomes a Mohammadan.

1888 S. S. Allnutt in Suppl. Cambr. Rev. 15 Mar. p. lxii/2 The orthodox Muhammadan in India would disdain to use the prayer, and brands the user of it as a forsaker of the truth (Ráfiz).

1937 K. Blixen Out of Afr. ii. iv. 137 The immigrant Somalis..are severe Mohammedans.

1994 30 Days in Church & in World No. 4. 8/1 Faced with the insurgence of materialism and religious oddities..true Mohammedans should be agreed in defending their religious, moral and social singularity.

B. adj.

Of or relating to Muhammad, or to his religion or teaching; Muslim, Islamic.In the sense ‘Muslim, Islamic’, the term is not employed or favoured by Muslims, and its use is now widely seen as depreciatory or offensive: see note at Muhammad n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [adjective]

circumcisa1325

Saracena1400

Mahometical1561

Mahometish1578

Mahometic1585

Mahometized1585

Mussulmanlike1589

turbaned1591

Mahometan1600

Ismaelitish1604

Saracenican1607

Ismaelitical1613

Moorish1613

Saracenical1613

Mahometanical1614

circumciseda1616

Mussulman1616

Mahounda1625

Muslim1626

Mussulmanish1638

Saracenic1638

Mohammedan1681

Sarazantic1726

Islamic1791

Islamitic1791

Islamite1800

Islamitish1801

Mussulmanic1801

Saracenian1818

Islamistic1828

Muslimite1829

Muslimin1844

Islamist1853

Ismaelitic1884

Muslimic1903

1681 Moores Baffled 23 The Mahumedan Law.

1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad vii. 313 (note) They have long submitted to the oppressions of a few Arabs, their Mohammedan masters.

1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 145 Mohammedan worship.

1878 A. Burnell in Academy 28 Dec. 604/1 On medicine eleven Hindu books and one Muhammadan were published last year.

1880 A. Rumsey (title) Moohummudan Law of Inheritance.

1906 Athenæum 21 July 79/1 Mr. H. A. Rose..describes in two papers the pregnancy observances in the Punjab, of the Hindu and Mohammedan populations.

1936 F. Stark Southern Gates Arabia iii. 39 The law is the Muhammedan shari'a.

1963 Cambr. Rev. 20 Apr. 369 (title) Oriental Studies at Cambridge: Muhammadan Law and Urdu Literature.

1999 E. European Q. (Electronic ed.) 33 Although the Turks were all followers of the Mohammedan religion, they did not try..to convert their Christian subjects to their faith.

Compounds

Mohammedan blue n. historical a cobalt blue pigment, chiefly imported from Iran, used as an underglaze colour on Chinese porcelain of the Ming dynasty.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > glaze > for ceramics or pottery > types of

steel lustre1829

moonlight lustre1837

stone-oil1838

silver lustre1845

porcelain enamel1852

marzacotto1873

overglaze1880

under-glaze1882

coperta1885

tiger's-eye1893

tin-glaze1897

hare's fur1899

lead-glaze1899

tin-enamel1900

rouge flambé1902

Sunderland lustre1903

transmutation glaze1904

Mohammedan blue1905

peach bloom1937

sang-de-bœuf1957

lead-lustre-

1905 Mrs. W. Hodgson How to identify Old Chinese Porcelain 8 The most celebrated colour of the Ming period was ‘Mohammedan Blue’. This was brought from Persia, or some neighbouring country, as tribute, and pieces decorated with it were highly valued.

1954 H. Garner Oriental Blue & White iii. 15 Mohammedan blue by itself tended to run and..it was mixed with the native ore to give firm outlines.

1971 Country Life 16 Sept. 666/1 The dish..is just that, a rare but reasonably familiar type painted in the brilliant so-called Mohammedan blue.

