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单词 centifidous
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centifidousadj.

Brit. /sɛnˈtɪfᵻdəs/, U.S. /sɛnˈtɪfədəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin centifidus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin centifidus (5th cent.; < classical Latin centum hundred (see centum n.2) + -fidus -fid comb. form) + -ous suffix.
rare.
That is divided into a hundred parts.Chiefly recorded in dictionaries.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Centifidous,..divided into a 100 Parts or Wayes. [Also in later dictionaries.]
1876 Pet-stock, Pigeon & Poultry Bull. Oct. 127/2 They admit the possibility of a specimen scaling more than one hundred points, a possibility wholly incompatible with the centifidous scale of points.
2014 S. Sabins in B. T. Lee et al. Apuleius & Afr. xi. 281 Apuleius presents the Ganges in verse lines..which uniquely repeat the centifidous nature of the famous river.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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