anthropolithn.

Brit.

/ˈanθrəpəˌlɪθ/,

/anˈθrɒpəˌlɪθ/, U.S.

/ˈænθrəpəˌlɪθ/,

/ænˈθrɑpəˌlɪθ/

Forms: 1800s anthropolithe, 1800s– anthropolith.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: anthropo- comb. form, -lith comb. form.

Etymology: < anthropo- comb. form + -lith comb. form, originally after post-classical Latin Anthropolithus (see anthropolite n.). Compare earlier anthropolite n. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry.

Now rare.

A petrified human body, or part of one; a fossil of (supposedly) human origin. Also: a human figure made of stone; figurative a person without feelings or emotions. Cf. anthropolite n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > dead body > [noun] > fossil

anthropolite1778

anthropolith1804

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > coldness or lack of warm feeling > person

icicle1648

frigot1683

frost piece1690

anthropolith1804

iceberg1840

touch-me-not1840

icebox1909

cold fish1941

1804 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature VII. 27/3 Petrifactions... Anthropolith [L. Anthropolithus].

1848 A. H. tr. J. P. F. Richter Levana ii. i. 43 The ideal man comes upon the earth as an anthropolithe [Ger. Anthropoliten] (a petrified man).

1865 T. Bendyshe tr. K. F. H. Marx Life Blumenbach in tr. J. F. Blumenbach Anthropol. Treat. 10 (note) Blumenbach proved that though they were the marks of a mammal, they were not those of a child, and therefore no anthropoliths [Ger. Anthropolithen].

1939 Adelphi Feb. 244 We are apt to forget both flesh and spirit, to think of these men as insensate, as anthropoliths.

1968 K. Rexroth Coll. Longer Poems 35 Even the Easter Island anthropoliths were harmless Statues of the royal kinfolks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anthropolith
释义	anthropolithn. Brit. /ˈanθrəpəˌlɪθ/, /anˈθrɒpəˌlɪθ/, U.S. /ˈænθrəpəˌlɪθ/, /ænˈθrɑpəˌlɪθ/ Forms: 1800s anthropolithe, 1800s– anthropolith. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: anthropo- comb. form, -lith comb. form. Etymology: < anthropo- comb. form + -lith comb. form, originally after post-classical Latin Anthropolithus (see anthropolite n.). Compare earlier anthropolite n. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry. Now rare. A petrified human body, or part of one; a fossil of (supposedly) human origin. Also: a human figure made of stone; figurative a person without feelings or emotions. Cf. anthropolite n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > dead body > [noun] > fossil anthropolite1778 anthropolith1804 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > coldness or lack of warm feeling > person icicle1648 frigot1683 frost piece1690 anthropolith1804 iceberg1840 touch-me-not1840 icebox1909 cold fish1941 1804 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature VII. 27/3 Petrifactions... Anthropolith [L. Anthropolithus]. 1848 A. H. tr. J. P. F. Richter Levana ii. i. 43 The ideal man comes upon the earth as an anthropolithe [Ger. Anthropoliten] (a petrified man). 1865 T. Bendyshe tr. K. F. H. Marx Life Blumenbach in tr. J. F. Blumenbach Anthropol. Treat. 10 (note) Blumenbach proved that though they were the marks of a mammal, they were not those of a child, and therefore no anthropoliths [Ger. Anthropolithen]. 1939 Adelphi Feb. 244 We are apt to forget both flesh and spirit, to think of these men as insensate, as anthropoliths. 1968 K. Rexroth Coll. Longer Poems 35 Even the Easter Island anthropoliths were harmless Statues of the royal kinfolks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1804
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