Rhaetiann.adj.

Brit.

/ˈriːʃn/,

/ˈriːʃɪən/, U.S.

/ˈreɪʃ(i)ən/,

/ˈriʃən/

Forms: 1500s Retian, 1500s–1600s Rhoetian, 1500s–1800s Rhetian, 1500s– Rhaetian, 1900s– Raetian.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rhaetia , Raetia , -an suffix.

Etymology: < Rhaetia, also Raetia (classical Latin Rhaetia, also Raetia), the name of a Roman province in the Alps, including the Tyrol and parts of Bavaria and Switzerland ( < classical Latin Rhaetus (also Raetus ) of or belonging to Rhaetia, (noun) native or inhabitant of Rhaetia + -ia -ia suffix¹) + -an suffix. Compare Middle French, French rhétien (1583 as adjective, early 19th cent. as noun, 1813 denoting the ancient language of Rhaetia). Compare later Rhaetic adj., Rhaetic n.Ancient authors (e.g. Pliny) held that the Raetī derived their name from their leader, Raetus. Only the form Raetia is found in Latin inscriptions; classical manuscripts usually use the form Rhaetia.

A. n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Rhaetia, in eastern and central Switzerland, or the region of the Alps corresponding to this.The ancient Roman province of Rhaetia was bounded to the west by the Helvetii, to the north by Vindelicia, to the east by Noricum, and to the south by Cisalpine Gaul, corresponding to an area including the modern-day Austrian Tyrol, a part of Bavaria, and the Swiss canton of Graubünden (or Grisons).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Swiss > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Switzerland > parts of

Rhaetian1555

Genevese1650

Allobroges1652

Genevois1673

Zuricher1673

Bernois1687

Valaisan1776

Bernese1806

Valaisian1863

Ticinese1961

1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 287 The Rhetians which inhabite the laundes abowte the sprynges of the ryuer Abdua.

1578 W. B. tr. Appian of Alexandria Aunc. Hist. Romanes Warres ii. 296 The Retians, Norigians & Mittans.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. v. 202 And doubtlesse, the nations about the Alpes, especially the Rhetians [L. Raetis], had their beginning thus.

1685 in A. Behn Misc. 228 Such did the Rhaetians, and Bavarians see Drusus engage, and routed Armies flee.

1749 T. Short Gen. Chronol. Hist. Air I. 62 Famine oppressed the Gallicans, Rhetians, Noricans, and other Northern Nations.

1793 W. Boscawen tr. Horace Odes, Epodes, & Carmen Seculare iv. xiv. 423 (note) A preceding passage..only expresses that Tiberius pepulit (repulsed, or beat off,) the Rhætians.

1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 246/1 A third Teutonic people, the Goths, entered the country of the Rhætians, which nearly corresponded with the Grisons.

1881 S. J. Capper Shores & Cities Boden See i. 10 Undisciplined valour was of little avail against the skill of a Tiberius.., and the Rhaetians and Vindelicians were brought under the yoke of the world-conquerors.

1920 L. Hug & R. Stead Switzerland (rev. ed.) ii. 26 The sturdy Rhaetians belonged to the art-loving Etruscan race, whose proficiency in amphora-technic we so highly value.

1966 J. Sondheimer tr. M. Bloch French Rural Hist. 51 If we are to believe Pliny, this mysterious word [in modern German Pflug] was invented by the Rhaetians living to the south of the upper Danube.

2004 Independent (Nexis) 7 Aug. 4 The Rhaetians..were eventually sedated by the Pax Romana.

2. The name of either of two languages.

a. = Rhaeto-Romance n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Rhaeto-Romance

Rhaetian1789

Rhaeto-Romanic1853

Rhaeto-Romance1864

Rhaeto-Roman1886

Rhaetic1933

1789 W. Coxe Trav. Switzerland III. lxxix. 281 The Rhetian, or as it is more commonly called the Romansh, which is the vernacular tongue among the greatest part of the Grisons.

