Afern.

Brit.

/ˈeɪfə/, U.S.

/ˈeɪfər/

Forms: Middle English Affer, 1500s– Afer.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Āfer.

Etymology: < classical Latin Āfer African (see African n.). With sense 2 compare classical Latin Āfer turbō south-west wind, also (more frequently) Āfricus ventus , Āfricus (see Afric n. and adj.).

†1. An African. Cf. Afric n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > [noun]

AfricaneOE

Afera1398

Kaffir1588

Guinea bird1637

Afrocentrist1961

Afrikan1972

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. l. 752 Þe sonne abideþ [longe ouer] þe Affers [L. africos], men of Affrica.

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 31 (margin) Cn. Pompeius triumphed thrise, ouer the Afers, and the Spaniardes, and Mithridates.

1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian ix. 150 Vpon his left wing care was had to range, Th'Ægyptians, Afers, and all people strange.

1766 J. Cleland Way to Things by Words 27 However, the word Caffres is undoubtedly a corruption of Affrees, or Afers, Africans.

2. poetic and literary. The wind that blows from the south-west, esp. considered as originating in Africa. Frequently personified.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > south-west

south-west1440

Afer1667

Libs1742

southwester1778

sou'-wester1838

southwesterly1875

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 702 Notus and Afer black with thundrous Clouds From Serraliona.

1859 W. P. Tomlinson Poems of Home & Abroad (1866) 27 Then blow, sweet Afer, blow steady and strong.

2009 J. G. Lamplighter Prospero Lost (2010) xvi. 272 We cornered Afer, the Southwest Wind, in Egypt, and captured Notus, the South Wind, below the Cape of Good Hope.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	afer
释义	Afern. Brit. /ˈeɪfə/, U.S. /ˈeɪfər/ Forms: Middle English Affer, 1500s– Afer. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Āfer. Etymology: < classical Latin Āfer African (see African n.). With sense 2 compare classical Latin Āfer turbō south-west wind, also (more frequently) Āfricus ventus , Āfricus (see Afric n. and adj.). †1. An African. Cf. Afric n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > [noun] AfricaneOE Afera1398 Kaffir1588 Guinea bird1637 Afrocentrist1961 Afrikan1972 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. l. 752 Þe sonne abideþ [longe ouer] þe Affers [L. africos], men of Affrica. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 31 (margin) Cn. Pompeius triumphed thrise, ouer the Afers, and the Spaniardes, and Mithridates. 1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian ix. 150 Vpon his left wing care was had to range, Th'Ægyptians, Afers, and all people strange. 1766 J. Cleland Way to Things by Words 27 However, the word Caffres is undoubtedly a corruption of Affrees, or Afers, Africans. 2. poetic and literary. The wind that blows from the south-west, esp. considered as originating in Africa. Frequently personified. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > south-west south-west1440 Afer1667 Libs1742 southwester1778 sou'-wester1838 southwesterly1875 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 702 Notus and Afer black with thundrous Clouds From Serraliona. View more context for this quotation 1859 W. P. Tomlinson Poems of Home & Abroad (1866) 27 Then blow, sweet Afer, blow steady and strong. 2009 J. G. Lamplighter Prospero Lost (2010) xvi. 272 We cornered Afer, the Southwest Wind, in Egypt, and captured Notus, the South Wind, below the Cape of Good Hope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1398
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