sea-girtadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., girt adj.

Etymology: < sea n. + girt adj.Compare Hellenistic Greek ἁλίζωνος. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-girt.

Girt or surrounded by the sea. (Sometimes said of a peninsula or of a place that has the sea almost completely surrounding it.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [adjective] > surrounded

circumfluous?1615

sea-girt1621

water-locked1800

1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis i. 18 Sea-girt Tenedos doe me obay.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. i. 11 In th' Ocean wide Beyond the Realm of Gaul, a Land there lies, Sea-girt it lies.

a1799 D. Simpson Plea for Relig. (1803) 175 The little sea-girt empire of the Knights of Malta.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. xxvii. 74 The joys and sorrows sailors find, Coop'd in their winged sea-girt citadel.

1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 55 A green and sea-girt promontory.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (ed. 3) vi. 262 That sea-girt city [Cæsarea].

1897 ‘A. Hope’ Phroso i Round sea-girt rocks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	sea-girt
释义	sea-girtadj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., girt adj. Etymology: < sea n. + girt adj.Compare Hellenistic Greek ἁλίζωνος. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-girt. Girt or surrounded by the sea. (Sometimes said of a peninsula or of a place that has the sea almost completely surrounding it.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [adjective] > surrounded circumfluous?1615 sea-girt1621 water-locked1800 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis i. 18 Sea-girt Tenedos doe me obay. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. i. 11 In th' Ocean wide Beyond the Realm of Gaul, a Land there lies, Sea-girt it lies. a1799 D. Simpson Plea for Relig. (1803) 175 The little sea-girt empire of the Knights of Malta. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. xxvii. 74 The joys and sorrows sailors find, Coop'd in their winged sea-girt citadel. 1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 55 A green and sea-girt promontory. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (ed. 3) vi. 262 That sea-girt city [Cæsarea]. 1897 ‘A. Hope’ Phroso i Round sea-girt rocks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1621
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