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单词 anxiferous
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anxiferousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin anxifer , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin anxifer bringing or causing mental anguish ( < anxius (see anxious adj.) + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
Bringing or causing mental anguish or distress.Now only as an example of an ‘inkhorn’ term.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Anxiferous, bringing sorrow, causing anguish.
1683 J. Morrison tr. J. J. Struys Perillous Voy. iii. xxxvii. 356 The most earnest contemplation of this Scheme of anxiferous and calamitous Events that from time to time have befallen me.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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