1860 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 11 309 The Latin ăqvă gives the Sanskrit ăp, the Rhaetian and local Spanish aua, [etc.].

1920 Mod. Lang. Rev. 15 448 Switzerland..is the meeting point, not only of German, Italian, and Northern French, but also of Provençal and Rhaetian or Rhaeto-romance.

1970 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Jan. 40/2 The five national tongues—French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Rumanian—and..their five regional varieties—Occitanian or Provençal,..Catalan,..Dalmatian,..Romansch or Rhaetian (now strictly West Rhaetian, for that alone has evolved a recognized written language), and Sardinian.

1991 T. W. Africa Immense Majesty i. 16 Raetian is an Indo-European language.

b. = Rhaetic n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > pre-Italic

Rhaetiana1832

Ligurian1835

Iapygian1882

Messapian1882

Venetic1903

Rhaetic1933

Picenian1939

Sicel1939

Picene1949

a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XIX. 756/1 The Romansh, or ancient Rhætian.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 64 The inscriptions in ancient Rhaetian show this language to have been an off-shoot of Etruscan.

1972 W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-European Lang. iii. 23 The sphere of Latin..embraced the Alpine area, where it replaced Rhaetian, a language of unknown affinities attested in a handful of inscriptions.

3. Geology. The uppermost (youngest) of the three stages constituting the Upper Triassic, lying above the Norian stage and below the Hettangian stage of the Jurassic, consisting of rocks dating from around 203.6 to 199.6 million years ago. Usually with the.This stage was formerly sometimes been classified (esp. in Britain) as a stage of the Jurassic, and also as a transitional stage between the Triassic and Jurassic periods.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > secondary or Mesozoic > Triassic-Jurassic transition

Rhaetic1862

Rhaetian1883

Carnic1948

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] > secondary or Mesozoic > Triassic-Jurassic

red measures1803

red beds1811

Rhaetic1862

Rhaetian1883

1883 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 126 69 The uniting of the Rhetian to the Lias is recommended, to which in its rocks and fossils it is allied.

1902 Statement on Behalf of Chile in Reply to Argentine Rep., Agreement 1896 (Appendix) ii. 765 The real western or boundary Cordillera is principally composed of Mesozoic rocks (sandstone, limestone, and marl), ranging from Rhaetian up to chalk.

1955 G. G. Woodford tr. M. Gignoux Stratigr. Geol. vii. 324 This Swabian facies of the Rhaetian is found everywhere in Europe outside of the Alpine domain.

1973 D. V. Ager Nature of Stratigraphical Rec. vii. 62 The British Trias is almost completely lacking in marine fossils below the Rhaetian.

2006 M. W. Houndslow & A. H. Ruffell in P. McL. D. Duff et al. Geol. Eng. & Wales (ed. 2) 324 The postulated global sea-level drop during the Rhaetian may be responsible for this loss through reduction of marine habitats.

B. adj.

1. Of the ancient province of Rhaetia or the region of the Alps corresponding to this (see sense A. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Switzerland > [adjective] > parts of Switzerland

Rhaetian1591

Rhaetical1611

Rhaetic1612

Bernese1816

Valaisian1917

Ticinese1964

Valaisan1970

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. xi. 38 The Rhœtian youth [L. Raetorum iuventus].

1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. 22 Corinthia he rules, and neere the streames Of Rhine and Isther, Sweue and Rhetian realmes.

1618 H. Wotton Let. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 149 At the next general assembly of the Rhaetian communities.

1693 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 636 The lower Tracts of Ground that lie between the Rhætian, Helvetian, and some other neighbouring Mountains.

1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. iv. iv. 27 The Rhætian bands [L. Raeti]..Were wont to spread their baneful terrors far.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 45/2 Bormio and Valtellina were annexed..in 1815 (despite the remonstrances of the Rhætian leagues) to the kingdom of Lombardo-Venetia.

