Visigothn.

Brit.

/ˈvɪzɪɡɒθ/, U.S.

/ˈvɪziˌɡɑθ/

Forms: Also Wisigoth.

Etymology: < late Latin Visigothus, usually in plural Visigothi (late Greek Οὐισίγοτθοι ); the contrast with Ostrogothi (Ostrogoth n. and adj.) has suggested that the first element is to be taken as meaning ‘West’.

1. A member of that branch of the Gothic race which entered Roman territory towards the end of the fourth century and subsequently established a kingdom in Spain, overthrown by the Moors in 711–2; a West-Goth. Chiefly in plural.

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Gothc900

Ostrogotha1398

Gothian1548

Visigoth1647

Moeso-Goth1815

East German1857

1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 4 The famous incursions of..the Visigoths,..and the Longbeards.

1763 T. Smollett Trav. x This amphitheatre [at Nismes] was fortified as a citadel by the Visigoths.

1780 Encycl. Brit. V. 3349/2 The Romans distinguished the Goths into two classes, the Ostrogoths and Visigoths... The Visigoths settled in Spain in the time of the Emperor Honorius.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 106 The West Goths (Visigoths)..were followed across the Alps in 405 by a new army of the same nation.

1867 E. F. Bowden tr. Countess Hahn-Hahn Lives Fathers of Desert 258 Julian was by birth a Visigoth, and had fallen into slavery through the fortune of war.

1889 J. B. Bury Hist. Later Rom. Emp. I. ii. i. 64 The event which at length brought him into contact with Stilicho was the rising of the Visigoths.

1906 W. H. Hutton Church & Barbarians vi. 73 The Wisigoths identified their heresy with their nationality.

2. transferred. An uncivilized or barbarous person. Cf. Goth n. 2.

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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [noun] > philistinism > Philistine

Goth1663

Saracen1723

Visigoth1749

barbarian1757

Philistine1825

Babbitt1921

no-brow1926

bourgeois1930

1749 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 307 He..had entirely forgot what Visigoths his countrymen are.

1764 S. Foote Patron ii. 47 Sir Thomas. She [sc. a careless housemaid] merits impaling. Oh, the Hun! Dactyl. The Vandal! All. The Visigoth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	visigoth
释义	Visigothn. Brit. /ˈvɪzɪɡɒθ/, U.S. /ˈvɪziˌɡɑθ/ Forms: Also Wisigoth. Etymology: < late Latin Visigothus, usually in plural Visigothi (late Greek Οὐισίγοτθοι ); the contrast with Ostrogothi (Ostrogoth n. and adj.) has suggested that the first element is to be taken as meaning ‘West’. 1. A member of that branch of the Gothic race which entered Roman territory towards the end of the fourth century and subsequently established a kingdom in Spain, overthrown by the Moors in 711–2; a West-Goth. Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [noun] > Goths > person Gothc900 Ostrogotha1398 Gothian1548 Visigoth1647 Moeso-Goth1815 East German1857 1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 4 The famous incursions of..the Visigoths,..and the Longbeards. 1763 T. Smollett Trav. x This amphitheatre [at Nismes] was fortified as a citadel by the Visigoths. 1780 Encycl. Brit. V. 3349/2 The Romans distinguished the Goths into two classes, the Ostrogoths and Visigoths... The Visigoths settled in Spain in the time of the Emperor Honorius. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 106 The West Goths (Visigoths)..were followed across the Alps in 405 by a new army of the same nation. 1867 E. F. Bowden tr. Countess Hahn-Hahn Lives Fathers of Desert 258 Julian was by birth a Visigoth, and had fallen into slavery through the fortune of war. 1889 J. B. Bury Hist. Later Rom. Emp. I. ii. i. 64 The event which at length brought him into contact with Stilicho was the rising of the Visigoths. 1906 W. H. Hutton Church & Barbarians vi. 73 The Wisigoths identified their heresy with their nationality. 2. transferred. An uncivilized or barbarous person. Cf. Goth n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [noun] > philistinism > Philistine Goth1663 Saracen1723 Visigoth1749 barbarian1757 Philistine1825 Babbitt1921 no-brow1926 bourgeois1930 1749 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 307 He..had entirely forgot what Visigoths his countrymen are. 1764 S. Foote Patron ii. 47 Sir Thomas. She [sc. a careless housemaid] merits impaling. Oh, the Hun! Dactyl. The Vandal! All. The Visigoth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1647
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