-clasticcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: iconoclastic adj.

Etymology: < -clastic (in iconoclastic adj.); compare -clast comb. form. In sense 2 after pyroclastic adj. (in which the meaning is slightly different); compare also German -klastisch.

1. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that breaks or destroys (what is specified by the first element)’, as mythoclastic adj., osteoclastic adj., etc.

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2. Geology. Forming adjectives relating to the formation of rocks from fragments of the kind or in the manner specified by the first element, as autoclastic adj., bioclastic adj., siliciclastic adj. at silici- comb. form 2, etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	-clastic
释义	-clasticcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: iconoclastic adj. Etymology: < -clastic (in iconoclastic adj.); compare -clast comb. form. In sense 2 after pyroclastic adj. (in which the meaning is slightly different); compare also German -klastisch. 1. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that breaks or destroys (what is specified by the first element)’, as mythoclastic adj., osteoclastic adj., etc. Categories » 2. Geology. Forming adjectives relating to the formation of rocks from fragments of the kind or in the manner specified by the first element, as autoclastic adj., bioclastic adj., siliciclastic adj. at silici- comb. form 2, etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < comb. form
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