Neronianadj.

Brit.

/nᵻˈrəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/nəˈroʊniən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Nerōniānus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Nerōniānus of, built, founded, etc., by the emperor Nero, in post-classical Latin also like Nero (early 13th cent. in a British source) < Nerōn- , Nerō (see Nero n.) + -iānus -ian suffix. Compare French néronien (1721), Italian neroniano (a1907).

1. Characteristic of the Roman emperor Nero; esp. tyrannical, extremely cruel, licentious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]

grimlyc893

retheeOE

grim971

bitterOE

bremec1175

grillc1175

grimfula1240

cruel1297

sturdy1297

fiercea1300

fellc1300

boistousa1387

felonousc1386

savagea1393

bestiala1398

bremelya1400

felona1400

hetera1400

cursedc1400

wicked14..

vengeablec1430

wolvishc1430

unnatural?1473

inhuman1481

brutisha1513

cruent1524

felonish1530

mannish1530

abominate1531

lionish1549

boarish?1550

truculent?c1550

unhumanc1550

lion-like1556

beastly1558

orped1567

raw?1573

tigerish?1573

unmanlike1579

boisterous1581

savaged1583

tiger-like1587

yond1590

truculental1593

savage wild1595

tigerous1597

inhumane1598

Neronian1598

immane1599

Phalarical1602

ungentle1603

feral1604

savagious1605

fierceful1607

Dionysian1608

wolvy1611

Hunnish1625

lionly1631

tigerly1633

savage-hearted1639

brutal1641

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

wolfish1674

tiger1763

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

Neroic1851

tigery1859

Neronic1864

unmannish1867

inhumanitarian1947

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective]

wrothc893

retheeOE

hateleOE

grim971

hardOE

cruel1297

despitousc1374

savagea1393

fadea1400

hetera1400

keen?c1425

vengeablec1430

despiteful1488

unmanfula1500

despiteous?1510

cruent1524

felonish1530

Herodian1581

felly1583

savaged1583

Neronian1598

savagious1605

Dionysian1608

black-blooded1771

atrocious1772

Neroic1851

Neronic1864

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cruell, Neronian cruelties.

1606 True Relation Proc. at Arraignm. Late Traitors 370 Inforced..by this late more than Neronian attempt of endangering both their soules and bodies.

1677 N. Lee Rival Queens Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v An Age, whose business is senseless Riot, Neronian Gambols, and ridiculous Debauchery.

1778 A. Hamilton Let. 12 Mar. in Papers (1961) I. 441 I abhor such Neronian maxims.

1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board III. iv. 58 The very horrible Neronian doctrine, ‘that it is our duty to destroy heretics’.

1908 Daily Chron. 13 Feb. 3/3 When Guido relents and calls after Beatrice just before he is seized by the soldiers, and calls in vain: that is not Elizabethan. Nor is the Duke's Neronian humour.

1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Feb. 25/4 Descriptions of Neronian temper and Falstaffian gluttony.

a. Of, belonging to, or relating to the emperor Nero or his times.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [adjective] > ancient or Holy Roman > specific ancient Roman

Augustal1597

Tiberian1601

Antonine1631

Neronian1650

Theodosian1765

Augustan1856

Neronic1864

Hadrianic1886

Severan1918

1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 20 Paul had a good intention.., so had the Neronian, Arrian, and Marian Butchers.

1776 G. L. Lyttelton Wks. III. iv. iv. 162 Let red Metaurus, stain'd with Punick blood, Let mighty Asdrubal subdued, confess How much of empire and of fame is ow'd By thee, O Rome, to the Neronian race.

1802 W. Gifford tr. Juvenal Satires viii. 108 The youth, whom Rumour brands as vain, And swelling—full of his Neronian strain.

1882 H. Caine Recoll. D. G. Rossetti 102 Defending (in sport) the vices of Neronian Rome.

1931 K. E. Kirk Vision of God (1950) 501 Even the Neronian persecution was stimulated by the belief that Christianity partook of all the ordinary features of a mystery-cult.

1987 Antiquaries Jrnl. 67 283 We note the exceptionally rich assemblage of Neronian pottery from Kingsholm.

†b. Medicine. Designating phlebotomy in which several veins are opened simultaneously or on the same day. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > bloodletting > [adjective] > venesection

phlebotomical1671

Neronian1672

phlebotomic1779

venesecting1833

1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 5106 It hath been observed to be dangerous, to have a vein opened at once in both arms, or leggs, which is here called a Neronian Venæ-section.

