单词 | octagonian |
释义 | † octagonianadj.n. Obsolete. A. adj. 1. Of or belonging to an octagon. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > polygonal > octagonal eight-squarea1552 octagonal1571 octagonian1598 octangle1613 octangular1649 octagon1679 octolateral1890 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > two-dimensional > octagonal eight-squarea1552 octagonal1571 octagonian1598 octangle1613 octangular1649 octagon1679 1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge i. 111 Their ouale..temples; as also their circular, pentagonian, hexagonian, octogonian [It. ottagoni], square, and crosse ones. 2. Designating or relating to a dissenting sect in Liverpool which worshipped in a building known from its shape as the Octagon. ΚΠ 1767 J. Wedgwood Let. 8 Nov. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 46 Can your part from your Octagon, and enlightened Octogonian brethren? 1813 T. Jefferson Let. 12 Oct. in Papers (2009) Retirement Ser. VI. 551 The best collection of these psalms is that of the Octagonian dissenters of Liverpool. B. n. A member of a dissenting sect in Liverpool which worshipped in a building known as the Octagon. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > nonconformity > [noun] > person > in Liverpool octagonian1779 1779 J. Wedgwood Let. 9 May in Sel. Lett. (1965) 233 We agreed that the sect of the octagonians had not treated you with all the delicacy in the world. 1885 Dict. National Biogr. at Bentley, Thomas The frequenters of this chapel were called ‘Octagonians’. 1893 B. Nightingale Lancashire Nonconformity VI. 134 The edifice..was of the octagonal form from which circumstance the worshippers came to be called ‘Octagonians’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1598 |
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