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单词 manducatory
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manducatoryadj.

Brit. /ˈmandjᵿkət(ə)ri/, /ˈmandʒᵿkət(ə)ri/, /mandjᵿˈkeɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈmændʒəkəˌtɔri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: manducate v., -ory suffix2.
Etymology: < manducate v. + -ory suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin manducatorius (c1337 in a British source), French manducatoire (1719).
Now rare.
Of or relating to the action of chewing; of or relating to the action of consuming the consecrated host at the Eucharist (cf. manducation n. 1).
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > jaws > [adjective]
manducatory1814
gnathic1882
gnathal1888
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adjective] > relating to chewing
masticatory1611
manducatory1814
1814 School Good Living 40 Their noble perseverance, in fulfilling with so much courage their manducatory functions.
1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 66 The framework through which an important class of functions, manducatory and respiratory, are performed.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 110 [It] consists of the manducatory ganglion fused with one thoracic ganglion.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 256 The..manducatory appendages (gnathites).
1987 ‘A. Burgess’ Little Wilson & Big God (U.K. ed.) i. 54 She had a manducatory problem which kept her awake at night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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