| 释义 |
animalcular, a. rare.|ænɪˈmælkjʊlə(r)|
[f. L. animalcul-um (see next) + -ar.]
1. Of or pertaining to animalcules.
1765Tucker Lt. Nat. I. 481 Imagine animalcules to take their rise in measuring from the width of their tail..then reckon by animalcular miles. 1823Southey in Q. Rev. XXX. 9 Dr. Dwight has a theory that the diseases..are produced by animalcular putrefaction. 1830Coleridge Ch. & State 219 The moving fairy states of animalcular life.
†2. Of or pertaining to Animalculism. Obs. rare.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., Systems of physic, of pathology..founded on the animalcular principles. 1807Edin. Rev. XI. 81 Of the Animalcular system. |