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aleuromancy [aleuromancy 词源字典]: "Any of various forms of divination using meal, flour, cakes, etc., especially as practised by the ancient Greeks", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From (i) French aleuromantie.[aleuromancy etymology, aleuromancy origin, 英语词源]
advisableness: "The quality or fact of being advisable or expedient (as a course of action, etc.)", Late 17th cent.; earliest use found in Obadiah Walker (1616–1699), college head and author. From advisable + -ness.
autocephalous: "(Of an Eastern Christian Church) appointing its own head, not subject to the authority of an external patriarch or archbishop", Mid 19th century: from Greek autokephalos (from autos 'self' + kephalē 'head') + -ous.
agrogeology: "The study of geology as it relates to soil fertility and crop production; the branch of soil science concerning agriculture", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in Chemical Abstracts. After Hungarian agrogeológia.
apterous: "(Of an insect) having no wings", Late 18th century: from Greek apteros (from a- 'without' + pteron 'wing') + -ous.
alabastron: "A vessel for holding perfume, unguents, or ointments", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Jameson (1774–1854), geologist and natural historian. From Hellenistic Greek ἀλάβαστρον vase for perfume.
Americanese: "American English; English which contains many Americanisms", Mid 19th cent. From American + -ese. Compare earlier American English.
autoploid: "= autopolyploid", 1930s; earliest use found in John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892–1964), geneticist. Either from auto- + -ploid, or perhaps shortened from autopolyploid.
adrenalectomy: "Surgical excision of one or both adrenal glands; an instance of this. In later use also: suppression or abolition of the synthesis of adrenal hormone by means of drugs", Early 20th cent. From adrenal + -ectomy.
atherogenic: "Tending to promote the formation of fatty deposits in the arteries", 1950s: from atheroma + -genic.
aciniform: "Resembling a grape, bunch of grapes, or compound berry", Late 18th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Hooper (1773–1835), physician and medical writer. From post-classical Latin aciniformis from classical Latin acinus + -formis; compare -iform.
acrostichoid: "Originally: †designating a fern in which the sori arise as a continuous mass covering the lower surface of the fertile frond, typified by, but not exclusive to, the genus Acrostichum (family Polypodiaceae); characteristic of such a fern ( obsolete ). Now: specifically designating or relating to sori with this pattern of distribution", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Hooker's Journal Botany. From scientific Latin Acrostichum, genus name + -oid.
allochthon: "An allochthonous rock or mineral formation; especially a part of a faulted formation that has been displaced by tectonic forces. Contrasted with autochthon", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. Apparently from allo- + -chthon.
anhydrite: "A white mineral consisting of anhydrous calcium sulphate. It typically occurs in evaporite deposits", Early 19th century: from Greek anudros (see anhydrous) + -ite¹.
abyssal plain: "An extensive level area of the deep ocean floor, typically situated between the foot of the continental rise and an oceanic trench and covered with a smooth layer of sediment", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist.
advolution: "The process of developing in a specific direction or towards a particular end; an instance of this. Now rare", Early 18th cent.; earliest use found in Nathan Bailey (d. 1742), lexicographer and schoolmaster. Originally from post-classical Latin advolution-, advolutio action of rolling towards, prostration, rotation from classical Latin advolūt-, past participial stem of advolvere to roll to or towards, (reflexive or passive) to prostrate oneself before, grovel at (from ad- + volvere) + -iō.
Addisonian crisis: "Acute insufficiency of corticosteroid secretion, seen especially in patients with Addison's (or other adrenal) disease, and manifested by hypotension and shock; an instance of this", 1930s; earliest use found in The Lancet.
adherescent: "Adhering or tending to adhere; adhesive; associated. rare after 18th cent", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Henry Fielding (1707–1754), author and magistrate. From classical Latin adhaerēscent-, adhaerēscēns, present participle of adhaerēscere to stick, adhere, or become attached (to), to stick close (to a person or place) from adhaerēre + -ēscere.
afibrinogenaemia: "Absence of fibrinogen in the blood, usually resulting in impaired coagulation; an acquired or inherited condition characterized by this", 1940s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Medical Association. From a- + fibrinogen + -aemia, after German Afibrinogenämie.
abstersive: "Having the quality of cleansing, scouring, or washing away impurities; that purges", Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. As adjective from Middle French abstersif, adjective (French abstersif; 1314 in Old French) and its etymon post-classical Latin abstersivus from classical Latin absters-, past participial stem of abstergēre + -īvus. As noun partly from Middle French abstersif, noun and partly from post-classical Latin abstersiva, use as noun of neuter plural of abstersivus. Compare Spanish abstersivo, Portuguese abstersivo.