Palaeo-EskimoPaleo-Eskimon.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpalɪəʊˈɛskᵻməʊ/,

/ˌpeɪlɪəʊˈɛskᵻməʊ/, U.S.

/ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈɛskəˌmoʊ/

Inflections: Plural Palaeo-Eskimos, Paleo-Eskimos, unchanged.

Forms: see palaeo- comb. form and Eskimo n. and adj. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, Eskimo n.

Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + Eskimo n. Compare earlier Palaeo-Asiatic adj. and n., Palaeo-Siberian n. and adj.

A. n.

A member of the earliest prehistoric people thought to have inhabited the Arctic from Greenland to Siberia, from whom the Inuit and related peoples are ultimately descended. Also occasionally: the culture of the Palaeo-Eskimos.In some sources an intermediate people or culture called neo-Eskimo is distinguished: cf. quot. 1956 at Thule n. 2.

ΚΠ

1916 H. P. Steensby Anthropogeogr. Stud. Origin Eskimo Culture 207 The Palæeskimo must be assumed to have been the first people to have moved into the here mentioned Arctic regions.

1920 Geogr. Rev. 9 126 The originators of this culture are called Paleo-Eskimos.

1956 G. Freeman tr. J. Malaurie Last Kings of Thule i. vii. 87 The Thule Culture—neo-Eskimo—would be derived from an anterior culture—paleo-Eskimo.

1994 Equinox June 44/1 As early as 4,000 years ago, a handful of palaeo-Eskimos traced a route along the Muskox Way from Siberia to Greenland.

2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing i. 17 The landscape is as untouched by civilization as several millennia ago, when the first Paleo-Eskimos wandered past with their stomachs clutched by hunger.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the Palaeo-Eskimos.

ΚΠ

1916 H. P. Steensby Anthropogeogr. Stud. Origin Eskimo Culture 171 I will call this last mentioned oldest Arctic Eskimo culture the Palæeskimo culture.

1958 G. R. Willey & P. Phillips Method & Theory in Amer. Archaeol. v. 139 It is surprising how many of the criteria of our definition of Archaic are applicable to Eskimo and Paleo-Eskimo cultures.

1991 E. A. Smith Inujjuamiut Foraging Strategies iii. 68 The Paleoeskimo peoples who first colonized this area camped on beaches that are now many meters above sea level.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palaeo-eskimo
释义	Palaeo-EskimoPaleo-Eskimon.adj. Brit. /ˌpalɪəʊˈɛskᵻməʊ/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˈɛskᵻməʊ/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈɛskəˌmoʊ/ Inflections: Plural Palaeo-Eskimos, Paleo-Eskimos, unchanged. Forms: see palaeo- comb. form and Eskimo n. and adj. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, Eskimo n. Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + Eskimo n. Compare earlier Palaeo-Asiatic adj. and n., Palaeo-Siberian n. and adj. A. n. A member of the earliest prehistoric people thought to have inhabited the Arctic from Greenland to Siberia, from whom the Inuit and related peoples are ultimately descended. Also occasionally: the culture of the Palaeo-Eskimos.In some sources an intermediate people or culture called neo-Eskimo is distinguished: cf. quot. 1956 at Thule n. 2. ΚΠ 1916 H. P. Steensby Anthropogeogr. Stud. Origin Eskimo Culture 207 The Palæeskimo must be assumed to have been the first people to have moved into the here mentioned Arctic regions. 1920 Geogr. Rev. 9 126 The originators of this culture are called Paleo-Eskimos. 1956 G. Freeman tr. J. Malaurie Last Kings of Thule i. vii. 87 The Thule Culture—neo-Eskimo—would be derived from an anterior culture—paleo-Eskimo. 1994 Equinox June 44/1 As early as 4,000 years ago, a handful of palaeo-Eskimos traced a route along the Muskox Way from Siberia to Greenland. 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing i. 17 The landscape is as untouched by civilization as several millennia ago, when the first Paleo-Eskimos wandered past with their stomachs clutched by hunger. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Palaeo-Eskimos. ΚΠ 1916 H. P. Steensby Anthropogeogr. Stud. Origin Eskimo Culture 171 I will call this last mentioned oldest Arctic Eskimo culture the Palæeskimo culture. 1958 G. R. Willey & P. Phillips Method & Theory in Amer. Archaeol. v. 139 It is surprising how many of the criteria of our definition of Archaic are applicable to Eskimo and Paleo-Eskimo cultures. 1991 E. A. Smith Inujjuamiut Foraging Strategies iii. 68 The Paleoeskimo peoples who first colonized this area camped on beaches that are now many meters above sea level. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1916
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