fossorn.

Brit.

/ˈfɒsə/, U.S.

/ˈfɑsər/,

/ˈfɔsər/

Inflections: Plural fossors, (in senses 1b, 2 also) fossores Brit.

/fɒˈsɔːriːz/, U.S.

/ˌfɑˈsɔˌriz/,

/ˌfɔˈsɔˌriz/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fossor.

Etymology: < classical Latin fossor person who digs the ground (in agriculture), person who works in a mine, miner, sapper, in post-classical Latin also officer of the early Church charged with the burial of the dead (4th cent.) < foss- , past participial stem of fodere to dig (see fodient adj.) + -or -or suffix. In sense 2 originally after scientific Latin Fossores, former division name (P. A. Latreille 1817, in Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle X. 287).Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French fosseour, Middle French fosseur (a1325 or earlier in a military context), and also the surname Rogerus Fossour (1346).

†a. A person who digs ditches or trenches. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 71/2 The Fossor, is a Digger of the Earth, to make Ditches and Trenches.

1787 Let. in Classical Jrnl. (1819) 20 362 If a Fossor, a vulgar untaught Hedger and Ditcher, should attempt to disparage the handy-work of a fellow-labourer, such low-bred dealings in clowns might find some excuse.

b. Church History. In the early Christian Church: a person in charge of burials; a gravedigger.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [noun] > grave-digging > grave-digger

pit-maker1567

gravedigger1594

burier1598

pitman1609

grave-master1622

grave-man1821

fossor1833

1833 Encycl. Brit. 214/1 Monumental epitaphs record the purchase of a grave from the fossores.

1833 Encycl. Brit. 214/1 A very curious fresco found in the cemetery of Callistus..represents a ‘fossor’ with his lamp in his hand and his pick over his shoulder.

1847 Ecclesiastic 3 31 We find here epitaphs telling of a priest, a lector, a deacon, an exorcist, and a fossor, all married.

1877 W. H. Withrow Catacombs of Rome (ed. 3) 519 A very numerous class in the economy of the primitive church was that of the fossors, or grave-diggers.

1901 Catholic World Mar. 778 The fossors had not sealed their latest deposit when the roads were covered with the bearers of another.

1946 J. Finegan Light from Anc. Past viiii. i. 354 This corresponds to a man's height, with a bit of additional room for the fossor to swing his pick.

2006 Jrnl. Sociol. & Social Welfare (Nexis) 33 107 Since the early Christian community was structured as a burial society, it is obvious why the fossor fulfilled a vital need in that organization.

2007 N. Denzey Bone Gatherers v. 126 Fossores strained to hew three new regions west of the basilica.

2. Chiefly Entomology. A fossorial animal; (originally spec.) a hymenopteran of the former division Fossores, which comprised most non-parasitic wasps; (in later use) a burrowing hymenopteran, esp. a digger wasp of the families Sphecidae or Pompilidae; cf. fossorial Hymenoptera n. at fossorial adj. and n. Compounds.In quot. 1983: burrowing snakes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > member of

hymenopter1828

fossor1832

hymenopteran1842

papermaking wasp1862

fossorial Hymenoptera1880

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > super family Sphecoidea or family Sphecidae > member of (digger-wasp)

sand-wasp1813

digger1847

plasterer1857

digger-wasp1880

sphecid1895

fossor1938

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > member of family Typhlopidae

worm-snake1885

fossor1983

1832 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom XV. 376 In the other fossores the first segment of the thorax forms only a simple linear and transverse edge, of which the two lateral segments are removed from the origin of the upper wings.

1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 95 The apterous condition of females of the Multillides and Thynnides is very anomalous in the Fossors.

1938 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 4) iii. 595 Included in this superfamily are..a number of families of solitary species which, together with the Sphecoidea, are often known as the Fossores.

