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- deodar[deodar 词源字典]
- deodar: see deity
[deodar etymology, deodar origin, 英语词源] - ideology
- ideology: see idea
- rodeo
- rodeo: see rota
- video
- video: see visit
- Deo volente
- 1767, Latin, literally "God willing."
- deodand (n.)
- 1520s, from Anglo-French deodande (late 13c.), from Medieval Latin deodandum, from Deo dandum "a thing to be given to God," from dative of deus "god" (see Zeus) + neuter gerundive of dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). In English law, "a personal chattel which, having been the immediate cause of the death of a person, was forfeited to the Crown to be applied to pious uses." Abolished 1846.
- deodorant (n.)
- 1848, originally of substances to quell the odor of manure, formed in English as if from de- + Latin odorem "smell" (see odor (n.)). In reference to a substance to be used on the human body, from 1860. An earlier version, a perfumed powder, was called empasm (1650s), from Greek *empasma "to sprinkle on."
- deodorize (v.)
- 1858; see de- + odor + -ize. Related: Deodorized; deodorizing.
- deontology (n.)
- science of moral duty, 1826, from Greek deont-, comb. form of deon "that which is binding, duty," neuter present participle of dei "is binding;" + -ology. Said to have been coined by Bentham. Related: Deontological.
- deoxidize (v.)
- 1794; see de- + oxidize. Related: Deoxidized; deoxidizing.
- deoxy-
- also desoxy-, word-forming element used to make chemical names for compounds which contain less oxygen than other compounds, from de- + first two syllables of oxygen
- deoxyribonucleic acid (n.)
- 1931; see deoxyribose.
- deoxyribose (n.)
- 1931, from deoxy- (because the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) in the sugar is in this case reduced to a hydrogen (H) by loss of an oxygen) + ribose.
- Gideon
- masc. proper name, name of an Israelite judge and warrior [Judges vi:11-viii:25], from Hebrew Gidh'on, literally "feller," from stem of gadha "he cut off, hewed, felled." In reference to the Bible propagation society, 1906, formally Christian Commercial Young Men's Association of America, founded 1899. The hotel room Gideon Bible so called by 1922.
- hideosity (n.)
- "a very ugly thing," 1807, from hideous on model of monstrosity, etc.
- hideous (adj.)
- c. 1300, "terrifying, horrible, dreadful," from Anglo-French hidous, Old French hideus, earlier hisdos "hideous, horrible, awful, frightening" (11c.; Modern French hideux), from hisda "horror, fear," perhaps of Germanic origin; or else from Vulgar Latin *hispidosus, from Latin hispidus "shaggy, bristly," "[b]ut this presents numerous difficulties" [OED]. Meaning "repulsive" is late 14c.
- hideously (adv.)
- mid-14c., from hideous + -ly (2).
- hideousness (n.)
- late 14c., from hideous + -ness.
- hideout (n.)
- also hide-out, "a hiding place," 1885, American English, from hide (v.) + out. The phrase hide out "conceal (oneself) from the authorities" is attested from 1870, American English (in reference to Northern draft dodgers in the Civil War).
- ideogram (n.)
- 1838, from comb. form of Greek idea (see idea) + -gram.
- ideograph (n.)
- late 1830s, from comb. form of Greek idea (see idea) + -graph "instrument for recording; something written." Related: Ideographic (1822); ideographical.
- ideological (adj.)
- 1797, from ideology + -ical. Related: Ideologically.
- ideologue (n.)
- 1815, in reference to the French Revolutionaries, from French ideologue, from Greek idea (see idea) + -logos (see -logue). Earlier form was ideologist (1798).
- ideology (n.)
- 1796, "science of ideas," originally "philosophy of the mind which derives knowledge from the senses" (as opposed to metaphysics), from French idéologie "study or science of ideas," coined by French philosopher Destutt de Tracy (1754-1836) from idéo- "of ideas," from Greek idea (see idea) + -logy. Later used in a sense "impractical theorizing" (1813). Meaning "systematic set of ideas, doctrines" first recorded 1909.
Ideology ... is usually taken to mean, a prescriptive doctrine that is not supported by rational argument. [D.D. Raphael, "Problems of Political Philosophy," 1970]
- melodeon (n.)
- 1847, variant of melodion, from German Melopdoin, from Melodie, from Old French melodie (see melody).
- nickelodeon (n.)
- 1888, "motion picture theater," from nickel "five-cent coin" (the cost to view one) + -odeon, as in Melodeon (1840) "music hall," ultimately from Greek oideion "building for musical performances" (see odeon). Meaning "nickel jukebox" is first attested 1938.
- odeon (n.)
- 1902, from Greek oideion "building for musical performance."
- rodeo (n.)
- 1914 as public entertainment show of horse-riding skill, from earlier meaning "cattle round-up" (1834), from Spanish rodeo, "pen for cattle at a fair or market," literally "a going round," from rodear "go round, surround," related to rodare "revolve, roll," from Latin rotare "go around" (see rotary).
- video (adj.)
- 1935, as visual equivalent of audio, from Latin video "I see," first person singular present indicative of videre "to see" (see vision). As a noun, "that which is displayed on a (television) screen," 1937.
Engineers, however, remember the sad fate of television's first debut and are not willing to allow "video transmission" (as television is now called by moderns) to leave the laboratory until they are sure it will be accepted. ["The Michigan Technic," November 1937]
video game is from 1973. - video-
- word-forming element; see video (adj.).
- videocassette (n.)
- 1970, from video + cassette. Videocassette recorder is from 1971, usually VCR (also 1971), now a period piece.
- videographer (n.)
- 1980, from video + second element from photographer.
- videotape (n.)
- 1953, from video + tape (n.). The verb is 1958, from the noun. Related: Videotaped; videotaping.
- deontic
- "Relating to duty and obligation as ethical concepts", Mid 19th century (as noun deontics): from Greek deont- 'being needed or necessary' (from dei 'it is necessary') + -ic.
- videotex
- "An electronic information system such as teletext or viewdata", 1970s: from video + text.
- ideocracy
- "Governance of a state according to the principles of a particular (political) ideology; a state or country governed in this way", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in John Adams (1735–1826), president of the United States of America. From ideo- + -cracy.
- ideogrammatic
- "Of the nature of an ideogram or ideograph; using symbols as a means of expression", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Science. From ideogram + -atic.