单词 | herpetic |
释义 | herpeticadj.1 Pertaining to or of the nature of herpes; affected with herpes. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [adjective] > herpes herpetic1783 dartrous1831 herpetiform1854 1783 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 1 193 Herpetic spots and blotches. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 97 Those herpetic affections which so frequently appear among the children of the poor. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xix. 375 We saw the herpetic eruptions round their mouths. Derivatives herˈpetical adj. of the nature of herpes. ΚΠ 1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 37 A pruriginous, herpetical and incurable eruption of pustules. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018). herpeticadj.2 Crawling, reptilian.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ii. 31 An abject and herpetic Public Opinion is the Pope, the Anti-Christ, for us to protest against. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11767adj.21848 |
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