Noricadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnɔːrɪk/,

/ˈnɒrɪk/, U.S.

/ˈnɔrɪk/

Forms: 1500s Norike, 1600s Norick, 1600s Noricke, 1700s– Noric.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin Nōricus of or belonging to Nōricum , probably ultimately < the same base as Noreia , the name of the ancient capital of the later Roman province of Nōricum in present-day Austria + -icus -ic suffix. In sense 2 after German norisch (E. von Mojsisovics 1869, in Verhandl. der Kaiser-Königlichen Geol. Reichanstalt 4 65).

a. Of or relating to Noricum, an ancient Celtic kingdom and later Roman province in Western Europe whose borders roughly corresponded to present-day Austria. Noric Alps n. part of the Eastern Alps in southern Austria, north of the River Drava and west of Graz.

ΚΠ

1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iii. 52 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks If any man had then behold the mounteins (aierie Alps Diuiding Italie from France and Germanie likewise.) And Norike castels built on lit-tle hillocks.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. iii. xxv. 71 These rivers of special name, and navigable, run into Danubius, Draus with more violence out of the Noricke Alpes; and Saus out of the Carnicke Alpes more gently.

1860 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 94 The Walhalla stands in the centre of an arc of hills washed by the Danube, and looks beyond his waters and over the plains of Bavaria, to the snowy lines of the Noric Alps.

1928 Man 28 192 Its focus..must lie south of the Noric Alps.

1950 Science 6 Jan. 14/2 The tectonic form of the mountains has come to consist of northern and southern upheaved arches, between which is the Noric furrow, a broad strip of relatively depressed country.

1996 J. Minahan Nations without States 322 The Retic and Noric tribes, of Celtic origin, resisted Roman incursions for decades following Julius Caesar's military campaigns in the first century b.c.

b. Made from or designating a kind of steel manufactured in this area, used esp. for swords.Often translating Horace (cf. quot. 1911).

ΚΠ

1684 J. Harington tr. Horace Odes & Epodon xvi. 9 As Anger moves; whom neither Norick Sword Can daunt, nor Sea, with Wracks tempestuous stor'd.

a1709 J. Philips Poems (1927) 15 Bold Champion! brandishing his Noric Blade, Best temper'd Steel, successless prov'd in Field!

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. (1773) I. xiv. 61 In vain may Austria boast her Noric blade, If Austria bleed beneath her boasted steel.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 748/1 The famous Noric steel was largely used for the Roman weapons (‘Noricus ensis’, Horace, Odes, i. 16. 9).

1995 D. A. West tr. Horace Odes xvi. 77 Neither does sword of Noric steel deter it, nor ship-shattering sea.

2. Geology. = Norian adj.² Also as n. Now rare.

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1892 Amer. Naturalist 26 945 The age of the Trias as indicated by its fossils is that of the Noric and Karnic series in the upper Trias.

1893 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 3) VI. iii. i. 874 It was at the close of the deposition of the Alpine Muschelkalk and the beginning of the Noric stage that the two great biological provinces above referred to were finally established.

1921 A. W. Grabau Textbk. Geol. II. xli. 625 The Upper Triassic of western North America (Noric), the latter with a Rhætic flora.

1933 Amer. Midland Naturalist 14 356 The basal Jurassic lies in places on Noric equivalents, in others on Lower Triassic volcanics.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 463/2 (table) Keuper: Rhaetic, Noric, Karnic, Ladinic.

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

单词	noric
释义	Noricadj.n. Brit. /ˈnɔːrɪk/, /ˈnɒrɪk/, U.S. /ˈnɔrɪk/ Forms: 1500s Norike, 1600s Norick, 1600s Noricke, 1700s– Noric. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Nōricus. Etymology: < classical Latin Nōricus of or belonging to Nōricum , probably ultimately < the same base as Noreia , the name of the ancient capital of the later Roman province of Nōricum in present-day Austria + -icus -ic suffix. In sense 2 after German norisch (E. von Mojsisovics 1869, in Verhandl. der Kaiser-Königlichen Geol. Reichanstalt 4 65). 1. a. Of or relating to Noricum, an ancient Celtic kingdom and later Roman province in Western Europe whose borders roughly corresponded to present-day Austria. Noric Alps n. part of the Eastern Alps in southern Austria, north of the River Drava and west of Graz. ΚΠ 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iii. 52 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks If any man had then behold the mounteins (aierie Alps Diuiding Italie from France and Germanie likewise.) And Norike castels built on lit-tle hillocks. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. iii. xxv. 71 These rivers of special name, and navigable, run into Danubius, Draus with more violence out of the Noricke Alpes; and Saus out of the Carnicke Alpes more gently. 1860 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 94 The Walhalla stands in the centre of an arc of hills washed by the Danube, and looks beyond his waters and over the plains of Bavaria, to the snowy lines of the Noric Alps. 1928 Man 28 192 Its focus..must lie south of the Noric Alps. 1950 Science 6 Jan. 14/2 The tectonic form of the mountains has come to consist of northern and southern upheaved arches, between which is the Noric furrow, a broad strip of relatively depressed country. 1996 J. Minahan Nations without States 322 The Retic and Noric tribes, of Celtic origin, resisted Roman incursions for decades following Julius Caesar's military campaigns in the first century b.c. b. Made from or designating a kind of steel manufactured in this area, used esp. for swords.Often translating Horace (cf. quot. 1911). ΚΠ 1684 J. Harington tr. Horace Odes & Epodon xvi. 9 As Anger moves; whom neither Norick Sword Can daunt, nor Sea, with Wracks tempestuous stor'd. a1709 J. Philips Poems (1927) 15 Bold Champion! brandishing his Noric Blade, Best temper'd Steel, successless prov'd in Field! a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. (1773) I. xiv. 61 In vain may Austria boast her Noric blade, If Austria bleed beneath her boasted steel. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 748/1 The famous Noric steel was largely used for the Roman weapons (‘Noricus ensis’, Horace, Odes, i. 16. 9). 1995 D. A. West tr. Horace Odes xvi. 77 Neither does sword of Noric steel deter it, nor ship-shattering sea. 2. Geology. = Norian adj.² Also as n. Now rare. ΚΠ 1892 Amer. Naturalist 26 945 The age of the Trias as indicated by its fossils is that of the Noric and Karnic series in the upper Trias. 1893 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 3) VI. iii. i. 874 It was at the close of the deposition of the Alpine Muschelkalk and the beginning of the Noric stage that the two great biological provinces above referred to were finally established. 1921 A. W. Grabau Textbk. Geol. II. xli. 625 The Upper Triassic of western North America (Noric), the latter with a Rhætic flora. 1933 Amer. Midland Naturalist 14 356 The basal Jurassic lies in places on Noric equivalents, in others on Lower Triassic volcanics. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 463/2 (table) Keuper: Rhaetic, Noric, Karnic, Ladinic. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1589
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