Sardinianadj.n.

Brit.

/sɑːˈdɪnɪən/, U.S.

/sɑrˈdɪniən/

Etymology: < Sardinia (see below) + -an suffix.

A. adj.

a. Of or pertaining to Sardinia, i.e. either the large island adjacent to Corsica, or the kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1859), which had its capital at Turin, and included the island of Sardinia as well as Piedmont and adjacent territories.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [adjective] > Sardinia

Sardinian1748

Sard1823

1748 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 29 Apr. The Sardinian Minister has refused to sign too.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 342 The Sardinian States. The dominions of the King of Sardinia consist of 51 provinces in all.

1851 Life A. Gentili 228 At the Sardinian chapel in London, he twice preached..for two consecutive Sundays.

1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Sardinian Huts, wooden huts made by many English officers in the Crimea and by the Sardinians for their men.

b. Designating a Romance language (or group of dialects) spoken by the Sardinians.

ΘΚΠ

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

Provençal1581

Sardinian1835

Romanian1853

1835 G. C. Lewis Origin & Formation Romance Lang. i. 48 Niebuhr..says that ‘specimens of the Sardinian language from the civilized districts exhibit peculiarities which are more than varieties of dialect’.

1960 W. D. Elcock Romance Lang. v. 474 In..perceiving that the ‘outlandish’ character of Sardinian speech lay in its approximation to Latin the poet-philologist [Dante] had almost divined the truth concerning the origin of the Romance languages.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XV. 1029/1 It is sometimes said that these last two [sc. Sassarian and Gallurian] are not Sardinian dialects but rather Corsican.

c. Sardinian warbler n. a black, brown, and white warbler, Sylvia melanocephala, found in the Mediterranean region.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > other types of

swallow-warbler1801

Sardinian warbler1909

1909 C. Whymper Egyptian Birds 209 Sardinian Warbler..Rare.

1954 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles III. 150 In Sicily..the Sardinian warbler is the commonest warbler.

1971 Country Life 1 July 27/3 Our most familiar sounds by day were..the chatter of Sardinian warblers among the mastic bushes.

†2.

a. Used for sardonian adj. and n., sardonic adj. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective]

satiric1509

satirien1509

satiricala1529

ironical1536

dry1542

Lucianical1561

satirial1579

sardonian1586

ironized1596

sarcasmical1602

ironic1614

Sardinian?1615

sardoin1633

sardonic1638

sarcastical1641

sardan1649

sarcasmous1663

sarcastic1695

witty1700

sarcasmatical1716

caustic1771

nippit1808

Lucianic1820

sardonican1837

quippy1859

sardonical1859

quipsome1881

sarky1912

Lucianesque1969

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xx. 457 A laughter..most Sardinian, With scorn and wrath mix'd.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 188. ⁋4 What the Latins call Sardinian Laughter, a distortion of the face without gladness of heart.

b. transl. of Latin sardonius, as the epithet of the plant producing ‘sardonic’ laughter. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 33 May I become..Rough as a Bur, deform'd like him who chaws Sardinian Herbage to contract his Jaws.

3. Sardinian acorn, Sardinian nut = Sardian adj. and n. acorn, nut.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > chestnut

chesteine1362

castanea1398

chestnut1519

Sardian acorn1551

maroon1594

sweet chestnut1818

marron1877

Sardinian acorn1895

1895 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening

1897 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon

B. n.

1. An inhabitant of the island or of the kingdom of Sardinia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Italy > Sardinia

Sardinian1598

Sard1822

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iv. xii. 109 All the contention rested betwixt the Sardinians and Smyrnæans.

1748 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 29 Apr. The Sardinian to have the cessions made to him by the Queen.

1793 E. Burke Remarks Policy Allies in Wks. (1823) VII. 142 Bands of English, Spaniards, Neapolitans, Sardinians [etc.].

1908 Daily News 29 Sept. 4 The Siberians and Sardinians [sc. foxes] that are introduced from time to time.

2. A Romance language (or group of dialects) spoken in Sardinia.

ΘΚΠ

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

Sardinian1813

Logudoro1849

Sard1885

Logudorese1952

1813 Q. Rev. Oct. 259 Bolognese.., Sicilian.., Sardinian.

1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 427/1 A book was published at Cagliari, in both Sardinian and Italian, called ‘Moriografia Sarda’.

1894 W. M. Lindsay Lat. Lang. ii. 34 Short ŭ and ō of Latin are distinguished not only in Sardinian.., but also in Roumanian and in the Latin element of the Albanian language.

1932 G. F.-H. Berkeley & J. Berkeley Italy in Making I. iv. 52 French was permitted for the Savoyards and Valdostani, Genoese for the Ligurians, and Sardinian for the Sards.

