-rhinecomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. mesorrhine adj. and n.

Forms: 1800s– -rhine, 1800s– -rrhine.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -rhinus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin -rhinus (in e.g. megarhinus megarhine adj.; also -rrhinus : compare e.g. Phyllorrhina (see phyllorhine adj.), Platyrrhini (see platyrrhine n.)) < ancient Greek -ρριν- , -ρρις , combining form (in e.g. ὀξύρρις oxyrhine adj. at oxy- comb. form¹ 2a) of ῥιν- , ῥίς nose (see rhino- comb. form). Compare French -rhin.Formations within English and adaptations of Latin words are found from the mid 19th cent. (For an isolated earlier borrowing with the same ending see errhine n.) Combining with first elements ultimately of Greek origin.

Forming adjectives (and corresponding nouns) with the sense ‘having a nose or nostrils of a type specified by the first element’, as mesorrhine adj. and n., catarrhine adj. and n., etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	-rhine
释义	-rhinecomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. mesorrhine adj. and n. Forms: 1800s– -rhine, 1800s– -rrhine. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -rhinus. Etymology: < scientific Latin -rhinus (in e.g. megarhinus megarhine adj.; also -rrhinus : compare e.g. Phyllorrhina (see phyllorhine adj.), Platyrrhini (see platyrrhine n.)) < ancient Greek -ρριν- , -ρρις , combining form (in e.g. ὀξύρρις oxyrhine adj. at oxy- comb. form¹ 2a) of ῥιν- , ῥίς nose (see rhino- comb. form). Compare French -rhin.Formations within English and adaptations of Latin words are found from the mid 19th cent. (For an isolated earlier borrowing with the same ending see errhine n.) Combining with first elements ultimately of Greek origin. Forming adjectives (and corresponding nouns) with the sense ‘having a nose or nostrils of a type specified by the first element’, as mesorrhine adj. and n., catarrhine adj. and n., etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < comb. form
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