-phorouscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. myophorous adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Greek -ϕόρος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek -ϕόρος (see -phore comb. form) + -ous suffix. In some cases after scientific Latin formations in -phorus (which are found from the second half of the 18th cent.: see necrophore n.). Compare French -phore , German -phor , forming both nouns and adjectives (see -phore comb. form).First attested in 17th-cent. loans from Greek, as oligophorous adj., polyphorous adj.; formations within English are found (abundantly) from the 19th cent. Combining with first elements ultimately of Greek origin. Corresponding in sense to -ferous comb. form (of Latin origin); compare the pairs asciferous adj., ascophorous adj. at asco- comb. form , libaniferous adj., libanophorous adj., scyphiferous adj. at scyphi- comb. form , scyphophorous adj. at scypho- comb. form (also scyphiphorous adj. at scyphi- comb. form ), toxiferous adj. at toxi- comb. form , toxophorous adj. at toxo- comb. form² .

Forming adjectives related to nouns in -phore comb. form, with the sense ‘-bearing’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	-phorous
释义	-phorouscomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. myophorous adj. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Greek -ϕόρος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek -ϕόρος (see -phore comb. form) + -ous suffix. In some cases after scientific Latin formations in -phorus (which are found from the second half of the 18th cent.: see necrophore n.). Compare French -phore , German -phor , forming both nouns and adjectives (see -phore comb. form).First attested in 17th-cent. loans from Greek, as oligophorous adj., polyphorous adj.; formations within English are found (abundantly) from the 19th cent. Combining with first elements ultimately of Greek origin. Corresponding in sense to -ferous comb. form (of Latin origin); compare the pairs asciferous adj., ascophorous adj. at asco- comb. form , libaniferous adj., libanophorous adj., scyphiferous adj. at scyphi- comb. form , scyphophorous adj. at scypho- comb. form (also scyphiphorous adj. at scyphi- comb. form ), toxiferous adj. at toxi- comb. form , toxophorous adj. at toxo- comb. form² . Forming adjectives related to nouns in -phore comb. form, with the sense ‘-bearing’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < comb. form
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