单词 | warrigal |
释义 | warrigaln.adj. Australian. A. n. 1. The wild dog of Australia, the dingo n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > canis dingo (dingo) dingo1790 warrigal1838 1838 J. Hawdon Jrnl. Journey New S. Wales to Adelaide (1952) 25 We could find no traces of the sheep except in two places, where we could perceive they had been pursued by the Warrigals. 1848 H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. v. 44 His ‘coolie’ dogs will awaken him on the approach of a ‘warragle’, or native dog. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. x. 313 The dingo, warragal, or native dog, does not hunt in packs. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Squatter's Dream xix. 240 A warrigal will be picking some of your bones before this day six months. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 4 Where the warrigal whimpers and bays through the dust of the sere river-courses. 2. An Australian Aboriginal person living in a traditional manner (esp. as distinct from one accustomed to, or living amongst, white people), a myall. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > New Zealand and Australian indigenous peoples > Australian Aboriginal peoples > [noun] > specific peoples > person myall1837 Tasmanian1842 warrigal1890 Nunga1924 Nyungar1954 Anangu1982 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > transmitted from one generation to another > adherence to > one who > Australian Aboriginal person retaining traditional lifestyle myall1837 warrigal1890 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer II. xvii. 79 I swore to shoot the old warrigal at sight. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Aug. 4/2 A ‘warrigal’ originally meant a wild Blackfellow. 3. A wild or untamed Australian horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus ferus (wild horse) > Australian brumby1871 warrigal1881 1881 Australasian 21 May 647/4 How we ran in ‘The Black Warragal’. 1890 Argus (Melbourne) 14 June 4/2 Mike, he'd fret himself to death in a stable and maybe kill the groom. Mike's a warrigal, he is. B. adj. Wild. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective] wilda1300 bestiala1398 wilderna1400 savagine?a1439 barbaric1490 rudea1530 barbar1535 barbarous1538 pagan1550 uncivil1553 Scythical1559 raw?1573 savaged1583 incivil1586 savage1589 barbarian1591 uncivilized1607 negerous1609 mountainous1613 ruvid1632 ruvidous1632 barbarious1633 incivilizeda1645 alabandical1656 inhumanea1680 tramontane1740 semi-barbarous1798 irreclaimed1814 semi-savage1833 semiferine1854 warrigal1855 sloven1856 semi-barbaric1864 pre-civilized1876 wild and woolly1884 jungle1908 medieval1917 jungli1920 1855 in Stewart & Keesing Old Bush Songs (1957) 164 I'm a warragle fellow that long hath dwelt In the wild interior, nor hath felt, Nor heard, nor seen the pleasures of town. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer viii A real good wholesome cabbage—warrigal cabbage, the shepherds call it. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Squatter's Dream xx. 249 He's a good shot and these warrigal devils knows it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adj.1838 |
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