Occidentn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɒksᵻd(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈɑksədnt/

Forms: Middle English Occedente, Middle English Occedentt, Middle English Occidente, Middle English–1500s Occydent, Middle English– Occident. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French occident; Latin occident-, occidēns.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French occident west (early 12th cent. in Old French), western part of the world (mid 12th cent.), countries and people of western Europe (1690), and its etymon classical Latin occident-, occidēns (noun) the region in which the sun sets, the west, the western part of the known world or its inhabitants, (adjective) western, uses as noun and adjective respectively of occidēns , present participle of occidere to fall towards, go down, set, die, be ruined < ob- ob- prefix + cadere to fall (see cadence n.). Compare occient n. and also orient n. and adj.

Chiefly poetic and literary.

A. n. Usually with the.

1. The part of the world situated to the west of some recognized region; spec. the countries, civilization, or culture of the West. Originally with reference to Western Christendom or the Western Roman Empire, or to Europe as opposed to Asia and the Orient; now usually with reference to Europe and America as opposed to Asia and the Orient, or occasionally to America or the Western hemisphere as opposed to the Old World.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [noun] > part or place

westdealeOE

west endeOE

west halfeOE

westwardeOE

westdalec1175

westc1275

west sidec1300

westwardc1350

Occidentc1375

occientc1450

westwards?1574

west half1577

occidental1587

Western world1894

c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3864 Iulius the conqueror..wan al thoccident by land and see.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 582 Ther ben of londes fele In occident.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 44 It [sc. pestilence] biganne forsoþ in þe orient, i. este; And so shetyng þe worlde, yt passed by ows toward þe occident.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 49 [Alexander] sought alle thorient and occident.

a1500 Rev. Methodius in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1918) 33 167 (MED) All westward to þe occydent they fledde eresdes was here foo.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour 4265 in Wks. (1931) I. 325 All Princis of the Occident Ar tyll his grace obedient.

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 81 Greik and latin, Orient and Occident dois bear irrefragabl testimonie yat thair can na exception be maid.

1668 Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 Index Books abreviated... Mr. Chapuzeau's History of the riches of the Orient and Occident.

1689 W. Walker tr. H. Languet Vindiciæ contra Tyrannos (new ed.) 155 Constantine and Licinius governed the Empire together, the one in the Orient, the other in the Occident.

1871 J. Miller Tall Alcalde in Songs Sierras (1872) 197 Thou Italy of the Occident!

1894 Pall Mall Budget No. 1342. 33/1 Time was where the Occident knew it not at all.

1949 M. Mead in M. Fortes Social Struct. 23 A regiment of soldiers, all from..the occident, come into face-to-face relations with non-occidental people.

1991 Hindu (Madras) 6 Dec. 27/1 Sri Aurobindo's childhood and boyhood were wholly conducive to produce [sic] a westernised super-efficient bureaucrat who could also be considered a fine intellectual by the Occident.

†2. The quarter or region of the sky in which the sun and other celestial objects set; the corresponding quarter or region of the earth; the west. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > sky, heavens > [noun] > region, zone > west

Occidentc1390

sunsetting1571

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [noun]

westc1300

Occidentc1390

ponent1538

west1564

sunsetting1571

setting sun1590

set of day1623

c1390 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 297 O firste moeuyng cruel firmament..that..hurlest al from est til occident.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 4056 (MED) With þi riȝt honde, thow þe orient Shuldest han touchid..And with þi lift honde, eke þe occident.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 387 b/1 The sonne mone sterres and planettes..moeue fro thoryent to thoccidente.

a1500 Hymnal in R. S. Loomis Medieval Stud. in Memory G. S. Loomis (1927) 458 (MED) Phebus..Aperyth fyrst owt of þe oryente, Gladyng the world with cownforth of hys lyght Vn to the poynt ex[t]reme of occident.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 66 His [sc. the sun's] bright passage to the Occident .

1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 38 Ere Phœbus in the Occident decline.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 320 Towards the occident, it ioyneth with the great Lake.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Equinoctial Occident, that point of horizon where the sun sets, when entering aries, or libra.

†B. adj.

Chiefly Scottish. Situated in the west, western, occidental. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective]

westwardeOE

westOE

westerOE

westernOE

occidentalc1400

Occidenta1500

Hesperiana1547

westerly1549

westenc1550

westernly1575

westernlyc1595

setting1612

westwardly1651

ponent1667

westing1669

westlin1720

occasive1802

westland1818

westwards1838

a1500 Rev. Methodius in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1918) 33 165 (MED) Iaphet northeward gan hym hy to þe weste se þat ys occydent.

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 25 Mars occident, retrograide in his speir.

1549 D. Monro Descr. Western Isles (1961) 57 Callit in his time King of the Occident Iles.

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates I. 126 The Kirk of God..obseruing..abstinence..on Wodinsday generalie in the orient Kirk..maist commonly on the Saterday in the occident.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 3 In Iona yle within the occident se.

