-morphycomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. actinomorphy n.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: Greek μορϕή , -y suffix³.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μορϕή form (see -morph comb. form) + -y suffix³, partly after ancient Greek -μορϕία (in e.g. πολυμορϕία polymorphy n.).Combined with first elements ultimately of Greek origin. It has been less productive than the related terminal combining forms containing the element -morph- (compare especially the partly parallel -morphism comb. form). English formations are found from the second half of the 19th cent. onwards.

Forming nouns with the sense ‘the type of shape or form 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).

单词	-morphy
释义	-morphycomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. actinomorphy n. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: Greek μορϕή , -y suffix³. Etymology: < ancient Greek μορϕή form (see -morph comb. form) + -y suffix³, partly after ancient Greek -μορϕία (in e.g. πολυμορϕία polymorphy n.).Combined with first elements ultimately of Greek origin. It has been less productive than the related terminal combining forms containing the element -morph- (compare especially the partly parallel -morphism comb. form). English formations are found from the second half of the 19th cent. onwards. Forming nouns with the sense ‘the type of shape or form 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). < comb. form
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