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单词 pict
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Pict  (pikt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Language Varieties, Ancient Historya member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
  • Latin Pictī literally, painted ones, plural of pictus, past participle of pingere to paint; replacing Middle English Peghttes, Old English Peohtas, Pihtas Latin, as above
  • back formation from Middle English Pictes (plural) bef. 900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Pict /pɪkt/ n
  1. a member of any of the peoples who lived in Britain north of the Forth and Clyde in the first to the fourth centuries ad: later applied chiefly to the inhabitants of NE Scotland. Throughout Roman times the Picts carried out border raids
Etymology: Old English Peohtas; later forms from Late Latin Pictī painted men, from pingere to paint
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