Dromedarieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

dromedarie (複数形 dromedaries)

1. Obsolete spelling of dromedary
   • [c. 1400, Edmund Brock, editor, Morte Arthure, or The Death of Arthur: Edited from Robert Thornton’s MS. […] (in Middle English), new edition, London: Published for the Early English Text Society, by N[icholas] Trübner & Co., […], published 1871, lines 2940–2941, page 87:

     The duke in his schelde and dreches no lengere, / Drawes hym a dromedarie, with dredfulle knyghtez; [...]

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   • 1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: Printed by Rouland Hall, OCLC 557472409, Ieremiáh II:23, folio 306, verso:

     [T]hou art like a ſwift dromedarie, that runneth by his wayes.

   • 1630, John Taylor, “Taylors Pastorall, being Both Historicall and Satyricall. […]”, in All the Workes of Iohn Taylor the Water-poet. […], London: […] Iames Boler; […], OCLC 240049364, page 52; republished in The Works of John Taylor the Water Poet […] (Publications of the Spenser Society; no. 2), [Manchester]: […] Spenser Society, 1868, OCLC 8801673, page 536, column 2:

     The Dromedarie, Camell, Horſe, and Aſſe, / For loade and carriage doth a Sheepe ſurpaſſe: [...]

   • 1650, Edward Leigh, “Δρόμος [Drómos]”, in Critica Sacra in Two Parts: The First Containing Observations on All the Radices, or Primitive Hebrevv Words of the Old Testament, in Order Alphabetical. […] The Second Philologicall and Theologicall Observations upon All the Greek Words of the New Testament, in Order Alphabetical. […], 3rd edition, London: […] Thomas Underhill […], OCLC 81535281, page 74, column 2:

     [T]he Dromedarie [...] who is marvellous ſwift, and will run an hundred miles in a day; but the Germanes call a dull and ſlow man a Dromedary, [...]

   • 1651 February 3, John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 24 January 1651 (Julian calendar)]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […] in Two Volumes, volume I, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1819, OCLC 976971842, page 249:

     I went to see a Dromedarie, a very monstrous beaste, much like the Camel but larger.