Norfolcian
Norfolcian adjective: of or relating to the county of Norfolk in England.
Adjective
Norfolcian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the county of Norfolk in England.
- And when in their revenge, the most insatiate Dane
Unshipt them on our shores, under their puissant Swane:
And swolne with hate and ire, their huge unweeldy force,
Came clustring like the Greeks out of the Woodden-horse:
And the Norfolcian Townes, the neer’st unto the East,
With sacriledge and rape...1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, Manchester: Spenser Society, Volume 2, 1890, Twelfth Song, p. 223 - […] he treats with his usual learning on the funeral rites of the antient nations; exhibits their various treatment of the dead; and examines the substances found in his Norfolcian urns.1756, Samuel Johnson, “The Life of Sir Thomas Browne” in Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, p. xxix
- And when in their revenge, the most insatiate Dane
Noun
Norfolcian (plural Norfolcians)
- A native or resident of Norfolk.
- A great appearance of these rebellious Norfolcians were got together near Lyn: but the magistrates and people of that town did not side with them, but kept themselves loyal to the king.1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials, volume 2, London: Samuel Bagster, published 1816, Book I, Chapter 21, p. 285
- The most prominent characteristics of the ‘Norfolcians,’ the writer observes, are habitual cleanliness, and a strong peculiarity of dialect.1801 August, “Erratics”, in The Monthly Review, volume 35, Review, page 387
Forms of Norfolcian
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Questions about Norfolcian
- What does Norfolcian mean?
- Norfolcian means of or relating to the county of Norfolk in England.
- What part of speech is Norfolcian?
- Norfolcian can be an adjective or a noun.
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