单词 | septentrional |
释义 | septentrionaladj.n. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. The north; a northerly direction; = Septentrion n. 1. Obsolete.In quot. 1661: the north wind. ΘΚΠ 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. DerivativesΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Septentrionality, Northernliness. sepˈtentrionally adv. in the direction of the north; in the north. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.n.c1392 |
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