shadowlandn.

1. A place conceived as the abode of phantoms and ghosts, an imaginary land of spirits.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > realm of imagination > [noun] > imaginary place > of spectres

shadowland1821

spectredom1883

1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 387/1 A peep..into the shadow-land of pre-existence.

1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. i. 16 Trials and visitations from the Shadowland of ghosts and sorcerers.

1877 Outl. Hist. Relig. 181 [The soul] then sets off on its journey to the shadow-land.

a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 243 I shall start forth from my burial~mound upon the chase in the shadow-land just as now I start forth from my cave.

1908 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 425 The country suddenly felt itself face to face with reality when it heard M. Clemenceau, and M. Jaurès faded away into shadowland.

2. A place in shadow; a gloomy, unhappy place; an indeterminate borderland between other places, states, etc.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality > gloomy place

misery1790

shadowland1923

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [noun] > place > region

twilight world1887

twilight zone1909

shadowland1923

dark side1975

the world > space > place > [noun] > intermediate

no man's landa1845

interlocation1890

shadowland1949

never-never land1971

1923 Daily Mail 13 July 13 To lead Ireland out of the shadow-land of much unnecessary suffering and turmoil into a brighter and happier state.

1949 C. Brooks & R. P. Warren Mod. Rhetoric vi. 241 If we understand the extremes..we can use common sense to discriminate among the examples of the shadowland in between.

1960 W. H. Auden Homage to Clio 18 Within a shadowland of trees.

1966 New Statesman 27 May 775/3 Malcolm X the Harlem hustler had gloried in the sexual power-game of the race war's shadowlands.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	shadowland
释义	shadowlandn. 1. A place conceived as the abode of phantoms and ghosts, an imaginary land of spirits. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > realm of imagination > [noun] > imaginary place > of spectres shadowland1821 spectredom1883 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 387/1 A peep..into the shadow-land of pre-existence. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. i. 16 Trials and visitations from the Shadowland of ghosts and sorcerers. 1877 Outl. Hist. Relig. 181 [The soul] then sets off on its journey to the shadow-land. a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 243 I shall start forth from my burial~mound upon the chase in the shadow-land just as now I start forth from my cave. 1908 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 425 The country suddenly felt itself face to face with reality when it heard M. Clemenceau, and M. Jaurès faded away into shadowland. 2. A place in shadow; a gloomy, unhappy place; an indeterminate borderland between other places, states, etc. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality > gloomy place misery1790 shadowland1923 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [noun] > place > region twilight world1887 twilight zone1909 shadowland1923 dark side1975 the world > space > place > [noun] > intermediate no man's landa1845 interlocation1890 shadowland1949 never-never land1971 1923 Daily Mail 13 July 13 To lead Ireland out of the shadow-land of much unnecessary suffering and turmoil into a brighter and happier state. 1949 C. Brooks & R. P. Warren Mod. Rhetoric vi. 241 If we understand the extremes..we can use common sense to discriminate among the examples of the shadowland in between. 1960 W. H. Auden Homage to Clio 18 Within a shadowland of trees. 1966 New Statesman 27 May 775/3 Malcolm X the Harlem hustler had gloried in the sexual power-game of the race war's shadowlands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1821
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