1670 Philos. Trans. 1669 (Royal Soc.) 4 1109 The Angle Occident 16° 58′.

1820 W. Barnes Poet. Pieces 5 And the sun, in his last golden splendor array'd, Had long sunk from the occident sky.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	occident
释义	Occidentn.adj. Brit. /ˈɒksᵻd(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈɑksədnt/ Forms: Middle English Occedente, Middle English Occedentt, Middle English Occidente, Middle English–1500s Occydent, Middle English– Occident. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French occident; Latin occident-, occidēns. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French occident west (early 12th cent. in Old French), western part of the world (mid 12th cent.), countries and people of western Europe (1690), and its etymon classical Latin occident-, occidēns (noun) the region in which the sun sets, the west, the western part of the known world or its inhabitants, (adjective) western, uses as noun and adjective respectively of occidēns , present participle of occidere to fall towards, go down, set, die, be ruined < ob- ob- prefix + cadere to fall (see cadence n.). Compare occient n. and also orient n. and adj. Chiefly poetic and literary. A. n. Usually with the. 1. The part of the world situated to the west of some recognized region; spec. the countries, civilization, or culture of the West. Originally with reference to Western Christendom or the Western Roman Empire, or to Europe as opposed to Asia and the Orient; now usually with reference to Europe and America as opposed to Asia and the Orient, or occasionally to America or the Western hemisphere as opposed to the Old World. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [noun] > part or place westdealeOE west endeOE west halfeOE westwardeOE westdalec1175 westc1275 west sidec1300 westwardc1350 Occidentc1375 occientc1450 westwards?1574 west half1577 occidental1587 Western world1894 c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3864 Iulius the conqueror..wan al thoccident by land and see. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 582 Ther ben of londes fele In occident. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 44 It [sc. pestilence] biganne forsoþ in þe orient, i. este; And so shetyng þe worlde, yt passed by ows toward þe occident. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 49 [Alexander] sought alle thorient and occident. a1500 Rev. Methodius in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1918) 33 167 (MED) All westward to þe occydent they fledde eresdes was here foo. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour 4265 in Wks. (1931) I. 325 All Princis of the Occident Ar tyll his grace obedient. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 81 Greik and latin, Orient and Occident dois bear irrefragabl testimonie yat thair can na exception be maid. 1668 Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 Index Books abreviated... Mr. Chapuzeau's History of the riches of the Orient and Occident. 1689 W. Walker tr. H. Languet Vindiciæ contra Tyrannos (new ed.) 155 Constantine and Licinius governed the Empire together, the one in the Orient, the other in the Occident. 1871 J. Miller Tall Alcalde in Songs Sierras (1872) 197 Thou Italy of the Occident! 1894 Pall Mall Budget No. 1342. 33/1 Time was where the Occident knew it not at all. 1949 M. Mead in M. Fortes Social Struct. 23 A regiment of soldiers, all from..the occident, come into face-to-face relations with non-occidental people. 1991 Hindu (Madras) 6 Dec. 27/1 Sri Aurobindo's childhood and boyhood were wholly conducive to produce [sic] a westernised super-efficient bureaucrat who could also be considered a fine intellectual by the Occident. †2. The quarter or region of the sky in which the sun and other celestial objects set; the corresponding quarter or region of the earth; the west. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sky, heavens > [noun] > region, zone > west Occidentc1390 sunsetting1571 the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [noun] westc1300 Occidentc1390 ponent1538 west1564 sunsetting1571 setting sun1590 set of day1623 c1390 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 297 O firste moeuyng cruel firmament..that..hurlest al from est til occident. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 4056 (MED) With þi riȝt honde, thow þe orient Shuldest han touchid..And with þi lift honde, eke þe occident. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 387 b/1 The sonne mone sterres and planettes..moeue fro thoryent to thoccidente. a1500 Hymnal in R. S. Loomis Medieval Stud. in Memory G. S. Loomis (1927) 458 (MED) Phebus..Aperyth fyrst owt of þe oryente, Gladyng the world with cownforth of hys lyght Vn to the poynt ex[t]reme of occident. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 66 His [sc. the sun's] bright passage to the Occident . View more context for this quotation 1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 38 Ere Phœbus in the Occident decline. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 320 Towards the occident, it ioyneth with the great Lake. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Equinoctial Occident, that point of horizon where the sun sets, when entering aries, or libra. †B. adj. Chiefly Scottish. Situated in the west, western, occidental. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective] westwardeOE westOE westerOE westernOE occidentalc1400 Occidenta1500 Hesperiana1547 westerly1549 westenc1550 westernly1575 westernlyc1595 setting1612 westwardly1651 ponent1667 westing1669 westlin1720 occasive1802 westland1818 westwards1838 a1500 Rev. Methodius in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1918) 33 165 (MED) Iaphet northeward gan hym hy to þe weste se þat ys occydent. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 25 Mars occident, retrograide in his speir. 1549 D. Monro Descr. Western Isles (1961) 57 Callit in his time King of the Occident Iles. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates I. 126 The Kirk of God..obseruing..abstinence..on Wodinsday generalie in the orient Kirk..maist commonly on the Saterday in the occident. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 3 In Iona yle within the occident se. 1670 Philos. Trans. 1669 (Royal Soc.) 4 1109 The Angle Occident 16° 58′. 1820 W. Barnes Poet. Pieces 5 And the sun, in his last golden splendor array'd, Had long sunk from the occident sky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). occidentv. Brit. /ˈɒksᵻd(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈɑksədnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Occident n. Etymology: < Occident n., after orient v. rare. transitive. To turn or direct towards the west; to place (a church) with the chancel at the western end. ΚΠ 1896 I. Petrie in M. L. Carus-Wilson Irene Petrie: Missionary to Kashmir (1900) xii. 269 The Bishop..came to the west or rather the east door, as the Church is occidented. 2000 J. Cook Archit. Setting of Saints iii. 101 Saint-Denis varies in one important respect..it was oriented, rather than occidented. Derivatives ˈoccidented adj. ΚΠ 1984 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 43 580 The only statement on orientation is that west-facing temples are rare (pp.167, 181)—this despite the inclusion of eighteen occidented temples in the text. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1375v.1896
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Occidentn.adj.

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