xystusn.

Brit.

/ˈzɪstəs/, U.S.

/ˈzɪstəs/

Forms: Plural xysti /-aɪ/. Also 1600s zystus, plural xisti; 1700s–1800s xystos, 1800s zystos; 1700s–1800s xystum, plural xysta (1600s xystas). Also in anglicized form xyst.

Etymology: < Latin xystus (masculine), also xystum neuter, < Greek ξυστός , prop. noun use of the masculine of ξυστός adjective: see xyston n.

Among the ancient Greeks, a long covered portico or court used for athletic exercises; among the ancient Romans, an open colonnade, or walk planted with trees, used for recreation and conversation; hence occasionally allusively.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun]

ring?a1400

rink1489

game place1542

playing field1583

rink-room1594

stadium1603

cirque1644

xystus1664

amphitheatre1710

field1730

grandstand1754

chunk-yard1773

sports ground1862

park1867

sports field1877

pitch1895

close1898

sports centre1907

padang1909

sports stadium1911

bowl1913

field house1922

sportsdrome1951

sports complex1957

astrodome1964

dome1965

sportsplex1974

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > ambulatory > portico or arcade

alurec1325

alley1363

gallerya1500

aluring1501

cloisterc1540

pawn1548

stoa1603

portico1607

row1610

porticus1617

corridor1620

piazza1642

xystus1664

arcade1731

veranda1873

1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 132 Those large Xystas, Porticos, Atrias and Vestibula of the Greeks and Romans.

1696 J. Evelyn Let. to W. Wotton 28 Oct. Spacious plots of ground..built about with porticos, xisti, & noble ranges of pillars.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Zystus, was a Place where the Wrestlers exercis'd.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Xystos, a large Portico or Gallery, where the Greek Wrestlers us'd to practise in Winter-time.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Xystus or Xystum (among the Romans) an open Walking-Place..; also a Knot-Garden.

1721 (title) The architecture of A. Palladio..containing A short treatise of the five orders..also The different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples... Revised..by Giacomo Leoni.

1763 T. Smollett Trav. (1766) II. xxx. 102 The Xysta, which were shady walks between two porticos.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 596 Zystos; among the antients, a portico or aile of unusual length, commonly appropriated to gymnastic exercises.

1856 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life Ld. Macaulay (1913) II. xiv. 405 [I] directed the workmen to set creepers in my xystus.

1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. vi. 98 Philosophers who aired their elegant doubts in the shady xystus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	xystus
释义	xystusn. Brit. /ˈzɪstəs/, U.S. /ˈzɪstəs/ Forms: Plural xysti /-aɪ/. Also 1600s zystus, plural xisti; 1700s–1800s xystos, 1800s zystos; 1700s–1800s xystum, plural xysta (1600s xystas). Also in anglicized form xyst. Etymology: < Latin xystus (masculine), also xystum neuter, < Greek ξυστός , prop. noun use of the masculine of ξυστός adjective: see xyston n. Among the ancient Greeks, a long covered portico or court used for athletic exercises; among the ancient Romans, an open colonnade, or walk planted with trees, used for recreation and conversation; hence occasionally allusively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] ring?a1400 rink1489 game place1542 playing field1583 rink-room1594 stadium1603 cirque1644 xystus1664 amphitheatre1710 field1730 grandstand1754 chunk-yard1773 sports ground1862 park1867 sports field1877 pitch1895 close1898 sports centre1907 padang1909 sports stadium1911 bowl1913 field house1922 sportsdrome1951 sports complex1957 astrodome1964 dome1965 sportsplex1974 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > ambulatory > portico or arcade alurec1325 alley1363 gallerya1500 aluring1501 cloisterc1540 pawn1548 stoa1603 portico1607 row1610 porticus1617 corridor1620 piazza1642 xystus1664 arcade1731 veranda1873 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 132 Those large Xystas, Porticos, Atrias and Vestibula of the Greeks and Romans. 1696 J. Evelyn Let. to W. Wotton 28 Oct. Spacious plots of ground..built about with porticos, xisti, & noble ranges of pillars. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Zystus, was a Place where the Wrestlers exercis'd. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Xystos, a large Portico or Gallery, where the Greek Wrestlers us'd to practise in Winter-time. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Xystus or Xystum (among the Romans) an open Walking-Place..; also a Knot-Garden. 1721 (title) The architecture of A. Palladio..containing A short treatise of the five orders..also The different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples... Revised..by Giacomo Leoni. 1763 T. Smollett Trav. (1766) II. xxx. 102 The Xysta, which were shady walks between two porticos. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 596 Zystos; among the antients, a portico or aile of unusual length, commonly appropriated to gymnastic exercises. 1856 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life Ld. Macaulay (1913) II. xiv. 405 [I] directed the workmen to set creepers in my xystus. 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. vi. 98 Philosophers who aired their elegant doubts in the shady xystus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1664
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