1946 Archit. Rev. 100 58/1 It is for us a matter of course that the Alemanic part of the country would speak German, the French Swiss part French,..and the Rhaetian districts Romansch.

1976 Railway Mag. Aug. 434/1 (advt.) Swiss transport extravaganza..six special steam trains, paddle steamers, ‘tunnel grice’, vintage saloons on Rhaetian Railway.

2002 R. Domenico Regions of Italy 305 The Rhaetian peoples first settled Trent.

2. Of or relating to either of two languages.

a. = Rhaetic adj. 1b.

ΚΠ

1822 S. E. Morse New Syst. Mod. Geogr. 398 In the country of the Orisons more than half the population speak the Romansh or ancient Rhaetian language.

1998 Slavonic & E. European Rev. Apr. 342 The core of the book is an interpretation of Venetic, Etruscan, Rhaetian, and Messapic inscriptions.

b. = Rhaeto-Romance adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Italic > of Romance languages > Rhaeto-Roman

Romansha1691

Rhaetian1834

romance1862

Rhaeto-Romance1864

Rhaeto-Roman1915

1834 W. Tombleson Upper Rhine 2nd Ser. 159 The name of Disentis is probably derived from the Rhætian word Desiert, a desart.

1880–1 Trans. Philol. Soc. (1883) 410 (heading) History of Rhætian sounds.

1886 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 288 I suspect that the name [Drusenthor] is derived from some misunderstood Rhaetian word.

1926 Amer. Speech 2 13/2 Romansh and Friulian..are usually not classified as ‘Italian’ at all, but are considered as constituting what is sometimes called the ‘Romansh’ and sometimes the ‘Rhaetian’ language.

1963 Amer. Anthropologist 65 815 Languages in the Mesolithic period must have formed a general substratum giving birth to the Indo-European, the Finno-Ugrian, the Rhaetian and Basque linguistic families.

3. Geology. Of, relating to, or designating the Rhaetian (see sense A. 3).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > secondary or Mesozoic > Triassic

poikilitic1832

Triassic1841

Rhaetic1861

Rhaetian1875

1875 T. R. Jones Man. Nat. Hist. Greenland 588 The only hand-specimen collected includes a Rhynchonella perfectly agreeing with Rh. fissicostata, Suess, a characteristic Rhætian form.

1899 Geogr. Jrnl. 14 62 We discovered the presence of the same fossil Rhætian flora.

1959 A. K. Wells & J. F. Kirkaldy Outl. Hist. Geol. (ed. 4) xv. 232 Ammonite specialists..recognise a Rhaetian Stage as the topmost stage of the Triassic System.

1969 Proc. Geol. Soc. Aug. 154 The use of Rhaetian, not Rhaetic, as the name for the latest Triassic age/standard stage is supported. It has been agreed (by the Stratigraphy Committee) to retire the word ‘Rhaetic’.

2002 K. W. Glennie in N. H. Trewin Geol. Scotl. (ed. 4) 319/2 The Rhaetian age of its bivalve fauna is supported by the occurrence of diagnostic miospores in the shale sequence.

Compounds

Rhaetian Alps n.

ΚΠ

1793 A. Murphy tr. Tacitus Treat. Germany in Wks. I. 7 The Rhine has its source on the steep and lofty summit of the Rhætian Alps [L. Raeticarum Alpium], from which it precipitates.

1820 W. A. Cadell Journey Carniola, Italy & France II. 188 The Rhaetian Alps include the mountains between Como and Verona.

1907 L. Thorndike Hist. Medieval Europe v. 90 He [sc. Clovis] drove the Alamanni out of Alsace and up the Rhine into the Rhaetian Alps.

