Adrianadj.

Brit.

/ˈeɪdrɪən/, U.S.

/ˈeɪdriən/

Forms: 1500s– Adrian, 1600s Hadrian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Hadriānus, Adriānus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Hadriānus (also Adriānus) of the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic < Hadria (also Adria ), the name of a town in ancient Italy, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea + -ānus -an suffix. Compare earlier Adriatic adj.

Chiefly poetic. Now rare.

= Adriatic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [adjective] > of northern hemisphere

Adriatical1549

Adrian1575

Adriatic1632

spouseless1818

Arctalian1885

1575 T. Newton Summarie Saracens & Turkes in tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens f. 122 The Saracens..coasted alonge the Adrian Sea, and burned Ancona a Citie of Picene, after they had taken the spoyle thereof.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. 14 Who..in frayle wood on Adrian gulfe doth fleet.

1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 186 Girt about with the waters of the interfluent Hadrian Sea.

1691 T. Heyrick Submarine Voy. iv. xxv. 65, in Misc. Poems Thro all the Tyrrhen and the Adrian Sea I cut my untrackt Way.

1736 E. S. Rowe Hist. Joseph i. 5 From Ur, Armenia, and Iberia's shores..where the Adrian wave, and th' Atlantick roars.

1785 H. Boyd tr. Dante Inferno II. xx. xiv. 122 At length her subject streams in Padus lost, Obscure, and nameless, seek the Adrian coast.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 14 To see your anger, like our Adrian waves, O'ersweep all bounds.

1887 A. de Vere Legends & Rec. Church & Empire 279 So long as Adrian billows lash Revenna, Pilgrims shall stand before that Tomb and cry, ‘There lies Theodoric, King of Goths’.

1922 Encycl. & Dict. Educ. IV. 1683/1 A few harassed fugitives who settled on the squalid lagoons and mud banks of the Adrian gulf.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adrian
释义	Adrianadj. Brit. /ˈeɪdrɪən/, U.S. /ˈeɪdriən/ Forms: 1500s– Adrian, 1600s Hadrian. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Hadriānus, Adriānus. Etymology: < classical Latin Hadriānus (also Adriānus) of the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic < Hadria (also Adria ), the name of a town in ancient Italy, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea + -ānus -an suffix. Compare earlier Adriatic adj. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. = Adriatic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [adjective] > of northern hemisphere Adriatical1549 Adrian1575 Adriatic1632 spouseless1818 Arctalian1885 1575 T. Newton Summarie Saracens & Turkes in tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens f. 122 The Saracens..coasted alonge the Adrian Sea, and burned Ancona a Citie of Picene, after they had taken the spoyle thereof. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. 14 Who..in frayle wood on Adrian gulfe doth fleet. 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 186 Girt about with the waters of the interfluent Hadrian Sea. 1691 T. Heyrick Submarine Voy. iv. xxv. 65, in Misc. Poems Thro all the Tyrrhen and the Adrian Sea I cut my untrackt Way. 1736 E. S. Rowe Hist. Joseph i. 5 From Ur, Armenia, and Iberia's shores..where the Adrian wave, and th' Atlantick roars. 1785 H. Boyd tr. Dante Inferno II. xx. xiv. 122 At length her subject streams in Padus lost, Obscure, and nameless, seek the Adrian coast. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 14 To see your anger, like our Adrian waves, O'ersweep all bounds. 1887 A. de Vere Legends & Rec. Church & Empire 279 So long as Adrian billows lash Revenna, Pilgrims shall stand before that Tomb and cry, ‘There lies Theodoric, King of Goths’. 1922 Encycl. & Dict. Educ. IV. 1683/1 A few harassed fugitives who settled on the squalid lagoons and mud banks of the Adrian gulf. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1575
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