opinicusn.

Brit.

/əˈpɪnᵻkəs/, U.S.

/əˈpɪnəkəs/

Inflections: Plural opinaci.

Forms: 1500s opimacus, 1700s– opinicus.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.First attested in the grant of arms of the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers (see quot. 1546). The form opinicus also occurs as the name of Opinicus de Canistris (1296–1350), Italian priest and cartographer, who drew world maps in which geography was adapted to animal and human forms to make moral and religious points, a style which became a popular form of social and political commentary in the 17th–19th centuries. In quot. 2000 perhaps in the sense ‘an opiniated person’, by association with opinion n.

Heraldry.

An imaginary creature, frequently represented as having the head and wings of an eagle or griffin, the body and legs of a lion, and the tail of a camel. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters

dragonc1330

griffina1400

yalec1425

mermaid1445

manticorec1470

cockatrice1513

mermaiden1538

opinicus1546

lituit1562

Pegasus1562

equicerve1572

harpy1572

lyciske1572

verme1572

wyver1599

merman1601

lion-dragon1610

lion-poisson1610

wyvern1610

Sagittarius1619

sagittary1632

man-fish1653

sea lion1661

satyral1724

man-tiger1780

sea-dog1780

Welsh dragon1799

camelopardel1830

satyr1845

serpivolant1866

sea monkey1909

1546 in J. Bromley Armorial Bearings Guilds London (1960) 202 With two bestes callid Opimacus half serpent and half beste..supporting the said armes.

1569 in J. Bromley Armorial Bearings Guilds London (1960) 17 And to their Creast upon the heaulme on a Torce argent and sable an Opimacus golde.

1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Opinicus, a fictitious beast, of heraldic invention.

1847 H. Gough Gloss. Terms Brit. Heraldry 233 Opinicus, a fictitious beast compounded of the fore parts of a dragon, the hinder parts of a lion, and the tail of a camel.

1889 C. Boutell Eng. Heraldry (ed. 5) x. 141 Opinicus. A fabulous heraldic monster, a dragon before, and a lion behind with a camel's tail.

1909 A. C. Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Heraldry (1969) xxvi. 333 The supporters of the Plasterers' Company, which were granted with the arms (15 January 1556), are ‘Two opinaci (figures very similar to griffins) vert pursted (? purfled) or, beaked sable, the wings gules’.

1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 244/2 The opinicus, which was not evolved before the XVI cent., is, in short, a debased griffin.

2000 D. Vaughan Lady-in-waiting in C. Newland & K. Sesay IC3 281 I implore that I too am a genteel woman. But during the power play..I recognize that I am more. I am an opinicus.

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

单词	opinicus
释义	opinicusn. Brit. /əˈpɪnᵻkəs/, U.S. /əˈpɪnəkəs/ Inflections: Plural opinaci. Forms: 1500s opimacus, 1700s– opinicus. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.First attested in the grant of arms of the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers (see quot. 1546). The form opinicus also occurs as the name of Opinicus de Canistris (1296–1350), Italian priest and cartographer, who drew world maps in which geography was adapted to animal and human forms to make moral and religious points, a style which became a popular form of social and political commentary in the 17th–19th centuries. In quot. 2000 perhaps in the sense ‘an opiniated person’, by association with opinion n. Heraldry. An imaginary creature, frequently represented as having the head and wings of an eagle or griffin, the body and legs of a lion, and the tail of a camel. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters dragonc1330 griffina1400 yalec1425 mermaid1445 manticorec1470 cockatrice1513 mermaiden1538 opinicus1546 lituit1562 Pegasus1562 equicerve1572 harpy1572 lyciske1572 verme1572 wyver1599 merman1601 lion-dragon1610 lion-poisson1610 wyvern1610 Sagittarius1619 sagittary1632 man-fish1653 sea lion1661 satyral1724 man-tiger1780 sea-dog1780 Welsh dragon1799 camelopardel1830 satyr1845 serpivolant1866 sea monkey1909 1546 in J. Bromley Armorial Bearings Guilds London (1960) 202 With two bestes callid Opimacus half serpent and half beste..supporting the said armes. 1569 in J. Bromley Armorial Bearings Guilds London (1960) 17 And to their Creast upon the heaulme on a Torce argent and sable an Opimacus golde. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Opinicus, a fictitious beast, of heraldic invention. 1847 H. Gough Gloss. Terms Brit. Heraldry 233 Opinicus, a fictitious beast compounded of the fore parts of a dragon, the hinder parts of a lion, and the tail of a camel. 1889 C. Boutell Eng. Heraldry (ed. 5) x. 141 Opinicus. A fabulous heraldic monster, a dragon before, and a lion behind with a camel's tail. 1909 A. C. Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Heraldry (1969) xxvi. 333 The supporters of the Plasterers' Company, which were granted with the arms (15 January 1556), are ‘Two opinaci (figures very similar to griffins) vert pursted (? purfled) or, beaked sable, the wings gules’. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 244/2 The opinicus, which was not evolved before the XVI cent., is, in short, a debased griffin. 2000 D. Vaughan Lady-in-waiting in C. Newland & K. Sesay IC3 281 I implore that I too am a genteel woman. But during the power play..I recognize that I am more. I am an opinicus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1546
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