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单词 -morphous
释义

-morphouscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. actinomorphous adj.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μορϕή , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μορϕή form (or -μορϕος , terminal element representing this in compound adjectives: see -morph comb. form) + -ous suffix.Combined with first elements ultimately of Greek origin. First attested in forms rendering Greek compounds, e.g. anthropomorphous adj. (18th cent.), polymorphous adj. (early 19th cent.), or representing the addition of -ous suffix to stems in -morph (in some cases perhaps after German or French models), e.g. homoeomorphous adj., pseudomorphous adj. (early 19th cent.). Most formations date from the second half of the 19th cent.
Forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the form or character denoted or described by the first element’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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