1999 Vancouver Sun 2 Nov. c4 It travelled overland to the Middle East where its intense colour became known as Mohammedan Blue and where it soon encrusted the tiled walls of palaces and mosques.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mohammedan
释义	Mohammedann.adj. Brit. /mᵿˈhamᵻd(ə)n/, U.S. /moʊˈhɑməd(ə)n/ Forms: α. 1600s Mahamedan, 1600s Mahumedan, 1600s– Mahomedan, 1700s– Mahommedan. β. 1700s– Mohammedan, 1800s Mohummadan, 1800s– Mohamedan, 1800s– Mohammadan. γ. 1800s– Moohummudan, 1800s– Muhammadan, 1900s– Muhammedan. Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Mohammed , Muhammad , -an suffix. Etymology: < Mohammed, variant of Muhammad (see Muhammad n.) + -an suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Muhammedanus (1643 or earlier), German Mohammedaner (noun), mohammedanisch (adjective).Now generally substituted for the older Mahometan n. and adj. For explanation of the α. forms, see discussion s.v. Mahomet n. A. n. An adherent of the religion of the prophet Muhammad; a follower of Islam, a Muslim.The term is not employed or favoured by Muslims, and its use is now widely seen as depreciatory or offensive. As was noted in Eng. Today (1992) Apr. 39: ‘The term Mohammedan..is considered offensive or pejorative to most Muslims since it makes human beings central in their religion, a position which only Allah may occupy’. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [noun] > person Saracenc893 Mahomet1508 Mahometista1513 Mahometan1529 Turk1548 Mahomite1559 Mussulman1570 Ismaelite1571 Mahometician1588 Moor1588 Islam1613 Muslim1626 Mahometant1635 Mohammedan1663 Moorman1696 Unitarian1708 Islamite1786 Muslimin1819 Muslimite1840 Islamist1849 1663 J. Beale Let. 29 Sept. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 138 If wee attribute Divinity to this Agent Intellect, or to Memory (as some of the Acutest Schoolewits both Christians & Mahamedans have done) what shall wee say of the Memory of Dogs. 1777 J. Richardson Dict. Persian, Arabic & Eng. I. Dissert. p. xli/1 Many of the Mohammedans having a custom of carrying about them verses or chapters of the Alcoran, by way of preservatives or charms. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 62 A person..does not..become free, unless he flies from a foreign infidel master to a Muslim country, and there becomes a Mohammadan. 1888 S. S. Allnutt in Suppl. Cambr. Rev. 15 Mar. p. lxii/2 The orthodox Muhammadan in India would disdain to use the prayer, and brands the user of it as a forsaker of the truth (Ráfiz). 1937 K. Blixen Out of Afr. ii. iv. 137 The immigrant Somalis..are severe Mohammedans. 1994 30 Days in Church & in World No. 4. 8/1 Faced with the insurgence of materialism and religious oddities..true Mohammedans should be agreed in defending their religious, moral and social singularity. B. adj. Of or relating to Muhammad, or to his religion or teaching; Muslim, Islamic.In the sense ‘Muslim, Islamic’, the term is not employed or favoured by Muslims, and its use is now widely seen as depreciatory or offensive: see note at Muhammad n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [adjective] circumcisa1325 Saracena1400 Mahometical1561 Mahometish1578 Mahometic1585 Mahometized1585 Mussulmanlike1589 turbaned1591 Mahometan1600 Ismaelitish1604 Saracenican1607 Ismaelitical1613 Moorish1613 Saracenical1613 Mahometanical1614 circumciseda1616 Mussulman1616 Mahounda1625 Muslim1626 Mussulmanish1638 Saracenic1638 Mohammedan1681 Sarazantic1726 Islamic1791 Islamitic1791 Islamite1800 Islamitish1801 Mussulmanic1801 Saracenian1818 Islamistic1828 Muslimite1829 Muslimin1844 Islamist1853 Ismaelitic1884 Muslimic1903 1681 Moores Baffled 23 The Mahumedan Law. 1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad vii. 313 (note) They have long submitted to the oppressions of a few Arabs, their Mohammedan masters. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 145 Mohammedan worship. 1878 A. Burnell in Academy 28 Dec. 604/1 On medicine eleven Hindu books and one Muhammadan were published last year. 1880 A. Rumsey (title) Moohummudan Law of Inheritance. 1906 Athenæum 21 July 79/1 Mr. H. A. Rose..describes in two papers the pregnancy observances in the Punjab, of the Hindu and Mohammedan populations. 1936 F. Stark Southern Gates Arabia iii. 39 The law is the Muhammedan shari'a. 1963 Cambr. Rev. 20 Apr. 369 (title) Oriental Studies at Cambridge: Muhammadan Law and Urdu Literature. 1999 E. European Q. (Electronic ed.) 33 Although the Turks were all followers of the Mohammedan religion, they did not try..to convert their Christian subjects to their faith. Compounds Mohammedan blue n. historical a cobalt blue pigment, chiefly imported from Iran, used as an underglaze colour on Chinese porcelain of the Ming dynasty. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > glaze > for ceramics or pottery > types of steel lustre1829 moonlight lustre1837 stone-oil1838 silver lustre1845 porcelain enamel1852 marzacotto1873 overglaze1880 under-glaze1882 coperta1885 tiger's-eye1893 tin-glaze1897 hare's fur1899 lead-glaze1899 tin-enamel1900 rouge flambé1902 Sunderland lustre1903 transmutation glaze1904 Mohammedan blue1905 peach bloom1937 sang-de-bœuf1957 lead-lustre- 1905 Mrs. W. Hodgson How to identify Old Chinese Porcelain 8 The most celebrated colour of the Ming period was ‘Mohammedan Blue’. This was brought from Persia, or some neighbouring country, as tribute, and pieces decorated with it were highly valued. 1954 H. Garner Oriental Blue & White iii. 15 Mohammedan blue by itself tended to run and..it was mixed with the native ore to give firm outlines. 1971 Country Life 16 Sept. 666/1 The dish..is just that, a rare but reasonably familiar type painted in the brilliant so-called Mohammedan blue. 1999 Vancouver Sun 2 Nov. c4 It travelled overland to the Middle East where its intense colour became known as Mohammedan Blue and where it soon encrusted the tiled walls of palaces and mosques. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1663
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