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单词 adynamous
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adynamousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἀδύναμος , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἀδύναμος weak ( < ancient Greek ἀ- a- prefix6 + δύναμις power: see dynamo- comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare classical Latin adynamos (of wine) weakened, diluted (Pliny). In sense 2 after adynamia n.; compare earlier adynamic adj. and adynamical adj.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Weak, powerless.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > powerless or helpless
mightlessOE
powerlessc1425
impotent1444
mean1525
unpuissant1568
moyenless1599
aidless1608
impuissant1629
paralytic1642
adynamous1656
impotentiala1657
enervous1677
numb1802
fucked1949
dickless1957
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Adynamous, weak, impowerful.
2. Medicine. = adynamic adj. 1a.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > making weak
weakeninga1586
feebling1624
languefying1651
debilitating1674
debilitative1682
depauperating1770
adynamical1798
enervating1821
prostrating1822
adynamous1828
debilitant-
1828 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Dec. 716/2 The extreme heat..induces by various means, a long train of dyspeptic, adynamous, and hepatic disorders.
1888 E. P. Hurd tr. K. Liebermeister Pathol. & Treatm. Infectious Dis. i. i. 48 In very adynamous cases, if the sweating threatens to prove exhausting, nourishment..may be required.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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