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单词 irrorate
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irrorateadj.

/ˈɪrərət/
Etymology: < Latin irrōrātus bedewed, past participle of irrōrāre : see irrorate v.
Zoology, esp. Entomology.
= Irrorated: see irrorate v. 2.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted > having minute dots
punctated1752
punctuated1754
punctate1760
irrorate1826
powdered1832
punctiform1839
irrorated1843
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of marking or colouring > sprinkled with minute dots
pulverulent1737
irrorate1826
lutose1826
irrorated1843
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 285 Atom, a very minute dot. Irrorate, sprinkled with atoms, as the earth with dew.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

irroratev.

/ˈɪrəreɪt/
Etymology: < participial stem of Latin irrōrāre to bedew, < ir- (ir- prefix1) + rōrāre to drop dew, < rōs, rōrem dew.
1. transitive. To wet or sprinkle as with dew; to bedew, besprinkle; to moisten. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > with or as with dew
dewc1175
adewc1425
endew?1518
irrorate1623
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Irrorate, to sprinckle, to moysten.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole viii. 20 Doe not give them too much water to over-glut them, but temperately to ir [r] orate, bedew or sprinkle them.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 237 They are to be fryed and irrorated with the juyce of Oranges.
1676 T. Garencières Admirable Virtues Coral 44 A plant..irrorated or steeped in common water.
2. Zoology, esp. Entomology. In past participle ˈirrorated adj. sprinkled minutely (with dots).
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted > having minute dots
punctated1752
punctuated1754
punctate1760
irrorate1826
powdered1832
punctiform1839
irrorated1843
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of marking or colouring > sprinkled with minute dots
pulverulent1737
irrorate1826
lutose1826
irrorated1843
1843 H. N. Humphreys & J. O. Westwood Brit. Moths I. 85 The caterpillar is dusky, irrorated with black spots.
1882 Entomol. Mag. Mar. 220 The mature larva is of a dark pea-green colour, thickly irrorated with slightly raised black dots.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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