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单词 periscian
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perisciann.adj.

Brit. /pəˈrɪsɪən/, /pəˈrɪskɪən/, /pəˈrɪʃɪən/, U.S. /pəˈrɪskiən/, /pəˈrɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Periscii , -an suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Periscii (see Periscii n.) + -an suffix.In quot. 1594 at sense A. after Middle French Periscien (1576 in the passage translated).
A. n.
With capital initial. An inhabitant of either of the polar regions; (in plural) = Periscii n. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of polar zones
Periscii1559
periscian1594
1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course i. f. 9v Periscians [Fr. Perisciens] are they which haue their shadowes round about them in forme of milstones.
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 189 Which to withhold from them (whether Perisians [sic], Heteroscians or Amphiscians, would prove very absurd.
1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. §3. 209 The Inhabitants of these Zones..are called Periscians, because the shadow (the Sun not setting) moves round about them.
1797 M. Bryan Compendious Syst. Astron. iii. 67 The people who live at the poles are called Periscians, from Periscii, because their shadows go quite round them in the same day, when the Sun does not set to them.
1845 Southern Literary Messenger 11 759/2 Around me doth thy presence play, As falls around the Periscian's way His shadow.
B. adj.
Having shadows revolving all about one, as happens during the course of a summer day in the polar regions. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [adjective] > inhabitant of polar zone
perisciana1682
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 92 In every clime we are in a periscian state, and with our Light our Shadow and Darkness walk about us.
1932 T. L. Heath Greek Astron. 150 Those [zones] under the poles..are (he says) ‘periscian’ (i.e. the shadow thrown by an object sometimes goes all round it).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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n.adj.1594
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