tramontane
a . 异邦的;野蛮的
异邦的;野蛮的
tramontane adj 1 :
on or coming from the other side of the mountains (
from the speaker ); "
the transmontane section of the state ";
"
tramontane winds " [
synonym : {
tramontane }, {
transmontane }]
[
ant : {
cismontane }]
2 :
being or coming from another country ; "
tramontane influences "
n 1 :
a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean [
synonym : {
tramontane },
{
tramontana }]
Tramontane \
Tra *
mon "
tane \,
n .
One living beyond the mountains ;
hence ,
a foreigner ;
a stranger .
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1913 Webster ]
Tramontane \
Tra *
mon "
tane \,
a . [
OF .
tramontain ,
It .
tramontano ,
L .
transmontanus ;
trans across ,
beyond mons ,
montis ,
mountain .]
Lying or being beyond the mountains ;
coming from the other side of the mountains ;
hence ,
foreign ;
barbarous .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The Italians sometimes use this epithet for ultramontane ,
and apply it to the countries north of the Alps ,
as France and Germany ,
and especially to their ecclesiastics ,
jurists ,
painters ,
etc .;
and a north wind is called a tramontane wind .
The French lawyers call certain Italian canonists tramontane ,
or ultramontane ,
doctors ;
considering them as favoring too much the court of Rome .
See {
Ultramontane }.
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1913 Webster ]
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