2001 F. Dramis & M. Guglielmin in R. Paepe & V. Melnikov Permafrost Response on Econ. Devel. ii. 262 The general lowering of the minimum altitudes of active rock glacier fronts which is observed from the Cottian Alps to the Rhaetian Alps.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rhaetian
释义	Rhaetiann.adj. Brit. /ˈriːʃn/, /ˈriːʃɪən/, U.S. /ˈreɪʃ(i)ən/, /ˈriʃən/ Forms: 1500s Retian, 1500s–1600s Rhoetian, 1500s–1800s Rhetian, 1500s– Rhaetian, 1900s– Raetian. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rhaetia , Raetia , -an suffix. Etymology: < Rhaetia, also Raetia (classical Latin Rhaetia, also Raetia), the name of a Roman province in the Alps, including the Tyrol and parts of Bavaria and Switzerland ( < classical Latin Rhaetus (also Raetus ) of or belonging to Rhaetia, (noun) native or inhabitant of Rhaetia + -ia -ia suffix¹) + -an suffix. Compare Middle French, French rhétien (1583 as adjective, early 19th cent. as noun, 1813 denoting the ancient language of Rhaetia). Compare later Rhaetic adj., Rhaetic n.Ancient authors (e.g. Pliny) held that the Raetī derived their name from their leader, Raetus. Only the form Raetia is found in Latin inscriptions; classical manuscripts usually use the form Rhaetia. A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Rhaetia, in eastern and central Switzerland, or the region of the Alps corresponding to this.The ancient Roman province of Rhaetia was bounded to the west by the Helvetii, to the north by Vindelicia, to the east by Noricum, and to the south by Cisalpine Gaul, corresponding to an area including the modern-day Austrian Tyrol, a part of Bavaria, and the Swiss canton of Graubünden (or Grisons). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Swiss > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Switzerland > parts of Rhaetian1555 Genevese1650 Allobroges1652 Genevois1673 Zuricher1673 Bernois1687 Valaisan1776 Bernese1806 Valaisian1863 Ticinese1961 1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 287 The Rhetians which inhabite the laundes abowte the sprynges of the ryuer Abdua. 1578 W. B. tr. Appian of Alexandria Aunc. Hist. Romanes Warres ii. 296 The Retians, Norigians & Mittans. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. v. 202 And doubtlesse, the nations about the Alpes, especially the Rhetians [L. Raetis], had their beginning thus. 1685 in A. Behn Misc. 228 Such did the Rhaetians, and Bavarians see Drusus engage, and routed Armies flee. 1749 T. Short Gen. Chronol. Hist. Air I. 62 Famine oppressed the Gallicans, Rhetians, Noricans, and other Northern Nations. 1793 W. Boscawen tr. Horace Odes, Epodes, & Carmen Seculare iv. xiv. 423 (note) A preceding passage..only expresses that Tiberius pepulit (repulsed, or beat off,) the Rhætians. 1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 246/1 A third Teutonic people, the Goths, entered the country of the Rhætians, which nearly corresponded with the Grisons. 1881 S. J. Capper Shores & Cities Boden See i. 10 Undisciplined valour was of little avail against the skill of a Tiberius.., and the Rhaetians and Vindelicians were brought under the yoke of the world-conquerors. 1920 L. Hug & R. Stead Switzerland (rev. ed.) ii. 26 The sturdy Rhaetians belonged to the art-loving Etruscan race, whose proficiency in amphora-technic we so highly value. 1966 J. Sondheimer tr. M. Bloch French Rural Hist. 51 If we are to believe Pliny, this mysterious word [in modern German Pflug] was invented by the Rhaetians living to the south of the upper Danube. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 7 Aug. 4 The Rhaetians..were eventually sedated by the Pax Romana. 2. The name of either of two languages. a. = Rhaeto-Romance n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Rhaeto-Romance Rhaetian1789 Rhaeto-Romanic1853 Rhaeto-Romance1864 Rhaeto-Roman1886 Rhaetic1933 1789 W. Coxe Trav. Switzerland III. lxxix. 