1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Neronian phlebotomy, venesection when more than one vein is opened in the same day; so called because..Seneca was thus bled to death under Nero.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	neronian
释义	Neronianadj. Brit. /nᵻˈrəʊnɪən/, U.S. /nəˈroʊniən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Nerōniānus. Etymology: < classical Latin Nerōniānus of, built, founded, etc., by the emperor Nero, in post-classical Latin also like Nero (early 13th cent. in a British source) < Nerōn- , Nerō (see Nero n.) + -iānus -ian suffix. Compare French néronien (1721), Italian neroniano (a1907). 1. Characteristic of the Roman emperor Nero; esp. tyrannical, extremely cruel, licentious. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective] grimlyc893 retheeOE grim971 bitterOE bremec1175 grillc1175 grimfula1240 cruel1297 sturdy1297 fiercea1300 fellc1300 boistousa1387 felonousc1386 savagea1393 bestiala1398 bremelya1400 felona1400 hetera1400 cursedc1400 wicked14.. vengeablec1430 wolvishc1430 unnatural?1473 inhuman1481 brutisha1513 cruent1524 felonish1530 mannish1530 abominate1531 lionish1549 boarish?1550 truculent?c1550 unhumanc1550 lion-like1556 beastly1558 orped1567 raw?1573 tigerish?1573 unmanlike1579 boisterous1581 savaged1583 tiger-like1587 yond1590 truculental1593 savage wild1595 tigerous1597 inhumane1598 Neronian1598 immane1599 Phalarical1602 ungentle1603 feral1604 savagious1605 fierceful1607 Dionysian1608 wolvy1611 Hunnish1625 lionly1631 tigerly1633 savage-hearted1639 brutal1641 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 wolfish1674 tiger1763 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 Neroic1851 tigery1859 Neronic1864 unmannish1867 inhumanitarian1947 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] wrothc893 retheeOE hateleOE grim971 hardOE cruel1297 despitousc1374 savagea1393 fadea1400 hetera1400 keen?c1425 vengeablec1430 despiteful1488 unmanfula1500 despiteous?1510 cruent1524 felonish1530 Herodian1581 felly1583 savaged1583 Neronian1598 savagious1605 Dionysian1608 black-blooded1771 atrocious1772 Neroic1851 Neronic1864 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cruell, Neronian cruelties. 1606 True Relation Proc. at Arraignm. Late Traitors 370 Inforced..by this late more than Neronian attempt of endangering both their soules and bodies. 1677 N. Lee Rival Queens Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v An Age, whose business is senseless Riot, Neronian Gambols, and ridiculous Debauchery. 1778 A. Hamilton Let. 12 Mar. in Papers (1961) I. 441 I abhor such Neronian maxims. 1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board III. iv. 58 The very horrible Neronian doctrine, ‘that it is our duty to destroy heretics’. 1908 Daily Chron. 13 Feb. 3/3 When Guido relents and calls after Beatrice just before he is seized by the soldiers, and calls in vain: that is not Elizabethan. Nor is the Duke's Neronian humour. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Feb. 25/4 Descriptions of Neronian temper and Falstaffian gluttony. 2. a. Of, belonging to, or relating to the emperor Nero or his times. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [adjective] > ancient or Holy Roman > specific ancient Roman Augustal1597 Tiberian1601 Antonine1631 Neronian1650 Theodosian1765 Augustan1856 Neronic1864 Hadrianic1886 Severan1918 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 20 Paul had a good intention.., so had the Neronian, Arrian, and Marian Butchers. 1776 G. L. Lyttelton Wks. III. iv. iv. 162 Let red Metaurus, stain'd with Punick blood, Let mighty Asdrubal subdued, confess How much of empire and of fame is ow'd By thee, O Rome, to the Neronian race. 1802 W. Gifford tr. Juvenal Satires viii. 108 The youth, whom Rumour brands as vain, And swelling—full of his Neronian strain. 1882 H. Caine Recoll. D. G. Rossetti 102 Defending (in sport) the vices of Neronian Rome. 1931 K. E. Kirk Vision of God (1950) 501 Even the Neronian persecution was stimulated by the belief that Christianity partook of all the ordinary features of a mystery-cult. 1987 Antiquaries Jrnl. 67 283 We note the exceptionally rich assemblage of Neronian pottery from Kingsholm. †b. Medicine. Designating phlebotomy in which several veins are opened simultaneously or on the same day. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > bloodletting > [adjective] > venesection phlebotomical1671 Neronian1672 phlebotomic1779 venesecting1833 1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 5106 It hath been observed to be dangerous, to have a vein opened at once in both arms, or leggs, which is here called a Neronian Venæ-section. 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Neronian phlebotomy, venesection when more than one vein is opened in the same day; so called because..Seneca was thus bled to death under Nero. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1598
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