1965 W. S. Allen Vox Latina i. 25 At what period such a [phonetic] change took place it is impossible to say, but Sardinian suggests that it was very late.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XV. 1026/1 On linguistic grounds Sardinian (not the language of an independent nation since the 14th century) and Occitan (the medieval Provençal) are usually regarded as languages rather than dialects.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XV. 1029/1 The first documents in Sardinian are legal contracts dating from about 1080.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sardinian
释义	Sardinianadj.n. Brit. /sɑːˈdɪnɪən/, U.S. /sɑrˈdɪniən/ Etymology: < Sardinia (see below) + -an suffix. A. adj. 1. a. Of or pertaining to Sardinia, i.e. either the large island adjacent to Corsica, or the kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1859), which had its capital at Turin, and included the island of Sardinia as well as Piedmont and adjacent territories. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [adjective] > Sardinia Sardinian1748 Sard1823 1748 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 29 Apr. The Sardinian Minister has refused to sign too. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 342 The Sardinian States. The dominions of the King of Sardinia consist of 51 provinces in all. 1851 Life A. Gentili 228 At the Sardinian chapel in London, he twice preached..for two consecutive Sundays. 1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Sardinian Huts, wooden huts made by many English officers in the Crimea and by the Sardinians for their men. b. Designating a Romance language (or group of dialects) spoken by the Sardinians. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Italic > of Romance languages > of specific Romance languages Provençal1581 Sardinian1835 Romanian1853 1835 G. C. Lewis Origin & Formation Romance Lang. i. 48 Niebuhr..says that ‘specimens of the Sardinian language from the civilized districts exhibit peculiarities which are more than varieties of dialect’. 1960 W. D. Elcock Romance Lang. v. 474 In..perceiving that the ‘outlandish’ character of Sardinian speech lay in its approximation to Latin the poet-philologist [Dante] had almost divined the truth concerning the origin of the Romance languages. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XV. 1029/1 It is sometimes said that these last two [sc. Sassarian and Gallurian] are not Sardinian dialects but rather Corsican. c. Sardinian warbler n. a black, brown, and white warbler, Sylvia melanocephala, found in the Mediterranean region. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > other types of swallow-warbler1801 Sardinian warbler1909 1909 C. Whymper Egyptian Birds 209 Sardinian Warbler..Rare. 1954 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles III. 150 In Sicily..the Sardinian warbler is the commonest warbler. 1971 Country Life 1 July 27/3 Our most familiar sounds by day were..the chatter of Sardinian warblers among the mastic bushes. †2. a. Used for sardonian adj. and n., sardonic adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective] satiric1509 satirien1509 satiricala1529 ironical1536 dry1542 Lucianical1561 satirial1579 sardonian1586 ironized1596 sarcasmical1602 ironic1614 Sardinian?1615 sardoin1633 sardonic1638 sarcastical1641 sardan1649 sarcasmous1663 sarcastic1695 witty1700 sarcasmatical1716 caustic1771 nippit1808 Lucianic1820 sardonican1837 quippy1859 sardonical1859 quipsome1881 sarky1912 Lucianesque1969 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xx. 457 A laughter..most Sardinian, With scorn and wrath mix'd. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 188. ⁋4 What the Latins call Sardinian Laughter, a distortion of the face without gladness of heart. b. transl. of Latin sardonius, as the epithet of the plant producing ‘sardonic’ laughter. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 33 May I become..Rough as a Bur, deform'd like him who chaws Sardinian Herbage to contract his Jaws. 3. Sardinian acorn, Sardinian nut = Sardian adj. and n. acorn, nut. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > chestnut chesteine1362 castanea1398 chestnut1519 Sardian acorn1551 maroon1594 sweet chestnut1818 marron1877 Sardinian acorn1895 1895 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening 1897 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon B. n. 1. An inhabitant of the island or of the kingdom of Sardinia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Italy > Sardinia Sardinian1598 Sard1822 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iv. xii. 109 All the contention rested betwixt the Sardinians and Smyrnæans. 1748 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 29 Apr. The Sardinian to have the cessions made to him by the Queen. 1793 E. Burke Remarks Policy Allies in Wks. (1823) VII. 142 Bands of English, Spaniards, Neapolitans, Sardinians [etc.]. 1908 Daily News 29 Sept. 4 The Siberians and Sardinians [sc. foxes] that are introduced from time to time. 2. A Romance language (or group of dialects) spoken in Sardinia. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Sardinian Sardinian1813 Logudoro1849 Sard1885 Logudorese1952 1813 Q. Rev. Oct. 259 Bolognese.., Sicilian.., Sardinian. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 427/1 A book was published at Cagliari, in both Sardinian and Italian, called ‘Moriografia Sarda’. 1894 W. M. Lindsay Lat. Lang. ii. 34 Short ŭ and ō of Latin are distinguished not only in Sardinian.., but also in Roumanian and in the Latin element of the Albanian language. 1932 G. F.-H. Berkeley & J. Berkeley Italy in Making I. iv. 52 French was permitted for the Savoyards and Valdostani, Genoese for the Ligurians, and Sardinian for the Sards. 1965 W. S. Allen Vox Latina i. 25 At what period such a [phonetic] change took place it is impossible to say, but Sardinian suggests that it was very late. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XV. 1026/1 On linguistic grounds Sardinian (not the language of an independent nation since the 14th century) and Occitan (the medieval Provençal) are usually regarded as languages rather than dialects. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XV. 1029/1 The first documents in Sardinian are legal contracts dating from about 1080. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1598
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