-ocularcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. anteocular adj. and n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin oculus , -ar suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin oculus (see oculus n.) + -ar suffix¹, after ocular adj. Compare French -oculaire . Compare also post-classical Latin -oculus , combining form (in e.g. monoculus : see monoculus n.) of oculus.The models for these formations were perhaps deocular adj. and monocular adj. (17th cent.). The earliest words of this type were binocular adj., multocular adj., senocular adj., coined by Derham (1713); subsequently several were coined by Kirby & Spence (1826), including extra-ocular adj. at extra- prefix 1, inocular adj., interocular adj. at inter- prefix 2d, preocular adj., subocular adj. and n. The remaining formations date mostly from the mid 19th cent.

Forming adjectives with the sense ‘relating to the eye or eyes’, ‘having a (specified or unspecified) number of eyes’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	-ocular
释义	-ocularcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. anteocular adj. and n. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin oculus , -ar suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin oculus (see oculus n.) + -ar suffix¹, after ocular adj. Compare French -oculaire . Compare also post-classical Latin -oculus , combining form (in e.g. monoculus : see monoculus n.) of oculus.The models for these formations were perhaps deocular adj. and monocular adj. (17th cent.). The earliest words of this type were binocular adj., multocular adj., senocular adj., coined by Derham (1713); subsequently several were coined by Kirby & Spence (1826), including extra-ocular adj. at extra- prefix 1, inocular adj., interocular adj. at inter- prefix 2d, preocular adj., subocular adj. and n. The remaining formations date mostly from the mid 19th cent. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘relating to the eye or eyes’, ‘having a (specified or unspecified) number of eyes’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < comb. form
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