单词 | elephantic |
释义 | elephanticadj.n. A. adj. Pertaining to or resembling an elephant; huge, ponderous; = elephantine adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [adjective] > relating to elephants elephantic1598 elephantine1675 elephantoid1841 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy unridec1175 un-i-weldec1275 boistous?a1400 cumbrousa1400 roida1450 clubbishc1530 lumpish?1573 bouncing1579 unwieldy1582 boisterous1590 unfeirdyc1590 lumbering1593 cumbersome1594 elephantic1598 elephant-likea1603 moliminous1642 clumpish1681 rhinocerical1689 hulking1699 hulky1785 lumberly1805 elephantine1826 rhinocerial1828 lumbersome1834 clumpy1836 lumbrous1836 hippopotamic1853 hippopotamian1864 megatherial1894 hippopotamine1911 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia Prel. sig. C1 And speaking painters excuse Titian, For his Ioues loves; and Elephanticke vaine. 1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius iii. 194 Give those a sting, or elephantic snout. 1835 New Monthly Mag. 43 85 The fervent lightness of Lewis, the elephantic ponderosity of Cooke. = elephantiasis n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > elephantiasis elephantica1492 elephancy1547 elephantiasis1581 hoar-leprosya1616 joint-evil1669 cocobay1788 elephantine leprosy1843 Barbados leg1849 spargosis1867 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) iv. f. cccxxxiiv/1 A man..was seke of a maladye called elephantyke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.a1492 |
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