Nianticn.adj.

Brit.

/nʌɪˈantɪk/, U.S.

/naɪˈæn(t)ɪk/

Inflections: Plural Niantics, unchanged.

Forms: 1600s Nahanticot, 1600s Nayantakoog, 1600s Nayantick, 1600s Niantik, 1600s Nyanticke, 1600s–1700s Niantick, 1600s– Niantic, 1700s Nihantic, 1700s Nihantick, 1700s Nyhantic, 1800s Nahantic, 1800s Ninantic, 1800s– Nehantic.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pequot Nayantick.

Etymology: < the names in south-eastern New England Algonquian languages of two places (Pequot Nayantick, west of New London, Connecticut, and Nayantaquit the hither in south-eastern Rhode Island), and the ethnic name based on these (e.g. Narragansett Nayantakoog, plural).

Now chiefly historical.

A. n.

A member of either of two North American Indian peoples living along the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut at the time of first European contact.These peoples are distinguished as Eastern Niantic and Western Niantic respectively, and are of uncertain relationship to each other.Since the 1990s in form Nehantic (cf. quot. 1998) also: a member of a group claiming descent from the Niantics.

ΚΠ

1637 R. Williams Let. 11 July in G. W. LaFantasie Corr. Roger Williams (1988) II. 99 There was a speach that 3 of these men were Nayantakoogs and one a Pequat.

1645 J. Winthrop Declar. Former Passages 1 But of late the Narrowgansets & especialy the Nianticks their confederates have many wayes injuriously broken & violated the same (treaties)..seizing and possessing at least a part of the Pequots country, which by right of conquest justly appertaines to the English.

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer 143 Those powerful tribes which once dwelt between the rivers Hudson, Connecticut, Piskàtàquà, and Kènnebèck, the Mèhikaudret, Mohiguine..Nianticks, Massachusets, [etc.].

a1819 J. W. Eastburn & R. C. Sands Yamoyden (1820) i. v. 12 Revenge on the whites and their allies they swear, Mohegans, Niantics and Pequots they dare.

1871 Scribner's Monthly Oct. 573/2 Two hundred Narraganset warriors..joined the English; so did many brave Niantics.

1900 New Eng. Mag. June 497/2 One of the artistic features of the building is a stained glass window representing Ninigret, sachem of the Niantics.

1978 Handbk. N. Amer. Indians XV. 72 Nothing definite is known about the speech of either the Western or Eastern Niantic, not even whether or not they were linguistically closer to each other than to the other groups nearby.

1998 Hartford Courant (Connecticut) (Nexis) 8 Aug. b1 Last year it was the Nehantics who sought such recognition [as a sovereign nation]. Indians from other established Connecticut tribes said they were surprised because they didn't believe any Nehantics were still alive.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the Niantics.

ΚΠ

1638 P. Vincent Hist. Pequot War in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1838) 3rd Ser. VII. 37 Being on the way, and having a mile to march through swamps, the Nyanticke hearts failed, for fear of the Pequets, and so they ran away.

1761 in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1809) 1st Ser. X. 103 (heading) The number of the Nyhantic tribe of Indians.

1860 S. G. Arnold Hist. State of Rhode Island II. xiv. 60 Tracing the title..to his son, the present Niantic sachem.

1909 Anthropol. Papers Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3 183 (title) Notes on the Mohegan and Niantic Indians.

1986 W. S. Simmons Spirit of New Eng. Tribes Pref. p. ix She..conducted me through the collections of Mohegan and Niantic material culture in the unique Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niantic
释义	Nianticn.adj. Brit. /nʌɪˈantɪk/, U.S. /naɪˈæn(t)ɪk/ Inflections: Plural Niantics, unchanged. Forms: 1600s Nahanticot, 1600s Nayantakoog, 1600s Nayantick, 1600s Niantik, 1600s Nyanticke, 1600s–1700s Niantick, 1600s– Niantic, 1700s Nihantic, 1700s Nihantick, 1700s Nyhantic, 1800s Nahantic, 1800s Ninantic, 1800s– Nehantic. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pequot Nayantick. Etymology: < the names in south-eastern New England Algonquian languages of two places (Pequot Nayantick, west of New London, Connecticut, and Nayantaquit the hither in south-eastern Rhode Island), and the ethnic name based on these (e.g. Narragansett Nayantakoog, plural). Now chiefly historical. A. n. A member of either of two North American Indian peoples living along the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut at the time of first European contact.These peoples are distinguished as Eastern Niantic and Western Niantic respectively, and are of uncertain relationship to each other.Since the 1990s in form Nehantic (cf. quot. 1998) also: a member of a group claiming descent from the Niantics. ΚΠ 1637 R. Williams Let. 11 July in G. W. LaFantasie Corr. Roger Williams (1988) II. 99 There was a speach that 3 of these men were Nayantakoogs and one a Pequat. 1645 J. Winthrop Declar. Former Passages 1 But of late the Narrowgansets & especialy the Nianticks their confederates have many wayes injuriously broken & violated the same (treaties)..seizing and possessing at least a part of the Pequots country, which by right of conquest justly appertaines to the English. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer 143 Those powerful tribes which once dwelt between the rivers Hudson, Connecticut, Piskàtàquà, and Kènnebèck, the Mèhikaudret, Mohiguine..Nianticks, Massachusets, [etc.]. a1819 J. W. Eastburn & R. C. Sands Yamoyden (1820) i. v. 12 Revenge on the whites and their allies they swear, Mohegans, Niantics and Pequots they dare. 1871 Scribner's Monthly Oct. 573/2 Two hundred Narraganset warriors..joined the English; so did many brave Niantics. 1900 New Eng. Mag. June 497/2 One of the artistic features of the building is a stained glass window representing Ninigret, sachem of the Niantics. 1978 Handbk. N. Amer. Indians XV. 72 Nothing definite is known about the speech of either the Western or Eastern Niantic, not even whether or not they were linguistically closer to each other than to the other groups nearby. 1998 Hartford Courant (Connecticut) (Nexis) 8 Aug. b1 Last year it was the Nehantics who sought such recognition [as a sovereign nation]. Indians from other established Connecticut tribes said they were surprised because they didn't believe any Nehantics were still alive. B. adj. Of or relating to the Niantics. ΚΠ 1638 P. Vincent Hist. Pequot War in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1838) 3rd Ser. VII. 37 Being on the way, and having a mile to march through swamps, the Nyanticke hearts failed, for fear of the Pequets, and so they ran away. 1761 in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1809) 1st Ser. X. 103 (heading) The number of the Nyhantic tribe of Indians. 1860 S. G. Arnold Hist. State of Rhode Island II. xiv. 60 Tracing the title..to his son, the present Niantic sachem. 1909 Anthropol. Papers Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3 183 (title) Notes on the Mohegan and Niantic Indians. 1986 W. S. Simmons Spirit of New Eng. Tribes Pref. p. ix She..conducted me through the collections of Mohegan and Niantic material culture in the unique Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1637
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