单词 | californian |
释义 | Californianadj.n. A. adj. Of or belonging to, native or peculiar to, California; esp. in the names of species of birds, beasts, and plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > characteristic of particular region or period southerneOE African1578 Asiatic1670 American1678 Creole1758 Californian1785 subalpine1808 Antarctic1835 Adelaidean1847 Arctic1876 Atlantic1876 gerontogeous1880 Cenomanian1902 Lusitanian1907 pantropic1911 pantropical1913 native1920 the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [adjective] > plants or animals of a particular region > from specified region EnglisheOE Arabian1580 Scotch1610 West Indian1625 Scots1728 Creole1758 Californian1785 Nubian1790 Lusitanian1907 pantropical1913 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 400 The Spaniards are said to have procured from the Californian Indians, the art of dyeing the best black. 1801 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. II. 281 Californian Quail. 1839 A. Forbes California 192 Many of the [Indian] baskets are ornamented with..the black crest feathers of the Californian partridge. 1839 A. Forbes California 251 The wheels of the Californian ox-cart..are of a most singular construction. 1841 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants: Suppl. 1218 Eschscholtzia californica Californian Eschscholtzia. 1845 J. C. Frémont Rep. Exploring Exped. Rocky Mts. 245 Some of the banks being absolutely golden with the Californian poppy, (eschscholtzia crocea). 1846 E. Bryant What I saw in Calif. (1849) x. 121 Some four or five hundred Californian horses, which he intends to dispose of in the United States. 1846 E. Bryant What I saw in Calif. xxiv. 267 I tasted here, for the first time, aguardiénte, or brandy distilled from the Californian grape. a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1862) iii. 31 ‘Mucho malicho!’ cried Gerrian to Jose, not knowing that his Californian Spanish was interpreting Hamlet. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 477 My inquiries about the Californian opossum found along the Mexican boundary did not indicate its existence in this valley. 1873 Amer. Naturalist 7 327 Next, we have the Californian Mocking-Thrush (Harporhynchus redivivus). 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 634 Californian Gull. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters i. iii. 34 I was interested in Californian wine..still in the experimental stage. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th ser. 93/2 The chain pump known as the Chinese or Californian pump..is in common use in alluvial gold diggings in America and Australia. 1900 Bk. Gardening 237 Platystemon californicum (Californian Poppy) is a beautiful plant on rockwork and in flower-borders. c1900 in A. Davis Package & Print (1967) Pl. 185 (caption) Extract Eonia Californian Poppy. J. & E. Atkinson London. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 34/1 Soaps..Californian Poppy—box of 3 tablets 3/3. 1926 A. Huxley Jesting Pilate iv. 260 Californian figs and oranges. 1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock i. iii. 46 A handkerchief scented with Californian Poppy. 1956 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. July 54/2 Californian redwood, Sequoia sempervirens. B. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of California. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states Marylander1640 Rhode Islander1665 Jerseyman1679 Pennsylvanian1685 Carolinian1705 Georgian1732 Marylandian1750 Jersey blue1758 Californian1762 Louisianian1775 Mississippian1775 Acadian1776 Vermonteer1778 Kentuckian1779 Vermontese1783 Indianian1784 Cohee1786 Kentuck1789 Virginian1797 Michiganian1813 Michigan1814 Tennessean1815 Ohioan1818 Illinoian1819 Ohian1819 Missourian1820 buckeye1823 Vermonter1825 Hoosier1826 red horse1833 sucker1833 wolverine1833 puke1834 corn-cracker1835 Texian1835 Alaskan1836 Texan1837 Michigander1838 Oregonian1838 Rackensack1839 Arkansian1844 badger1844 Bay Stater1845 Lone Star Stater1845 Oregonese1845 tar-boiler1845 weasel1845 web foot1845 Alabaman1846 Iowanc1848 Arkansan1851 Minnesotian1851 Washingtonian1852 Minnesotan1854 Nebraskan1854 Kansian1855 Utahan1855 Floridan1856 fly-up-the-creek1857 Dakotian1861 Coloradan1862 Coloradian1862 Texican1863 Coloradoan1864 tarheel1864 Cajun1868 Kansan1868 Montanian1869 Floridian1870 mudcat1872 New Jerseyan1872 Arkansawyer1874 longhorn1876 Mainer1879 New Jerseyite1885 prune picker1892 Hawaiian1893 Oklahoman1894 Tex1909 blue hen's chicken1921 Tejano1925 Geechee1926 Arkie1927 sooner1930 wyomingite1930 New Mexican1940 Okie1948 1762 Amer. Gazetteer I. sig. D12v The characteristicks of the Californian are stupidity and insensibility. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 118 We saw three men..dressed partly like sailors and partly like Californians. 1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 354 A ‘one-cow town’ would certainly astonish the most stolid Californian. 1893 K. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. Calif. ii. 18 Some one says that Californians ‘irrigate, cultivate, and exaggerate’. 1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam iii. 48 A soft-spoken Californian of medium build with hair already going a little grey. 2. A red herring. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cured fish > smoked fish red herringa1399 bloat herringa1586 fumade1599 sore1600 Yarmouth capona1661 kipper1769 finnana1774 Norfolk capon1785 bukkama1805 soldier1811 bloater1832 Yarmouth bloater1832 finnie haddie1851 Californian1873 smoky1891 two-eyed steak1893 finney1906 buckling1909 lox1937 nova1964 1873 Cassell's Mag. 6 245/2 About the time of the gold discoveries, some one applied the term Californian to these. The word was appropriate, and Californians such highly coloured herrings are called to this day. Compounds Californian jack n. Obsolete rare = California jack n. at California n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > all fours all fours1674 seven-up1830 old sledge1834 pitch1860 California jack1865 Pedro Sancho1875 cinch1889 high five1889 Californian jack1893 sell-out- 1893 W. A. Raleigh Let. 28 July (1926) I. 177 His losses at Californian Jack..were my gains. Californian olive n. Oreodaphne (Umbellularia) californica (family Lauraceæ). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1762 |
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