1983 Amer. Zoologist 23 398/2 Little attention has been given to stabilization of the prokinetic articulation in fossors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fossor
释义	fossorn. Brit. /ˈfɒsə/, U.S. /ˈfɑsər/, /ˈfɔsər/ Inflections: Plural fossors, (in senses 1b, 2 also) fossores Brit. /fɒˈsɔːriːz/, U.S. /ˌfɑˈsɔˌriz/, /ˌfɔˈsɔˌriz/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fossor. Etymology: < classical Latin fossor person who digs the ground (in agriculture), person who works in a mine, miner, sapper, in post-classical Latin also officer of the early Church charged with the burial of the dead (4th cent.) < foss- , past participial stem of fodere to dig (see fodient adj.) + -or -or suffix. In sense 2 originally after scientific Latin Fossores, former division name (P. A. Latreille 1817, in Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle X. 287).Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French fosseour, Middle French fosseur (a1325 or earlier in a military context), and also the surname Rogerus Fossour (1346). 1. †a. A person who digs ditches or trenches. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 71/2 The Fossor, is a Digger of the Earth, to make Ditches and Trenches. 1787 Let. in Classical Jrnl. (1819) 20 362 If a Fossor, a vulgar untaught Hedger and Ditcher, should attempt to disparage the handy-work of a fellow-labourer, such low-bred dealings in clowns might find some excuse. b. Church History. In the early Christian Church: a person in charge of burials; a gravedigger. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [noun] > grave-digging > grave-digger pit-maker1567 gravedigger1594 burier1598 pitman1609 grave-master1622 grave-man1821 fossor1833 1833 Encycl. Brit. 214/1 Monumental epitaphs record the purchase of a grave from the fossores. 1833 Encycl. Brit. 214/1 A very curious fresco found in the cemetery of Callistus..represents a ‘fossor’ with his lamp in his hand and his pick over his shoulder. 1847 Ecclesiastic 3 31 We find here epitaphs telling of a priest, a lector, a deacon, an exorcist, and a fossor, all married. 1877 W. H. Withrow Catacombs of Rome (ed. 3) 519 A very numerous class in the economy of the primitive church was that of the fossors, or grave-diggers. 1901 Catholic World Mar. 778 The fossors had not sealed their latest deposit when the roads were covered with the bearers of another. 1946 J. Finegan Light from Anc. Past viiii. i. 354 This corresponds to a man's height, with a bit of additional room for the fossor to swing his pick. 2006 Jrnl. Sociol. & Social Welfare (Nexis) 33 107 Since the early Christian community was structured as a burial society, it is obvious why the fossor fulfilled a vital need in that organization. 2007 N. Denzey Bone Gatherers v. 126 Fossores strained to hew three new regions west of the basilica. 2. Chiefly Entomology. A fossorial animal; (originally spec.) a hymenopteran of the former division Fossores, which comprised most non-parasitic wasps; (in later use) a burrowing hymenopteran, esp. a digger wasp of the families Sphecidae or Pompilidae; cf. fossorial Hymenoptera n. at fossorial adj. and n. Compounds.In quot. 1983: burrowing snakes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > member of hymenopter1828 fossor1832 hymenopteran1842 papermaking wasp1862 fossorial Hymenoptera1880 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > super family Sphecoidea or family Sphecidae > member of (digger-wasp) sand-wasp1813 digger1847 plasterer1857 digger-wasp1880 sphecid1895 fossor1938 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > member of family Typhlopidae worm-snake1885 fossor1983 1832 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom XV. 376 In the other fossores the first segment of the thorax forms only a simple linear and transverse edge, of which the two lateral segments are removed from the origin of the upper wings. 1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 95 The apterous condition of females of the Multillides and Thynnides is very anomalous in the Fossors. 1938 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 4) iii. 595 Included in this superfamily are..a number of families of solitary species which, together with the Sphecoidea, are often known as the Fossores. 1983 Amer. Zoologist 23 398/2 Little attention has been given to stabilization of the prokinetic articulation in fossors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1688
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