单词 | anserine |
释义 | anserinen. Biochemistry. A crystalline compound with antioxidant properties originally isolated from goose muscle and present in birds and some other vertebrates.Anserine is a dipeptide, a methyl derivative of carnosine. Systematic name: β-alanyl-N-methylhistidine; C10H16N4O3. ΚΠ 1929 Chem. Abstr. 23 4233 The base, for which the name anserine is proposed, has the formula C10H16N4O3. 1962 D. H. Calam in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism 438 Basic peptides are rather uncommon tissue constituents, the exceptions being carnosine..and anserine..which are found in muscle. 1982 T. M. Devlin Textbk. Biochem. xii. 622 β-Alanine is the only β-amino acid of physiological significance. It arises from the degradation of cytosine and anserine. 2008 Food & Chem. Toxicol. 46 480/2 Numerous studies have demonstrated that carnosine and anserine possess strong and specific antioxidant properties. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). anserineadj. 1. Stupid, silly; = goosish adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] dizzyc825 unwisec825 redelessOE unwittyc1000 daftlikec1175 witlessc1175 canga1225 adoted?c1225 cangun?c1225 egedec1225 cangeda1250 foola1250 snepea1250 aerwittec1275 sotlyc1275 unslyc1275 unwitterc1275 unwilya1300 nicec1300 goosishc1374 unskilfulc1374 follyc1380 lewdc1380 mis-feelinga1382 dottlec1390 foltedc1390 peevishc1400 fona1425 fonnishc1425 foliousa1450 foolisha1450 daft?c1450 doitedc1450 dotyc1450 daffish1470 insapientc1470 gucked?a1500 wanwittya1500 furious1526 insipient1528 seelya1529 dawish?1529 foolage1545 momish1546 base-wittedc1547 stultitiousa1549 follifulc1550 senseless1565 mopish1568 fondish1579 unsensiblea1586 fondly1587 dizzardly1594 follial1596 featlessc1598 fopperly1599 gowkeda1605 inept1604 simple1604 anserine1607 foppish1608 silly ass1608 unsage1608 wisdomless1608 fool-beggeda1616 Gotham1621 noddy1645 badot1653 dosser-headed1655 infrunite1657 nonsensicalc1661 slight1663 sappy1670 datelessa1686 noddy-peaked1694 nizy1709 dottled1772 gypit1804 shay-brained1806 folly-stricken1807 fool-like1811 goosy1811 spoony1813 niddle-noddle1821 gumptionless1823 daftish1825 anserous1826 as crazy as a loon1830 spoonish1833 cheese-headed1836 dotty1860 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 dilly1873 gormless1883 daffy1884 monkey-doodle1886 mosy1887 jay1891 pithecanthropic1897 peanut-headed1906 dinlo1907 boob1911 goofy1921 ding-a-ling1935 jerky1944 jerk1947 jerkish1948 pointy-headed1950 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 nerkish1975 numpty1992 1607 A. Willet Loidoromastix xi. 148 He hath in his gagling pamphlet in this one propertie imitated the swanne, to sing out his owne shame and confusion; in all others parts bewraying his anserine follie. 1719 J. Freind Let. to Learned Dr. Woodward (ed. 3) 12 My Experience tells me, from the reiterated Dissections I have made, that this is the main Reason, why so many of Humane Race are of the Anserine kind. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table x. 269 If you expect me to hold forth in a ‘scientific’ way about my tree-loves..you are an anserine individual. 1911 H. I. Greene Barbara of Snows xii. 194 To drive her away just when he would have given a tooth to keep her there was almost enough to make one bite his tongue in twain. And all because of his anserine stupidity! 2004 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 3 July rb 2 ‘Oh yeah’, the Tory shot back. ‘Well, I've listened to your candidates, and they're simply anserine.’ 2. Of or relating to geese; of the nature of a goose; resembling (that of) a goose.With quots. 1753, 1843 cf. gooseflesh n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [adjective] > of or relating to goose anserine1753 anserous1810 1753 J. Lind Treat. Scurvy ii. ii. 150 Their skin..has an anserine appearance; but most frequently it is smooth and shining. 1816 ‘B. Moubray’ Pract. Treat. Poultry (ed. 2) 12 Dr. James..inclined to give a degree of credit to this presumed remedy, which, if real, must consist in the saline and penetrating qualities of the anserine excrement. 1843 T. Hood Forge in New Monthly Mag. July 292 No anserine skin would rise thereat, It's the cold that makes Him shiver! 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 225 The swan and other anserine birds. 1921 A. Chapman Savage Sudan iii. 48 His [sc. the Egyptian goose's] flopping flight, almost cormorant-like, harsh corvine croak, and drooping stern [are] anything but anserine. 1984 ‘Tiresias’ Notes from Overground 51 The costume forces its wearer to proceed in a teetering manner, bottom protruding, bosom jutting, anserine neck extended. 2006 Times 21 Jan. 23/4 The geese take to the air in squadron after squadron, covering the sky with a glorious anserine calligraphy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1929adj.1607 |
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