cryptozoologyn.

Brit.

/ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)zuːˈɒlədʒi/,

/ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)zəʊˈɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/ˌkrɪptəˌzoʊˈɑlədʒi/,

/ˌkrɪptəˌzuˈɑlədʒi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: crypto- comb. form, zoology n.

Etymology: < crypto- comb. form + zoology n., after French cryptozoologie (1959 or earlier: see below). Compare earlier cryptozoological adj.Use of French cryptozoologie earlier than 1959 is sometimes attributed to B. Heuvelmans, but it has not been found in his published work of the time; Heuvelmans attributed an independent earlier use to I. T. Sanderson (see quot. 1968).

The study of unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose existence or survival to the present day is disputed or unsubstantiated.

ΚΠ

1968 R. Garnett tr. B. Heuvelmans In Wake of Sea-serpents xiii. 508 When he [sc. Ivan T. Sanderson] was still a student he invented the word ‘cryptozoology’, or the science of hidden animals, which I was to coin much later, quite unaware that he had already done so.

1980 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 15 Oct. 1 a/4 James Powell, Jr.,..said his field is crypto-zoology.

1981 BioScience 31 804/3 The International Society of Cryptozoology is currently being formed and will hold its first meeting..at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington.

1982 R. Westrum tr. B. Heuvelmans in Cryptozoology 1 1 In the late 1950s, I coined the term ‘cryptozoology’.

1999 W. Bernhardt Dark Justice viii. 72 Zak laughed. ‘I gather you're not a student of cryptozoology.’

2003 Pop. Sci. Dec. 116/2 It put the long-standing question of the ivory-billed woodpecker into the Yeti/Bigfoot realm of cryptozoology.

Derivatives

ˌcryptozoˈologist n. an expert or specialist in cryptozoology.

ΚΠ

1968 R. Garnett tr. B. Heuvelmans In Wake of Sea-Serpents xiii. 508 I have now been a cryptozoologist for fifteen years.

2002 New Scientist 14 Sept. 17/3 British explorers led by cryptozoologist Adam Davies claim to have found two hairs and a footprint, which they say could belong to the yeti-like orang-pendek.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cryptozoology
释义	cryptozoologyn. Brit. /ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)zuːˈɒlədʒi/, /ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)zəʊˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌkrɪptəˌzoʊˈɑlədʒi/, /ˌkrɪptəˌzuˈɑlədʒi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: crypto- comb. form, zoology n. Etymology: < crypto- comb. form + zoology n., after French cryptozoologie (1959 or earlier: see below). Compare earlier cryptozoological adj.Use of French cryptozoologie earlier than 1959 is sometimes attributed to B. Heuvelmans, but it has not been found in his published work of the time; Heuvelmans attributed an independent earlier use to I. T. Sanderson (see quot. 1968). The study of unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose existence or survival to the present day is disputed or unsubstantiated. ΚΠ 1968 R. Garnett tr. B. Heuvelmans In Wake of Sea-serpents xiii. 508 When he [sc. Ivan T. Sanderson] was still a student he invented the word ‘cryptozoology’, or the science of hidden animals, which I was to coin much later, quite unaware that he had already done so. 1980 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 15 Oct. 1 a/4 James Powell, Jr.,..said his field is crypto-zoology. 1981 BioScience 31 804/3 The International Society of Cryptozoology is currently being formed and will hold its first meeting..at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington. 1982 R. Westrum tr. B. Heuvelmans in Cryptozoology 1 1 In the late 1950s, I coined the term ‘cryptozoology’. 1999 W. Bernhardt Dark Justice viii. 72 Zak laughed. ‘I gather you're not a student of cryptozoology.’ 2003 Pop. Sci. Dec. 116/2 It put the long-standing question of the ivory-billed woodpecker into the Yeti/Bigfoot realm of cryptozoology. Derivatives ˌcryptozoˈologist n. an expert or specialist in cryptozoology. ΚΠ 1968 R. Garnett tr. B. Heuvelmans In Wake of Sea-Serpents xiii. 508 I have now been a cryptozoologist for fifteen years. 2002 New Scientist 14 Sept. 17/3 British explorers led by cryptozoologist Adam Davies claim to have found two hairs and a footprint, which they say could belong to the yeti-like orang-pendek. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1968
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