1838 P. S. du Ponceau Diss. Nature &Char. ChineseSyst. Writing p. xxix,Those Sinico-anamitic words, if they are really in use, do not belong to the original language.
1866 F. V. Dickins tr. Teika's Hyak Nin Is'shiu p. vii,Such ill-sounding Sinico-Japanese syllables as rets', bats' mats', teats', shuts', and the like.
1884 tr. J. J. Rein's Japan 396The Japanese Language... Yamoto- and Sinico-Japanese.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 729/1Like all fine specimens of the Sinico-Japanese school, the prices are too high to attract wide custom.
ORIGIN: formed as Sinic adjective .