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acronymous [acronymous 词源字典]: "= acronymic", 1950s; earliest use found in American Speech. From acronym + -ous.[acronymous etymology, acronymous origin, 英语词源]
agogical: "= agogic", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Katalog des Musikalien-Verlages. Probably from agogics + -al, after German agogisch.
argillaceous: "(Of rocks or sediment) consisting of or containing clay", Late 17th century: from Latin argillaceus (from argilla 'clay') + -ous.
achaetous: "Having no bristles; not bearing chaetae", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Adam Sedgwick (1854–1913), zoologist. From a- + chaeta + -ous.
aerostatic: " Science . Of or relating to aerostatics; pneumatic", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Walter Charleton (1620–1707), physician and natural philosopher. From aero- + -static.
adynamia: "Originally: severe physical weakness; prostration; debility", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Robert James (d. 1776), physician and inventor of James's fever powder. From post-classical Latin adynamia from ancient Greek ἀδυναμία lack of strength, weakness, debility from ἀ + δύναμις power + -ία.
auto-alarm: "An automatic fire alarm, burglar alarm, etc.; specifically a ship's alarm which transmits a distress signal by radio when triggered", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Chicago Tribune.
autocrine: "Denoting or relating to a cell-produced substance that has an effect on the cell by which it is secreted", 1980s: from auto-¹ + Greek krinein 'to separate'.
acalculia: "Loss of the ability to perform simple calculations, typically resulting from disease or injury of the parietal lobe of the brain", Early 20th century: from a-¹ 'not' + Latin calculare 'calculate' + -ia¹.
accusably: "In an accusable manner; reprehensibly", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in George Meredith (1828–1909), novelist and poet. From accusable + -ly.
acritical: "Not involving or applying critical judgement; uncritical", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robley Dunglison (1798–1869), physician and medical writer. From a- + critical.
acetifier: "An apparatus in which acetous fermentation is carried out in the manufacture of vinegar", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Andrew Ure (1778–1857), chemist. From acetify + -er.
abiogenist: "A person who supports the hypothesis of abiogenesis (spontaneous generation)", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From a- + bio- + -genist, after abiogenesis. Perhaps compare biogenist.
accusatively: " Grammar . In the form or manner of an accusative", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Erasmus' Familiar Forms Speaking. From accusative + -ly.
achronism: "The state of timelessness; deficiency of time", Late 19th cent. From Hellenistic Greek ἄχρονος without time + -ism, originally punningly after anachronism.
abundancy: "The quality or state of being abundant; abundance, plenty; plentifulness. Also as a count noun: a large amount or quantity", Early 16th cent. From classical Latin abundantia; compare -ancy.
annuitant: "A person who receives an annuity", Early 18th century: from annuity, on the pattern of accountant.
analepsis: "Ascension or assumption into heaven. Compare ascension, assumption. Now rare", Mid 17th cent. From post-classical Latin analepsis repetition and its etymon ancient Greek ἀνάληψις (in Hellenistic Greek also ἀνάλημψις) action of taking up or back, recovery from illness, suspension in a sling, in Hellenistic Greek also ascension (New Testament), repetition from ἀνά- + -ληψις, after ἀναλαμβάνειν to take up, recover. Compare French analepsie recovery from illness.
albocracy: "Government by white-skinned people, usually entailing discrimination against those of other colours; an example of this", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Mirror of Parliament. From classical Latin albus white + -ocracy.
autotelic: "(Of an activity or a creative work) having an end or purpose in itself", Early 20th century: from auto-¹ 'self' + Greek telos 'end' + -ic.