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单词 globose
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globoseadj.n.

Brit. /ˈɡləʊbəʊs/, /ɡləʊˈbəʊs/, U.S. /ˈɡloʊˌboʊs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin globōsus.
Etymology: < classical Latin globōsus spherical, round, forming a round mass, bunched together, convex < globus globe n. + -ōsus -ose suffix1. Compare Anglo-Norman globose , globouse containing solid matter (13th cent.). Compare later globous adj.
1. Amorphous; formless. Perhaps also: lumpy; clotted. Obsolete.
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the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adjective]
huelessa1100
shapelessa1400
globose?a1425
deformed1555
fashionless1581
disformed1591
formless1591
unshapeful1598
figureless1606
informous1610
proportionless1625
unbodied1630
unshapable1630
misshapen1640
unshapeless1640
difform1644
inform1654
difformed1665
amorphous1727
amorphic1856
the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > full of lumps
globose?a1425
clotty?1523
cloddy1547
cloddered1558
lumpy1707
lumpish1735
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 68v Þer went out grosse substaunce globose [?c1425 Paris clompry; L. globosa] and medularis & noȝt sanious.
a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 42v (MED) In the begyning when thow madest all of noughte, A globose matter & darke vnder confusione By the beginner marvelouslye was wroughte, Contayning materiallie all thing without devisione.
2. Having the form of a globe; completely or approximately spherical (cf. globous adj.). In early use also as n.: †a globe (obsolete).Now chiefly in scientific use. ovali-, semi-, ventricoso-globose, etc.: see first element.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular
roundc1300
orbicular?1440
spherical1523
spheral1571
globous1591
globy1595
bulbed1597
orbed1598
sphery1600
spheric1610
globical1612
rotundious1614
globular1626
globed1633
global1637
globose1667
spheriform1678
globosous1681
globar1699
bulbous1783
ball-shaped1802
globate1806
perispheric1828
bulb-like1836
balloon-shaped1839
bulbiform1849
globuloid1889
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 357 First the Sun..he fram'd..then form'd the Moon Globose . View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 753 All the Earth, And all the Sea, from one entire globose Stretcht into Longitude. View more context for this quotation
1707 Philos. Trans. 1706–7 (Royal Soc.) 25 2389 Two great Globose Tumors.
1758 R. Pultney in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 61 The fruit is a globose berry.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 94 It is then that the breasts assume a globose plumpness.
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 133 The egg is usually rather globose.
1932 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals 335 The contortions of a globose man labouring through unaccustomed exercise.
1986 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 29 Oct. c4/1 Agapanthus..has strappy leaves with globose clusters of blue flowers atop three foot stalks in mid-summer.
2001 Ann. Bot. 88 1065/1 In Alstroemeria there are numerous seeds per capsule ranging in diameter from 2–4 mm. They are yellowish-brown, tan or brown, globose or subglobose.

Derivatives

gloˈbosely adv. Botany and Zoology
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adverb] > spherically
spherically1576
globously1653
globically1672
globosely1806
1806 H. C. Andrews Heathery II. facing Pl. 99 Blossom globosely cone-shaped, of a pale red purple, with the segments erect.
1920 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 72 4 The shell is minutely perforate, globosely conic, very fragile, light yellow.
2001 Systematic Bot. 26 787/1 These glands are..globosely shaped and excreting a clear yellow exudate.
gloˈboseness n. chiefly Conchology (now rare)
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Globoseness, roundness in form, globular form.
1862 J. G. Jeffreys Brit. Conchol. I. 202 The shell is easily distinguishable from H. hispida by the globoseness of its form and greater height of the spire.
1928 Ecology 9 282 In the gastropods, Amnicola, Helisoma, Stagnicola, the result has been an increase in globoseness and a widening of the umbilical region.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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