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单词 cometographer
释义

cometographern.

Brit. /kɒmᵻˈtɒɡrəfə/, U.S. /ˌkɑməˈtɑɡrəfər/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin cometographus , -er suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin cometographus (1579 or earlier; < classical Latin comēta comet n. + -graphus -graph comb. form) + -er suffix1; compare -ographer comb. form. Compare earlier cometography n.
Now chiefly historical.
A person who studies or describes comets.
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cometographer1686
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. viii. 262 Rochenbach, a Great Cometographer, quoted by Hevelius.
1758 Lloyd's Evening Post 31 July 109/3 Given at our Star-chamber in Moorfields... Philalethes, President. Astrophilus, Recorder. Kepler, junior, Cometographer. Lunaticus, Selenographist.
1847 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 1845–7 7 260 M. Pingré, the celebrated cometographer, sought in vain for the original observations.
1985 Times 6 July 4/8 Shipping companies are operating cruises in the Pacific..complete with lectures by leading astronomers and cometographers.
2004 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 1 Jan. A gifted inventor.., teacher, coffee house raconteur, astronomer, microscopist, cometographer, dissector, vivisector, artist—all these hats and more Hooke wore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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