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pædo-, pedo-|ˈpiːdəʊ|
occas. paido- |ˈpaɪdəʊ|, before a vowel pæd-, ped-,
combining form of Gr. παῖς, παιδ- boy, child, and element in several words, scientific and technical, of which the more important will be found in their alphabetical places.
pædarchy |ˈpiːdɑːkɪ| [Gr. -αρχια, ἀρχή rule], rule or government by a child or children. pæˈdocracy, paid- [see -cracy], government by children. pæˈdology, paid- [see -logy], the study of the nature of children; so pædoˈlogical, pertaining to pædology; pæˈdologist, pædoloˈgistical a., pædoloˈgistically adv. (see quot.). pæˈdometer, an instrument for measuring the weight and length of a child; hence pædometric a. pædonosology |-nəʊˈsɒlədʒɪ| [Gr. νόσος disease: see -logy], the study of the diseases of children. pædonymic |piːdəʊˈnɪmɪk| [after patronymic], a name given to a person from that of his or her child; so pæˈdonymy, the giving of such a name.
1830Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 245/2 The government was called the *paedarchy (or the regime of children).
1647J. Noyes Temple Measured 34 Some are..unseasonable, ignorant, youthful. This is a *Pedocracy as well as a Democracy.
1900Speaker 5 May 131/2 Miss Vernon of the *Paidological Bureau.
1894Educ. News (U.S.) 14 Apr. 233 A *paidologist is one who studies boys. *Paidologistical pertains to *paidology, and *paidologistically is the adverb that refers to the acts of a paidologist while he is treating of paidology paidologistically.
1853Dunglison Med. Lex., *Pædometer, baromacrometer.
1889Jrnl. Educ. 1 Feb. 75/2 The terrors of a cast-iron Code and Inspectors with their *paedometric apparatus.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Pædonosologia, term for a description or consideration of the diseases of children: *pedonosology.
1883W. Leaf in Jrnl. Philol. No. 24. 286 Prof. Geddes quotes as a similar ‘*Pædonymic’ the expression ‘Althaea Meleagris’.
Ibid. 287 Whether or no the custom of *Paedonymy has left any other trace..must be left to anthropologists to decide. |