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† oryctoˈgnostic, a. Obs.
[f. oryctognosy, after Gr. γνωστικ-ός in its relation to γνῶσις knowledge.]
Pertaining or relating to ‘oryctognosy’; mineralogical.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. Pref. 13 The second part contains the systematic or oryctognostic collection. 1804A. Jameson Mineralogy I. Introd. 23 The Wernerian oryctognostic system is framed in conformity with the strictest rules of classification. 1853Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. III. xxxii. 401 The amygdaloid of Ortiz approaches, by its oryctognostic characters, to the former of those formations.
So † oryctoˈgnostical a. = prec.; † oryctoˈgnostically adv.
1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. Introd. 10 The simple fossils which compose the mass of mountains, and of which the names and character are the object of oryctognostical knowledge. 1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 57 One [colour] is, oryctognostically considered, pure or unmixed with any other, and is called the characteristic colour. |