单词 | vandemonian |
释义 | Vandemonianadj.n. A. adj. Of, belonging to, or inhabiting Tasmania.Frequently applied to the convicts domiciled there in the early part of the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [adjective] > parts of Vandemonian1840 Victorian1857 1840 G. Arden Austr. Felix 9 A shrewd old Vandemonian colonist. 1853 S. Sidney Three Colonies Austral. (ed. 2) 171 (note) Acts levelled against Van Diemonian expirees. 1855 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold I. xx. 367 Some of the Van Diemenian convicts. B. n. An inhabitant of Tasmania. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [noun] > parts of bushboya1834 Melbournite1838 Melburnian1838 bushman1846 Vandemonian1852 scrubber1859 Queenslander1860 Victorian1862 Sydneysider1865 Centralian1875 Waler1880 Territorian1882 mutton-bird1892 bushy1896 sand-groper1896 tothersider1896 crow-eater1899 Bananalander1900 outbacker1900 Tassie1905 groper1924 Tasmanian1934 mutton-bird eater1941 Top-Ender1941 Kanakalander1945 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes III. viii. 251 The Van Diemonians, as they unpleasingly call themselves. 1867 Cassell's Mag. 2 440/2 ‘I never wanted to leave England,’ I have heard an old Vandemonian observe boastfully. Derivatives ˌvandeˈmonianism n. rough or unmannerly behaviour; rowdyism. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > rough or boisterous boisterousness1589 rough and tumble1810 rowdyism1838 vandemonianism1863 bear play1867 robustiousness1894 push and shove1895 roughhousing1902 1863 Victorian Hansard 22 Apr. IX. 701 Mr. Houston looked upon the conduct of hon. gentlemen opposite as ranging from the extreme of vandemonianism to the extreme of namby-pambyism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1840 |
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