281 The Rhetian, or as it is more commonly called the Romansh, which is the vernacular tongue among the greatest part of the Grisons. 1860 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 11 309 The Latin ăqvă gives the Sanskrit ăp, the Rhaetian and local Spanish aua, [etc.]. 1920 Mod. Lang. Rev. 15 448 Switzerland..is the meeting point, not only of German, Italian, and Northern French, but also of Provençal and Rhaetian or Rhaeto-romance. 1970 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Jan. 40/2 The five national tongues—French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Rumanian—and..their five regional varieties—Occitanian or Provençal,..Catalan,..Dalmatian,..Romansch or Rhaetian (now strictly West Rhaetian, for that alone has evolved a recognized written language), and Sardinian. 1991 T. W. Africa Immense Majesty i. 16 Raetian is an Indo-European language. b. = Rhaetic n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > pre-Italic Rhaetiana1832 Ligurian1835 Iapygian1882 Messapian1882 Venetic1903 Rhaetic1933 Picenian1939 Sicel1939 Picene1949 a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XIX. 756/1 The Romansh, or ancient Rhætian. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 64 The inscriptions in ancient Rhaetian show this language to have been an off-shoot of Etruscan. 1972 W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-European Lang. iii. 23 The sphere of Latin..embraced the Alpine area, where it replaced Rhaetian, a language of unknown affinities attested in a handful of inscriptions. 3. Geology. The uppermost (youngest) of the three stages constituting the Upper Triassic, lying above the Norian stage and below the Hettangian stage of the Jurassic, consisting of rocks dating from around 203.6 to 199.6 million years ago. Usually with the.This stage was formerly sometimes been classified (esp. in Britain) as a stage of the Jurassic, and also as a transitional stage between the Triassic and Jurassic periods. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > secondary or Mesozoic > Triassic-Jurassic transition Rhaetic1862 Rhaetian1883 Carnic1948 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] > secondary or Mesozoic > Triassic-Jurassic red measures1803 red beds1811 Rhaetic1862 Rhaetian1883 1883 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 126 69 The uniting of the Rhetian to the Lias is recommended, to which in its rocks and fossils it is allied. 1902 Statement on Behalf of Chile in Reply to Argentine Rep., Agreement 1896 (Appendix) ii. 765 The real western or boundary Cordillera is principally composed of Mesozoic rocks (sandstone, limestone, and marl), ranging from Rhaetian up to chalk. 1955 G. G. Woodford tr. M. Gignoux Stratigr. Geol. vii. 324 This Swabian facies of the Rhaetian is found everywhere in Europe outside of the Alpine domain. 1973 D. V. Ager Nature of Stratigraphical Rec. vii. 62 The British Trias is almost completely lacking in marine fossils below the Rhaetian. 2006 M. W. Houndslow & A. H. Ruffell in P. McL. D. Duff et al. Geol. Eng. & Wales (ed. 2) 324 The postulated global sea-level drop during the Rhaetian may be responsible for this loss through reduction of marine habitats. B. adj. 1. Of the ancient province of Rhaetia or the region of the Alps corresponding to this (see sense A. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Switzerland > [adjective] > parts of Switzerland Rhaetian1591 Rhaetical1611 Rhaetic1612 Bernese1816 Valaisian1917 Ticinese1964 Valaisan1970 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. xi. 38 The Rhœtian youth [L. Raetorum iuventus]. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. 22 Corinthia he rules, and neere the streames Of Rhine and Isther, Sweue and Rhetian realmes. 1618 H. Wotton Let. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 149 At the next general assembly of the Rhaetian communities. 1693 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 636 The lower Tracts of Ground that lie between the Rhætian, Helvetian, and some other neighbouring Mountains. