† Perisciin.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Periscii inhabitants of the polar regions (1531) < Hellenistic Greek περίσκιοι , use as noun of masculine plural of περίσκιος throwing a shadow all round < ancient Greek περι- peri- prefix + σκιά shadow (see scio- comb. form). The people were so called from the fact that their shadows revolve around them as the sun moves round. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (pĕri·siˌəi, -i·ʃiˌəi) /pəˈrɪsɪaɪ/, /-ˈɪʃɪaɪ/.

Obsolete.

The inhabitants of the polar regions. Cf. periscian n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of polar zones

Periscii1559

periscian1594

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 68 Of the diversitie of shadowes, ther ar .iij. divers distinct habitations of people found,..Amphiscii, Heteroscii, Periscii, and we want apt English termes for them.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. x. 227 They [sc. the inhabitants of the Arctic and Antarctic] are called Periscii; which is as much to say, as men hauing shaddowes mooued round about.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 5 But the Periscii have their shadow circulating, their meridional shadow having no existence from the vertice, but oblique and extended to the plain of the terrestrial Horizon.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Periscii, are the Inhabitants of the two Frozen Zones... As the sun never goes down to them after he is once up, but alawys round about them, so do their shadows. Whence the name.

1794 A. Alexander Summary Geogr. & Hist. 8 Those within the polar circles..are called Periscii, because their shadow points every way round.

1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. I. Astron. 147 The inhabitants of the frigid zones acquire the name of Periscii.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	periscii
释义	† Perisciin. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Periscii. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Periscii inhabitants of the polar regions (1531) < Hellenistic Greek περίσκιοι , use as noun of masculine plural of περίσκιος throwing a shadow all round < ancient Greek περι- peri- prefix + σκιά shadow (see scio- comb. form). The people were so called from the fact that their shadows revolve around them as the sun moves round. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (pĕri·siˌəi, -i·ʃiˌəi) /pəˈrɪsɪaɪ/, /-ˈɪʃɪaɪ/. Obsolete. The inhabitants of the polar regions. Cf. periscian n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of polar zones Periscii1559 periscian1594 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 68 Of the diversitie of shadowes, ther ar .iij. divers distinct habitations of people found,..Amphiscii, Heteroscii, Periscii, and we want apt English termes for them. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. x. 227 They [sc. the inhabitants of the Arctic and Antarctic] are called Periscii; which is as much to say, as men hauing shaddowes mooued round about. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 5 But the Periscii have their shadow circulating, their meridional shadow having no existence from the vertice, but oblique and extended to the plain of the terrestrial Horizon. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Periscii, are the Inhabitants of the two Frozen Zones... As the sun never goes down to them after he is once up, but alawys round about them, so do their shadows. Whence the name. 1794 A. Alexander Summary Geogr. & Hist. 8 Those within the polar circles..are called Periscii, because their shadow points every way round. 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. I. Astron. 147 The inhabitants of the frigid zones acquire the name of Periscii. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1559
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