释义 |
aduncity ? Obs.|əˈdʌnsɪtɪ| [ad. L. aduncitas n. of state, f. adunc-us adunc; see -ity.] ‘Crookedness; flexure inward; hookedness.’ J.
1589[Halliwell quotes Rider]. 1626Cockeram, Aduncity, hookednes, crookednesse. 1714[Arbuthnot & Pope] M. Scriblerus Pope's Wks. 1824 VII. 71 The aduncity of the pounces and beaks of the hawks, is the cause of the great and habitual immorality of those animals. |