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. iv. iv. 27 The Rhætian bands [L. Raeti]..Were wont to spread their baneful terrors far. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 45/2 Bormio and Valtellina were annexed..in 1815 (despite the remonstrances of the Rhætian leagues) to the kingdom of Lombardo-Venetia. 1946 Archit. Rev. 100 58/1 It is for us a matter of course that the Alemanic part of the country would speak German, the French Swiss part French,..and the Rhaetian districts Romansch. 1976 Railway Mag. Aug. 434/1 (advt.) Swiss transport extravaganza..six special steam trains, paddle steamers, ‘tunnel grice’, vintage saloons on Rhaetian Railway. 2002 R. Domenico Regions of Italy 305 The Rhaetian peoples first settled Trent. 2. Of or relating to either of two languages. a. = Rhaetic adj. 1b. ΚΠ 1822 S. E. Morse New Syst. Mod. Geogr. 398 In the country of the Orisons more than half the population speak the Romansh or ancient Rhaetian language. 1998 Slavonic & E. European Rev. Apr. 342 The core of the book is an interpretation of Venetic, Etruscan, Rhaetian, and Messapic inscriptions. b. = Rhaeto-Romance adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Italic > of Romance languages > Rhaeto-Roman Romansha1691 Rhaetian1834 romance1862 Rhaeto-Romance1864 Rhaeto-Roman1915 1834 W. Tombleson Upper Rhine 2nd Ser. 159 The name of Disentis is probably derived from the Rhætian word Desiert, a desart. 1880–1 Trans. Philol. Soc. (1883) 410 (heading) History of Rhætian sounds. 1886 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 288 I suspect that the name [Drusenthor] is derived from some misunderstood Rhaetian word. 1926 Amer. Speech 2 13/2 Romansh and Friulian..are usually not classified as ‘Italian’ at all, but are considered as constituting what is sometimes called the ‘Romansh’ and sometimes the ‘Rhaetian’ language. 1963 Amer. Anthropologist 65 815 Languages in the Mesolithic period must have formed a general substratum giving birth to the Indo-European, the Finno-Ugrian, the Rhaetian and Basque linguistic families. 3. Geology. Of, relating to, or designating the Rhaetian (see sense A. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > secondary or Mesozoic > Triassic poikilitic1832 Triassic1841 Rhaetic1861 Rhaetian1875 1875 T. R. Jones Man. Nat. Hist. Greenland 588 The only hand-specimen collected includes a Rhynchonella perfectly agreeing with Rh. fissicostata, Suess, a characteristic Rhætian form. 1899 Geogr. Jrnl. 14 62 We discovered the presence of the same fossil Rhætian flora. 1959 A. K. Wells & J. F. Kirkaldy Outl. Hist. Geol. (ed. 4) xv. 232 Ammonite specialists..recognise a Rhaetian Stage as the topmost stage of the Triassic System. 1969 Proc. Geol. Soc. Aug. 154 The use of Rhaetian, not Rhaetic, as the name for the latest Triassic age/standard stage is supported. It has been agreed (by the Stratigraphy Committee) to retire the word ‘Rhaetic’. 2002 K. W. Glennie in N. H. Trewin Geol. Scotl. (ed. 4) 319/2 The Rhaetian age of its bivalve fauna is supported by the occurrence of diagnostic miospores in the shale sequence. Compounds Rhaetian Alps n. ΚΠ 1793 A. Murphy tr. Tacitus Treat. Germany in Wks. I. 7 The Rhine has its source on the steep and lofty summit of the Rhætian Alps [L. Raeticarum Alpium], from which it precipitates. 1820 W. A. Cadell Journey Carniola, Italy & France II. 188 The Rhaetian Alps include the mountains between Como and Verona. 1907 L. Thorndike Hist. Medieval Europe v. 90 He [sc. Clovis] drove the Alamanni out of Alsace and up the Rhine into the Rhaetian Alps. 2001 F. Dramis & M. Guglielmin in R. Paepe & V. Melnikov Permafrost Response on Econ. Devel. ii. 262 The general lowering of the minimum altitudes of active rock glacier fronts which is observed from the Cottian Alps to the Rhaetian Alps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1555
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