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单词 septentrional
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septentrionaladj.n.

Brit. /sɛpˈtɛntrɪən(ə)l/, U.S. /sɛpˈtɛntriən(ə)l/
Forms: Middle English septemtrionale, Middle English septentrionalle (probably transmission error), Middle English–1600s septemtrional, Middle English–1600s septentrionall, Middle English– septentrional, 1500s septemtryonal, 1500s septemtryonall, 1500s septentryonall, 1500s–1600s septemtrionall, 1500s–1600s septentrionell; also Scottish pre-1700 septemtrionalie. Also (in Middle English) represented by the abbreviation 7trional.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French septemtrional, septemtrionel, septentrional; Latin septentriōnālis.
Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman septemtrional and Middle French septemtrionel, septentrional (French septentrional ) northern, (of constellations) in the northern hemisphere (beginning of the 14th cent.; French septentrional ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin septentriōnālis northern, (of constellations) in the northern hemisphere < septentriōn- , septentriō (see Septentrion n.) + -ālis -al suffix1.Compare Catalan septentrional , Portuguese septentrional (both 15th cent.), Spanish septentrional , Italian settentrionale (both 13th cent.), adjectives. With use as noun compare Septentrion n. and classical Latin septentriōnālis the north.
Now rare.
A. adj.
Belonging to the north, northern; relating to northern countries. In early use: north of the ecliptic or north of the equator. septentrional signs n. the six signs of the zodiac from Aries to Virgo.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adjective]
northwardeOE
northlyeOE
northOE
northenc1175
northerna1225
septentrionalc1392
Septentrion1541
septentrial1542
northerly1556
norland1577
northernly1594
septentrionical1654
northwardly1676
septentrionic1829
c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 42 Whan the forseide verrey argument of the mone is precisly .90. degres fro the hed of aries..tak ther the grettest latitude of the mone 7trional (id est ab ecliptica).
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §40. 50 Than saw I wel þat the body of venus, in hir latitude of [2] degrees septentrionalis, assendid..in the heued of capricorne. And nota, þat in the same maner maistow wyrke with any latitude septentrionalle [probably read septentrional in alle; c1425 Rawl. D. 913 in al] signes.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 169 (MED) Of the roialme of Tharse & the londes & kyngdoms towardes the septentrional parties.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 41 The septemtrional tropic of cancer.
?1558 H. Baker tr. O. Fine Rules Vse of Almanackes (new ed.) sig. Cjv When the sunne is in the signes septentrionalles [Fr. signes septentrionnaulx].
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. vii. §10. 127 The body of Armenia standeth in fortie three degrees Septentrionall.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 175 The Goths and other septentrionall nations.
1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 52 The Catalogue of Septentrional MSS.
1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell ii. xxiv. 125 Dr. Marshall the..reviver of Septentrional Learning in the University of Oxford.
1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 562 The investigation of septentrional antiquities.
1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xvii. 270 What were the politics, gossipings, squabbles, friendships, or parties, in this septentrional city.
1887 W. Pater Imag. Portraits iv. 145 The Septentrional Apollo [sc. Duke Carl of Rosenmold].
1955 Ess. & Stud. 8 iii. 40 That learned lady..who was the foremost exponent of the Septentrional languages in the early nineteenth century.
1993 S. H. Nasr Introd. Islamic Cosmological Doctr. (rev. ed.) i. ii. 51 The Ikhwān..divide the alphabet into 14 letters corresponding to the septentrional signs of the Zodiac and 14 to the meridional.
2003 J. Murray Jazz i. 9 What a septentrional philistine you are, Bellowes. The irony is that you know just enough about music to know what you're saying is utter bloody crap.
B. n.
The north; a northerly direction; = Septentrion n. 1. Obsolete.In quot. 1661: the north wind.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [noun]
northc1175
Septentriona1393
septentrional?a1425
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 169 Turquesten..streccheth him..toward the Septentrionall to the kyngdom of Chorasme.
1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 262 (MED) Fro South vnto the Septentrionall, Where then none suche accompted of rychesse As there were then, [etc.].
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour Prol. sig. Bv The Pole artick, wrsis, and sterris all Quhilk situate ar, in the Septemtrionall.
1661 J. Evelyn tr. G. Naudé Instr. conc. Erecting of Libr. vi. 74 You should have recourse to the septentrionall, and which by reason of their qualities, cold, and drye, ingenders no humidity, and do well conserve both the Books and Papers.

Derivatives

septentrioˈnality n. Obsolete northerliness.Apparently only in Bailey.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Septentrionality, Northernliness.
sepˈtentrionally adv. in the direction of the north; in the north.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adverb]
northeOE
by northc893
northwardseOE
northwardOE
benorth1087
norwarda1450
northly1480
northerly1538
northernly1576
northenwards1591
at north1625
septentrionally1646
north-about1673
norwards1673
northernly1679
northwardly1726
anorth1807
north-away1820
northbound1867
up-along1908
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 62 If they [sc. needles] be powerfully excited and equally let fall, they commonly sink down and break the water at that extream wherat they were septentrionally excited. View more context for this quotation
1966 MARAB Spring 22 Having been septentrionally bred, I prefer the long summer evenings of northern Europe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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