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- psittacine (adj.)[psittacine 词源字典]
- "pertaining to parrots," 1826, from Latin psittacinus, from psittacus "parrot," from Greek psittakos "a parrot," said to be a foreign word.[psittacine etymology, psittacine origin, 英语词源]
- psittacism (n.)
- "mere parroting, parrotry, repetition without reasoning," 1884, from French psittacisme (Liebnitz, 1765) or German psittazismus, from Latin psittacus "parrot" (see psittacine) + -ism.