单词 | romanite |
释义 | Romaniten. 1. U.S. Any of several varieties of dessert apple, chiefly late-ripening and with a red skin; (formerly esp.) = rambo n.1 Also with distinguishing word. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [noun] > cooking- or eating-apple rambo1803 Romanite1817 wealthy1869 Granny Smith1886 Bramley('s) seedling1900 1817 W. Coxe View Cultiv. Fruit Trees 116 Rambo, or Romanite. This apple is much cultivated in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. 1872 J. Fitz Southern Apple & Peach Culturist 149 Winter apples... Carthouse or Romanite. December to April, (for Virginia and the Carolinas.) 1915 Ohio Exper. Station Bull. Aug. 103 It may be a seedling of the old Red Romanite, which is strengthened by the resemblance to other varieties of the Romanite group. 1957 Alton (Illinois) Evening Tel. 8 June 9/5 Half crops may be expected for golden delicious..and Romanite apples. 2. A Roman Catholic. Cf. Romanist n. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > person > [noun] papist1528 Romanist1534 Roman1537 Romist1543 papistic1545 popestant1549 flesh-maker1551 mass-monger1551 Romish1551 Pope catholicc1554 popeling1563 catholic1570 Romish Catholic1571 popera1577 Pope worshipper1579 papane1581 Roman Catholic1581 Cacolike1582 Cartholic1582 papisha1595 Babylonian1603 papal1611 popinian1613 Papalin1616 Romulist1620 papicolist1633 western1640 papagan1641 universalist1644 red-letter man1677 RC1691 Azymite1728 papalist1752 craw-thumper1786 catholicist1812 papisher1817 pontifical1832 Romanite1839 dogan1847 mickey1851 redneck1852 mackerel-snatcher1855 Latin1867 Romanensian1885 Roman candle1897 Mick1902 Mick Dooley1905 Mickey Doo1905 left-footer1911 Pape1927 right-footer1929 Doolan1940 tyke1941 Tim1958 mackerel-snapper1960 Teague1971 Mickey Doolan1972 1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian ii. §2. 119 Oh foolish Romanites, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth? 1890 Deseret Weekly (Salt Lake City, Utah Territory) 17 May 673/1 The Romanites..give to genuine tradition the same authority as to the written word. 1962 H. Hotema Man's Higher Consciousness (ed. 3) 48 The Romanites were utterly ignorant of the fact that they had invaded the land from whence they had received the virgin birth tradition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817 |
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