epizooticadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌɛpɪzuːˈɒtɪk/,

/ˌɛpɪzəʊˈɒtɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌɛpəzəˈwɑdɪk/

Etymology: < French épizootique, < épizootie : see epizooty n. In sense A. 2 taken as < ἐπί (with interpretation ‘subsequent to’) + ζῷον animal.

A. adj.

1. Of diseases: Temporarily prevalent among animals; opposed to enzootic. Cf. epidemic adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > [adjective] > temporarily prevalent

epizootic1790

1790 Gentleman's Mag. June 496/2 Diseases are not so prevalent amongst our cattle (at least epizo-otic diseases are not)... Epizo-otic diseases are, in the brute creation, what epidemic diseases are in men.

1865 Reader 12 Aug. 178/3 A new epizootic disease has broken out among the horned cattle.

1880 Times 15 Sept. 7/6 Epizootic pleuro-pneumonia.

†2. Geology. Used by Kirwan as an epithet of ‘secondary’ mountains, to denote ‘their posteriority to the existence of organized substances’.

ΚΠ

1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 161.

1840 W. Humble Dict. Geol. Epizootic, containing animal remains, as epizootic hills, or epizootic strata.

B. n.

An epizootic disease; a plague among cattle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > [noun] > temporarily prevalent

epizootic1748

epizooty1783

epizoic1879

1748 Short in Chambers Dom. Ann. Scotl. II. 437, (note) This epizootic raged also in England and other countries.

1827 T. De Quincey Last Days Kant in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 141/1 Cats being so eminently an electric animal..he attributed this epizootic to electricity.

1882 Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 16 187 All epizootics of this character are immediately due to excessive multiplication of worms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	epizootic
释义	epizooticadj.n. Brit. /ˌɛpɪzuːˈɒtɪk/, /ˌɛpɪzəʊˈɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɛpəzəˈwɑdɪk/ Etymology: < French épizootique, < épizootie : see epizooty n. In sense A. 2 taken as < ἐπί (with interpretation ‘subsequent to’) + ζῷον animal. A. adj. 1. Of diseases: Temporarily prevalent among animals; opposed to enzootic. Cf. epidemic adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > [adjective] > temporarily prevalent epizootic1790 1790 Gentleman's Mag. June 496/2 Diseases are not so prevalent amongst our cattle (at least epizo-otic diseases are not)... Epizo-otic diseases are, in the brute creation, what epidemic diseases are in men. 1865 Reader 12 Aug. 178/3 A new epizootic disease has broken out among the horned cattle. 1880 Times 15 Sept. 7/6 Epizootic pleuro-pneumonia. †2. Geology. Used by Kirwan as an epithet of ‘secondary’ mountains, to denote ‘their posteriority to the existence of organized substances’. ΚΠ 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 161. 1840 W. Humble Dict. Geol. Epizootic, containing animal remains, as epizootic hills, or epizootic strata. B. n. An epizootic disease; a plague among cattle. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > [noun] > temporarily prevalent epizootic1748 epizooty1783 epizoic1879 1748 Short in Chambers Dom. Ann. Scotl. II. 437, (note) This epizootic raged also in England and other countries. 1827 T. De Quincey Last Days Kant in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 141/1 Cats being so eminently an electric animal..he attributed this epizootic to electricity. 1882 Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 16 187 All epizootics of this character are immediately due to excessive multiplication of worms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1748
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