单词 | swabian |
释义 | Swabiann.adj. A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Swabia, a medieval duchy in southwestern Germany (historical), or the modern region broadly corresponding to this, occupying Baden-Württemberg and the western part of Bavaria. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] > parts of Easterling1253 Sprucier1443 Suevian1549 High German1550 Low German1550 Prussian1554 Lusatian1555 Westphalian1576 Borussian1607 Rhinelander1608 Eastman1610 Belgic1615 Franconian1615 Thuringian1618 Swab1637 spruce1640 Silesian1669 Swabian1675 palatinate1709 Hessian1729 Saxon1737 Austrasian1833 East German1838 Balt1854 West German1855 Württemberger1896 Sudeten1938 East German1947 West German1947 Saarlander1955 Ossi1989 Wessi1990 1675 C.-F. Menestrier tr. Descr. Funeral Solemnities 6 The Inscriptions of these Trophies were,..VI. Marcomannis & Suabis territis. For having terrified the Misnians and Suabians. 1732 Daily Courant 29 Nov. The Bohemians, Austrians and Suabians who went into the Diocese of Saltzburg..are returned again to the Places from whence they came. 1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 12 They laughed as they enrolled That name at Milan on the page of gold For Godego.., Loria, and every sheep-cote on the Swabian's fief. 1921 N.Y. Times 8 Oct. 18/5 The Suabians are a supremely good-natured race—unlike those of Berlin, their Communists are pleasantly pale-pink. 2008 N. Wimmer tr. R. Bolaño 2666 i. 38 In these heady days, Pelletier happened on a piece written by the Swabian. 2. The dialect of German used in Swabia. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > German > varieties of High Dutch1560 High German1652 Swabian?1743 Alsatian1826 Varangian1831 Pennsylvania Dutch1848 Viennese1849 Pennsylvania German1853 Frankish1863 Tyroler1887 Limburger1932 ?1743 J. Mawer Misc. Ess. Pref. sig. C3 The Teutonic or German, whence the common German, the Helvetic bordering on the old Teutonic, the Suabian, Westphalian, Austrian, Flemish, Brabantish, Low Dutch, and the like. 1866 J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe (ed. 2) v. 76 They were much delighted..and went back prattling their purest Suabian in a highly satisfied frame of mind. 1937 D. P. Inskip tr. E. Tonnelat Hist. Ger. Lang. x. 210 It is difficult to draw a boundary between Swabian and Alemanic proper. 1981 R. Manheim tr. G. Grass Meeting at Telgte iv. 22 After thirty years of residence in London, the diplomat Weckherlin still spoke an unvarnished Swabian. 2013 J. C. Reina in P. Auer et al. Lang. Variation: European Perspectives IV 29 Standard German and Swabian have undergone vowel centralization in unstressed position. 3. A Swabian pigeon. Also with distinguishing word. Cf. sense B. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types porcelainc1530 turn-pate1611 light horseman1661 runt1661 smiter1668 helmet1676 mammet1678 Cortbeck1688 turbit1688 turner1688 dragoon1725 finicking1725 Leghorn1725 nun1725 owl1725 petit1725 trumpeter1725 horseman1735 Mahomet1735 barbel1736 turn-tail1736 frill-back1765 blue rock1825 beard1826 ice pigeon1829 toy1831 black1839 skinnum1839 splash1851 whole-feather1851 spangle1854 swallow1854 shield1855 stork pigeon1855 Swabian1855 yellow1855 archangel1867 dragon1867 starling1867 magpie1868 smerle1869 bluette1870 cumulet1876 oriental1876 spot fairy1876 turbiteen1876 blondinette1879 hyacinth1879 Modena pigeon1879 silver-dun1879 silverette1879 silver-mealy1879 swift pigeon1879 Victoria1879 visor1879 ice1881 swallow pigeon1881 velvet fairy1881 priesta1889 frill1890 1855 Poultry Chron. 31 Jan. 516/1 Pens containing Jacobins,..Saxons, Magpies, Owls, Swabians. 1881 J. C. Lyell Fancy Pigeons 99 The ground colour of the Suabian should be of a good metallic black. 1990 Amer. Pigeon Jrnl. Dec. 22/1 The wings of the Suabian are self colored. 2009 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 25 Apr. Whitby's bird collection includes archangels and Danish suabians,..Birmingham rollers and several breeds of pheasants. B. adj. 1. Of or relating to Swabia (see sense A. 1); designating a Swabian. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] > parts of Germany Suevical1560 Swevical1560 Prussian1565 Suevian1574 Thuringian1607 Franconian1608 Suevic1638 High German1640 Saxonic1647 Saxon1654 Swabian1684 Saxonian1761 Hanoverian1775 Low German1808 East German1849 West German1850 West German1946 Balt1954 1684 J. Moxon tr. Delineation & Descr. Famous City Offen (single sheet) To his assistance came not only his Highness the Elector Prince of Bavaria with 12000 men, but several Troops of the Suabian Circle, about 4000 more. 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 60 Swabian B[ittern]... Inhabits the banks of the Danube. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 195 The Swabian league. 1905 Athenæum 5 Aug. 173/3 A dozen cheery Austrian or Swabian tourists. 2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 May 38/2 Herta Müller grew up in a Swabian village, and most of her fiction..has been concerned with the experience of the Banat Germans. 2. Designating a breed of fancy pigeon believed to have been developed in Swabia, or a pigeon of this breed. Cf. sense A. 3.Swabian pigeons occur with a variety of colours and markings, but typically have a dark mask on the face. ΚΠ 1852 Cottage Gardener 30 Oct. 75/2 Swabian-helmeted Pigeon (Columba galeata Sueviæ).—This bird, originally from Suabia, almost always changes colour at the first moulting.] 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 Jan. 417/1 The beautiful spangled feathering of the Suabian Pigeon. 1876 Fanciers' Jrnl. & Poultry Exchange 23 Mar. 144/2 (advt.) John D. White..has Yellow Jacobin hen to exchange for cock of same variety; also Suabian cock for Suabian hen. 1991 C. Frisch Pigeons xii. 29 These are Swabian, or pheasant, pigeons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1675 |
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