单词 | nelsonic |
释义 | Nelsonicadj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Nelson; = Nelsonian adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [adjective] Nelsonic1846 Nelsonian1854 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xvi. 188 They are ill-bred enough, in spite of the Montpensier marriage, and the Nelsonic achievements of Monsieur de Joinville, to consider the words as synonymes. 1909 Daily Chron. 13 Sept. 3/3 These Nelsonic qualities in Wolfe do not..come out very clearly in the letters. 1922 Q. Rev. Apr. 361 Orders of this nature..are always dangerous in the absence of the Nelsonic spirit. 1972 V. Gielgud Black Sambo Affair xxviii. 220 Various persons at the airports were given the hint to turn the Nelsonic blind eye. 1992 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 56 315 Readers attracted by the Nelsonic title are in for an education. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1846 |
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