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aspidistra [aspidistra 词源字典]: "A bulbous plant of the lily family with broad tapering leaves, native to eastern Asia and widely grown as a houseplant", Early 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek aspis, aspid- 'shield' (because of the shape of the stigma), on the pattern of Tupistra, a related genus.[aspidistra etymology, aspidistra origin, 英语词源]
aide-memoire: "An aid to the memory, especially a book or note", Mid 19th century: from French aide-mémoire, from aider 'to help' and mémoire 'memory'.
acrasy: "Irregular or disorderly behaviour, intemperance; an instance of this", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in Edmund Spenser (?1552–1599), poet and administrator in Ireland. From post-classical Latin acrasia intemperance and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρασία bad mixture; compare -y.
alogic (1): "Absence of logic; the quality or fact of not being influenced or determined by logic or rationality. Usually in neutral rather than pejorative sense: compare illogic", 1930s; earliest use found in Journal of Philosophy. From a- + logic.
alogic (2): "That does not follow logic; contrary to logic; illogical", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From (i) Middle French, French alogique.
abiological: "Not relating to biology; relating to the study of inanimate things", Mid 19th cent. From a- + biological. Compare later abiology.
Adelphi: "Attributive Designating plays performed at or in a style characteristic of the Adelphi Theatre in London, especially (in early use, chiefly in Adelphi screamer) a type of broad comedy or farce; (later) a type of melodrama which was prevalent in the last decades of the 19th cent., typically with the dialogue written in a literary rather than natural, conversational style", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Edinburgh Literary Journal. From Adelphi, the name of a London theatre in the vicinity of, and named after, a group of neoclassical terrace houses between the Strand and the Thames, designed by the Adam brothers from ancient Greek ἀδελϕοί, plural of ἀδελϕός brother.
antheridium: "The male sex organ of algae, mosses, ferns, fungi, and other non-flowering plants", Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from anthera (see anther) + -idium (from the Greek diminutive suffix -idion).
admaxillary: "Situated close to or connected with the maxilla; (in early use) specifically designating accessory salivary glands associated with the parotid and submaxillary glands in certain mammals. Now rare", Late 19th cent. From ad- + maxillary. Compare earlier submaxillary, intermaxillary, and premaxillary.
acicula: "A slender spine, prickle, or other needle-like structure; (in polychaete annelids) a chitinous rod forming an internal support for a parapodium", Late 18th cent. From post-classical Latin acicula, lit. ‘small pin’, alteration or variant of acucula from classical Latin acus needle (from a variant (u-stem) of the same Indo-European base as classical Latin aciēs: see acies) + -cula.
abluent: "Having the property of cleansing the body", Early 18th cent.; earliest use found in Glossographia Anglicana Nova. From classical Latin abluent-, abluēns, present participle of abluere to wash off or away from ab- + luere to wash.
alethic: "Denoting modalities of truth, such as necessity, contingency, or impossibility", 1950s: from Greek alētheia 'truth' + -ic.
avulsion: "The action of pulling or tearing away", Early 17th century: from Latin avulsio(n-), from the verb avellere, from ab- 'from' + vallere 'pluck'.
agential: "Of, belonging, or relating to an agent or agency; that is or acts as an agent", Mid 19th cent. From either post-classical Latin agentia agency, or classical Latin agenti-, stem of agēns + -al; compare -ial.
agerasia: "The quality of not growing old; the non-appearance of the signs of age", Early 18th cent.; earliest use found in Phillips's New World of Words. From post-classical Latin agerasia from Hellenistic Greek ἀγηρασία eternal youth (Galen) from ancient Greek ἀ- + γῆρας old age + -ία.
archaize: "Give (an artistic work) an old-fashioned flavour by using archaic words or styles", Mid 19th century: from Greek arkhaizein, from arkhaios 'ancient' (see Archaean).
accusant: "A person who accuses; an accuser", Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. Partly from Middle French, French accusant (noun) person who accuses, (adjective) that accuses, and partly from classical Latin accūsant-, accūsāns, present participle of accusāre accuse.
acosmism: "The doctrine that the universe does not exist, or that there is no universe distinct from God", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Sarah Austin (1793–1867), translator and writer. From German Akosmismus (1826 or earlier in G. W. F. Hegel, who apparently used it at first in unpublished work, and later (applied to Spinoza's philosophy) in Encyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften im Grundrisse (ed. 2, 1827) §59) from a- + Kosmos + -ismus.
acrodont: "An animal, especially a reptile, whose teeth lack sockets and are permanently attached to the summit of the alveolar ridge of the jaw", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Penny Cyclopaedia. From scientific Latin acrodontes, plural from acro- + ancient Greek -οδόντ-, -όδους.
angulate: "Hold, bend, or distort (a part of the body) so as to form an angle or angles", Late 15th century (as angulated, used chiefly as a botanical or zoological term): from Latin angulatus, past participle of angulare, from angulus 'angle'. The skiing term dates from the 1970s.