Siniticadj.n.

Brit.

/sʌɪˈnɪtɪk/,

/sᵻˈnɪtɪk/, U.S.

/səˈnɪdɪk/,

/saɪˈnɪdɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Sinae , -itic suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Sinae (plural), denoting the inhabitants of East Asia (see Sinaean adj.) + -itic suffix. Compare earlier Sinic adj. and Sinetic adj.Compare post-classical Latin Siniticus , which is apparently restricted to a small number of set expressions, in which it is interchangeable with Sinicus Sinic adj., e.g. rha Siniticum Chinese rhubarb (16th cent.; compare Chinese rhubarb at rhubarb n. 2a) and atramentum Siniticum Indian ink, literally ‘Chinese ink’ (18th cent.; compare China-ink n. at China n.¹ 2d). Compare the following early example of the post-classical Latin word in an English context (with reference to Chinese rhubarb):1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 64 Because it [sc. Rubarbe] groweth in Tanguth, that is in Sinarum regione, it is called of the better Latinistes Rha siniticum, or sinicum, or Rha Indicum.

A. adj.

1. Chinese. In early use often with wider reference to East Asian peoples viewed as constituting a single racial or cultural group with China at its centre (cf. Sinesian adj.). Cf. Sinetic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [adjective]

Seric1587

Chinesian1625

Sinaean1639

Sinic1650

Sinetic1849

sinicized1854

Sinitic1859

Chink1899

1859 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 54/1 It was impossible not to recognise in their colour, features, dress, and customs, the Sinitic stock whence they must have sprung.

1895 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 24 390 Classing the Samoyads with the Sibiric, as opposed to the Sinitic division of the Mongoloid race.

1984 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 43 728 A typically Sinitic system of self-sustaining agriculture.

2002 E. A. Gargan River's Tale vii. 217 Distrust among non-Chinese about cabalistic Sinitic monopolies has also sparked ethnic unrest.

2. Of or relating to the Chinese language or East Asian languages considered to be related to Chinese; (now chiefly) spec. designating the branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family to which the Chinese dialects belong; of or relating to this branch.

ΚΠ

1864 Essex Standard 24 Feb. The third part of the lecture treated of the inscriptions, which consist of Egyptian hieroglyphics and Sinitic characters.

1874 I. Taylor Etruscan Researches 352 A connection, more or less defined, can be traced with the Sinitic, the Euskaric, the Dravidic, the Caucasic, the Egyptic, and the Altaic stems.

1928 Amer. Anthropologist 30 580 The Karen dialects belong, with Chinese and Thai, to the Sinitic group of languages.

2012 G. van Driem in A. Ender et al. Methods in Contemp. Linguistics 341 In recent centuries Hmong-Mien languages have often tended to borrow from Sinitic languages rather than the other way around.

B. n.

The languages of East Asia considered collectively; spec. the branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family to which the Chinese dialects belong.

ΚΠ

1868 T. Lewis in T. Lewis & A. Gosman tr. J. P. Lange Genesis 380/2 All languages must have become one, and that the best or the poorest—something rising in its linguistic architecture far above the Greek and Sanscrit, or sinking in its looseness below anything called Turanian or Sinitic.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVI. 800/2 As in Karen and Burmese-Loloish, the tones of Sinitic can be reduced to two.

2015 H. M. Chappell Diversity in Sinitic Langs. i. 5 One of the objectives [of the project] has been to find explanations for the contradictory mixture of word order correlations in Sinitic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sinitic
释义	Siniticadj.n. Brit. /sʌɪˈnɪtɪk/, /sᵻˈnɪtɪk/, U.S. /səˈnɪdɪk/, /saɪˈnɪdɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Sinae , -itic suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Sinae (plural), denoting the inhabitants of East Asia (see Sinaean adj.) + -itic suffix. Compare earlier Sinic adj. and Sinetic adj.Compare post-classical Latin Siniticus , which is apparently restricted to a small number of set expressions, in which it is interchangeable with Sinicus Sinic adj., e.g. rha Siniticum Chinese rhubarb (16th cent.; compare Chinese rhubarb at rhubarb n. 2a) and atramentum Siniticum Indian ink, literally ‘Chinese ink’ (18th cent.; compare China-ink n. at China n.¹ 2d). Compare the following early example of the post-classical Latin word in an English context (with reference to Chinese rhubarb):1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 64 Because it [sc. Rubarbe] groweth in Tanguth, that is in Sinarum regione, it is called of the better Latinistes Rha siniticum, or sinicum, or Rha Indicum. A. adj. 1. Chinese. In early use often with wider reference to East Asian peoples viewed as constituting a single racial or cultural group with China at its centre (cf. Sinesian adj.). Cf. Sinetic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [adjective] Seric1587 Chinesian1625 Sinaean1639 Sinic1650 Sinetic1849 sinicized1854 Sinitic1859 Chink1899 1859 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 54/1 It was impossible not to recognise in their colour, features, dress, and customs, the Sinitic stock whence they must have sprung. 1895 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 24 390 Classing the Samoyads with the Sibiric, as opposed to the Sinitic division of the Mongoloid race. 1984 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 43 728 A typically Sinitic system of self-sustaining agriculture. 2002 E. A. Gargan River's Tale vii. 217 Distrust among non-Chinese about cabalistic Sinitic monopolies has also sparked ethnic unrest. 2. Of or relating to the Chinese language or East Asian languages considered to be related to Chinese; (now chiefly) spec. designating the branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family to which the Chinese dialects belong; of or relating to this branch. ΚΠ 1864 Essex Standard 24 Feb. The third part of the lecture treated of the inscriptions, which consist of Egyptian hieroglyphics and Sinitic characters. 1874 I. Taylor Etruscan Researches 352 A connection, more or less defined, can be traced with the Sinitic, the Euskaric, the Dravidic, the Caucasic, the Egyptic, and the Altaic stems. 1928 Amer. Anthropologist 30 580 The Karen dialects belong, with Chinese and Thai, to the Sinitic group of languages. 2012 G. van Driem in A. Ender et al. Methods in Contemp. Linguistics 341 In recent centuries Hmong-Mien languages have often tended to borrow from Sinitic languages rather than the other way around. B. n. The languages of East Asia considered collectively; spec. the branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family to which the Chinese dialects belong. ΚΠ 1868 T. Lewis in T. Lewis & A. Gosman tr. J. P. Lange Genesis 380/2 All languages must have become one, and that the best or the poorest—something rising in its linguistic architecture far above the Greek and Sanscrit, or sinking in its looseness below anything called Turanian or Sinitic. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVI. 800/2 As in Karen and Burmese-Loloish, the tones of Sinitic can be reduced to two. 2015 H. M. Chappell Diversity in Sinitic Langs. i. 5 One of the objectives [of the project] has been to find explanations for the contradictory mixture of word order correlations in Sinitic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1859
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