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acicular [acicular 词源字典]: "(Chiefly of crystals) needle-shaped", Early 18th century: from late Latin acicula 'small needle' (diminutive of acus) + -ar¹.[acicular etymology, acicular origin, 英语词源]
alienism: "Originally North American . The fact of being a foreigner; alien status or character; otherness", Late 18th cent. From either alien or alien + -ism.
accelerogram: "A tracing or recording produced by an accelerograph", 1930s. From accelero- + -gram, after accelerograph.
aduncate: "Hooked, bent inward", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Lovell (?1630–1690), naturalist. From post-classical Latin aduncatus, past participle of aduncare to bend, curve from classical Latin ad- + uncus hooked, crooked, curved.
academia: "The environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship", 1950s: from Latin (see academy).
agrestial: "Agricultural; rural", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Edward Topsell (d. 1625), Church of England clergyman and author. From classical Latin agrestis + -al; compare -ial.
autogiro: "A form of aircraft with freely rotating horizontal blades and a propeller. It differs from a helicopter in that the blades are not powered but rotate in the slipstream, propulsion being by a conventional mounted engine", 1920s: from Spanish, from auto- 'self' + giro 'gyration'.
admirative: " Grammar . A word, sentence, etc., expressing surprise. Now chiefly: specifically (especially in various languages of the Balkans) the admirative mood; an admirative verbal construction or form", Late 15th cent.; earliest use found in John Skelton (c1460–1529), poet. From Middle French admiratif (adjective) expressing astonishment or its etymon post-classical Latin admirativus expressing astonishment (636 in Isidore), full of astonishment from classical Latin admīrāt-, past participial stem of admīrārī + -īvus.
andrology: "The branch of physiology and medicine which deals with diseases and conditions specific to men", Late 19th century: from andro- + -logy.
acoumeter: "Any of various devices or instruments used to test or measure the sense of hearing", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal. From ancient Greek ἀκούειν to hear + -meter, originally after French acoumètre.
allantois: "The fetal membrane lying below the chorion in many vertebrates, formed as an outgrowth of the embryo’s gut. In birds and reptiles it grows to surround the embryo; in eutherian mammals it forms part of the placenta", Mid 17th century: modern Latin, based on Greek allantoeidēs 'sausage-shaped'.
academese: "The language or writing style of academic scholarship, especially when considered dry or over-complicated", Early 20th cent. From academ- + -ese.
agitative: "Tending to agitate or move (something); involving agitation", Early 16th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Paynell (d. ?1564), translator. From post-classical Latin agitativus that produces movement from classical Latin agitāt-, past participial stem of agitāre + -īvus.
adhortation: "An address or communication that urges or strongly encourages a person to do something; an exhortation", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in Richard Morison (c1510–1556), humanist and diplomat. From classical Latin adhortātiōn-, adhortātiō persuasive speech or discourse, appeal, (in military context) speech or words of encouragement, exhortation from adhortāt-, past participial stem of adhortārī + -iō. Compare French adhortacion exhortation (mid 14th cent in an apparently isolated attestation).
Agapemone: "Chiefly with the. The headquarters of the religious sect founded by the Rev. Henry James Prince (1811–99) at Spaxton in Somerset in the mid 19th cent., or a similar establishment run by his successor, the Rev. John Hugh Smyth-Pigott (1852–1927), at Clapton, London; = Abode of Love. Now historical", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Times. Irregularly from Hellenistic Greek ἀγάπη love + μονή dwelling, abode.
acclaimer: "A person who acclaims or praises; an applauder", Early 19th cent. From acclaim + -er. Compare earlier acclamator.
animative: "That has the ability to animate; enlivening, life-giving", Early 18th cent. From classical Latin animāt-, past participial stem of animāre + -ive.
adenocele: "A solid or fluid-filled tumour formed by hyperplasia or neoplasia of glandular tissue. In later use also: an enlarged, fluid-filled lymph node", Mid 19th cent. From ancient Greek ἀδήν gland + -o- + ancient Greek κήλη tumour; coined by J. Birkett.
abnormity: "An abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence", Mid 18th century: from late Latin abnormitas, from abnormis 'monstrous', from ab- 'away, from' + norma (see norm).
algivorous: "Of an organism: feeding on algae", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica. From alga + -ivorous.